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Avis Childers Cowan Oral History Transcript

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Identifier: AC 051-P
Scope and Content One bound 108-page typed transcript of 17 hours of audiotaped interviews of Thelma Cone Childers Cleveland (Cowan's mother). In the interviews Cleveland discusses the period 1906--1922, from her birth until her marriage. She provides a detailed account of life in a poor farming family that homesteaded near Redland, New Mexico, and later Gasoline, Texas. Includes descriptions of farming, social life, and schools in eastern New Mexico and west Texas in the early 20th century. A genealogy chart of...
Dates: 1982

Caprock Oral History Project,

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Identifier: MSS -637-BC
Scope and Content The project consists of thirteen oral history interviews from eleven different people living in New Mexicos East-Central Caprock region. All interviews were conducted by Craig Newbill during the Summer of 1992, except for Bernice and Pete Newbill who were initially interviewed in November of 1988, and subsequently in February and August of 1990, respectively. Pete and Bernice Newbill are the only interviewees who were interviewed twice. The collection contains twelve ninety minute audio...
Dates: 1988-1992

East Mountain Historical Society Oral History Project

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Identifier: MSS-597-BC
Scope and Content The East Mountain Oral History Project collection consists of interviews conducted by Joyce Mendel with the following residents: Jose Candelaria, Bob Cooper, Adilia Garcia, Leandro Garcia, Barbara Herrera, Tom Herrera, Bill Loudon, Andres Mora, Antonia Mora, Dorela Perea, David Salazar, Jacquelyn Schaefer, M. Zanettie and Vicki Scoresone. The interviews are in a combination of English and Spanish languages. The collection also includes a tape of reminiscences from Alejandro Herrera, recorded in...
Dates: 1908-2001 (bulk, 1989-1996)

Hispanic Rural Teachers Oral History Project,

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Identifier: MSS -634-BC
Scope and Content The collection consists of a bound volume, which contains a project history and transcripts for 9 of the 10 interviews. There are 10 audio cassette tapes (60 minute) containing interviews with 8 individuals. There are 6 DVDs, each containing a single interview. Audio recordings are audio versions of the video recordings. Not all interviews have a transcript, an audiotape, and a DVD. For example, there is only an audiotape of the Elba C. De Baca interview; the Carlota Gonzales interview consists...
Dates: 1989-1997 (bulk 1992)

Oral history interview with Richard Wetherill II

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Identifier: MSS-817-BC
Abstract The collection consists of an audio interview with Richard Wetherill II, conducted by Richard Sandlin in December 1977. The interview gives insight into the Wetherill family, relationships with the Navajo, and life in the Southwest during the early-mid 20th century.
Dates: 1977 December 1-4

Oral History Interviews of the New Mexico Department of Transportation Oral History Mitigation Projects

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Identifier: MSS-953-BC
Abstract The collection consists of oral history interviews conducted by Shawn Kelley for Paramatrix, under contract with the New Mexico Department of Transportation. The interviews were designed to mitigate adverse effects of various projects, including US 82 (Riley Homestead) Data Recovery Project (Eddy County, NM) and Cambray Bridge Replacement Mitigation Project (Luna County, NM).
Dates: 2011

Pioneers Foundation (New Mexico) Oral History Collection

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Identifier: MSS-123-BC
Scope and Content The collection consists of oral history interviews with nineteenth century settlers of New Mexico. It includes 520 reel-to-reel audiotapes and 385 typed transcripts of interviews with ranchers, miners, hunters, sheriffs, naturalists, archeologists and journalists, mostly from the Silver City area. Interviewees recall everyday life and important events from the 1860s to the 1950s. Interviews were conducted by Lou Blachly, a founding member of the Pioneers Foundation. The collection includes...
Dates: 1952-1960

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UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections 6
Fray Angélico Chávez History Library 1
 
Subject
Sound recordings 4
Frontier and pioneer life--New Mexico 2
Curry County (N.M.) -- History -- Anecdotes 1
Curry County (N.M.) -- Social life and customs 1
East Mountain area (N.M.) -- History -- Anecdotes 1
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East Mountain area (N.M.) -- Social life and customs 1
Eddy County (N.M.) -- History 1
Education, Bilingual--New Mexico 1
Education, Rural--New Mexico 1
Education--New Mexico 1
Epidemics--New Mexico 1
Excavations (archaeology) -- New Mexico -- Chaco Canyon 1
Farmers -- New Mexico -- Redland 1
Farmers -- Texas -- Gasoline 1
Frontier and pioneer life -- Colorado 1
Frontier and pioneer life -- New Mexico 1
Frontier and pioneer life -- New Mexico -- Eddy County 1
Frontier and pioneer life -- New Mexico -- Redland 1
Frontier and pioneer life -- Texas 1
Frontier and pioneer life -- Texas -- Gasoline 1
Frontier and pioneer life – New Mexico 1
Frontier and pioneer life--New Mexico--Curry County 1
Frontier and pioneer life--New Mexico--Quay County 1
Frontier and pioneer life--New Mexico--Roosevelt County 1
Gasoline (Tex.) -- Social life and customs 1
Grant County (N.M.) -- Anecdotes 1
Grant County (N.M.) -- History 1
Hermanos Penitenties--New Mexico 1
Hispanic American families--New Mexico--East Mountain Area (Bernalillo County, N.M.) 1
Hispanic American neighborhoods--New Mexico 1
Hispanic American women -- New Mexico 1
Hispanic Americans--Cultural assimilation 1
Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--East Mountain area (Bernalillo County, N.M.) 1
Historic bridges -- New Mexico 1
Irrigation canals and flumes -- New Mexico -- Eddy County (N.M.) 1
Land grants--New Mexico--East Mountain area (Bernalillo County, N.M..) 1
Llano Estacado -- History -- Anecdotes 1
Llano Estacado -- Social life and customs 1
Luna County (N.M.) -- History 1
Mexican American families--New Mexico--East Mountain Area (Bernalillo County, N.M.) 1
Mexican Americans--Ethnic identity 1
Mexican Americans--New Mexico--East Mountain area (Bernalillo County, N.M.) 1
Mexican Americans--Religion 1
Mural painting and decoration 1
Navajo Indians 1
New Mexico--Ethnic relations 1
New Mexico--Genealogy 1
Oral history – Archival resources 1
Photographs 1
Quay County (N.M.)--History--Anecdotes 1
Quay County (N.M.)--Social life and customs 1
Railroad bridges -- New Mexico 1
Railroads -- New Mexico -- History 1
Ranch life -- New Mexico 1
Redland (N.M.) -- Social life and customs 1
Roosevelt County (N.M.)--History--Anecdotes 1
Roosevelt County (N.M.)--Social life and customs 1
Sex division of Labor--New Mexico 1
Teachers--New Mexico 1
Women teachers--New Mexico 1
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Spanish; Castilian 1
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Wetherill, Marietta, 1876-1954 2
Baley, John B., 1851- 1
Blachly, Lou 1
Gonzales Velasquez, Maria Dolores-- interviewer 1
Gonzales-Berry, Erlinda, 1942- 1