Political activists -- New Mexico
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Eduardo Hernández-Chávez and Ysaura Bernal-Enríquez papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-805-BC
Abstract
This collection contains the papers of community activists and educators Eduardo Hernández-Chávez and Ysaura Bernal-Enríquez, formerly of Albuquerque, New Mexico. The correspondence, notes, news clippings, flyers, photographs, and other materials papers document their community organizing efforts in New Mexico, as leaders of the Recuerda a César Chávez Committee and the New Mexicans Against Proposition 187, as well as their work on other issues of concern to the greater Chicano/Mexicano...
Dates:
1982-2006
Gloria Montoya Chavez Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-797-BC
Abstract
This collection contains the papers of Gloria Montoya Chavez, a student, administrator, writer, and advocate for Chicano/a and other minority issues. These papers deal with professional, personal, and political struggle within the University of New Mexico’s Chicano Studies and Chicano Student Services, also known as Hispanic Student Services, and in the surrounding community.
Dates:
1967-1991
Miguel A. Gandert Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: PICT-2001-009
Abstract
Collection consists of black & white photographs by Miguel Gandert. Photographic series include the 1988 Amador Flores occupation in Tierra Amarilla, NM, with portraits of Reies Lopez Tijerina, Pedro Archuleta, and Rafael Flores; an NEH grant-funded series on the traditional farming communities near San Luis, Colorado and Taylor Ranch protest (1996-97); the Varrio [Barrio] San Jose project in Albuquerque, NM (1982-86).
Dates:
1977-1998
Recuerda a César Chávez Committee Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-853-BC
Abstract
This collection contains records of the Recuerda a César Chávez Committee including planning activities to recognize and commemorate the life and work of labor activist, César Chávez.
Dates:
1991-2003
Reies Tijerina Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-654-BC
Abstract
The collection contains the papers of New Mexico land grant activist Reies Lopez Tijerina, best known for founding the Alianza Federal de Mercedes. The group organized heirs seeking to regain Spanish and Mexican land grants protected under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, an important component of the Chicano Movement.
Dates:
1888-2003; Majority of material found within 1963-1978