Oral histories
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 95 Collections and/or Records:
Eleanor L. Adler oral history collection
Collection
Identifier: HHC95
Abstract
This interview with Dr. Eleanor Adler (1909-1993) of Albuquerque, New Mexico, summarizes her 32 years of private practice in pediatrics in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Dates:
April 1984; Majority of material found in Placeholder Unit Date Text
Emlen Hall papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-897-BC
Abstract
The Emlen Hall collection consists of audio interviews conducted with a variety of individuals, government officials, and attorneys in New Mexico and Texas involved with water issues and litigation, particularly relating to the Pecos River.
Dates:
1981-2004
Enrique Lamadrid Collection of Folk Songs, Oral Histories and Photographic Projects
Collection
Identifier: MSS-840-BC
Abstract
The collection features sound recordings and background information on Juan B. Rael, interviews and photos from the 1995 Farmers’ Markets Project in Colorado Springs, and folk music recordings (corridos, inditas, alabados and other traditional songs) and photographs with Native Americans and Hispanics of New Mexico, Cajuns in Texas, and Mexicans on the U.S. Mexican border. Topics covered range from life along the Rio Grande, the Penitentes, Matachines, the blessing of the acequias, tributes to...
Dates:
1930-2011
Finlandia Society of Albuquerque Oral History Project Collection,
Collection
Identifier: MSS -607 -BC
Scope and Content
This oral history collection consists of thirty-six (36) interviews recorded on thirty-three (33), ninety-minute cassette tapes. There are no transcripts although interview summaries written by Rev. Wargelin are included.Included in the collection is a tape in which Rev. Wargelin recalls an interview that was done in 1985 with artist and illustrator, Hella Shattuck. The collection also contains biographical materials about Hella Shattuck, including photocopies of news clippings from...
Dates:
1955-1991
Francisco Johnson Oral History
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1073-SC
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of four interviews conducted with Francisco Johnson of the Tohono O’odham nation, a native speaker of the Ko:lodi Tohono O’odham language variant and a scu-wu:sotatkam (healing singer). Mr. Johnson was approximately 75 years old at the time of the interviews, which were conducted circa 1968 by an unidentified linguistics student. The interviewer asks questions in English with Tohono O’odham speaker Laura Kermin translating. In the interviews, Mr. Johnson discusses...
Dates:
1968
Fray Angélico Chávez History Library's WPA New Mexico Collection
Collection
Identifier: NMU CSWR WPA
Abstract
Most of the New Mexico WPA stories were collected among Hispanic and Anglo Americans across the state. They contain folk tales, songs, customs, town histories and biographies of pioneer leaders. Some stories relate to Native American topics; a few materials pertain to African Americans and Chinese immigrants.
Dates:
1936-1940
Fred H. Hanold oral history collection
Collection
Identifier: HHC 59
Abstract
This collection documents the professional life and interests of Fred H. Hanold (1915-2006). The emphasis is on Dr. Hanold's years in Albuquerque, New Mexico as an internist, the founding of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, generalist versus subspecialty medicine, specialty board certification, and local professional relationships. Other materials include copies of Dr. Hanold's "Archives Report" for the New Mexico Chapter of the American College of Physicians, "History of the...
Dates:
1984-1985
Fred Harvey Papers
Collection
Identifier: AC 520
Scope and Content
Collection contains correspondence, notes, ephemeral items, financial materials, and legal documents of the Fred Harvey company as well as personal papers of Fred Harvey and his extended families. The papers originated from three Fred Harvey great-grandchildren (Steward, Dagget, and Helen). While assembled as one collection, the three entities have mostly been retained.
Dates:
1858-1990; Majority of material found in 1900-1985
G. Adlai Feather family papers,
Collection
Identifier: Ms-0335
Abstract
George Adlai Feather was a Rhodes Scholar, historian, and nurseryman, serving as Professor of Languages at New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (present-day New Mexico State University) from 1923-1937.
Dates:
1866-1987
Garo Z. Antreasian Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-502-BC
Abstract
This collection’s emphasis is on Garo Antreasians's career as an artist and art educator. His roles at the Tamarind Lithography Workshop and at the University of New Mexico, as well as his varied professional involvements are also documented in the collection.
Dates:
1942-2005; Majority of material found in 1950-1990
George E. Omer, Jr. oral history collection
Collection
Identifier: HHC 89
Abstract
This collection documents the professional career of Dr. George E. Omer, Jr. (1922-2014). Included in the collection is the forty-two page final transcript of an oral history interview, a corrected proof of the transcript, four audio tapes and two diskettes from the interview. Also included are collected news clippings concerning Dr. Omer from 1970 to 1990 as well as reprints of four articles authored by Dr. Omer and a copy of the 1989-1990 annual report of the Department of Orthopaedics...
Dates:
1950-1999
Phillip (Felipe) B. Gonzales Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1099-BC
Scope and Contents
The Phillip (Felipe) B. Gonzales papers contain institutional documents, letters, and press publications. Its main area focus involves historical aspects of the Hispanic experience in New Mexico and the Southwest. Included are Spanish-language articles dating from the mid-late 19th century and early-mid 20th century, including popular political poetry, partisan political contention, and public discourse. Another series touches on controversial Nuevomexicano ethnic identity. Data on the...
Dates:
1883 - 2020
Hispanic Rural Teachers Oral History Project,
Collection
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)
Jack Curry Redman oral history collection
Collection
Identifier: HHC 64
Abstract
This collection contains the oral history interview with Dr. Jack Redman conducted by University of New Mexico professor Dr. Jake Spidle in 1987. Dr. Redman practiced medicine in Albuquerque, New Mexico for forty years. He served sixty days in Vietnam with the Volunteer Physicians for Vietnam of the American Medical Association, where he provided medical care to injured civilians, was active in New Mexico Skin Cancer Project, was a Republican candidate for office, and educated the public about...
Dates:
1987
James B. Wright Collection of Southwestern Native American and Hispanic Music, Interviews and Literary Programs
Collection
Identifier: MSS-829-BC
Abstract
This broad collection contains traditional Southwestern Native American and Hispanic folk music, and popular music, dances, poetry readings and interviews collected in the 1970s and 1980s. Also included are Spanish medieval music, a Belen Los Pastores presentation, Matachines music from Tortugas, a Corrales history pageant, Anglo American country western songs and fiddle tunes, Laotian songs from Albuquerque, and a lecture by John Donald Robb.
Dates:
1973-1986
Jeff Bingaman Senatorial papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-906-BC
Abstract
The collection contains administrative files, campaign documents, special projects files, photographs, press and media files, scheduling documents, speeches and statements, oral histories, correspondence, legislative research files, and state office files generated in association with Jeff Bingaman’s 30 year tenure as U. S. Senator from New Mexico.
Dates:
circa 1982-2012
John Howard Allison Forestry Journals Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1066-BC
Abstract
This collection consists primarily of three journals of John Howard Allison, spanning the years 1908-1923, and covering the period of his work for the Forest Service in Arizona and New Mexico and later as a professor of forestry at the University of Minnesota. Included is Allison's Forest Service Account book for 1909-1910. Also in the collection are digital copies of five albums of photographs taken by Allison, mostly during his work for the Forest Service in Arizona, 1906-1908, but also...
Dates:
ca. 1900-1926
Jon Hunner's Los Alamos Oral History Interviews
Collection
Identifier: MSS-833-BC
Abstract
The collection consists of 12 oral interviews, conducted by Jon Hunner as part of the research for his MA thesis. Interviews delve into the social history of Los Alamos, NM, from the perspective of individuals who came of age in Los Alamos, 1943-1968.
Dates:
1991
Jonathan M. Mann oral history collection
Collection
Identifier: HHC 53
Abstract
This collection consists of an oral history transcript and an article which focus on the career of Jonathan Mann (1947-1998), in his ten years working in the state of New Mexico starting with his first job on assignment from the Centers for Disease Control, Bureau of Epidemiology from 1974 to 1977 and ending with his seven years working with the New Mexico Health and Environment Department as State Epidemiologist/Chief Medical Officer/Deputy Director.
Dates:
1996
Jose A. Rivera Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-587-BC
Scope and Content
This collection contains articles, reports, meeting minutes, ledgers, legal documents, clippings, oral histories, and photographs produced and collected by Professor Rivera while researching several different projects. The collection is divided into four series: Series I. Acequias (irrigation ditches), Series II. Mutualistas (mutual aid societies), and Series III. Justice of the Peace, Sapello, NM., and Series VI. San Antonio, Texas Water Systems. Series I contains the bulk of the...
Dates:
1858-2022; Majority of material found in 1982-1994
La Jicarita Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1107-BC
Abstract
The collection focuses on environmental and social justice issues in Northern New Mexico.
Dates:
1990-2019
LaDonna Harris Papers and Americans for Indian Opportunity Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-862-BC
Abstract
The collection consists of documents from LaDonna Harris' life as an activist and from AIO's four decades of operation as a non-profit organization involved in advocacy and development projects related to the needs and rights of Native Americans.
Dates:
1953-2010; Majority of material found within 1970-2000
Lawrence Hoyt Wilkinson oral history collection
Collection
Identifier: HHC 65
Abstract
This forty-three page interview documents the professional career of Albuquerque surgeon Dr. Lawrence H. Wilkinson (1916-1992). Included in this collection are the final transcript and audio recordings from an oral history recorded in 1984. Also included are three news clippings pertaining to Dr. Wilkinson.
Dates:
1984
Living Treasures Oral History Collection
Collection
Identifier: AC 338
Scope and Content
Collection consists the organizational papers of Living Treasures, Inc., including correspondence, clipping and research files, transcripts, audio tapes, and a few video recordings of interviews, honoring citizens of Santa Fe and other towns in northern New Mexico as Living Treasures for their hard work and dedication to our communities. Since March 2003 (beginning with #190), interviews have been recorded on CDs.
Dates:
1982-
Louise Lamphere Anthropological Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-947-BC
Abstract
The collection contains administrative documents, correspondence, photographs, audio recordings, oral histories, articles and research files of Louise Lamphere, a professor emerita of the University of New Mexico. She is known for her founding role in feminist anthropology.
Dates:
1960-2008; Majority of material found in 1980-2004