Oral histories
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 95 Collections and/or Records:
Robert Cushing Derbyshire oral history collection
Series
Identifier: HHC 56
Abstract
This collection contains the final transcript and two audio tapes of an oral history with Dr. Robert Cushing Derbyshire (1910-1987), an active physician in New Mexico for over 33 years. Also contains memorial clippings and a copy of the eulogy read at Dr. Derbyshire's funeral.
Dates:
1983
Roswell Oral History Project
Collection
Identifier: MSS-564-BC
Scope and Content
The Roswell Oral History Project collection consist of 31 taped interviews on 42 cassette tapes, with transcripts, and the transcript only for one additional interview. The interviews were conducted in 1985 by Dr. Ray Burrola with Hispanic and Mexican American residents of Roswell, New Mexico. The project was funded by the Southwest Hispanic Research Institute located at the University of New Mexico. This project was also known as Mutualistas: The Roswell Experience....
Dates:
1985
Rudy Padilla Collection of Pano Art,
Collection
Identifier: 1994-028
Scope and Content
Collection consists of correspondence, published articles, audio tapes of interviews, photographs and other graphics describing and depicting pano art or "handkerchief art," a folk art tradition that originated among incarcerated Hispanics. Padilla and artist Mark Garcia were interviewed in 1991, and Padilla was interviewed in 1994 by Rudy Miera.
Dates:
1991-1994
Sacred Lands Project Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS -617-BC
Scope and Content
This collection contains the research and oral histories generated by the Sacred Lands Project. The project culminated with Parlow's book, Cry Sacred Ground: Big Mountain U.S.A., which documents Navajo and Hopi resistance to the 1974 Relocation Act. The collection is divided into three overlapping series.Series I contains background to the Sacred Lands Project, along with Parlow's correspondence and field research. Her research includes field...
Dates:
1894-1988 ( bulk 1984-1988)
Sally McClain Collection of Navajo Code Talker Interviews
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1106-BC
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of audio interviews conducted with nine Navajo Code Talkers (and the widow of Jimmy Gleason) by author Sally McClain as part of the research for her book Navajo Weapon, published in 1994. The original sixteen audio cassette tapes have been reformatted to CDs for researcher use.
Dates:
1990 - 1992
Sandra Lynn Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-972-BC
Abstract
The collection contains Sandra Lynn’s research documents pertaining to historic lodgings throughout New Mexico. Included are research and site visit notes, brochures, clippings and articles, correspondence, as well as a small collection of memorabilia and ephemera and oral history interviews.
Dates:
1948-2009; Majority of material found within 1989-1999
Santa Fe Indian School: The First 100 Years Project
Collection
Identifier: MSS-595-BC
Scope and Content
Santa Fe Indian School: The First 100 Years Project consists of 51 cassette tapes (on 51 CDs) comprising 31 oral history interviews, 27 transcripts, photocopies of photographs (the originals are held at SFIS), the exhibition catalog, One House, One Voice, One Heart: Native American Education at the Santa Fe Indian School, and assorted biographies, correspondence, and clippings. There are no cassettes for interview numbers 6,...
Dates:
1986-1987
Sidney Solomon oral history collection
Collection
Identifier: HHC 62
Abstract
The collection contains the audio tapes and final transcript of an oral history with Dr. Sidney Solomon (1923-1992), a founding faculty member of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine.
Dates:
1984-1992
Southwest Oral History Association (SOHA) Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-620-BC
Abstract
The collection contains administrative records of the Southwest Oral History Association (SOHA).
Dates:
1981-1997
Sterling Fluharty Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-982-BC
Abstract
The collection focuses on Sterling Fluharty's research and writings on Native American student movements, particularly the National Indian Youth Council. Fluharty's time as a Mormon missionary on the Navajo Indian reservation is also documented.
Dates:
1973-2005
Tomas Atencio Papers and Academia de la Nueva Raza / Rio Grande Institute Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-827-BC
Abstract
The collection contains administrative documents, correspondence, photographs, audio recordings, articles and research files of La Academia de la Nueva Raza, and the Rio Grande Institute, organizations dedicated to political, social, and cultural change. It also contains the files of Tomas Atencio related to his personal research and work on his many projects.
Dates:
1923-2013; Majority of material found in 1965-1999
University of New Mexico Faculty Involved in the Chicano Movement Oral History Project
Collection
Identifier: MSS -605-BC
Scope and Content
The collection originally contained five (5) interviews recorded on seven (7) audio cassettes with tape logs corresponding with each interview. In 2016 eighteen (18) additional cassettes and interview logs were added to the collection by Dr. Christine Sierra upon her retirement. This addition makes the collection complete. All the cassette tapes were transfered digitally to CDs in Jan. 2017. Interview discussions examine topics such as the importance of the family and community,...
Dates:
1990
Van Dorn Hooker Papers
Collection
Identifier: UNMA-162
Scope and Content Note
The collection spans Mr. Hooker's career as University Architect, University of New Mexico, 1963-1987. It consists of materials related mostly to his professional societies and personal research. The collection contains materials relating to Hooker's work on the New Mexico State Capitol, and his publications, Only in New Mexico, Centuries of hands : an architectural history of St. Francis of Assisi Church and its missions, Ranchos de...
Dates:
1947-2000
Virginia Voorhies Milner oral history collection
Collection
Identifier: HHC176
Abstract
This interview with Dr. Virginia V. Milner (1912-1992), focuses almost exclusively on her service in the late 1930's and early 1940's as a medical missionary in the Sangre de Cristo mountains of northern New Mexico.
Dates:
October 1983; Majority of material found in Placeholder Unit Date Text
W. Sterling Edwards oral history collection
Collection
Identifier: HHC 77
Abstract
This oral history documents the career and contributions of Dr. W. Sterling Edwards (1920-2004) in the field of surgical medicine. Included in the collection are the final transcript, audio tape, and diskette from of an oral history conducted on November 11, 1994.
Dates:
1994
Wilhelm F. Rosenblatt oral history collection
Collection
Identifier: HHC 68
Abstract
This collection of materials relating to Wilhelm F. Rosenblatt (1913-2004), a doctor and public health physician in New Mexico, contains an oral history transcript, two audio tapes, copies of articles by Dr. Rosenblatt, and miscellaneous newspaper clippings.
Dates:
1991
William C. Fiedler Collection
Collection
Identifier: AC 082
Scope and Content
Collection consists of materials concerning William Fiedler and topics involving pharmacy. Material includes correspondence with pharmacists and pharmacies in New Mexico; articles by Fiedler and others on the drug "Antikamnia;" directories of pharmacists and pharmacies in New Mexico; records and minutes of meetings from the New Mexico Board of Pharmacy; and biographical materials on Fiedler and other pharmacists such as Charles Bernard Ruppe and Sister Rosa Agatha Berry. Fiedler's MA thesis,...
Dates:
1883-1978
William L. Minear oral history collection
Collection
Identifier: HHC61
Abstract
This collection documents the professional career and educational background of Albuquerque orthopedic surgeon Dr. William L. Minear (1910-1994). The material includes the draft and final transcript of the 1985 oral history interview with Dr. Jake Spidle and the audio cassettes from the interview.
Dates:
1985
Women in Social Services Oral History Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-590-BC
Scope and Content
This collection contains 17 oral history interviews on 21 audio cassette tapes. In addition, there are 19 detailed tape logs, one for each of the recorded interviews and 2 additional transcripts for interviews that do not have audio tapes.The interviews in this collection were undertaken as research for Sandra Schackel's dissertation. Schackel interviewed New Mexico women involved in public health, New Deal welfare programs, and politics during the 1930s and 1940s. The interviews...
Dates:
1986-1987
WPA New Mexico Collection
Collection
Identifier: AC 228
Scope and Content
Collection consists of typed documents produced by employees of the W.P.A. and its subdivision the Federal Writer's Project in New Mexico. Most of the collection is made up of transcripts of oral history interviews conducted with New Mexicans, and folklore and stories about New Mexico and Hispanic culture in particular.
Dates:
1936-1940