
The University of New Mexico
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Contact: Karen Wentworth (505) 277-5627
kwent2@unm.edu
March 27, 2006
Graduate Fellows Work Opens New Document Collections
Four graduate fellows funded by the Center for Regional Studies who have been working with collections at Center for Southwest Research will give talks on their projects on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 at 9:30 a.m. in the Willard Reading Room of Zimmerman Library on UNM's main campus. The projects are with Dr. Richard Greenleaf's personal papers, with documents from the Archivo General de la Nacion, with the Thomas Bell book collections, and with the Doris Duke American Indian Oral History collection.
“Intellectural Voyeurism: Knowing Dr. Richard Greenleaf and getting to know the method behind his brilliant badness through his archive” will be presented by Frank Alvarez.
Alicia Romero's talk is titled, “Escándalos: France Scholes' AGN Inquisition Documents.”
Aaron Blecha will present “The Myth and Mystery of Thomas S. Bell: Fact and fiction concerning Mr. Bell and the rare book collection.”
Ramona Caplan will discuss “The Power of Native American Oral Histories in the Doris Duke Collection.”
Each talk will last ten to fifteen minutes. The fellowships aid the Center for Southwest Research in improving and increasing access to the extensive archival and book collections that are available to researchers at the Center.
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