Center for Southwest Research and Office of the State Historian Sponsor Lectures

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Media Contact: Karen Wentworth (505) 277-5627 kwent2@unm.edu June 11, 2008 Center for Southwest Research and Office of the State Historian Sponsor Lectures The UNM Center for Southwest Research and the Office of the State Historian are sponsoring a series of summer lectures based on scholarly research into the CWSR and state records center archives. Hosted in conjunction with the Office of the State Historian, the lectures will be given at Zimmerman Library on the UNM Campus in the Willard Reading Room, and at the State Records Center and Archives and other locations in Santa Fe. Monday, June 16 “Franciscan Friars in NM, 1957-1985: Unexplored Territory,” Jack Clark Robinson, OFM: PhD Candidate, University of California, Santa Barbara 2:00 pm, Willard Reading Room, Zimmerman Library, UNM Tuesday, June 17 “ The Ortega Papers from Chimayó: Records from 200 Years at the Plaza del Cerro” Don Usner: Photographer, Santa Fe, New Mexico 12:00 pm, Yucca Room 2022, State Records Center and Archives, 1205 Camino Carlos Rey, Santa Fe Tuesday, June 17 “Reconstructing the 17th Century Palace of the Governors” Roy Wroth: Urbanist, Santa Fe, New Mexico 5:00 pm, Santa Fe Complex, 632 Agua Fria Street 3:00 pm, Open house/ workshop Friday, June 20 “A Cultural Mapping and Place Name Study: Valles Caldera” Molly Charlyn Padgett: Independent Scholar, Jemez Springs, New Mexico 2:00 pm, Willard Reading Room, Zimmerman Library UNM Monday, June 23 “Dean Jett Correspondence: New Mexico’s Ties to World War II History” Ruth Michelle Quintana: Graduate Student, Public History, New Mexico State University 12:00 pm, Yucca Room 2022, State Records Center and Archives, 1205 Camino Carlos Rey, Santa Fe Tuesday, June 24 “Governor Tomás Vélez Cachupín and the New Mexico Pueblos: Did the Governor Recognize Aboriginal Claims in his Grants to the Pueblos of Zia, Jemez, Santa Ana and Cochiti?” James E. Dory-Garduño: JD Candidate, University of New Mexico Law School 3:00 pm, Willard Reading Room, Zimmerman Library, UNM Wednesday, June 25 “ The Alianza, the Black Berets, and Community Activism” Federico A. Reade, Jr., PhD: Independent Scholar, Albuquerque, New Mexico 3:00pm, Willard Reading Room, Zimmerman Library, UNM Thursday, June 26 “Purging Mixed Blood Wars: Treaty-Making, Treaty-Breaking, and Reciprocal Captive-Taking in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands (1848-1853)” Robert F. Castro, PhD: Assistant Professor, Chicano/a Studies, California State University, Fullerton 12:00 pm, Yucca Room 2022, State Records Center and Archives, 1205 Camino Carlos Rey, Santa Fe Friday, June 27 “White Caps and Black Hands: Social Movement Protest in New Mexico” David Correia, PhD: Assistant Professor, Geography, University of Maine, Farmington 12:00 pm, Yucca Room 2022, State Records Center and Archives, 1205 Camino Carlos Rey, Santa Fe The Office of the New Mexico State Historian (OSH) Scholars Program offers financial incentive to eligible applicants to conduct research at New Mexico archival repositories. Questions regarding the lectures and Scholars Program should be directed to Dr. Dennis P. Trujillo, 505-476-7998, dennis.trujillo@state.nm.us. Research Fellowships were awarded through the Office of the State Historian and funded through the Commission of Public Records and Dr. Rose Ruth and Dr. Arthur Ellison. The lectures are sponsored by the Commission of Public Records, Office of the State Historian and the Center for Southwest Research at UNM. ###

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