The Center for Southwest Research is hosting a celebration of the opening of the Reies Lopez Tijerina Collection on Sunday, June 5 from 2 to 4 p.m. in the west wing of Zimmerman Library. There will be a short program, followed by light refreshments. The event is free and open to the public.
Tijerina, who is visiting from his home in Mexico, will be a featured speaker. Tijerina donated his personal papers and the organizational papers of the Alianza Federal de Mercedes to UNM several years ago. The papers have been organized and are now available for scholarly research.
The collection contains information about dozens of New Mexico families and their current or past holdings in land grants. It also contains Tijerina’s personal dairies and FBI records compiled during his years as a land grant activist in the Southwest. This collection is part of a larger collection of grassroots Native American and Hispanic activists housed at the center.
Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627