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 - 2 p.m., Willard Reading Room, Zimmerman Library, UNM
“Franciscan Friars in NM, 1957-1985: Unexplored Territory,” Jack Clark Robinson, OFM: PhD Candidate, University of California, Santa Barbara
Tuesday, June 17 - 12 p.m., Yucca Room 2022, State Records Center and Archives, 1205 Camino Carlos Rey, Santa Fe
“The Ortega Papers from Chimayó: Records from 200 Years at the Plaza del Cerro”
Don Usner: Photographer, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Tuesday, June 17 - 5 p.m., Santa Fe Complex, 632 Agua Fria Street; 3 p.m., Open house/ workshop
“Reconstructing the 17th Century Palace of the Governors”
Roy Wroth: Urbanist, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Friday, June 20 - 2 p.m., Willard Reading Room, Zimmerman Library, UNM
“A Cultural Mapping and Place Name Study: Valles Caldera”
Molly Charlyn Padgett: Independent Scholar, Jemez Springs, New Mexico
Monday, June 23 - 12 p.m., Yucca Room 2022, State Records Center and Archives, 1205 Camino Carlos Rey, Santa Fe
“Dean Jett Correspondence: New Mexico’s Ties to World War II History”
Ruth Michelle Quintana: Graduate Student, Public History, New Mexico State University
Tuesday, June 24 - 3 p.m., Willard Reading Room, Zimmerman Library, UNM
“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
Wednesday, June 25 - 3 p.m., Willard Reading Room, Zimmerman Library, UNM
“The Alianza, the Black Berets, and Community Activism”
Federico A. Reade, Jr., PhD: Independent Scholar, Albuquerque
Thursday, June 26 - 12 p.m., Yucca Room 2022, State Records Center and Archives, 1205 Camino Carlos Rey, Santa Fe
“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
Friday, June 27 - 12 p.m., Yucca Room 2022, State Records Center and Archives, 1205 Camino Carlos Rey, Santa Fe
“White Caps and Black Hands: Social Movement Protest in New Mexico”
David Correia, PhD: Assistant Professor, Geography, University of Maine, Farmington
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.