Join discussions about archives, history, and cultural heritage with a focus on the New Mexico-Texas-Chihuahua borderlands region, take virtual tours of local repositories, and ask questions of archival experts. The event will be held virtually through Zoom.
Date: Thursday, October 14th
Time: Noon – 4:00 p.m. (Mountain Daylight Time)
Register via Zoom: https://nmsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwof-CuqzIiE9AJG8wqr0fOHsyS3Wki0GFJ
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Schedule
Noon-12:10 – Welcome and introduction, Border Regional Archives Group members
12:10-12:25 – Update on the New Archival Research Center at WSMR, Jenn Jett, White Sands Missile Range Museum
12:25-1:10 – Philanthropic Works in Women’s Clubs
- Regina Bouley Sweeten, Eastern New Mexico University Golden Library
- Jennifer Olguin and Salena Valdez, New Mexico State University Library Archives & Special Collections
- Claudia Ramirez, El Paso Public Library Border Heritage Center
- Claudia Rivers, University of Texas at El Paso Library Special Collections
- Sue Taylor, New Mexico Museum of Space History
1:10-1:15 – Break
1:15-1:30 – A Tour of Collections at the Centennial Museum, Samantha Winer, The Centennial Museum at University of Texas at El Paso
1:30-1:45 – When Your Public Archive Contains Classified Documents – What do you do?, Sue Taylor, New Mexico Museum of Space History
1:45-2:00 – Making it Reel – Digitizing Audio for Access and Preservation, David Flores, University of Texas at El Paso Library Special Collections
2:00-2:05 – Break
2:05-2:20 – Some Archives Concerning the Relocation of Mexican American U.S. Citizens Following the Chamizal Treaty of 1963, Mark A. Calamia, Chamizal National Memorial (National Park Service)
2:20-2:35 – Ghost of Mt. Cristo Rey, Javier Segovia, University of Texas at El Paso/Tom Lea Institute
2:35-2:50 – The Slater Collections of UTEP: New uses for the botany archives of Elsie Slater, Vicky Zhuang, UTEP Biodiversity Collections
2:50-2:55 – Break
2:55-3:10 – Oral History Collections, Donna Wojcik, New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum
3:10-3:25 – The El Paso Women’s History Coloring Book: Community Engagement through Art and Archives, Abbie Weiser, University of Texas at El Paso Library Special Collections
3:25-3:40 – Collaboration and Creation of the “Place and Replace” Photographic Exhibition, Dylan McDonald & Jennifer Olguin, New Mexico State University Library Archives & Special Collections
3:40- 4:00 – Wrap-Up Discussion and Q&A, Border Regional Archives Group members
Please contact Abbie Weiser (ahweiser@utep.edu) or Dennis Daily (ddaily@nmsu.edu) with any questions.