In case you missed it (ICYMI), the links below document news coverage of the staff and collections at the Archives and Special Collections (ASC). Recent published and broadcast stories highlight the Esther Chavez Cano papers and the scholarship into Orville Wanzer’s 1965 film The Devil’s Mistress. ASC staff have also been busy producing several published pieces and presenting to the public and archival profession. Topics include Jim Flanagan’s police photography, J. Paul Taylor’s impact on public education in Doña Ana County, the 1972 New Mexico library bond, and the Armijo family of Las Cruces.
In the News
January/February 2021, Neighbors
February 20, 2021, Las Cruces Sun-News
February 22, 2021, KRWG – NPR
March 7, 2021, Las Cruces Sun-News
March 8, 2021, KTSM – NBC 9
April 1, 2021, Las Cruces Bulletin
April 11, 2021, Las Cruces Sun-News
April 24, 2021, Las Cruces Sun-News
April 28, 2021, Las Cruces Bulletin
May 3, 2021, KTSM – NBC 9
May 9, 2021, Las Cruces Sun-News
Spring 2021, Panorama
Scholarship
January 2021, Southern New Mexico Historical Review (v.28)
- Dennis Daily, “Paso del Norte in 1817: From the Report of Father Juan Rafael Rascón” (Gemoets Prize for Outstanding Article)
- Dylan McDonald, “Gotham West: The Transformation of the New Mexico State University Library, 1972-1977” & Book Review, Acid West: Essays by Joshua Wheeler
- Jennifer Olguin, “Nestor Armijo: Merchant, Rancher and Philanthropist of Las Cruces, New Mexico”
February 2021, The Southwestern Archivist (v.44 no.1)
- Jennifer Olguin, “Online Video Exhibit Honoring Women’s Suffrage Movement”
March 31, 2021, NMSU J. Paul Taylor Social Justice Symposium: Justice for Farmworkers
- Dennis Daily, “Farmworkers and Public Education K-20”
May 2021, The Southwestern Archivist (v.44 no.2)
- Dylan McDonald, “Talk of the Region: New Mexico Archives and Archivists Group Organizes”
May 7, 2021, Caught Red Handed: True Crime in the Archives
- Jennifer Olguin, “James Flanagan Police Photography”
May 19, 2021, Society of Southwest Archivists Annual Meeting
- Dylan McDonald, “Re-Imagining Appraisal in Changing Contexts: Considerations and Case Studies on Deaccessioning”
May 21, 2021, Society of Southwest Archivists Annual Meeting
- Dylan McDonald, “Tenure-Track Careers in Academic Archives and Libraries”