Colorado Chicano Movement Archives: Telling the Story of the Chicano Quest for Justice
FAIN: ZPA-284050-22
Colorado State University-Pueblo (Pueblo, CO 81001-4901)
Rhonda Gonzales (Project Director: May 2021 to November 2023)
The hiring of an archivist to resume work to inventory, process, and enhance digital access for the university’s Chicano Movement collections.
The Colorado Chicano Movement Archives preserves the history of an important but lesser known civil rights movement. This grant seeks funding for the Archivist position for the 21-22 academic year to provide a bridge to keep the Archives open until university funding can be restored in the 22-23 academic year. The Archivist will resume work on recently digitized collections to make them accessible. With funding from this grant, the Archives will create two mobile archivist kits and hire a consultant to train Chicano community members to assist in collecting historical materials. Finally, the project will provide opportunities for enhanced educational efforts to increase the impact of the collections by providing experiential education opportunities for students and sponsoring a series of lectures and panel discussions open to faculty, staff, students, and community members.
Associated Products
David Marquez Oral History Interview (Web Resource)Title: David Marquez Oral History Interview
Author: David Marquez
Author: Maria Smyer
Abstract: Dave Marquez discusses his three decades of teaching Chicano Studies in Central High School and at CSU-Pueblo. He discusses what inspired him to join the Chicano Movement in the 60s and continues to be part of it. He discusses his students publishing "La Azteca" newspaper at Central High School. He talks about his most memorable student, Adam Gonzales, and why. He talks about the racism he observed in the school as early as elementary school. He talks about the Brown Berets as the unsung heroes of the Chicano Movement. He also talks about the high drop-out of Chicano students in Pueblo schools.
Year: 2022
Primary URL:
https://archives.mountainscholar.org/digital/collection/p17393coll34/id/97/rec/12Primary URL Description: Link to oral history interview housed in Colorado State University Pueblo's digital repository.