Lash_Louis_Henry (Albuquerque, NM)

Authors

• mss 565 022

Document Type

Audio

Publication Date

7-7-1984

Comments

[Conversation in English] He was a public school teacher. Memories of his time teaching in Armijo; teaching farming to children in school at that time. School system was very strict and in general parents were pro-education. His views on the changes in the educational system, politics of funding schools, and prominent families in Armijo. Schools and the town fiestas, the teachers' salary in those times, the cost of living, and the way the area was set: very few houses with families that were essentially farmers. Some memories of his time as a teacher in the old Armijo School, the newspapers distributed in Armijo: one from Santa Fe and another one called 'current events'. The teacher's organization was based in Santa Fe. Family history, his childhood, his education, and how it influenced his teaching. More on description of the area, places for entertainment, the Gabaldones who used to play in a local music band and him playing in that band.

Recommended Citation

Atrisco Oral History Project (MSS 565), Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections, University Libraries, University of New Mexico.