Alejandro López Papers and Ethnographic Interviews (MSS-943-BC): Audio Interviews, 1970-1978

Background Information

These audio recorded interviews are part of the Alejandro López Papers and Ethnographic Interviews. The researcher conducted interviews with community and family elders in rural Northern New Mexico. The intentions of the interviewer and the participants were to document and transfer community knowledge, local and family history for educational purposes and the preservation of Nuevomexicano culture and spoken Spanish language.

For biographical information of Alejandro López and to learn more about the collection see finding guide: Alejandro López Papers and Ethnographic Interviews (MSS 943), Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections, Zimmerman Library, University of New Mexico.: New Mexico Archives Online

Copyrights:

The audio files are made accessible for purposes of education and research. Reproduction of works protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners.

New Mexico Spanish Language Archival Recovery Project:

The Alejandro López Papers and Ethnographic interviews (MSS 943): Oral History Interviews is one of the ethnographic oral history collections archived at the Center for Southwest Research (CSWR) that are part of the New Mexico Spanish Language Archival Recovery Project. Initiated in 2025 by archivist Samuel Sisneros and Center for Regional Studies fellow Feliza Monta Jameson with the assistance of UNM Libraries’ Digital Initiatives and Scholarly Communication department, the objective of the project is to consolidate and coordinate CSWR archival collections containing interviews of native New Mexico Spanish speakers. The project involves recovering, regenerating, preserving and extending the ethnographic studies done by earlier investigators, researchers and producers. By using current digital and online technologies, this project intends to bridge the accessibility gap between their work (1960s-1990s) and the present. See all project collections at: New Mexico Spanish Language Archival Recovery Project