Fray Angélico Chávez Library At NMHM Receives $15K Grant To Support Preservation Of Over 200 Audio Recordings
NMHM News:
The New Mexico History Museum (NMHM) has announced that the Fray Angélico Chávez Library has been awarded a $15,119 grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources’ (CLIR) Recordings at Risk program, with funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
The grant will provide critical funding for the digitization and digital infrastructure of more than 200 unique audio recordings made by award-winning photographer and cinematographer John S. Candelario.
Most of the Candelario Collection recordings are on reel-to-reel audio tapes and include cinematic soundtracks, folk songs, Native dances, and interviews. Creating digital copies will protect the original material and greatly expand access for anyone with an interest in New Mexico history.
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Nación Genízara explores the origin, cultural evolution, and survival of the Genízaro people. It was the winner of the 2021 Heritage Publication Award from the New Mexico Historic Preservation Division and the second-place winner of the 2020 International Latino Book Award for Best History Book.
Historian Fray Angélico Chávez defined Genízaro as the ethnic term given to indigenous people of mixed tribal origins living among the Hispano population in Spanish fashion. They were captured during wars with Utes, Apaches, Comanches, Kiowas, Navajos and Pawnees and were brought to colonial society as captives. By 1800, Genízaros made up a third of the population. Many in the land-grant societies assimilated into Hispano and Pueblo society, while others retained their identity through custom, self-government, and kinship.