Colorado chicano movement archives: telling the story of the chicano quest for justice [the colorado chicano movement archives preserves the history of an important but lesser known civil rights…

This $151,520 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) will support the Colorado Chicano Movement Archives in preserving and providing access to its collections. The awardee, Colorado State University-Pueblo, will use the funding to hire an archivist through January 2023 to process 500 digitized items, create metadata for 300 photographs, and develop finding aids. The archivist will also train four student interns and work with a consultant to assemble mobile archiving kits to educate community members on collection practices. No subawards are planned. The project aims to preserve and make accessible rare materials documenting the Chicano movement and farm workers while benefiting students, researchers, and local communities in Southern Colorado.

Activities

   the hired archivist will create metadata for 300 digitized photographs, digitize 200 films, and create finding aids for the colorado chicano movement archives.  in addition, the archivist will work with a consultant to assemble mobile archivist kits to train community members in gathering and preserving heritage items & nbsp; and conducting oral histories.&nbsp

Expected outcomes

   the work to & nbsp; digitize & nbsp;500 items in the special collections will preserve and make accessible rare photos, journals, and logbooks documenting the chicano movement and united farm workers & nbsp; along with other social and cultural activities.   the archivist will train four student interns & nbsp; on how & nbsp; to conduct a variety of archival work including processing and digitizing collections, creating metadata, and transcribing oral histories.  finally, community members trained in archival and oral history practices will be able to collect at least 10 interviews and items that chronicle the community?s history.   all of & nbsp; this work will contribute to the development of an in-person and online discussion series on topics related to the chicano movement.&nbsp

Intended beneficiaries

   the preservation work and training will & nbsp; benefit & nbsp; students and faculty of this & nbsp; hispanic-serving institution;  community members within southern colorado, a part of the state characterized by a largely low-income population; and researchers, students, and the public interested in learning about the colorado chicano movement.&nbsp

Subrecipient activities

   the recipient does not intend to subaward funds. ]