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Eighth Border Archives Bazaar on October 19th

The Border Archives Bazaar is a free, fun, and educational event that showcases unique and historic archival materials from the border region. The event will be held Saturday, October 19th, 10am-4pm at New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces. Organized by the Border Regional Archives Group (BRAG), the Bazaar features rare documents, photographs, maps, publications, and more, that highlight the unique history and cultural heritage of our region. The theme of the bazaar, Celebrating Borderland Communities, highlights the role archives play in preserving the stories and legacies of the many communities found throughout the region.

The event brings together resources from more than a dozen libraries, archives, and museums of southern New Mexico, west Texas, and the borderlands. Participating institutions include: NMSU Library Archives and Special Collections, El Paso Public Library Border Heritage Center, Doña Ana County Clerk’s Office, the UTEP Library’s C.L. Sonnichsen Special Collections, San Elizario Los Portales Museum, Ysleta del Sur Pueblo, U.S. Border Patrol Museum, Sul Ross State University Archives of the Big Bend, and Eastern New Mexico University Special Collections, among others. The Bazaar highlights the role that archives play in preserving and promoting our cultural heritage. Archivists, librarians, and museum curators will be on hand to discuss and answer questions about archives, regional history, and preservation of original documents.

The Border Archives Bazaar also includes two 90-minute panel presentations, one at 11:00 a.m. and one at 1:30 p.m., with scholars and researchers who are utilizing regional archives to document and preserve borderland community histories, including Crypto-Jews of the Southwest; Black students at NMSU; El Paso’s Black Wall Street; Mexican settlements in Mesilla, New Mexico, and Ascensión, Chihuahua.

For more information, please contact: Dennis Daily, Archives and Special Collections, New Mexico State University Library, ddaily@nmsu.edu, 575-646-4756 or Claudia Rivers, Special Collections, University of Texas at El Paso Library, crivers@utep.edu, 915-747-6725.

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