Raised in Appalachian West Virginia, and inspired by her mother’s belief in the power of education, Nancy Baker rose above the roots of poverty and into an academic career. Dr. Baker earned a PhD from Tulane University in 1989, joined…
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Hacienda del Sol shelter
Tagged with: Archives, Children, Community of Hope, Criminal Justice, Domestic Abuse, Education, Hacienda del Sol, Homelessness, Hope Stories, Law, MVCH, NMSU, Oral History, Public Health, Shelter Care, Transcript, Women
Posted in Las Cruces
Posted in Las Cruces
History Notes
Tagged with: Community of Hope, Doña Ana County Historical Society, Education, Homelessness, Hope Stories, Las Cruces, Library, Museums, MVCH, Research
Posted in Las Cruces
Posted in Las Cruces
Las Vegas, Nevada’s CARE Complex
Glenn Trowbridge was born in St. Albans, West Virginia, and lived in Las Vegas, Nevada for over forty years. With service in the United States Air Force, study in psychology at San Diego State University and business administration at National…
Tagged with: Archives, CARE Complex, Corridor of Care, Employment, Homelessness, Hope Stories, Las Vegas, Nevada, Nonprofit, Oral History, Public Health, Social Work, Transcript
Posted in Las Cruces
Posted in Las Cruces
Saint Luke’s Health Clinic
James Sassak was born in Pontiac, Michigan, moved to Las Cruces in 1986, and later attended college in Orlando, Florida. Sassak returned to Las Cruces after a 2011 winter storm known as the “Deep Freeze” threatened health conditions for both…
Tagged with: Amador Health Center, Archives, Community of Hope, Criminal Justice, Healthcare, Homelessness, Hope Stories, Las Cruces, MVCH, New Mexico, Oral History, Peer Support, Saint Luke's Health Clinic, Transcript, Winter
Posted in Las Cruces
Posted in Las Cruces
Jardin de Los Niños
Audrey Hardman-Hartley was born in Las Cruces, New Mexico, raised in El Paso, Texas and Hilo, Hawaii, and returned to Las Cruces to attend New Mexico State University. Twenty six years after completing a master’s degree, and following a career…
Tagged with: Archives, Children, Community of Hope, Education, Great Depression, Homelessness, Hope Stories, Jardin de Los Niños, Las Cruces, New Mexico, NM FOCUS Program, NMSU, Oral History, Reading, Teaching, Therapy, Transcript
Posted in Las Cruces
Posted in Las Cruces
The Great Conversation
Randy Harris was born on Fairchild Air Force Base in Spokane, Washington, studied history, social science, and communication, and worked in agriculture, media, energy conservation, and entrepreneurial creativity. In 2010, Harris engaged Las Cruces citizens to participate in a series…
Tagged with: Archives, Community of Hope, Dialogue, Great Conversation, Homelessness, Hope Stories, Las Cruces, MVCH, New Mexico, NMSU, Oral History, Transcript, Winter
Posted in Las Cruces
Posted in Las Cruces
Research Questions –– Public History
Can the American home and workplace become sensible, inclusive, and accessible to human beings without recourse from bad credit, zombie debt, and the historical threat of cyclical individual and familia poverty? How do individuals, small groups, and municipal organizations apply…
Tagged with: Education, Health, Homelessness, Hope Stories, Language, Las Cruces, New Mexico, NMSU, Public Health, Research, Sustainability, Urban Space
Posted in Las Cruces
Posted in Las Cruces
Hope Stories Narrator Questions
Questions design general outlines and intentions for the Hope Stories project, a working guideline to consider how a single interview might progress. The Hope Stories Questions list seeks rapport with potential narrators, greater access of memory recall, and to prepare for…
Tagged with: Community of Hope, Homelessness, Hope Stories, Interviewer, Language, Las Cruces, Memory, MVCH, Narrator, New Mexico, NMSU, Oral History, Public Health, Research
Posted in Las Cruces
Posted in Las Cruces
Mesilla Valley Community of Hope Stories
This project explores human rights, access to services, and city resources as seen through the experiences of staff, community advocates, and city officials at Mesilla Valley Community of Hope (MVCH). The New Mexico State University Public History based project seeks…
Tagged with: Homelessness, Hope Stories, Las Cruces, Memory, New Mexico, NMSU, Oral History, Research, Writing
Posted in Las Cruces
Posted in Las Cruces
Podcasts ‘R’ Us?
Podcasts pose challenges beyond the historical applications of analog oral history methodology. Pre-interview etiquette, in-depth narrator research, closely monitored sound recording levels and interviewing techniques all continue to be valuable skills of born-digital oral history collection; however, as the Oral…
Tagged with: Access, Communications, Computers, Digital Recording, Digitization, Education, FCC, Humans of New Mexico, Internet, Learning, Listening, Literacy, Net Neutrality, Podcast, Research, Story Corps, WiFi
Posted in Las Cruces
Posted in Las Cruces
NMSU Summer Archive Internship
In the archive, avoid to-do “which” lists that include any list of chores, errands, or projects that cannot be processed by real human beings. In the archive, and its companion library system, any number of misfortune, pitfall, or researcher led…
Tagged with: Archives, DACS, Digitization, Education, Internship, Las Cruces, Library, Lyrasis, NMSU, Processing, Research, Rio Grande Historical Collection
Posted in Las Cruces
Posted in Las Cruces
Metadata Synchronizer (OHMS)
The Oral History Metadata Synchronizer (OHMS) allows historians to display recorded spoken narrative alongside accompanied transcribed material on a single webpage. Many of the steps necessary to complete this process involve a moderate degree of digital literacy; however, patience and…
Tagged with: Archives, Computers, Library, Memory, NMSU, OHMS, Oral History, Research
Posted in Las Cruces, Sound
Posted in Las Cruces, Sound
Painting Winter
While listening to music from the room next door, Painter Enrique Harrison talks about moving to Cedro, New Mexico in 1981. A life long artist, Enrique shares a story about gathering wood and water in wintery Tijeras canyon, mud plastering the…
Tagged with: Albuquerque, Artist, Cedro, El Paso, Mexico, Music, New Mexico, Painter, Winter
Posted in Albuquerque
Posted in Albuquerque
Alabama Grove
Narrator Margaret Pool speaks about Pleasant Grove, Alabama school fairs and musicals during the Fall and Summer, family football and listening-in via transistor radio, and travel throughout the United States, including Knoxville, Tennessee seeking wild blueberry in the Great Smoky…
Tagged with: Alabama, Albuquerque, Education, Fall, Home Movies, Learning, Listening, Postcards, Reading, Smoky Mountains, Sports, Summer, Teaching, Tennessee, Transistor Radio, Travel, Wisconsin
Posted in Albuquerque
Posted in Albuquerque
NMSU Public History
January 2017 begins anew with a Public History master’s program at New Mexico State University located in Las Cruces. My accepted admission Statement of Purpose outlines my initiative to record, catalog, and present narrative research on Poverty, Homelessness, and Child Hunger in…
Tagged with: Las Cruces, Learning, New Mexico, NMSU, Public History, Research, RMOA, SOHA
Posted in Las Cruces
Posted in Las Cruces
records papers 