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The Boulder County Latino History Project and University of Colorado Boulder faculty have teamed up to publish a new book set chronicling the lives and contributions of Latinos in Boulder County.
Marjorie McIntosh, CU Boulder professor emerita of history, authored the two volume set: 鈥淟atinos of Boulder County, Colorado, 1900-1980, Volume I: History and Contributions鈥� and 鈥淟atinos of Boulder County, Colorado, 1900-1980, Volume II: Lives and Legacies.鈥� The books will be available at the book launch at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 8, at the Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Road.听
The book set describes the lives and contributions of local Latinos, shedding light on people who are missing in local history books and school curricula. Starting with the arrival of Hispanics from Mexico, New Mexico and southern Colorado between 1900 and 1940, the study traces the experiences of Latinos over the course of four generations. The study draws upon an exceptional collection of 1,600 primary sources gathered by 10 student interns and 80 community volunteers for the Boulder County Latino History Project. Those sources include oral history interviews, family biographies and photos, films, newspaper material and quantitative information about school children, immigration and employment.
Launched in 2013, the Boulder County History Project is a grassroots effort to record and share the contributions, struggles, and progress of Latinos in Boulder County. Additionally, project organizers work with K-12 teachers, introducing them to local Latino history and culture sources.
Kent Willmann, CU Boulder School of Education instructor, and Flora Sanchez of the Boulder Valley School District are co-directors of the project鈥檚 K-12 efforts. They have been working with teachers in the Boulder Valley and St. Vrain Valley School Districts to help educators explore the project鈥檚 collection and incorporate local history into their curriculum. CU Boulder鈥檚 Office for Outreach and Engagement will supply each school library in the Boulder Valley and St. Vrain Valley Districts with a set of the new books.
.听Read more about Willmann's involvement in the project in this Longmont Times-Call op-ed.
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