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Los Duranes (Albuquerque, N.M.) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Carlos Espinosa Cansino collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 692 BC
Abstract

This collection contains writings from and materials relating to the Chicano activist, Carlos Cansino. Cansino was active with the Los Duranes Community Improvement Association in Albuquerque and La Alianza Federal de Pueblos Libres, as well as Chicano organizing in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Texas.

Dates: 1966-2011 (bulk 1966-1970)

Emma Moya Collection on the History of Old Town Albuquerque and Related Communities

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 907 BC
Abstract

The Emma Moya collection documents the history and people of Old Town Albuquerque and the communities of Atrisco, Barelas, Los Duranes, Martineztown, and related neighborhoods. It also contains her study of Jewish traditions in New Mexico as well as some sketches of local people and places by Joel T. Ramirez.

Dates: 1854-2013; Majority of material found within 1970-1999