Archives Month 2012

Schedule of Events:

100 Years: Celebrating New Mexico’s Health Exhibit UNM Health Sciences Center

Welcome & reading of Governor’s Proclamation John Hyrum Martinez, State Records Administrator New Voices of New Mexico History Speakers Session Moderator Robert Kermit Hill, Jr. Walking Bazaars: Arab Peddlers in New Mexico Speaker Monika Ghattas Uncovering the History of the Albuquerque Greek Community: New Voices of New Mexico Speaker Katherine Pomonis New Mexico: The French Presence since the 1500s Speaker Francois-Marie Patorni

Brown Bag Lunch with Presenters (Bring Your Own Bag) (Presenters’ lunches provided by Santa Fe Airport Grill) Volunteer Appreciation Book Signing Lost Treasures and Old Mines and Stories from Hispano New Mexico (third and fourth volumes of the New Mexico Federal Writers’ Project) Ann Lacy and Anne Valley-Fox Santa Fe: 400 Years, 400 QuestionsPaul Rhetts: Sunshine and Shadows in New Mexico’s Past Elizabeth West Deming (Images of America)Christine Barber: The Bone Fire and The Replacement Child Laura Krol Art Exhibit Ron Kil, Western painter, and official New Mexico Centennial Calendar artist

Past and Present State Historians Speakers Session Moderator Melissa T. Salazar Another Look at the Quest for New Mexico’s Statehood Speaker Hilario Romero A Century of Statehood in New Mexico: Cultural Consequences Speaker Dr. Stanley M. Hordes Stories from the State Archives – Voices from the Past Speaker Robert J. Tórrez Celebrate! New Mexico’s Statehood Revelry in 1910 and 1912 Speaker Dr. Rick Hendricks

Emerging Historians Speakers Session Moderator Christine Barber La Sociedad Literaria y de Ayuda Mutua de Pecos Speaker Marcus Flores Deming’s Role on the Road to New Mexico’s Statehood Speaker Laura V. Kroll The Hunt for Nicolás – A Genetic Study of the Espinosas of New Mexico and Southern Colorado Speaker Michael (Miguél) A. Tórrez

Film Screening at Center for Contemporary Art Kahn Family Films at the NMSRCA. These home movies provide a hand held glimpse of family life, vacations, and Walter Kahn’s passion for cars and car shows during the 1960s. Walter Kahn owned the Kahn Shoe Store on the Plaza for over 50 years, and came from one of New Mexico’s pioneer Jewish merchant families. Walter’s father Gustav Kahn emigrated to New Mexico from Germany in 1907. Walter Kahn was also one of the founders of the New Mexico Jewish Historical Society and Temple Beth Shalom.