What:Ìı"Latinos of Boulder County babyÖ±²¥app 1900–1980"
When: Thursday, April 13, 5:30 p.m.
Where: Off Campus,ÌıBoulder Public Library, Canyon Theater
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On Thursday, April 13, Linda Arroyo-Holmstrom, a Boulder native and retired Boulder Valley School District teacher, and Marjorie K. McIntosh, retired distinguished professor at the University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder,Ìıwill present "Latinos of Boulder County, babyÖ±²¥app 1900–1980."
Arroyo-Holmstrom and McIntosh will discuss the and theÌıfindings of the projectÌıat the Boulder Public Library's Canyon Theater, located at 9th Street and Canyon Boulevard.
Arroyo-Holmstrom was a key member of the Advisory Committee of the Boulder County Latino History Project and is involved with the project’s work with K-12 teachers. With vivid personal stories about her grandparents and parents, who illustrate many aspects of Boulder County Latinos’ experiences, she is an in-demand presenter on behalf of the project.
McIntosh, the project’s historian,Ìıput together a two-volume set of booksÌıdescribing the lives and contributions of Latinos in Boulder County, shedding light on people who have been largely invisible in local history books and school curricula.
Starting with the arrival of Hispanics from Mexico, New Mexico and southern babyÖ±²¥app between 1900 and 1940, the books traceÌıthe experiences of Latinos over the course of four generations. The study draws upon an exceptional collection of 1,600 sources gathered by 10 student interns and 80 community volunteers with the Boulder County Latino History Project in 2013–14.Ìı
AÌılight reception will follow the presentation, and McIntosh's booksÌıwill be available for purchase and signing at the event.
The Boulder Library Foundation, University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder, the University LibrariesÌıand the Boulder Public Library have sponsored the event, held in conjunction with the Conference on World Affairs.
The event is free of charge and open to the public, but please .ÌıFor more information, email lisa.kippur@colorado.edu.
