Eastern New Mexico Oral History Project

Starting in the early '70s, professors at ENMU, working alongside amateur oral historians in the local community began conducting oral history interviews of citizens that had lived in the area for over 50 years. The collection now includes interviews that focus on a wide variety of topics including: women’s rights, homesteading the Temperance Movement, Native American culture and history, and World Wars I & II. The collection also includes interviews and lectures with the internationally-known pioneering science fiction novelist Jack Williamson.

A five part interview with survivors of the Bataan Death March who resided in Roosevelt County, New Mexico.

A two part interview plus the inaugural address of John Burroughs, the 18th Governor of New Mexico.

Multiple interviews with renowned science fiction pioneer, Jack Williamson.

An interview with author S. Omar Baker.

Multiple entries of the second university president, Dr. Floyd Golden.

An interview with women's suffrage proponent, Francis Cristal

Two interviews with Eve Ball, an educator that taught in the reservation schools in New Mexico.

The daughter of Duncan Valachee talks about her life and memories.

Mrs. Dominguez discusses her involvement with the Spanish community in Portales, New Mexico.