By Edward Shore Border Public History is an initiative of the History Department at the University of Texas-El Paso to preserve the public history of the El Paso-Ciudad Juárez metropolitan area. Directed by Dr. Yolanda Chávez Leyva of the UTEP History Department, Border Public History fosters collaboration among historians and the general public to “recuperate […]
VOCES Oral History Project
By Valerie Ann Martínez Voces is an ongoing collaborative effort between UT students, faculty, and community participants to record and preserve the history of Latina and Latinos living during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Since its origin in 1999, the project has collected nearly 1,000 interviews documenting the experiences of Latina […]