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Spring 2001, Volume 73, Number 2 Editor: Phil Roberts Guest Editor for this Special Issue: Anotonio Rios-Bustamante On the Cover: Martin Saldana, Mexican (1874 -1965), Woman in Swing (oil on canvas board, 20 x 30 inches, not dated), gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Bridaham, University of Wyoming Art Museum (85.0240.000) |
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From Our Guest Editor...
Annals of Wyoming is proud to publish a special issue on the history of Mexicanos/Hispanics in Wyoming. The issue includes essays on various aspects of the history of Mexicanos/Hispanics in Wyoming. In the first essay, "Wyoming's Mexican Hispanic,History," I provide a brief examination of the historiography and sources. Juan Coronado writes about the Rawlins Chicano community in the second article. Alephonso Garcia remembers the years when his family worked in the sugar beet fields near Wheatland in a reminiscence he titles "Beet Seasons in Wyoming." In the next article, I am joined by Jesse Vialpando in describing the pioneering "La Cultura Project Oral History Project." The issue concludes with articles written by three younger people about their families in Wyoming although all three articles examine broader themes. Kirse Kelly, "Wyoming Energy Boom Chicano Migration: Los Chavez," looks at the migration and experiences of her family in WYoming in recent times. Miguel Rosales, "A Mexican Railroad Family in Wyoming," examines the experience of Mexican Women as wartime workers on the Union Pacific Railroad. The special issue concludes with an article by Dwayne Gallegos, "Making Laramie Hoy: A Video History," describing how a contemporary student production of a video documentary on the history of the Laramie Mexican American community was made. As in many fields of history, much work remains, but we hope you gain a flavor for the Mexicano/Hispanic experience in Wyoming through the articles included here.
--Antonio Rios-Bustamante, Guest Editor
Articles in Annals of Wyoming, Spring, 2001:
"Wyoming's Mexican Hispanic History"
by Antonio Rios-Bustamante
"Chicanos in Rawlins, 1950-2001"
by Juan Coronado
"Beet Seasons in Wyoming:
Mexican-American Family Life on a Sugar Beet Farm near Wheatland During World War II"
by Alephonso Garcia
"La Cultura Oral History Project:
Mexicano/Hispanic History in Wyoming"
by Antonio Rios-Bustamante and Jesse Vialpando
"Recent Chicano Migration Into and Out of Wyoming: Los Chavez"
by Kirse Kelly
"A Mexican Railroad Family in Wyoming"
by Miguel A. Rosales
"The Making of a Video Documentary -- Laramie Hoy"
by Dwayne Gallegos
The journal is available as a benefit of membership in the Wyoming State Historical Society (published quarterly), Individuals interested in purchasing individual copies or submitting manuscripts for possible publication in the Annals should contact the editor, Annals of Wyoming, American Heritage Center, Dept. 3924, 1000 E. University Avenue
Laramie WY 82071.
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