The Mexican Community of Tucson, 1940-2015
From Arizona, Southwestern, and Borderlands photograph collection (AzSwBPhoto)
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This lecture by renowned writer and professor, Dr. Thomas E. Sheridan, is the opening event for Special Collections’ new exhibit, "Tucson: Growth, Change and Memories." The exhibit explores various aspects of Tucson’s history and growth as an urban community.
Sheridan is a Research Anthropologist at the Southwest Center, which is dedicated to documenting and interpreting the region’s natural and human cultures. He also serves as Professor of Anthropology in the University of Arizona School of Anthropology. He has conducted ethnographic and ethnohistoric research in the Southwest and northern Mexico since 1971 and directed the Mexican Heritage Project at the Arizona Historical Society from 1982-1984. He is the author of a number of works about the history of the region, including “Los Tucsonenses: The Mexican Community in Tucson, 1854-1941”, and “Arizona: A History”, now in its second edition.
This evening’s lecture focuses on changes wrought in the Mexican community in the past 75 years as the result of rapid urbanization. The lecture will be followed by a reception.