By Olivia Carmen Otero, FOCAS Intern, Fall 2024 / University of Arizona The Dunbar School, a modest, two-room structure built in 1918, served as a school for African American Children in Tucson, Arizona. The school underwent several expansions to accommodate its growing student body and faculty until it was desegregated in 1951. Regarded as one […]
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Building Tucson’s Mexican American Community Archive
By Jesus Villalobos, FOCAS Intern, Fall 2024 / University of Arizona This semester, I had the unique privilege of serving as the Oral History and Archival Processing Intern at the Mexican American Heritage and History Museum in Tucson, Arizona. The Museum is housed in the historic Sosa-Carrillo House, one of the last remaining homes from […]
Processing process…
By Kelli Luck, FOCAS Intern, Fall 2024 / University of Arizona I was selected to work within the Arizona Queer Archives as a FOCAS Intern in the Fall of 2024. Nestled within the LGBTQ+ Institute at the University of Arizona, the Arizona Queer Archives (AQA) stands as a vital repository of Arizona’s LGBTQ+ history and […]
…from the archives
Gay Community Services, Tucson activism in the AQA by Jules Baldino, FOCAS intern, Fall 2024 / University of Arizona “Indigenous notions of time consider the present to be structured entirely by our past and by our ancestors. There is no separation between past and present, meaning an alternative future is also determined by our understanding […]
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By the FOCAS Team Welcome to the FOCAS Blog! Stay tuned for posts from our interns and about our program.