New Mexico State University

Interview with Manuel Chavez on Chavez family history, other families and historic structures in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Interview with Mary Alexander on history of Mesilla, New Mexico including the Veitch and Fountain families and the Mexican-American experience.

Interview with Pat Barncastle on the Barncastle, Wertheim and other families of Dona Ana and Las Cruces, New Mexico. The interview covers the Barncastle and Wertheim families' grocery and mercantile stores as well as life in the area during the 1930s through 1960s.

Interview with Ramon Alvarez on farming and irrigation in the La Union area of the Mesilla Valley, Dona Ana County, New Mexico.

Interview with Ray Enriquez on farming and irrigation in the La Union area of the Mesilla Valley, Dona Ana County, New Mexico.

Interview with Tom Bruce on his relationship with astronomer Clyde W. Tombaugh, discoverer of the planet Pluto. Bruce discusses working for Tombaugh while a student at New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (later New Mexico State University) during the late 1950s through the mid 1960s. Bruce talks about the astronomical observation projects undertaken by Tombaugh and his team at NMSU and the early development of the astronomy department.

Interview with Victoria Montes on farming and irrigation in the La Mesa area of the Mesilla Valley, Dona Ana County, New Mexico. She discusses crops, irrigation methods, and participation in the community ditch association.

Interview with Walter H. Haas on his professional life as a mathematician, his work in amateur astronomer, his involvement with the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers, and his relationship with Clyde W. Tombaugh, discoverer of the planet Pluto.

Interview with Walter H. Haas on his professional life as a mathematician, his work in amateur astronomer, his involvement with the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers, and his relationship with Clyde W. Tombaugh, discoverer of the planet Pluto.

Interview with Walter H. Haas on his professional life as a mathematician, his work in amateur astronomer, his involvement with the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers, and his relationship with Clyde W. Tombaugh, discoverer of the planet Pluto.