Nancy Brown contributed a number of Southwestern maps, posters and additional educational material to the effort. Included are articles and recorded interviews about Martinez and the museum. The exhibits featured the New Mexico Spanish pioneers, Spanish Aid to the American Revolution (1986), Hispanos and New Mexico Statehood, Spanish law in the West and early Hispanic law officers, and a Columbus tribute. There are papers about his Spanish History Museum, its goals, activities and some photographs. Included is a 1975 invitation to the Spanish Village queens to attend the crowning of Miss Indian New Mexico at the State Fair Indian Village. In addition, the comments by Rocio Vargas Brimhall, from Peru, part of his stage crew, about the village Latin American parade float and her own life are a good view of Hispanos in Albuquerque during that era. There are photographs of the village and the three queens, as well as promotional materials and photographs for some of the performers. When he was Director of the Spanish Village - Villa Hispana and hosted several Spanish Heritage shows, he retaining files about the programs, contracts with the performers, and his innovations to improve the village. While Martinez was Secretary of the Spanish Village Corporation, of the New Mexico State Fair, he saved some meeting notes and plans about the operations of the village and the Spanish Village queen’s pageant. Photographs and papers from his Columbus Day programs in Old Town Albuquerque show members of the Latin American and Italian organizations who celebrated the event with him. Martinez worked with the Albuquerque Sociedad Hispanica Cultural, headed by Hugo Pena, and has material about their activities. For example, included is a script and recording of the Infantry’s Garfield school program and a recording of the Bicentennial tribute to Max Royal for his retablo in San Felipe Church, Old Town. There are papers about his marching color guard unit the Colonial Infantry of Albuquerque, its goals, equipment, members, and various photographs of its activities. The collection also shows a number of other educational activities in the local community, including at the University of Albuquerque and the University of New Mexico. He corresponded and worked with state politicians and other Hispanic leaders. Other writings show his ideas about and defense of Spanish history. There is information about his insurance agency and his campaign for New Mexico State Representative. The Elmer Martinez Collection contains correspondence, reports, recordings, photographs, maps, posters, and newspaper clippings related to his efforts to preserve and teach about the contributions of the Hispanic people to the country.
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