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On Thursday, April 13, Linda Arroyo-Holmstrom, a ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ native and retired ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Valley School District teacher, and Marjorie K. McIntosh, retired distinguished professor at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½,Ìýwill present "Latinos of ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ County, Colorado 1900–1980."

Arroyo-Holmstrom and McIntosh will discuss the and theÌýfindings of the projectÌýat the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Public Library's Canyon Theater, located at 9th Street and Canyon Boulevard.

Arroyo-Holmstrom was a key member of the Advisory Committee of the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ County Latino History Project and is involved with the project’s work with K-12 teachers. With vivid personal stories about her grandparents and parents, who illustrate many aspects of ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ County Latinos’ experiences, she is an in-demand presenter on behalf of the project.

McIntosh, the project’s historian,Ìýput together a two-volume set of booksÌýdescribing the lives and contributions of Latinos in ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ County, shedding light on people who have been largely invisible in local history books and school curricula.

Starting with the arrival of Hispanics from Mexico, New Mexico and southern Colorado between 1900 and 1940, the books traceÌýthe experiences of Latinos over the course of four generations. The study draws upon an exceptional collection of 1,600 sources gathered by 10 student interns and 80 community volunteers with the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ County Latino History Project in 2013–14.Ìý

AÌýlight reception will follow the presentation, and McIntosh's booksÌýwill be available for purchase and signing at the event.

The ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Library Foundation, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½, the University LibrariesÌýand the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Public Library have sponsored the event, held in conjunction with the Conference on World Affairs.

The event is free of charge and open to the public, but please .ÌýFor more information, email lisa.kippur@colorado.edu.

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