Realities of Undocumented Immigrants Oral History Project Records
Scope and Contents
Realities of Undocumented Immigrants Oral History Project Records contains twenty bilingual oral history interviews, conducted in English or Spanish and transcribed and translated, as well as some photographs, and supporting documents from the project. Narrators are individuals, often using aliases, who were at the time of the interview undocumented or formerly undocumented immigrants and current residents of Nevada.
Dates
- 2019 December-2022 June
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for use. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
The interview with Martha is closed to researchers until April 14, 2026.
Historical Note
Between December 2019 and June 2022, Jennifer Cullison along with research assistants, student volunteers, and community volunteers, began an oral history project documenting the experiences of twenty undocumented and formerly undocumented immigrants. This project, Realities of Undocumented Immigrants Oral History Project, had the participation of University of Nevada, Reno offices (Title IX, Undergraduate Research, and Core Humanities) and various local Reno, Nevada organizations (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Nothern Nevada, Women and Children's Center of the Sierra, Faith in Action, Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada, Make the Road, Tu Casa Latina, and Catholic Charities).
Extent
2 Gigabytes
Language of Materials
English
Spanish; Castilian
Abstract
Jennifer Cullison, director of the project, along with research assistants, student volunteers, and community volunteers conducted oral histories with twenty undocumented or formerly undocumented Reno, Nevada community members. The collection contains bilingual oral histories, in English and Spanish, photographs, and other documentary materials regarding the Realities of Undocumented Immigrants Oral History Project that took place between December 2019 and June 2022.
Arrangement
Arrange alphabetically by interviewee.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Jennifer Cullison in June 2022.
Source
- Cullison, Jennifer (Donor, Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Realities of Undocumented Immigrants Oral History Project Records
- Status
- In Progress
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Nevada, Reno. University Archives Repository
Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center
1664 N. Virginia St.
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno NV 89557-0322 USA
775-682-5665
775-682-5724 (Fax)
specoll@unr.edu