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On Thursday, April 13, Linda Arroyo-Holmstrom, a º£½ÇÉçÇø native and retired º£½ÇÉçÇø Valley School District teacher, and Marjorie K. McIntosh, retired distinguished professor at the º£½ÇÉçÇø,Ìýwill present "Latinos of º£½ÇÉçÇø County, Colorado 1900–1980."

Arroyo-Holmstrom and McIntosh will discuss the and theÌýfindings of the projectÌýat the º£½ÇÉçÇø Public Library's Canyon Theater, located at 9th Street and Canyon Boulevard.

Arroyo-Holmstrom was a key member of the Advisory Committee of the º£½ÇÉçÇø 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 º£½ÇÉçÇø 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 º£½ÇÉçÇø 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 º£½ÇÉçÇø 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 º£½ÇÉçÇø Library Foundation, º£½ÇÉçÇø, the University LibrariesÌýand the º£½ÇÉçÇø 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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