Latinos/Hispanics in Colorado Collection; image no. img246.
Contributor
Adams State College. Nielson Library, owner.
Date
[1953]
Summary
View of the San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts, San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. Shows a modified Territorial design with vigas and stepped pediments. The building has a two story central core with two wings and entrances covered with tile roofs. Students and automobiles are near the building. The Sangre de Cristo Mountains are in the distance. Ninety percent of the students are Hispanic American.
Is Part Of
Latinos/Hispanics in Colorado Collection.; WPA Photos
Item Owned By
Auraria Library
Subject
San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts (Colo.)--Buildings--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Universities & colleges.; San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts (Colo.)--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Community colleges--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial works.; San Luis (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
Format-Medium
Photograph
Source
Source: loan, Nielson Library, Adams State College, 2010.
Rights Contact Information
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Content derived from inventory prepared by Dana EchoHawk.; Scanned image from loaned collection.; Title derived from inventory.; From Inventory: "San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts in San Luis, Colorado. Classes began in 1943. 'The new San Luis division called the San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts sort of grew up like Topsy. Few Coloradans probably know of its existence. Dr. (Ira) Richardson (Adams State College president) had an old community WPA building given to the state and around this structure he built a college serving a population that is 90 percent Spanish-American...the amazing thing about this unique college is that the building was acquired without cost to the state, built or improved upon partly by the faculty, students and volunteer help.' Excerpt taken from Mexicans and Hispanos: In Colorado Schools and Communities, 1920-1960, by Ruben Donato, p. 111, 2007." "Is Part Of" term supplied by cataloger.; R7001524489; Mode of access: World Wide Web.; Digitization sponsored by the Library Services and Technology Act and the Center for Colorado & the West at Auraria Library.
