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Basque Studies Program Newsletter · Issue
53, 1996
Basque Women’s History
Project
Woman’s role in history has often been ignored
or slighted, much to the detriment of our body of knowledge
about the Basques in Nevada dna the American West. Under the
leadership of Linda White, assistant oordinator of the UNR
Basque Studies Program, and Dr. Jeri Echeverria, chair of
the history department at California State University,
Fresno, plans are being formulated to prepare a bibliography
of resources already available, gather additional data,
including oral histories of Basque women, identify potential
donors of personal papers and photographs to the Nevada
Women’s Archives, and circulate exhibits that depict
Basque life in Nevada.
Participants in this project include Bob Blesse,
Susan Searcy, and Victoria Yturralde of UNR Special
Collections, Jill Berner of the Basque Studies Program,
Jeanne Harrah of the University of Nevada Oral History
Program, Janet Inda, Gretchen Osa, and Gloria Castillo of
the Basque community, Jean Ford and Vikki Ford of the Nevada
Women’s History Project.
Inda says, “These [Basque] women in our
community can tell priceless, wonderful stories about their
years of struggle, and about being Basque in the Nevada of
forty or fifty years ago. But Basques have relatives
everywhere, so we can’t leave out California and Oregon
and Idaho, either.”
Dr. Echeverria feels the project is extremely
important. She has been researching Basque hotels in the
American West for many years and, as a result of that work,
she kkbows how vital the role of Basque women has been
during the last century.
White says, “It is only fitting that the Basqye
Studies Program be at the forefront of this effort. I
encourage all Basque women to give some thought to their
personal history and that of their
families.”
This dynamic group will be meeting regularly to
ensure the success of the project. Questions about the
Basque Women’s History Project may be directed
to:
Linda White
Assistant Coordinator
Basque Studies Program/322
University of Nevada Library
Reno, NV 89557-0012
(phone: 702-784-4854)
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