Ed Chamberlin Memorial
2026 Lecture Series
Lectures are held at the Martha Liebert Public Library,
126 Calle Malinche, Bernalillo, NM
Refreshments are served afterwards. Masks are optional.
All lectures are free to the Public.
Marjorie Tichy
Archaeologist in Charge
Heather McClure
Librarian
Sunday - November 22 - 2:00pm
In 1934, Majorie Feguson Tichy dug her trowel into the soil at the Coronado Site. Her crew included workers supported by the Great Depression era federal funding program. Seventeen mural layers and 45,000 pottery sherds later, Tichy had made substantial progress on Kuaua’s archaeological knowledge. However, while she was mentored by Edgar Hewett in this work, she was equally undone by him. Tichy was one of the Southwestern archaeologists building a new science and avenues for women archaeologists.
Heather McClure is a Librarian and Archivist at the New Mexico History Museum, Fray Angelico C havez History Library in Santa Fe. She earned a BA at Skidmore College (English Literary Studies) and a MA at the University of Wisconsin (Library and Information Studies). Further studies included Liberal Arts at St. John’s College and a Graduate Certificate in Museum Studies from the University of New Mexico. She researches the history of southwest archaeology and environmental and recreation history.
Indigenous Slavery
In New Mexico
Dr. Aaron Taylor
Historian, Educator, translator
Sunday - January 24 - 2:00pm
The Native Bound Unbound project’s goal is to recover the lives of the Indigenous enslaved. Although the project is hemispheric, the expanding database includes records from New Mexico. In this presentation, Dr. Taylor will provide an overview of the site focused on New Mexico records, discuss his personal genealogical connections to enslaved individuals and highlight several impactful stories from the Native Bound Unbound archive.
Aaron Taylor’s roots in New Mexico go back to at least the early 1700s. Passionate about New Mexico’s history, languages and cultures, he completed his doctorate in 2014 from UNM in Hispanic Literature with a focus on medieval and colonial period texts. He is currently the Deputy Director of the Native Bound Unbound project where he manages transcription and translation teams as well as supporting the research, database and website of this project. He teaches Spanish and English as a Second Language at Explore Academy Charter School.