Scope and Contents From the Series: Box 1 - Content includes (but is not limited to) experiences on the Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana and dealing with Veterans Affairs (VA). Additional subject matter includes poetry and literary writings, Chicana/a academic departments, Spanish classes, cinema, and thoughts on racism and sexism.Box 2 - Thirteen notebook journals and diaries. Content includes (but is not limited to) reflections on working in the military, thoughts on Marxism and capitalism, writers groups,...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Box 1 - Content includes (but is not limited to) experiences on the Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana and dealing with Veterans Affairs (VA). Additional subject matter includes poetry and literary writings, Chicana/a academic departments, Spanish classes, cinema, and thoughts on racism and sexism.Box 2 - Thirteen notebook journals and diaries. Content includes (but is not limited to) reflections on working in the military, thoughts on Marxism and capitalism, writers groups,...

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The bulk of the collection comprises 53 journals written by Juanita Sanchez between 1968 and 2008 arranged chronologically. The content of Sanchez’s personal writings include accounts of her personal life and include poetry and drawings. The journals contain Sanchez’s descriptions of her life in high school, her work as a poet, her career in the U.S. Air Force and Army, and her time at the Sandia National Laboratories.