The Open Stacks: Sterns a prominent and influential family
Jennifer Olguin
Although we all are living through challenging and trying times during the pandemic, the New Mexico State University Archives and Special Collections is still receiving collections to add to our archival holdings in order to capture history and ultimately make available to the public. Earlier this summer, Dennis Daily, the ASC department head, received the papers of the late Donald D. Stern. In this post, I will share information on the recently acquired papers as well as provide a glimpse of the Stern family.
Donald David Stern was born Aug. 9, 1925, to Eugene and Mabel Stern. The Stern family was an influential family in the Mesilla Valley they were Jewish merchants and farmers, and assisted in civic organizations around Las Cruces. Eugene and Mabel had six children and the papers housed at the ASC reflect the personal and military life of Donald. Donald was a 1943 graduate of Las Cruces Union High Sc