Speakers/Chautauqua Catalog

Name	Ms. Nancy R. Bartlit
Email	nbartlit@aol.com
Office Phone	505/672-9792
Cel Phone	505/690-5581
Address	113 Monte Rey Drive North Los Alamos, NM 87544 US

Biographical Info	Nancy Bartlit, President of the Los Alamos Historical Society, is an author and oral historian who taught and studied in Japan. She holds a degree in history from Smith College and a Masters in communications from the University of New Mexico. Please read the booking guidelines before applying for funds. Speaker must be contacted by host to arrange presentation date
Program Title	Silent Voices of World War II: New Mexico’s Fierce Encounters with Japan
Program Description	Based on Bartlit’s interviews with (1) New Mexico New Mexico National Guardsmen who survived the Bataan Death March and three and one-half years as POW “guests” of the Emperor of Japan; (2) Navajo Code Talkers whose “code-within-a-code” was unbreakable; (3) an internee of the Santa Fe Internment Camp; and (4) scientists who worked with the Manhattan Project researchers; her talk illustrates how the contributions of the four groups were intertwined and helped to shorten the war in the Pacific.
Series	Conversations With the World; New Mexico History and Cultures
Chautauqua Program Application (Booking)	Click here to fill out a funding application for this program »

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