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University of New Mexico. Center for Southwest Research

 Organization

Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

Alianza Federal de Pueblos Libres Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-628-BC
Scope and Content This collection contains newspaper clippings, magazine articles, pamphlets, flyers, press releases, and broadsides relating to Alianza Federal de las Mercedes, Alianza Federal de Pueblos Libres, Reies Lopez Tijerina, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, land grants, education, employment, and discrimination. The Alianza constitution is also included in the collection. An oversized folder contains broadsides, reprints and a map. This collection is composed of materials that were formerly housed in...
Dates: 1963-1997 (bulk 1967-1979)

Arthur Loy Clippings Regarding Tobacco Road

 Collection
Identifier: MSS -243-SC
Abstract The Arthur Loy clippings relate to Albuquerque's controversial production of the play 'Tobacco Road' in 1936.
Dates: 1936

Austrian Revolutionary Broadsides and Pamphlets

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-151-SC
Abstract This collection contains examples of broadsides and pamphlets that appeared with the freeing of the press in Vienna during the Revolution of 1848.
Dates: 1848

Collection of Papers on Nelson M. Davidson

 Collection
Identifier: MSS -223-SC
Abstract This collection contains correspondence from Garnet Davidson to Erna Fergusson, regarding Nelson Davidson's work, as well as numerous sketches by Nelson M. Davidson.
Dates: 1933-1936

El Periquillo Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-427-BC
Scope and Content El Periquillo: Diario Poetico de la VI Feria Mexicana del Libro was a daily publication of the sixth Mexican book fair, which took place in 1954. It was published by the Confederacion Nacional de Organizaciones Populares (C.N.O.P.). The publication contained an engraving of an animal or insect with a related poem on the front page. There was an editorial concerning Mexican culture inside the front cover, original poetry, articles and daily fair schedules within...
Dates: 1954

French Revolutionary Pamphlets

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-199-BC
Abstract The French Revolutionary Pamphlets collection contains nineteen original published documents written by leading French Republican Revolutionaries during the second through eighth years of the First French Republic (1793-1801). There are twelve additional documents published during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries relating to leading figures and events of the French Revolution.
Dates: 1792-1928

Grub Stake Agreement Between Robert Sayre and A. J. Stockbridge

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-167-SC
Abstract The collection consists of an agreement between a prospector and an investor.
Dates: 1936

Hispanic Writers Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-569-BC
Scope and Content The initial part of this collection consists largely of materials that Enrique Lamadrid gathered to write biographies of Fabiola Cabeza de Baca Gilbert, E. A. Mares, and Leo Romero for the Chicano Writers, second series volume of the Dictionary of Literary Biography. These materials include copies of the final biographies that were published in Chicano Writers, as well as background...
Dates: 1958-

Justices of the Peace Journal for Bernalillo County, N.M.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-715-SC
Abstract Photocopy of a journal/record book kept by the justices of the peace in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, 1889-1903.
Dates: 1889-1974 (bulk 1889-1903)

Marjorie Van Meter Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-438-SC
Abstract This collection contains correspondence from Marjorie Van Meter, residing in Mexico from 1912-1913, to her family in the United States.
Dates: 1912-1916; Majority of material found in 1912-1913

Mexican Popular Music Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MU-5
Abstract This collection of sound recordings was donated to the John Donald Robb Archive of Southwestern Music by the Music Department of the University of New Mexico. It consisted of three reels of pre-1963 commercial recordings of Mexico music, which have been reformatted to three cassettes. Represented in the collection are canciones, corridos, rancheras, huapangos, vals (waltzes) and marchas.
Dates: [194?]-1963

Mexican Sheet Music Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-730-BC
Abstract The collection contains 270 musical scores from the "Golden Age" of Mexican music. Represented within the collection are various pieces within the genres of canción, canción mexicana, canción regional, fox-trot, march (marcha)), bolero, waltz (vals), danza, tango, ...
Dates: 1920-1936

Narratives and Handbook Pertaining to 18th Century New Mexico Presidios

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-658-BC
Abstract This collection is comprised of narratives written by Spanish military explorers in the 1700s, as well as a handbook based upon the aforementioned explorations for the presidios of what is now New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, and parts of northern Mexico.
Dates: 1765-1990 (bulk 1765-1795)

Native American Programs Series

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1028-BC
Abstract Contains close to one hundred video recordings of programs related to Native American contemporary issues.
Dates: 1999-2017; Majority of material found in 2003-2010

New Mexico Constitution Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-171-BC
Abstract The New Mexico Constitution Collection consists of published New Mexico Constitutions. Included are Spanish copies of the 1850 and 1889 Territorial Constitutions, documents pertaining to the drafting of the 1910 Constitution, and several copies of the 1910 Constitution itself. The 1910 document formed the basis for New Mexico Statehood in 1912.
Dates: 1886-1969

New Mexico Documents Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-146-BC
Abstract This collection contains documents pertaining to New Mexico in the years 1758-1876. The collection consists mostly of land records as well as documents regarding New Mexico's status as a non-slave holding Territory.
Dates: 1758-1876

New Mexico Governors' Proclamations and Documents

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-67-SC
Abstract This collection contains proclamations and documents issued by New Mexico governors for various occasions between 1737 and 2005. Most proclamations reflect commemorative events.
Dates: 1737-2005

New Mexico Land Documents and Marriage Authorization

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-106-SC
Abstract This collection is comprised of documentation of land sales or transfers from 1811-1887 and one letter from a Bishop authorizing a particular marriage. All documents pertain to the Mexican and Territorial periods in New Mexico.
Dates: 1791-1887 (bulk 1826-1887)

New Mexico Scrapbooks,

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-127-BC
Abstract This collection consists of ten albums filled with newspaper clippings related to New Mexico from the years 1915-1928.
Dates: 1915-1928

Radical Pamphlets Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-352-BC
Abstract The collection contains pamphlets published by the Communist Party, U.S.A., Communist Party, Soviet Union, various Socialist parties, and radical presses in the U.S. and abroad. Some pamphlet covers and descriptions can be viewed in New Mexico Digital Collections.
Dates: 1899-1973

Santo Domingo Pueblo Documents

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-78-SC
Abstract This collection contains 15 photoprints of documents housed in the archives of Santo Domingo Pueblo regarding the boundaries of Santo Domingo lands.
Dates: 1689-1907

Seder Dime Novel Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-312-BC
Scope and Content This collection was donated to the Center for Southwest Research by the Arthur R. Seder family in 1971. Seder was an alum of the University of New Mexico. He was also principal and athletic coach of Clovis High School (1913-1918), and then, Vice President in charge of finance for the American Railway Association in Washington D.C. The Seder Dime Novel Collection is a well rounded collection of more than 2,000 dime novels. It contains significant runs of titles including ...
Dates: [ca. 1879-1912]

Small Architecture Collections

 Collection
Identifier: SWA-Small-Collections
Abstract This group of architectural drawings and plans falls under the heading of Small Collections and includes drawings of New Mexico residential, public, and commercial buildings.
Dates: 1905-2021

Southwest Travel Literature Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-115-BC
Scope and Content This collection consists of a large variety of New Mexico and Southwest travel related literature, containing promotional materials from various state, county, city, commercial and industrial groups. Brochures, maps, railroad time tables, and other miscellaneous items are represented in the collection. Much of the material is related to locations along Route 66.

This is an ongoing collection which has been and will continue to be accumulated by the Center for Southwest Research.
Dates: 1881- [ongoing]

Southwest Travel Literature Postcard Collection

 Collection
Identifier: PICT-000-115
Abstract One set of photographic postcards of Navajo people entitiled "Pictorial Postcards of the Southwest by Laura Gilpin, Set No. 4, Navaho."
Dates: 1920-1940