Museum of New Mexico
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1909-02-19-
Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:
Battle of Glorieta Pass Collection
Collection
Identifier: AC-015
Scope and Content
Collection consists of materials concerning the Battle of Glorieta Pass, fought between Union and Confederate troops in northern New Mexico on March 28, 1862. This battle was the deciding Civil War conflict in New Mexico. Most of the collection relates to the 1987 discovery of a mass grave containing the remains of 31 Confederate soldiers of the 4th, 5th, and 7th Texas Mounted Volunteers from the Battle of Glorieta Pass. Includes photocopies of newspaper clippings on the discovery and the...
Dates:
1927-1993
Boaz W. Long Papers
Collection
Identifier: AC 136
Scope and Content
The Boaz Walton Long Collection consists of private and professional correspondence, financial records, and personal papers dating almost entirely from the 1940s.
Dates:
1942-1957
Cyber Arte Exhibit Collection
Collection
Identifier: AC 323-p
Scope and Content
Collection consists of the Museum of New Mexico's correspondence, e-mail print-outs, memos, and press releases regarding the Cyber Arte exhibition, specifically "Our Lady" controversy, at the Museum of International Folk Art. Material covers 17 March 2001 through 24 April 2001. It does not include one-line communications that could not be copied by photocopier. Includes a statement by artist Alma Lopez on 4 April 2001, explaining her work.
Dates:
2001
Edgar L. Hewett Collection
Collection
Identifier: AC 105
Scope and Content
This collection contains the personal and professional papers of archaeologist and educator Edgar Lee Hewett (1865-1946). The collection includes materials from 1861-1992, with the bulk of the materials from 1897-1947. The types of materials include correspondence, manuscripts by Hewett and others, publications, archaeological notes and reports, financial records, personal documents, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, account books and ledgers, visitor registers, maps, and other miscellaneous...
Dates:
1861 - 1992; Majority of material found within 1897 - 1947
Ernest L. Blumenschein Collection
Collection
Identifier: AC 354
Scope and Content
Collection consists of the personal papers of Ernest L. Blumenschein, including Blumenschein's correspondence; articles and clippings about him and his work, and biographical and genealogical information. Collection also contains copies of his letters to Ellis Butler Parker. Some of the material is contained in Blumenschein's scrapbooks. Additionally, collection holds financial and tax records, and ephemeral material such as driver's licences and passports. Inventory was produced at item level...
Dates:
1891-1993
Francis C. Wilson Files
Collection
Identifier: AC 06
Abstract
Papers include correspondence re the Laboratory of Anthropology, Inc., 1927-1949.
Dates:
1927-1962; 1927-1949; Majority of material found in 1927-1949
Found in:
School for Advanced Research
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Francis C. Wilson Files
Frank Springer Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS -222-BC
Abstract
This collection consists of a bound copy of "Notes and Memoranda Concerning the Legal, Literary, and Scientific Activities of Mr. Frank Springer as a Citizen of New Mexico," compiled from original sources by Ralph Emerson Twitchell, Sante Fe, New Mexico. The collection also contains a bibliography of Frank Springer, correspondence, and clippings.
Dates:
1867-1926
Gerald Cassidy Collection
Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 1-17
Identifier: 046-NMMOA-US
Abstract
This collection contains biographic material, exhibitions and testimonial material, pictures, news/magazine clippings, lists of paintings and prices, correspondence and essays.
Dates:
1910-1989
Found in:
New Mexico Museum of Art
/
Gerald Cassidy Collection
Glen O. Ream Pictorial Collection
Collection
Identifier: PICT-000-409
Abstract
Collection contains photographs of the Ohio State football team (Big Ten Champions) stopping at the Albuquerque train station on route to the Rose Bowl in 1921 and snapshots of the Yale Campus (1920) and Bowl game (1924). It also includes various scenes of New Mexico.
Dates:
1914-1972; Majority of material found within 1920-1929
Guide to the Bruce T. Ellis Collection
Collection
Identifier: AC 075
Scope and Content
The Bruce T. Ellis Collection consists of various original and photostatic copies of the Spanish, Mexican and American period of New Mexico's history. Ellis, a former employee of the Museum of New Mexico's History Bureau, collected and saved many of these diverse documents from destruction. The collection is arranged topically and then chronologically.
Dates:
1712-1980
Isabel L. Eckles Collection
Collection
Identifier: AC 071
Scope and Content
Included in this collection are Isabel Eckles' memorabilia, personal correspondence and papers pertaining to her various interests. Among the photocopied documents are memoirs written by Addison M. Williams and edited by E. Dana Johnson including poems, short stories, and a 79 page autobiography titled: "My Yesterdays: The Autobiography of an Ordinary Citizen: A Narrative of Early Days from Ohio to Old Santa Fe and Montana. Sidelights on the Formative Period in Some Far Western...
Dates:
1898-1966
John L. Sinclair Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-461-BC
Scope and Content
The Sinclair Papers, consisting of fiction and non-fiction manuscript materials from the inception of an idea to the published form, comprise an essentially complete record of John Sinclair's long writing career. Additionally, the Sinclair collection is significant for its attention to regional subject matter--the history and lore of the Southwest. Covering the gamut of New Mexico's multicultural heritage from historical facts to tall tales to spiritual realms, Sinclair's writings reflect his...
Dates:
1849-1993
Kenneth M. Chapman Collection
Collection
Identifier: AC 484
Scope and Content
The collection consists of genealogical family information, correspondence, legal and real estate documents, and (typed and handwritten) autobiographical notes. Papers pertain to Kenneth Chapman's work with the Museum of New Mexico, Edgar L. Hewett and others, the Indian Arts Fund, general archaeology and the preservation of Pueblo pottery.
Dates:
1848-1968; Majority of material found in 1928-1968
Marjorie Lambert Papers
Collection
Identifier: AC 561-p
Scope and Content
Collection consists of certificates of recognition as well as newspaper articles about Marjorie Lambert's accomplishments. Certificates include Spanish Colonial Arts Society (1990); State Board of Education (1969); Curator Emerita, Laboratory of Anthropology (1984); New Mexico Heritage Preservation Award (1988). Also included are a booklet of Indian Paintings from the Margretta S. Dietrich Collection (1963), a letter from the “Peanuts” artist Charles Schulz to Marjorie Lambert (1958), and...
Dates:
1958-1990
Museum of Fine Arts Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: AC 154
Scope and Content
Collection consists of the correspondence between the Museum of Fine Arts and various artists and their families (1910-1978). Correspondence pertains to exhibits, donations of artwork, and repairs to artwork loaned to the Museum. Some of the artists represented in this collection are Gustave Baumann, Oscar E. Beringhaus, Donald Beauregard, Georgia O'Keeffe (1 letter), and John Sloan. Included in the Beauregard correspondence are letters addressed to Edgar L. Hewett (director of the Museum of...
Dates:
1910-1978
Museum of New Mexico History Bureau Collection
Collection
Identifier: AC 156
Scope and Content
The History Bureau Collection consists of twentieth century accession records of Collections and the Fray Angélico Chávez History Library. The artifacts recorded have been at various times property of the Historical Society of New Mexico, the School of American Research and finally the Museum of New Mexico. The records represent an important chronology of collections acquisition and development of the Museum's History Bureau.
Dates:
1883-1976
Old Santa Fe Armory Project
Collection
Identifier: AC 260-p
Scope and Content
WPA project file for improvements of the Old Santa Fe Armory. The project was sponsored by the Museum of New Mexico. Collection consists of project proposals, estimates, and bills.
Dates:
1939-1952
Paul A. F. Walter Papers
Collection
Identifier: AC 234
Scope and Content
Collection includes correspondence of Paul A. F. Walter while he served as Secretary of the School of American Archaeology and later the School of American Research during the years 1913-1917, 1921-1922, and 1925-1928. Also included is Walter's Correspondence while he served as President of the New Mexico Historical Society in 1933-1934 and later from 1936 to 1941. Other items in the collection are related to Walter's official functions within the School of American Research or the...
Dates:
1913-1941
Paul Kuiper Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: PICT-2013-013
Abstract
CD and Glass slides of the murals by José Clemente Orozco in the Hospicio Cabañas in Guadalajara, and cubist murals by Jose Maria de Servin. Transparencies and contact prints of Navajo weaver, Bessie Lee and a Corn & Buffalo Dance.
Dates:
1964, 1971
Phyllis Harroun Collection
Collection
Identifier: AC 103
Scope and Content
Assorted correspondence, some typed, but mostly handwritten, dating from 1920s to mid 1950s with a few pieces dated later.
Dates:
1808-1984
Richard Rudisill Collection
Collection
Identifier: AC 483
Scope and Content
The collection contains correspondence and reviews concerning Rudisill's books, articles, photographic bibliographies, and a compilation of research on the history of the Museum of New Mexico
Dates:
1968-2003
Rydal Press Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-433-BC
Scope and Content
The majority of this collection consists of printing samples from the press' commercial job orders. This includes invitations, programs, greeting cards, advertisements, brochures, newsletters, announcements, stationary, and other assorted ephemera. The collection also includes manuscripts, galleys, and printing blocks. The collection provides an important record of Santa Fe, Los Alamos, and northern New Mexico's social history and the history of fine and commercial printing in the...
Dates:
1947-1978; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1977
Santa Fe Art Museum Site Collection
Collection
Identifier: AC 198-P
Scope and Content
Collection contains resolutions and petitions relating to the search of a proper site for the Art Museum.
Dates:
n.d.
Santa Fe Tertio-Millennial Anniversary Celebration Collection
Collection
Identifier: AC 204
Scope and Content
Collection consists of letters, programs, announcements, articles, and other materials related to the Tertio-Millennial Anniversary Celebration of 1883, held in Santa Fe to recognize 333 years since the establishment of Santa Fe by the Spanish. Includes materials by and about the Santa Fe Tertio-Millennial Anniversary Association; specifications and cost estimates for a main exhibition building; and a register of complimentary tickets with the names of many prominent Santa Fe residents....
Dates:
n.d.
School of American Research Records
Collection
Identifier: AC 207
Scope and Content
This collection, turned over by the School of American Research, contains land grants (deeds), financial records, and records pertaining to the affairs and archaeological activities of the School ("SAR"). It also contains collector's items [Folders 12-15] found among the foregoing records.
Dates:
1932-1959