Ligon, J. Stokley
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
J. Stokley Ligon Manuscript
Collection
Identifier: MSS-423-BC
Abstract
The James Stokley Ligon Manuscript is an edited draft of Ligon's New Mexico Birds and Where to Find Them (1961). Included are letters between Ligon and the editor at the University of New Mexico Press.
Dates:
(ca. 1959)
Pioneers Foundation (New Mexico) Oral History Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-123-BC
Scope and Content
The collection consists of oral history interviews with nineteenth century settlers of New Mexico. It includes 520 reel-to-reel audiotapes and 385 typed transcripts of interviews with ranchers, miners, hunters, sheriffs, naturalists, archeologists and journalists, mostly from the Silver City area. Interviewees recall everyday life and important events from the 1860s to the 1950s. Interviews were conducted by Lou Blachly, a founding member of the Pioneers Foundation. The collection includes...
Dates:
1952-1960