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Correspondence, 1936 - 1939

 File — Box: 18, Folder: 13

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, financial records, and other papers concerning the following topics: the School of American Research; the Museum of New Mexico; the Departments of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of New Mexico and University of Southern California; WPA (Works Progress Administration) and FERA (Federal Emergency Relief Administration) projects in New Mexico; archaeological sites such as Chaco Canyon, Kuaua, Abó, Jemez, Gran Quivira, Quarai, and Paa-ko; UNM University Press; the New Mexico Association of Colleges; Eastern New Mexico University; the San Diego Museum (now the San Diego Museum of Man); and publications like El Palacio magazine. Includes correspondence with Marjorie Ferguson, Julio C. Tello, Wayne L. Mauzy, Thomas L. Popejoy, James Fulton Zimmerman, Frances Emma Watkins, Alfred Vincent Kidder, Reginald G. Fisher, Dorothy L. Luhrs, Bertha P. Dutton, Fred E. Harvey, and others. Also includes a "Memorandum of Working Arrangement between Works Progress Administration and Institutions of New Mexico in Relation to Archaeological Projects."

Dates

  • 1936 - 1939

Access Restrictions

None

Extent

From the Collection: 24 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Spanish; Castilian

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Fray Angélico Chávez History Library Repository

Contact:
Fray Angélico Chávez History Library
New Mexico History Museum
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Sante Fe NM 87501 USA
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