Calla Eyler and Ulysses G. Wolfe papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-0215
Scope and Content
The papers of Calla Eylar Wolfe and Ulysses G. Wolfe comprise 4 linear feet and span the years 1897-1983. The collection is arranged into three series: Calla Eylar Wolfe, which includes materials relating to her first husband Judge Albert Eylar; Ulysses G. Wolfe, which includes many maps and blueprints from his career as a mining engineer; and photographs. The Calla Eylar Wolfe papers are two linear feet.
Dates
- 1897-1979
Language of Materials
English
Access and Use Restrictions
This material may be examined by researchers under supervised conditions in the Search Room.
Copy Restrictions
Limited duplication is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for compliance with copyright and other applicable statutes.
Copyrights associated with this collection have not been transferred and assigned to New Mexico State University.
Copyrights associated with this collection have not been transferred and assigned to New Mexico State University.
Biographical Information
- 1896
- Moved to Del Rio, El Paso
- 1907
- Graduated from Michigan Agricultural College (Michigan State University)
- 1913
- Received Master's Degree from Michigan Agricultural College
- 1914
- Came to El Paso, Texas. Married Albert S. Eylar
- 1915
- Moved to La Mesa, New Mexico
- 1923-1926
- Supervisor of Home Economics for El Paso Public Schools
- 1939
- Judge Eylar dies at the age of 72 in train accident near Vado, New Mexico (His auto was struck by a string of box cars.)
- 1944
- Calla marries Ulysses Grant Wolfe, El Paso mining engineer
- 1940-50
- Served five terms as representative from Dona Ana County to the New Mexico Legislature
- 1971
- Died August 23 in Las Cruces after a long illness
Extent
6.5 Linear Feet
Abstract
Calla Eylar Wolfe was the supervisor of Home Economics for public schools in El Paso, Texas and served five terms as Dona Ana County representative to the New Mexico Legislature. Her first husband, Albert Eylar, was an El Paso County judge. Her second husband, Ulysses G. Wolfe, was a mining engineer. The collection includes correspondence, printed materials, writings by Calla Wolfe, educational materials, mining reports, assay maps, and photographs. The photographs include images of the Juarez, Mexico during the Mexican Revolution, refugees from Juarez, Navajo Indians, and Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Acquisition
- Gifts of Ann Eylar Zohn
General
Contact Information
- Archives and Special Collections
- NewMexico State University Library
- P.O. Box 30006
- Las Cruces, NewMexico 88003-8006
- Phone: (505) 646-3839
- Fax: (505) 646-7477
- Email: archives@lib.nmsu.edu
- URL: http://archives.nmsu.edu
General
- Title
- Register of the Calla Eyler and Ulysses G. Wolfe papers, 1897-1979
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Processed by Portia Vescio with Roxanne Klunczyk and Cecelia Carrasco
- Date
- © 2002
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
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Repository Details
Part of the New Mexico State University Library Archives and Special Collections Repository