Correspondence of J. Eirene Ladd, daughter of H.O. Ladd, with L.B. Bloom, UNM Albuquerque, NM on death of her father., 1932.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
This collection of 177 items, dated 1839-1932 with the bulk covering 1881-1887, focuses primarily on the Ladd family, their friends and colleagues, the Ramona School, and the University of New Mexico at Santa Fe. Ladd's autobiographical notes and diary, covering 1881-1884, concern the founding of the University of New Mexico at Santa Fe and the Ramona School. The correspondence mostly concerns raising funds for the University of New Mexico at Santa Fe, and contains letters in support of Indian education, including some from President Grover Cleveland. There are clippings about the Ramona Industrial Girls' School and description and travel in the Southwest. The collection also contains a handwritten notebook of 550 words in Apache and Navajo with some English equivalents, Ladd's notes for lectures on the education work in Santa Fe, and publications such as the 5th (1885-1886) and 6th(1886-1887) annual catalogues of the University of New Mexico at Santa Fe and the annual financial statement of the University for June 15, 1885 to August 16, 1886.
Dates
- 1932.
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
English.
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Extent
9 items.
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu