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Clippings, description and travel and history of area from, 1884-1903.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 16

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

  • 1884-1903.

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English.

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Extent

11 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