Santuario de Guadalupe - Maps, blueprints., 1976-1999 (bulk 1989-1990)
File — Oversize-Folder: 1
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The bulk of this collection relates to the records kept by Edward Crocker concerning renovation of the Santuario de Guadalupe, an historic Catholic church in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and the archaeology that resulted. The collection documents renovation work, archaeology, and architecture with contracts, newspaper articles, correspondence, notes, manuscripts, background research, photographs and slides. The material covers the time span from of the formation of the Guadalupe Historic Foundation in 1974 through 1999. The bulk of the material is dated 1989-1990, documenting Crocker's contract to do structural support work and archaeology on the Santuario de Guadalupe. Also documented are the many problems played out in real time and in the newspapers by the discovery of human remains within the confines of the Santuario de Guadalupe Church in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Though much of the collection is concerned with the preservation of the Santuario de Guadalupe, and the subsequent unanticipated archaeology conducted with the discovery of human remains beneath the church, the underlying issues of Hispanic attitudes towards death, religion, and history are also covered. Other relevant events represented in this collection include grant funding debates, the use of the Santuario as a religious or cultural venue, and the disposition of the human remains found buried under the floor of the Santuario. The role played by the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, the Commission for the Preservation of Historic New Mexico Churches, and the lay brotherhood known as the Hermanos Penitentes are also key ingredients in the story documented by this collection.
Though much of the collection is concerned with the preservation of the Santuario de Guadalupe, and the subsequent unanticipated archaeology conducted with the discovery of human remains beneath the church, the underlying issues of Hispanic attitudes towards death, religion, and history are also covered. Other relevant events represented in this collection include grant funding debates, the use of the Santuario as a religious or cultural venue, and the disposition of the human remains found buried under the floor of the Santuario. The role played by the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, the Commission for the Preservation of Historic New Mexico Churches, and the lay brotherhood known as the Hermanos Penitentes are also key ingredients in the story documented by this collection.
Dates
- 1976-1999 (bulk 1989-1990)
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
English.
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 1 box (.5 cu. ft.) + 1 oversize folder
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