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Ranch and farm scenes, 1880-1910

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3

Scope and Content

From the Collection: The collection consists of portraits of Felipe Chaves (Chavez) and his family, and others (including Arthur E. Currens, founder of the Tucumcari News and Clovis News, and family). There are images of the Chaves home and store in Belen, the Felipe Chaves School for Mexican girls, an interior view of a room at St. Joseph's Hospital (1907), and five mounted ranching scenes taken at the Bell Ranch. There is an oversize group portrait of residents (identified on back) of a boarding house in Oberlin, Ohio, dated 1894-95.

Dates

  • 1880-1910

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 31 items (2 boxes) : 30 photographs, 1 tintype

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

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