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Assay Office Kingston, New Mexico, Est. 1883-85

 File — Stack: 03, Drawer: 17
Identifier: ID Number119

Scope and Content

From the Collection: The collection consists of architectural plans for over 200 historic buildings located in New Mexico. The buildings were researched, measured, and the plans drawn by Bunting's students at the University of New Mexico Department of Architecture, 1965-1979. Drawings include floor plans, elevations, site plans and details of structures such as churches, chapels, moradas, houses, schools, stores, hotels, and railroad buildings. Included are examples of architecture from the Spanish colonial, territorial, and early statehood eras. Buildings that can be dated range from 1606-1932. A few of the drawings in the collection are copies of plans from the Historic American Buildings Survey, 1934-1940. These include buildings from Arizona, Louisiana, and other states as well as New Mexico.

The Bunting collection can be seen in three possible formats: 1. 8-1/2 x 11" paper reproductions in bound form, compiled by Bunting 2. Measured drawing format (mostly 18x24") or 3. 4 x 5" negative format. In certain cases, only one format may exist.

The bound volumes (I - XXI) (CSWR NA730 N6 B8 guide) were made from 4 x 5" negatives from the actual drawings. In some cases, there only exists a negative of the buildings or only a drawing. Upon further investigation, it was also found some of the drawings are not included, whereupon neither a negative nor a drawing exists. The 8-1/2" x 11 reproductions in the volumes possibly remain the only visual source for these drawings.

The addendum volumes (A - C) were created because these drawings were not originally cataloged in the Bunting volumes. No negatives exist for these drawings.

Dates

  • Est. 1883-85

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Access Restrictions

Researchers are required to use the volumes of reproductions when available. See: Historic New Mexican Buildings: a Collection of Measured Drawings (ZIM CSWR NA 730 N6 B8).

Extent

4 of 4 Sheets

General

Volume 14: Stores, Public Buildings

Negative Number:1773-1 thru 4

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