GREEN SPIRAL NOTEBOOK, 1971-1972
File — Box: 131, Folder: 33
Scope and Contents
In this notebook, in order, are: 1.) 12 pages of notes on the June 25, 1971 Taos Rodeo. 2.) 3 pages of notes on heated Tres Rios Association meeting, August 21, 1972. (People were pissed that their hands would be tied by legalities in upcoming public hearing over Indian Camp Dam and the conservancy district.) 3.) 4 pages of "The Milagro Beanfield War" where police agent Kyril Montana digs up background info on lawyer Charley Bloom and on a writer, somebody Burgess (whom I later dropped from the novel). 4.) 42 pages of notes for a public hearing on the Indian Camp Dam held August 24-25, 1972. Very important. Includes testimony of Roland Fife for the Bureau of Reclamation, grilled by Tres Rios Association lawyer, Gene Weisfeld (G. in my notes); 18 pages of Gene's cross examination of Fife; testimony of Fred Allen for State Engineer; Gene's cross examination; Willis Dees, Tres Rios attorney, cross exam; Gene Weisfeld's cross of hydrologist, Zane Spiegel, for Tres Rios Association--6 pages; testimony of Rudy Pacheco and Alfonso Vigil for dam proponents; Willis Dees opening statement on Day 2 of the hearing; testimony for Tres Rios of protestors Paul Valerio, Amadeo Valerio, Andrés Martínez. (See DESCRIPTION OF THIS HEARING IN MY NM REVIEW ARTICLE, "THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK," OCTOBER 1972.)(FOR MY OTHER NM REVIEW ARTICLES ON INDIAN CAMP DAM, SEE NMR ISSUES FROM: OCT. 1971; DEC. 1971; FEB. 1972; APRIL-MAY 1972; JULY 1972; AND NOV. 1972.) 5.) A 5-page article, "Trout Times Infinity," that I published in Southwest Magazine, Nov. 1972. 6.) A nonsense riff about "Roldán." 7.) One-page riff on Greenwich Village, NY. (NOTE: THIS IS AN IMPORTANT NOTEBOOK. THE INDIAN CAMP DAM/CONSERVANCY FIGHT WAS HUGE IN MY NEW MEXICO LIFE AND IN THE WRITING OF MILAGRO, MAGIC JOURNEY, NIRVANA BLUES AND MANY OTHER BOOKS.)
Dates
- 1971-1972
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
English
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research, however, researchers must sign consent form prior to gaining access to materials. Calavera drawings, proofs, and etchings as well as "little diaries" (Boxes 14, 125, 126, 129, 142) are housed in high security and may require up to 24 hours for retrieval. Enlarged photocopies and typed transcriptions of "little diaries" in Box 142 are located in Box 184.
Extent
From the Collection: 184 boxes (172 cu. ft.)
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
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