TAOS AREA, UPPER RANCHITOS HOUSE, FAMILY AND FRIENDS, HIKES UP TO ASPENS AND OUT TO MESA AND GORGE, 1988-1991
File — Box: 173, slide-box: 14
Scope and Contents
- 1. "Xmas tree" at Coronado Center, Taos, March 1991. Pretty little tree in snow against adobe brown wall. (12 slides)
- 2. Trip to García Park with Bill Rusin, June 1990. (1 photo of dandelion meadow used as "Summer" in Keep It Simple.) (20 slides)
- 3. Trip to García Park with Bill Rusin, June 1990. Closeups of sap, wild iris, Rusin. (8 slides)
- 4. Trip up Tres Orejas with Bill Rusin, June 1990. Wonderful photos of gnarly dead junipers. (19 slides)
- 5. Trip up Tres Orejas with Bill Rusin, June 1990. Photos of sunset; Pedernal Mt. in Abiquiu; road to Tres Orejas; piñon silhouettes (photo used in Keep It Simple). (18 slides)
- 6. Dead juniper and piñon trees (skeletons) on Tres Orejas, Dec. 1981, Nov. 1984. (3 slides)
- 7. Juana in irrigation ditch; on Carson Land; at Sheep Corral overlook, July 1990. Juana in back field Lovatos Ditch lateral. At corner posts on my Carson land. With JTN at Sheep Corral Overlook. (For more Sheep Corral photos see SLIDE BOX 7, sleeves 3, 4, 11, 12.) (18 slides)
- 8. JTN and Juanita at Sheep Corral overlook, West Mesa, July 1988. Juana in red shirt, white shorts. Beautiful sunset dramatic and radiant light. (See my SLIDE BOX 7 of Rio Grande slides for more Sheep Corral photos in sleeves 3, 4, 11, 12.) (18 slides)
- 9. Bill Rusin at Rope Trail, June 1990. Rope trail is just south of High Bridge. Luke with bone sculpture in my Guyora Street yard, July 1990. Dove hunting, Sept. 1990, with Rick Ferguson, Doug Terry, JTN in Costilla. (12 slides)
- 10. Trip up Coffee Table Trail with Juana and Bill Rusin, above Little Rio Grande, Sept. 1990. Lovely yellow aspens. JTN at aspen grouse initials. (19 slides)
- 11. Trip up Coffee Table Trail with Juana and Bill Rusin and JTN high above Little Rio Grande, Sept. 1990. Juana with aspen leaf "eyes." Closeups of Rusin's hair. Single backlit aspen leaf. (20 slides)
- 12. Trip up Coffee Table Trail, Rusin, Juana, JTN, high above Little Rio Grande, Sept. 1990. Single leaf. Yellow bouquet aspen foliage explosions. (16 slides)
- 13. Easter weekend with Patsy Catlett, JTN, Sheep Corral Overlook, April 1990. Hand holding out dollar and Atlas cap in front of scenery. Overview of river and Picuris Peak with white raptor shit on foreground rock. (19 slides)
- 14. Easter weekend on West Mesa, and at white table and patio, April 1990. Bulldozers on West Mesa (used in Keep It Simple). Wine glass on white table (1 from this sequence used in Keep It Simple.) (19 slides)
- 15. Portraits of Juanita and son Dylan Dow, Taos, back yard, Jan. 1988. Juana and Dylan joke with each other. Snow in BG. (20 slides)
- 16. Juana and Dylan Dow April 1988; Juana at Abiquiu Lake, Aug. 1988. Continues Juana/Dylan from above. Also Dylan on our portal with cat above head. Juana swimming at Abiquiu Lake. (20 slides) (Also contains envelope with negatives of Abiquiu Lake.)
- 17. Juanita, Dylan Dow, Colin Dow and Luke Nichols, Jan. 1988, May 1988. Juana with hair dryer. Luke and Colin giving funny gang signs beside truck. (18 slides)
- 18. Juanita at High Bridge, July 1989. Juana with her friend Phyllis Thompson, April 1989. (8 slides)
- 19. Juanita with pumpkins in our Taos garden, Dec. 1988. (18 slides)
- 20. Juana and pumpkin, Dec. 1988. Juana also with a horned toad, July 1988. (13 slides)
Dates
- 1988-1991
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.)
General
20 SLEEVES. This box includes hikes with my W.W. Norton pal, Bill Rusin, his wife Sessalee Hensley, up to aspens, out to gorge, up Tres Orejas Mountain on West Mesa. Me and Juana irrigating, and out at Sheep Corral Overlook. Juana and her son, Dylan Dow. And with pumpkins from our garden.
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