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WEST MESA LANDSCAPES AND STOCK PONDS, 1980-1981

 File — Box: 177, slide-box: 33

Scope and Contents

  1. 1. Trip to Carson and Tres Orejas, Aug. 1980. Tres Orejas Mt. viewed from pond in Carson Reservoir. Unusual perspective. (19 slides)
  2. 2. Tres Orejas and pond in Carson Reservoir, Aug. 1980. White cloud over mountain. Sanderling in water. (15 slides)
  3. 3. Tres Orejas and sunflowers in Carson Reservoir, Aug. 1980. Bright white clouds over Tres Orejas. (Pictures in LBDA and A Fragile Beauty.) Road through sunflowers. VW bus in sunflowers. (20 slides)
  4. 4. Closeups of sunflowers in Carson Reservoir, Aug. 1980. (7 slides)
  5. 5. Trip to Carson Reservoir, Pop, JTN, Tania and Luke Nichols, Tanya Mares, Aug. 1980. Pop and Tania at home in our sunflowers. Pop in truck in Carson sunflowers. Tania and Tanya Mares in Carson Reservoir sunflowers. (1 picture in LBDA.) Closeup of sunflowers. Luke throws rock at the pond. (18 slides)
  6. 6. Trip to Carson Reservoir and Tres Orejas with Pop, JTN, Luke, Tania, Tanya Mares, Aug. 1980. Friendly horses; Pop and family atop Tres Orejas (1 picture in LBDA); horned toad. (20 slides)
  7. 7. Trip to Carson, Pop, JTN, Luke, Tania, Tanya Mares, Aug. 1980. Pop rolls cigarette. With kids on my Carson land. Carson Reservoir pond. Sheep moth on sage. (1 picture in LBDA.) (16 slides)
  8. 8. Sunny white clouds on West Mesa, March 1981. Salt lick and tumbleweed at Martínez sheep corral, Feb. 1981. Lovely mesa shots, snowy Taos mountains in background. (20 slides)
  9. 9. Moonrise over frozen West Mesa pond. Also same pond when not frozen. Jan. 1981. (Pictures in LBDA and Sky's the Limit.) (16 slides)
  10. 10. Horses at West Mesa pond; frozen pond at twilight; prickly poppy in sunshine, Jan. 1981 (see "prickly poppy," p. 5 in SLIDE BOX 32). Lovely images. (18 slides)
  11. 11. Luke Nichols at West Mesa pond, Jan. 1981. (2 slides)
  12. 12. Frozen West Mesa ponds, white rock in foreground. Jan-Feb. 1981. Snowy mountains in BG. "Phillipines" map composed of snow skeins on frozen pond. (19 slides)
  13. 13. Tina the baby bulldog on the West Mesa, Jan. 1981. (1 picture in LBDA.) Tina with horse skeleton. (1 picture of horse skeleton in LBDA.) Tina standing in water tank. Coyote bones. (Used in LBDA.) (14 slides)
  14. 14. Ring muhly on West Mesa, Nov. 1981. Lovely pics of muhly stalks caught in dead sage branches. (17 slides)
  15. 15. Various clouds on West Mesa, Jan-Feb. 1981. 8 little gray clouds in a row. Crimson sunsets. (19 slides)
  16. 16. More West Mesa clouds for the feeble minded, 1981. Above Tres Orejas and Cerros de Taos. (19 slides)
  17. 17. Random shots on West Mesa, 1981. Sheep at Tres Orejas (cover of A Fragile Beauty). Fat cow with Tres Orejas in BG (used in On The Mesa). Grass in mid-road (used in LBDA and A Fragile Beauty). Juniper with Taos Mt. in BG. (13 slides)
  18. 18. Closeups of plants, rocks, grasses, ice, snow on West Mesa, Dec-Jan. 1981. (16 slides)
  19. 19. Snow in dry pond's cracked mud (used in A Fragile Beauty); white rocks in gully; Graves house; my VW out there (used as cover of Impact Magazine, Alb. Journal, Jan. 17, 1984), Feb-April-Dec 1981. (14 slides)

Dates

  • 1980-1981

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.)

Additional Description

General

TRIPS WITH FAMILY TO CARSON RESERVOIR AND TRES OREJAS MOUNTAIN. TINA THE BABY BULLDOG. SEMI-WILD HORSES. RING MUHLY, CATTLE, VARIOUS PLANTS AND ROCKS. 19 SLEEVES. Highlight is Carson Reservoir, fields of wild sunflowers, and climbing Tres Orejas with my dad, David Nichols, my kids Luke and Tania, and our friend, Tanya Mares.

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University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
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