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WEST MESA LANDSCAPES AND STOCK PONDS, 1985

 File — Box: 178, slide-box: 38

Scope and Contents

  1. in BG, Jan. 1985. Lovely sunset and grasses. (20 slides)
  2. 2. Various shots of West Mesa and snow, Jan. 1985. Much snow on pond dam, mesa, Cañada del Frankie. (13 slides)
  3. 3. Black cows with white stripe, West Mesa, Jan. 1985. Snowy plain, Taos Mt. in BG. Photo in The Sky's the Limit. (15 slides)
  4. 4. Sunset on frozen West Mesa pond, Tres Orejas in BG, Jan. 1985. Rosy quiet, also turbulent cloudy. (15 slides)
  5. 5. Frozen West Mesa pond, silvery glare, lots of snow, Jan. 1985. Tres Orejas in BG. (11 slides)
  6. 6. Snowy mesa and fence posts, great corner posts, Jan. 1985. (2 photos in A Fragile Beauty.) Corner posts in snow and sunshine are cool. (19 slides)
  7. 7. Lots of snow on West Mesa sagebrush, Tres Orejas, Jan. 1985. Heavy snow weighing down sagebrush. (20 slides)
  8. 8. Snow on West Mesa; self-portraits; animal tracks in snow, Jan. 1985. The mesa was so cold. (18 slides)
  9. 9. Snow on West Mesa, animal tracks (mice, coyotes), Jan. 1985. Coyote tracks on narrow sheep trails. (19 slides)
  10. 10. Some snow and ice on West Mesa, white rocks in Cañada del Frankie, Jan. 1985. Patterns and air bubbles on pond ice. (1 photo in Keep It Simple.) (14 slides)
  11. 11. Snow on West Mesa, Cañada del Frankie, in sagebrush, Feb. 1985. Rabbit tracks on snowy mesa. (Photo in The Sky's the Limit.) (19 slides)
  12. 12. Snow on West Mesa, on stock pond dam, on anthill, animal tracks, Feb. 1985. Windrift snow behind snakeweed clumps. (2 photos used in A Fragile Beauty.) (18 slides)
  13. 13. Muddy pond and rabbit brush, juajalote (tiger salamander), April 1985. I was surprised to find a juajalote there. (4 slides)
  14. 14. West Mesa snowy pond with human silhouette figure, Tres Orejas in BG, Feb. 1985. A nice series of photos of a tiny human silhouette on the snowy pond, different poses. (Photos in A Fragile Beauty, Keep It Simple, and Sky's the Limit.) (19 slides)
  15. 15. West Mesa snowy pond, same as above, but without human figure, Tres Orejas in BG, Feb. 1985. (5 slides)
  16. 16. Pink clouds in tiny pond on West Mesa, Tres Orejas in BG, May 1985. Pond was almost empty, just a few feet across. (Photo in Sky's the Limit.) (20 slides)
  17. 17. Pink clouds and almost empty pond on West Mesa, April 1985. 4 good photos of near-empty pond. (8 slides)
  18. 18. Slides of West Mesa pond and mesa that belong elsewhere, 1993, 1994. 2 empty ponds, green nettles on dam. (3 slides)

Dates

  • 1985

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

MANY PHOTOS IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY. 18 SLEEVES. Plenty of snow, ice. Mesa and roads snow-laden. White-stripe-around-midsection cattle. Lovely corner posts on fences. Animal tracks in snow. Cañada del Frankie. Snowy pond with human figure. Pink sunset in almost empty pond. This is getting very repetitive, but I loved visiting those little ponds.

Repository Details

Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository

Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
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