New Mexico Historical Review Records
File
Identifier: MSS-309-BC
Scope and Content
The New Mexico Historical Review collection, housed in 10 boxes, represents the day to day workings of a scholarly journal. The collection includes substantial correspondence of the first four editors of the New Mexico Historical Review, Lansing B. Bloom, Paul A.F. Walter, Frank Driver Reeve, and Eleanor B. Adams, as well as many well known men and women who held an interest in the history of the Southwest, the Historical Society of New Mexico, and the Review. Some of the names included in the collection are Mary Austin, Edger Lee Hewett, L. Bradford Prince, Tibo Chavez, Erna Fergusson, Hester Jones, France Scholes, Walter Prescott Webb, and James Zimmerman to name but a few. Also included in the collection are manuscripts, a comprehensive index to volumes 1-15 (1926-1940) of the New Mexico Historical Review, and biographical surveys. The correspondence and working papers of the Review are in alphabetical order with boxes 1-5 (1926-1964) containing the original collection. Boxes 6-9 is an addition to the collection, also arranged alphabetically, spanning the dates 1960-1974.
Box 10 is an addition transfered from University Archives spanning the dates 1946-1985 and containing correspondence, news clippings, press releases, biographical sketches, and other records pertaining to the Calvin Horn Essay Contest, the Calvin Horn Scholarship, and the 1977 Cultural Conflict in New Mexico Conference.
Box 10 is an addition transfered from University Archives spanning the dates 1946-1985 and containing correspondence, news clippings, press releases, biographical sketches, and other records pertaining to the Calvin Horn Essay Contest, the Calvin Horn Scholarship, and the 1977 Cultural Conflict in New Mexico Conference.
Dates
- 1926-1985
Creator
- Bloom, Lansing Bartlett, 1880- (Person)
Language of Materials
English.
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Limited duplication of CSWR material is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for compliance with all copyright, privacy, and libel laws. Permission is required for publication or distribution.
Organizational History
The New Mexico Historical Review (NMHR) was initiated by Lansing B. Bloom and Paul A. F. Walter in January of 1926. Its mission was to "publish legitimate historical material of New Mexican and regional interest." The region was understood to include "the area of the Spanish Colonial Viceroyalty of New Spain North from Mexico City, since the earlier history of New Mexico is an integral part of the history of the expansion of the Northern frontier of New Spain." NMHR would "welcome papers from experts in other fields when they are slanted to the historical point of view; anthropology, archaeology, art, economics, ethnology, geography, law, music, and sociology... Memoirs, diaries, letters, and the like" were also welcome.
Lansing B. Bloom, an ordained Presbyterian minister, came to New Mexico in 1912 and worked at several missions including the Jemez Pueblo church before accepting a staff position with the Museum of New Mexico and School of American Research in 1917. In 1924, Bloom became a fellow of the Historical Society of New Mexico, where he held the position of secretary until his death in 1946. He served as co-editor of the New Mexico Historical Review, with Paul A. F. Walter, from its inception until 1946, which coincided with his teaching duties in the Department of History at the University of New Mexico.
Paul A.F. Walter came to New Mexico in the early 1900's. In 1914, he established El Palacio, the journal of the Museum of New Mexico, which he edited until 1944. Walter served as president of the Historical Society of New Mexico from 1926-1959 and as co-editor the New Mexico Historical Review (with Lansing Bloom) from the first issue until his retirement from the Society in 1963. Walter died in 1966.
Frank Driver Reeve succeeded Bloom as co-editor with Walter from 1946-1963. He remained as editor until 1964. Reeve made significant contributions in the study of the history of New Mexico and the Southwest. He is best known for his scholarly research on the Navajo from Colonial times through the nineteenth-century, and his three volume History of New Mexico. He was on the faculty of the University of New Mexico for 36 years, retiring in 1964. He suffered from bad health through most of his life and died on December 31, 1967.
Eleanor B. Adams assumed the duties of editor of the Review from 1964 until 1975. The New Mexico Historical Review has seen a succession of highly qualified editors who have furthered the mission of the founders until the present day. The New Mexico Historical Review has been published by the University of New Mexico since 1963.
Lansing B. Bloom, an ordained Presbyterian minister, came to New Mexico in 1912 and worked at several missions including the Jemez Pueblo church before accepting a staff position with the Museum of New Mexico and School of American Research in 1917. In 1924, Bloom became a fellow of the Historical Society of New Mexico, where he held the position of secretary until his death in 1946. He served as co-editor of the New Mexico Historical Review, with Paul A. F. Walter, from its inception until 1946, which coincided with his teaching duties in the Department of History at the University of New Mexico.
Paul A.F. Walter came to New Mexico in the early 1900's. In 1914, he established El Palacio, the journal of the Museum of New Mexico, which he edited until 1944. Walter served as president of the Historical Society of New Mexico from 1926-1959 and as co-editor the New Mexico Historical Review (with Lansing Bloom) from the first issue until his retirement from the Society in 1963. Walter died in 1966.
Frank Driver Reeve succeeded Bloom as co-editor with Walter from 1946-1963. He remained as editor until 1964. Reeve made significant contributions in the study of the history of New Mexico and the Southwest. He is best known for his scholarly research on the Navajo from Colonial times through the nineteenth-century, and his three volume History of New Mexico. He was on the faculty of the University of New Mexico for 36 years, retiring in 1964. He suffered from bad health through most of his life and died on December 31, 1967.
Eleanor B. Adams assumed the duties of editor of the Review from 1964 until 1975. The New Mexico Historical Review has seen a succession of highly qualified editors who have furthered the mission of the founders until the present day. The New Mexico Historical Review has been published by the University of New Mexico since 1963.
Extent
10 boxes (10 cu. ft.)
Creator
- Bloom, Lansing Bartlett, 1880- (Person)
- Walter, Paul A. F. (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid of the New Mexico Historical Review Records, 1926-1980
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by D. Trujillo
- Date
- ©2000, 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
- June 28, 2004: PUBLIC "-//University of New Mexico::Center for Southwest Research//TEXT (US::NmU::MSS 309 BC::New Mexico Historical Review Records)//EN" "nmu1mss309bc.sgml" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15).
- Monday, 20210524: Attribute normal is missing or blank.
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