Thomas M. Pearce Pictorial Collection
Collection
Identifier: PICT-000-255
Scope and Content
Collection consists mostly of photos relating to T. M. Pearce, his family, colleagues, and friends, including Mary Austin, Alice Corbin Henderson and Witter Bynner. The collection also includes photos related to the folklore and history of New Mexico. There are photographic copies of Spanish manuscripts and paintings of various Dukes of Albuquerque, maps, and fragments of murals at the Alvarado Hotel in Albuquerque consisting of narratives from the Coronado expedition (murals removed in 1920). Event-related photos include a snapshot (ca.1930-35) of a truck representing the Museum of New Mexico/School of American Research in a parade passing in front of the Palace of Governors. Others show Santa Fe Fiesta, a Shalako ceremony at Zuni Pueblo in 1934, and the First American Pageant in Albuquerque (1931-1933, including Apache Devil Dancers). There are photos of the Fred Harvey Indian Dept. building, wood carvings and Kachinas, and an Indian Detours tour car near Taos. Architectural subjects include churches (various pueblos, St. Francis Cathedral in Santa Fe and St. Francis of Assisi in Ranchos de Taos, and Mary Austin's "Casa Querida." Slides depict ruins, landscapes, shrine at D. H. Lawrence Ranch, Enchanted Mesa, St. Francisco de Assisi church, and the Santuario de Chimayo, as well as Kit Carson and Charlie Bowdre's gravestones. Some of the photographs were taken by Ernest Knee in Santa Fe and the Kolb Brothers Studio in Arizona.
Dates
- 1905-1985
Creator
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Duplication of print and photographic material is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for copyright compliance. For more information see the Photographs and Images Research Guide and contact the Pictorial Archivist.
Biography
Thomas Matthews Pearce was a Professor of English at the University of New Mexico for over 35 years and the author of numerous books and articles on the English language and folklore. He was born in Covington, Kentucky, 1902, died Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1986.
Extent
756 items (4 boxes) : 682 photographic prints, 57 slides, 17 postcards
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection consists mostly of photos of T. M. Pearce, his family, colleagues, and friends and of subjects related to the folklore and history of New Mexico.
Physical Location
B2. Shelved by Pictorial Number.
Separated Material
Pictorial material separated from the Thomas M. Pearce Papers.
- Alvarado Hotel (Albuquerque, N.M.)
- Austin, Mary, 1868-1934
- Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968
- Church buildings -- New Mexico -- Pictorial works
- Fred Harvey (Firm)
- Indians of North America -- Pictorial works
- Knee, Ernest, 1907-1982
- Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930
- New Mexico Folklore Society
- Pageants -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque -- Pictorial works
- Photographs
- Postcards
- Pueblos -- New Mexico -- Pictorial works
- Ranches -- New Mexico -- Pictorial works
- School of American Research (Santa Fe, N.M.)
- Zuni (N.M.) -- Pictorial works
Creator
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Thomas M. Pearce Pictorial Collection, 1905-1985
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Pictorial Collections Staff
- Date
- ©2006
- 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
- 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
cswrref@unm.edu
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
cswrref@unm.edu