Nancy Tucker Pictorial Collection of Southwest Materials
Collection
Identifier: PICT-000-885
Scope and Content
The Nancy Tucker Pictorial Collection of Southwest Materials is comprised of prints, negatives, slides, transparencies, postcards, and stereoscopic cards dating from 1882-1986 of Southwestern people, architecture, landscapes, events, and culture.
Series 1: Albuquerque 1897-1912, 1942-1986
Series 1 contains slides and prints of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Subjects include the Sandia Mountains, Dick Kent aerial views of the city, banks, the Albuquerque Transit System, Sam Alfond’s pool, W. H. Cobb prints of the Plaza and an Albuquerque fair ball game, Albuquerque High School, luminaria, Winrock Center, Roosevelt Park, parades, 1970 tap water protest, the Albuquerque Junior Band, Native Americans, churches Women’s Christian Temperance Union, Harwood Girls School, and Mrs. O. J. Frost Boarding House.
Also included is one print belonging to International News Photos of a search party in the Sandia Mountains as they look for Medill McCormick, heir of a Chicago publishing family. He and a friend were hiking near their home in Albuquerque and fell to their deaths while trying to climb a cliff face.
Series 1 also contains eight prints of the June 1971 Albuquerque race riot, which began in Roosevelt Park and resulted in 15 shootings and hundreds of arrests.
Series 2: Girard family photographs 1882-1940s
Series 2 is comprised of the Jean Pierre & Adele (Givaudan) Girard family photographs, which were collected and annotated by Julia Bletcher Fowler, granddaughter of Jean Pierre and Adele. The majority of the photographs are of Pierre and Adele’s daughters, Julia Girard Bletcher and Adele (Della) Girard McKenzie Crockett and their respective husbands, Maitland Bletcher and George Crockett. The photographs and album consist of black and white prints and negatives ranging from 1882-1940s. Subjects include Maitland Bletcher’s ranch near Rio De Las Vakas, Hell’s Canyon, Jemez Springs, Albuquerque, Lithgow Print Shop, flower photograms, Chorges (France), and Redondo Beach (California).
Series 3: Identified people 1897, 1930-1982
Eddie Albert Robert
Hartford-Davis
John Gaw Meem
Reies Tijerina
Slim Summerville
Emma Duran
Pamela G. Disher
Arthur Spencer
Edwin Mechem
Dan Garvey
J. Bracken Lee
Lee Knous
Thomas J. Mabry
W. Randolph Lovelace
J.J. Dempsey
Albert Fall
Dennis Chavez
Geraldine (Jerrie) Cobb
Jan Hartke
Series 4: Conchas Dam 1939
Series 4 contains six black and white prints of Conchas Dam taken by the U.S. Engineers Office.
Series 5: New Mexico photograph albums circa 1900, 1928-1946
The first album belonged to Mrs. Daniel Burbee and contains prints of Old Town (Albuquerque), Temple Albert, Plaza Martinez, Albuquerque depot, Railroad Avenue, Gold Avenue, Walker Street, 3rd Street, 1st Street, Albuquerque High School, Commercial Club, San Felipe Cathedral, Chapel at Isleta, Chapel at Alameda, Chapel at Los Ranchos, Chapel at Barelas, Chapel at Atrisco, Castle Huning, birthplace of Mrs. Phil Sheridan, Native Americans, Government Indian School, Colonel of the Forces, Judge Advocate General, and miscellaneous newspaper clippings from around the United States.
The second album contains prints of Albuquerque cityscapes and buildings as well as Native American men and women, posed and candid.
The third album contains an unknown family’s photographs of automobiles, camping, logging, the Entre Nous Club, a Peter Pan theater group, the oldest church [in New Mexico], Native Americans, Albuquerque and Santa Fe street scenes, famous buildings, landscapes, depots, Fred Harvey Indian Building, New Mexico State Capitol building, and the Palace of the Governors.
Series 6: New Mexico depots 1906-1938
Series 6 contains twenty-two prints and one negative of the Albuquerque and Gallup train stations.
Series 7: Madrid, New Mexico 1958, 1982-1985
Series 7 contains three prints (one reproduction of a 1929 photograph) of miners’ houses and a staged nativity scene.
Series 8: Native Americans 1928-1929, 1940
Series 8 consists of fourteen prints of Native Americans and Native American culture in New Mexico. Half of the series consists of black and white photographs of the First American Pageant, which began in Albuquerque in 1928 as an annual celebration of local Native American and Hispanic culture. Other images include kachinas, symbols, “the Red Cross and Indian women giving the boys [WWI soldiers] fruit, cigs, and handkerchiefs”, a Native American woman and child selling items to a couple on the train, and three Acoma girls at a pottery stand.
Series 9: Rhea family photographs circa 1910, 1936-1945
Series 9 consists of candid prints and portraits of the Rhea family of Albuquerque. Some of the photographs were taken in Santa Fe National Forest. The majority of the pictures were developed in Albuquerque but a few come from Oklahoma and Texas.
Series 10: New Mexico sanatoriums 1928-1946
Series 10 is comprised of three photo album scrapbooks. The first was created by John J. Collier, Jr. from 1943-1944. It contains black and white and hand-colored photographs taken by Collier of the Presbyterian Sanatorium in Albuquerque, fellow patients, the city, and landscapes. Also included are color postcards of New Mexico, and original pastel artwork by Collier.
The next album contains black and white photographs from 1946 of the sanatorium, patients and people, the Santa Fe Fiesta, and general cityscapes of Albuquerque. It also contains a photograph of Mary Catherine Collier.
The last photograph album is comprised of black and white and hand-tinted photographs from 1928-1931. The photographs show Albuquerque cityscapes, patients, army bombers and Western Air, the First American Parade, Hopi people, Tijeras Canyon, Jemez Springs, and the sanatorium. Also included are a card from Nazareth Sanatorium, and a letter from the Children’s National Tuberculosis Society.
Series 11: New Mexico businesses circa 1890-1988
Series 11 contains prints of various storefronts and interiors of New Mexican businesses, including Frontier souvenirs and various unknown curio shops, Wright’s Trading Post, cafes, May’s Music Company, a children’s boxcar store, various mercantiles, the Santa Fe Freight House, and Santa Fe Transportation Company.
Also included are prints of New Mexico hotels. Included are: Franciscan Hotel, Gold Avenue Hotel, El Camino Lodge, Wigwam Court, Zuni Motor Lodge, Desert Inn Tourist Hotel, Apache Lodge, Pueblo Bonito Court.
Series 11 also contains one stereoscopic card of a turquoise mining camp.
Series 12: Petley Studios circa 1970s-1980s
Series 12 contains postcards, transparencies, prints, slides, and negatives created by Petley Studios—a postcard company based in Phoenix, Arizona. The images consist of various views of Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Taos, hot air ballooning, Ruidoso, the Rio Grande, Arizona, Abo State Monument, Bandelier, Caballo Lake, Camel Rock, Capitan, Capulin Mountain, Carlsbad, Carrizozo, Chama, Chimayo, City of Rocks, cliff dwellings, Clines Corners, Conchas Lake and Dam, Continental Divide, Coronado Monument, Cumbres and Toltec, Elephant Butte, Emory Pass, Espanola, Fort Wingate, Gila Wilderness, Holloman Air Force Base, Isleta, Jemez, Las Cruces, Las Floridas, Los Alamos, Madrid, Mescalero, Mesilla, Organ Mountains, Pancho Villa State Park, Puye Ruins, Red River, Roswell, Santa Ana, San Juan, Santo Tomas, Smokey Bear, Socorro, Trampas, Truth or Consequences, Ship Rock, Santa Rosa, White Sands, William Beaumont Army Medical Center.
Series 1: Albuquerque 1897-1912, 1942-1986
Series 1 contains slides and prints of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Subjects include the Sandia Mountains, Dick Kent aerial views of the city, banks, the Albuquerque Transit System, Sam Alfond’s pool, W. H. Cobb prints of the Plaza and an Albuquerque fair ball game, Albuquerque High School, luminaria, Winrock Center, Roosevelt Park, parades, 1970 tap water protest, the Albuquerque Junior Band, Native Americans, churches Women’s Christian Temperance Union, Harwood Girls School, and Mrs. O. J. Frost Boarding House.
Also included is one print belonging to International News Photos of a search party in the Sandia Mountains as they look for Medill McCormick, heir of a Chicago publishing family. He and a friend were hiking near their home in Albuquerque and fell to their deaths while trying to climb a cliff face.
Series 1 also contains eight prints of the June 1971 Albuquerque race riot, which began in Roosevelt Park and resulted in 15 shootings and hundreds of arrests.
Series 2: Girard family photographs 1882-1940s
Series 2 is comprised of the Jean Pierre & Adele (Givaudan) Girard family photographs, which were collected and annotated by Julia Bletcher Fowler, granddaughter of Jean Pierre and Adele. The majority of the photographs are of Pierre and Adele’s daughters, Julia Girard Bletcher and Adele (Della) Girard McKenzie Crockett and their respective husbands, Maitland Bletcher and George Crockett. The photographs and album consist of black and white prints and negatives ranging from 1882-1940s. Subjects include Maitland Bletcher’s ranch near Rio De Las Vakas, Hell’s Canyon, Jemez Springs, Albuquerque, Lithgow Print Shop, flower photograms, Chorges (France), and Redondo Beach (California).
Series 3: Identified people 1897, 1930-1982
Eddie Albert Robert
Hartford-Davis
John Gaw Meem
Reies Tijerina
Slim Summerville
Emma Duran
Pamela G. Disher
Arthur Spencer
Edwin Mechem
Dan Garvey
J. Bracken Lee
Lee Knous
Thomas J. Mabry
W. Randolph Lovelace
J.J. Dempsey
Albert Fall
Dennis Chavez
Geraldine (Jerrie) Cobb
Jan Hartke
Series 4: Conchas Dam 1939
Series 4 contains six black and white prints of Conchas Dam taken by the U.S. Engineers Office.
Series 5: New Mexico photograph albums circa 1900, 1928-1946
The first album belonged to Mrs. Daniel Burbee and contains prints of Old Town (Albuquerque), Temple Albert, Plaza Martinez, Albuquerque depot, Railroad Avenue, Gold Avenue, Walker Street, 3rd Street, 1st Street, Albuquerque High School, Commercial Club, San Felipe Cathedral, Chapel at Isleta, Chapel at Alameda, Chapel at Los Ranchos, Chapel at Barelas, Chapel at Atrisco, Castle Huning, birthplace of Mrs. Phil Sheridan, Native Americans, Government Indian School, Colonel of the Forces, Judge Advocate General, and miscellaneous newspaper clippings from around the United States.
The second album contains prints of Albuquerque cityscapes and buildings as well as Native American men and women, posed and candid.
The third album contains an unknown family’s photographs of automobiles, camping, logging, the Entre Nous Club, a Peter Pan theater group, the oldest church [in New Mexico], Native Americans, Albuquerque and Santa Fe street scenes, famous buildings, landscapes, depots, Fred Harvey Indian Building, New Mexico State Capitol building, and the Palace of the Governors.
Series 6: New Mexico depots 1906-1938
Series 6 contains twenty-two prints and one negative of the Albuquerque and Gallup train stations.
Series 7: Madrid, New Mexico 1958, 1982-1985
Series 7 contains three prints (one reproduction of a 1929 photograph) of miners’ houses and a staged nativity scene.
Series 8: Native Americans 1928-1929, 1940
Series 8 consists of fourteen prints of Native Americans and Native American culture in New Mexico. Half of the series consists of black and white photographs of the First American Pageant, which began in Albuquerque in 1928 as an annual celebration of local Native American and Hispanic culture. Other images include kachinas, symbols, “the Red Cross and Indian women giving the boys [WWI soldiers] fruit, cigs, and handkerchiefs”, a Native American woman and child selling items to a couple on the train, and three Acoma girls at a pottery stand.
Series 9: Rhea family photographs circa 1910, 1936-1945
Series 9 consists of candid prints and portraits of the Rhea family of Albuquerque. Some of the photographs were taken in Santa Fe National Forest. The majority of the pictures were developed in Albuquerque but a few come from Oklahoma and Texas.
Series 10: New Mexico sanatoriums 1928-1946
Series 10 is comprised of three photo album scrapbooks. The first was created by John J. Collier, Jr. from 1943-1944. It contains black and white and hand-colored photographs taken by Collier of the Presbyterian Sanatorium in Albuquerque, fellow patients, the city, and landscapes. Also included are color postcards of New Mexico, and original pastel artwork by Collier.
The next album contains black and white photographs from 1946 of the sanatorium, patients and people, the Santa Fe Fiesta, and general cityscapes of Albuquerque. It also contains a photograph of Mary Catherine Collier.
The last photograph album is comprised of black and white and hand-tinted photographs from 1928-1931. The photographs show Albuquerque cityscapes, patients, army bombers and Western Air, the First American Parade, Hopi people, Tijeras Canyon, Jemez Springs, and the sanatorium. Also included are a card from Nazareth Sanatorium, and a letter from the Children’s National Tuberculosis Society.
Series 11: New Mexico businesses circa 1890-1988
Series 11 contains prints of various storefronts and interiors of New Mexican businesses, including Frontier souvenirs and various unknown curio shops, Wright’s Trading Post, cafes, May’s Music Company, a children’s boxcar store, various mercantiles, the Santa Fe Freight House, and Santa Fe Transportation Company.
Also included are prints of New Mexico hotels. Included are: Franciscan Hotel, Gold Avenue Hotel, El Camino Lodge, Wigwam Court, Zuni Motor Lodge, Desert Inn Tourist Hotel, Apache Lodge, Pueblo Bonito Court.
Series 11 also contains one stereoscopic card of a turquoise mining camp.
Series 12: Petley Studios circa 1970s-1980s
Series 12 contains postcards, transparencies, prints, slides, and negatives created by Petley Studios—a postcard company based in Phoenix, Arizona. The images consist of various views of Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Taos, hot air ballooning, Ruidoso, the Rio Grande, Arizona, Abo State Monument, Bandelier, Caballo Lake, Camel Rock, Capitan, Capulin Mountain, Carlsbad, Carrizozo, Chama, Chimayo, City of Rocks, cliff dwellings, Clines Corners, Conchas Lake and Dam, Continental Divide, Coronado Monument, Cumbres and Toltec, Elephant Butte, Emory Pass, Espanola, Fort Wingate, Gila Wilderness, Holloman Air Force Base, Isleta, Jemez, Las Cruces, Las Floridas, Los Alamos, Madrid, Mescalero, Mesilla, Organ Mountains, Pancho Villa State Park, Puye Ruins, Red River, Roswell, Santa Ana, San Juan, Santo Tomas, Smokey Bear, Socorro, Trampas, Truth or Consequences, Ship Rock, Santa Rosa, White Sands, William Beaumont Army Medical Center.
An addition to this collection was processed in August 2022. Postcards of NM sanitariums, hotels, and railroad depots comprise the bulk of these materials. Photographs of New Mexico people, places and events have also been added.
Dates
- 1882-1986
Creator
- Tucker, Nancy (Person)
Language of Materials
English
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
Nancy Tucker is the founder of the New Mexico Postcard Club. As an active member of the historical community in Albuquerque, Tucker collects photographs and ephemera for preservation.
Extent
3600 plus items (17 boxes) : 301 prints, 59 slides, 40 negatives, approximately 600 transparencies, approximately 2600 postcards, ephemera & textual material
Abstract
The Nancy Tucker Pictorial Collection of Southwest Materials is comprised of photographs, postcards, and artwork of New Mexico.
Arrangement of the Collection
The collection is comprised of 12 series arranged by provenance or subject.
Series 1: Albuquerque 1897-1912, 1942-1986
Series 2: Girard family photographs 1882-1940s
Series 3: Identified people 1897, 1930-1982
Series 4: Conchas Dam 1939
Series 5: New Mexico photograph albums circa 1900, 1928-1946
Series 6: New Mexico depots 1906-1938
Series 7: Madrid, New Mexico 1958, 1982-1985
Series 8: Native Americans 1928-1929, 1940
Series 9: Rhea family photographs circa 1910, 1936-1945
Series 10: New Mexico sanatoriums 1928-1946
Series 11: New Mexico businesses circa 1890-1988
Series 12: Petley Studios circa 1970s-1980s
Series 1: Albuquerque 1897-1912, 1942-1986
Series 2: Girard family photographs 1882-1940s
Series 3: Identified people 1897, 1930-1982
Series 4: Conchas Dam 1939
Series 5: New Mexico photograph albums circa 1900, 1928-1946
Series 6: New Mexico depots 1906-1938
Series 7: Madrid, New Mexico 1958, 1982-1985
Series 8: Native Americans 1928-1929, 1940
Series 9: Rhea family photographs circa 1910, 1936-1945
Series 10: New Mexico sanatoriums 1928-1946
Series 11: New Mexico businesses circa 1890-1988
Series 12: Petley Studios circa 1970s-1980s
Physical Location
B2. Shelved by Pictorial Number. Oversize boxes shelved in Big Box location by Pictorial Number. Large item shelved in large drawers by Pictorial Number.
Photographs Available Online
Portions of the Nancy Tucker Pictorial Collection of Southwest Materials are available online via New Mexico’s Digital Collections.
Separated Material
The Nancy Tucker Pictorial Collection of Southwest Materials was separated from the Nancy Tucker Collection of Southwest Materials.
- Albuquerque (N.M.) -- Pictorial works
- Collier, John, 1913-1992
- Conchas Lake (N.M.) -- Pictorial works
- Ephemera
- Girard family
- Hotels -- New Mexico -- Pictorial works
- Indians of North America -- Pictorial works
- Jemez Springs (N.M.) -- Pictorial works
- Photograph albums
- Photographs.
- Postcards
- Railroad -- New Mexico -- Pictorial Works
- Railroad stations -- New Mexico -- Pictorial works
- Ranches -- New Mexico –- Pictorial works
- Riots –- New Mexico -- Pictorial works
- Sanatoriums -- New Mexico –- Pictorial works
- Sandia Mountains (N.M.) –- Pictorial works
- Santa Fe National Forest (N.M.) –- Pictorial works
- Transparencies
- Tuberculosis -- Hospitals –- New Mexico -- Pictorial works
Creator
- Tucker, Nancy (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Nancy Tucker Pictorial Collection of Southwest Materials, 1882-1986
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Eileen Hogan; B. Silbergleit
- Date
- © 2012, 2022
- 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.
- 20220807: Addition processed
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