Box 1
Container
Contains 37 Results:
Mexican Internment, 1914.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
Materials pertaining to the 1914 internment of Mexican Federal Army soldiers and their families. Includes one page of the extracted list of Mexican prisoners; a nine-page memoir of life at Fort Wingate and the internment of Mexican prisoners by Edith Lloyd, along with three letters from Lloyd to Depot Historian Elaine Higgins; copies and photocopies of photographs of the internment and of one map of the Southwest; one 3 x 5 card indexing and describing the photocopied photographs and prisoner...
Dates:
1914.
List of Mexican Prisoners, 1914.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
Transcribed roster of Mexican detainees at Fort Wingate, 1914, 180 pages.
Dates:
1914.
U.S. Army Ordnance Depot, Fort Wingate, NM, 1931-1932.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
Catalog of buildings and facilities at Fort Wingate, prepared February 1931 and revised April 1932. Includes a photograph, description and notes for each building. Some pages are loose and some photographs have been removed.
Dates:
1931-1932.
The Master Plan: Wingate Ordnance Depot, 1946.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
Bound copy of the plan with photographs.
Dates:
1946.
Centennial Commission, 1960.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
Folder comprises photographs and documents pertaining to the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Fort Wingate. Photographs consist both of photographs and of photocopies and copies of photographs. The photographs dated 1903 depict the Fort Wingate enlisted men’s baseball team, officers, troops, and fort buildings. One photograph depicts a Zuni stick race. A 1907-1908 photograph depicts Fort Wingate commanding officers and wives. Five photographs depict Fort Wingate in 1918-1919. Typed...
Dates:
1960.
Conservation Award, 1968-1969.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
Fort Wingate Army Depot received the United States Army Chief of Staff Conservation Award for 1968. Includes an unbound copy of ‘From the Land of Enchantment, a report on the Conservation of Natural Resources at Fort Wingate Army Depot’, which incorporates original color photographs from January 1969. Also includes a photocopy of a 1969 letter from General William Westmoreland.
Dates:
1968-1969.
Contingency Planning for Possible Civil Disturbance, 1973.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
Contingency planning prompted by concern in 1973 regarding the prospect of ‘militant activist groups’ in Gallup—specifically AIM—staging a takeover of Fort Wingate. Includes a roster of security guards, lists of law enforcement and military contacts, briefing attendees, notes, and an official military memorandum from the commanding officer of Fort Wingate entitled ‘Contingency Planning for Possible Civil Disturbance’.
Dates:
1973.
Fort Wingate Redevelopment, circa 1963-1989.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
Includes documents, photographs and maps. Documents include an FWDA Restoration Advisory Board Fact Sheet; an 1989 ‘Concept Paper’ proposing to convert the Fort Wingate Depot to the National Archeological Repository; one letter from law firm Sutin, Thayer and Browne to the City Manager of Gallup, New Mexico regarding aboriginal title claims by the Navajo Nation to Fort Wingate lands; photocopies of two chapters from unidentified source on the redevelopment of military facilities. Photographs...
Dates:
circa 1963-1989.
Archaeology, 1977-2002.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
Materials related to archaeological sites in the Fort Wingate area. Includes copies of a number of Historic Site Reports, as well as a copy of ‘Preliminary Report on the Archaeological Reconnaissance survey of Fort Wingate Depot Activity Limited Area’ conducted by the Youth Conservation Corps (1978). Also includes correspondence, some between the Museum of New Mexico and Fort Wingate Commander Major Wayne Boyd.
Dates:
1977-2002.
‘Base Closure and Environmental Investigation at a Former Army Ammunition Storage Depot’, circa 1994.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
Joint report by the United States Army, the Environmental Protection Agency and the State of New Mexico, twenty-four pages, with reproductions of color photographs, circa 1994.
Dates:
circa 1994.
Fort Wingate Depot Activity Restoration Advisory Board Meeting, 1997.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
Transcript from the proceedings from the meeting of December 3, 1997.
Dates:
1997.
‘Personal stories’, 1871-2003.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
Various personal experiences at and reminiscences of Fort Wingate recounted in letters, photographs and articles. Includes transcriptions of a series of letters dated 1871 from Charley A. Wrhen, a soldier stationed at Fort Wingate. Much of the correspondence is with Elaine Higgins, Depot Historian. Includes a 1975 retirement card with photographs and memorabilia for depot employee Louise Cunningham. Also includes a photograph of depot employee Francis Fitzpatrick, 1957, and an undated photo of...
Dates:
1871-2003.
General Historical Documents, 1862-1925.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
Includes a transcription of the 1862 order authorizing the establishment of Fort Wingate; photocopies of two documents relating to the desertion and service of Patrick Karigan/Corrigan, a soldier at Fort Wingate; a copy of the 1925 Executive Order establishing a portion of Fort Wingate Military Reservation as National Forest; a photocopy of the legend to a 1912 map of the Fort Wingate Reservation (see Oversize below).
Dates:
1862-1925.
Census and Death Records, 1870-1989.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
Includes a transcribed extract of McKinley County Death Register, 1907-1916; photocopies of 1900 United States federal census return for Fort Wingate; an undated list of Fort Wingate Ordnance Depot personnel; a transcription of headstones in Hillside Cemetery, Gallup, New Mexico; a partial index of burial plots in an unidentified cemetery, circa 1870-1900; photocopy of Santa Fe National Cemetery pamphlet, 1989.
Dates:
1870-1989.
Chronologies, circa 1965
File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
Two typed chronologies of Fort Wingate, one covering the period of 1850-1960 and the other 1850-1965. Both chronologies detail the commanding officers of the fort.
Dates:
circa 1965
Sally Noe Manuscripts on Fort Wingate history, undated.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents
Includes ‘Fort Wingate: A Century Plus 37 Years’ and two drafts of a manuscript entitled ‘Fort Wingate’.
Dates:
undated.
Edward Shibata materials on David Leeds Gallup, 2008-2010
File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents
Folder contains materials created and collected by researcher Edward Shibata pertaining to David Leeds Gallup, for whom the city of Gallup, New Mexico was named. The folder contains two versions of Shibata’s manuscript entitled ‘David L. Gallup’, along with photographs, maps, genealogy, a CD with additional files of photographs and Shibata’s manuscript, and correspondence from Edward Shibata to Sally Noe.
Dates:
2008-2010
Photocopies, 1914.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of newspaper articles, mostly from Gallup, New Mexico publications and dated 1914.
Dates:
1914.
Correspondence, 1958-1962
File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents
Correspondence (with Higgins and others) relating to the history of Fort Wingate. Includes personal recollections.
Dates:
1958-1962
Historical Documents, circa 1860-1962.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents
Transcriptions and copies of historical documents pertaining to Fort Wingate, many with citations to original documents. One series of documents from Rodgers Library, Highlands University, New Mexico, dates mostly to the late 1860s and concerns various details of fort operations, including interactions with Zunis and Apaches and addressing such matters as courts martial, post construction, and the conduct of military personnel and employees. Most documents in this series include a later...
Dates:
circa 1860-1962.
Employee’s Handbook, circa 1952.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents
Employee’s Handbook, Wingate Ordnance Depot, June 1952. Also includes a three-page handout of ‘General Information’, undated.
Dates:
circa 1952.
Administrative File, 1957-1959.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents
Administrative documents and personal information for Depot employee Louise Cunningham.
Dates:
1957-1959.
Historical Summaries of Wingate Ordnance Depot, 1959-1960.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents
Includes two summaries prepared by depot historian Elaine Higgins for the periods of July 1, 1959-March 23, 1960 and January 1, 1960-June 30, 1960. The reports include numerous black and white photos of the depot, including personnel, facilities and equipment. Also depicted is an employee picnic, with families.
Dates:
1959-1960.
Higgins Manuscripts, circa 1960.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 24
Scope and Contents
Manuscripts of two detailed Fort Wingate histories written by Elaine Higgins, Depot Historian. One copy of ‘Wingate Ordnance Depot, 1850-1958’, along with a corresponding index of names. Two copies of ‘The Bear Springs Story, 1850-1960’, one with a handwritten notation by Higgins. Includes two copies of ‘The Bear Springs Story’ index to names. Also includes one loose manuscript page, apparently from ‘The Bear Springs Story’ but containing additional information not in the full manuscript, and...
Dates:
circa 1960.
Notes and Bibliographies, circa 1960.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 25
Scope and Contents
Assorted research notes and bibliographies.
Dates:
circa 1960.