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Broadsides and Ephemera of New Mexico and Mexico

Collection

Identifier: AC 024-P

Scope and Content Collection consists of broadsides, handbills, programs, and other ephemera, most of which involve New Mexican politics.

Dates: 1882-1912

Found in: Fray Angélico Chávez History Library

Carl Will Reinecke Papers

Collection

Identifier: AC612p

Scope and Content The collection contains paperwork pertaining to Reinecke's service in the Civilian Conservation Corps during 1937, including correspondence, reports, orders, supply inventories and memos.

Dates: 1926 - 1937; Majority of material found in 1936 - 1937

Found in: Fray Angélico Chávez History Library

Charles H. Lange Collection

Collection

Identifier: AC 394

Scope and Content Collection contains drafts/transcriptions for the Adolph Bandelier diaries covering 1885 - 1892 (published in four volumes by the University of New Mexico Press). Included are transcripts of Bandelier material from 1880 - 1891 prepared by A. J. O. Anderson and Fanny Bandelier. A file of approximately 820 index cards with names is also included.

Dates: 1950-1980

Found in: Fray Angélico Chávez History Library

Edward W. Wynkoop Collection

Collection

Identifier: AC 247

Scope and Content Collection consists of materials by and about Wynkoop. Includes a scrapbook of newspaper clippings collected by Wynkoop from 1859 to 1891, certificates and letters received by Wynkoop from 1861 to 1883, and a photocopy and typescript of Wynkoop's memoirs. Much of the materials in this collection relate to the Civil War in the West, the Sand Creek Massacre of Indians in Colorado, and John Chivington, a rival of Wynkoop who was also the leader of the American forces responsible for the Sand Creek...

Dates: 1859-1987 (bulk, 1859-1891)

Found in: Fray Angélico Chávez History Library

Fray Angelico Chavez Collection

Collection

Identifier: AC 040

Scope and Content Collection consists of the personal papers of ChÃ¡vez. Includes typed manuscripts, letters sent and received, certificates, biographical materials, and newspaper clippings. Among the letters are correspondence with various publishers and ChÃ¡vez's friend Frederick L. Grillo, as well as letters received from individuals such as Thornton Wilder, Paul Horgan, Erna Fergusson, Peter Hurd, and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Collection also includes materials concerning the publication of ChÃ¡vez's poem...

Dates: 1929-1996

Found in: Fray Angélico Chávez History Library

George Fitzpatrick Collection

Collection

Identifier: AC 086

Scope and Content Assorted papers including correspondence, memoranda, misc. documents and notes. Draft manuscripts on various New Mexico personalities and subjects. Eleven donated books integrated into museum collection. Articles and clippings were integrated into the libray's verticle files.

Dates: 1928-1982

Found in: Fray Angélico Chávez History Library

Guide to the Bruce T. Ellis Collection

Collection

Identifier: AC 075

Scope and Content The Bruce T. Ellis Collection consists of various original and photostatic copies of the Spanish, Mexican and American period of New Mexico's history. Ellis, a former employee of the Museum of New Mexico's History Bureau, collected and saved many of these diverse documents from destruction. The collection is arranged topically and then chronologically.

Dates: 1712-1980

Found in: Fray Angélico Chávez History Library

Henry Wetter Papers

Collection

Identifier: AC 238

Scope and Content Henry F. Wetter was Secretary of the Territory 1869-1872. Mrs. Wetter accompanied him to Santa Fe and the collection consists of her letters to her family in the East. There are 14 letters totaling 77 written pages, The letters describe conditions in Santa Fe and New Mexico during the period. Also included is a speech delivered by Mr. Wetter upon his return to Pennsylvania. The 58 page manuscript describes the natural resources, people, places and customs of New Mexico. Other memorabilia is...

Dates: 1869-1873

Found in: Fray Angélico Chávez History Library

John A. Clark Papers

Collection

Identifier: AC 044

Scope and Content Collection consists of 25 journals (1861-1868) kept by John A. Clark, Surveyor of the Territory of New Mexico, a typescript of the journals, and a Confederate Army broadside from 1862. The 25 journals contain 1,943 handwritten diary pages, 48 hand drawn maps, about 50 pages, notes, expenses, lists of distances and miscellaneous sketches. Kitty Shishkin has done the typescript copy of the journals. The journals give detailed daily accounts of the writer's official and personal...

Dates: 1861-1868

Found in: Fray Angélico Chávez History Library

Manuel Antonio Chaves Collection

Collection

Identifier: AC 039

Scope and Content The Manuel Antonio Chaves papers contain correspondence and transcriptions concerning Manuel Antonio Chaves' ancestry and military career. Much of the correspondence is written by his son, Amado Chaves. Marc Simmons assembled the addenda to the Manuel Antonio Chaves Collection. The file contains copies of documentation of Manuel Antonio Chaves' military career between 1861 and 1863.

Most of the papers in this collection are xerox copies.

Dates: 1861-1970

Found in: Fray Angélico Chávez History Library

New Mexico Government and Military Documents

Collection

Identifier: AC 165-p

Scope and Content Collection consists of a broad range of documents concerning government and military activities in New Mexico. Includes an 1861 order issued by Adjutant General Charles P. Clever for the formation of a New Mexico Militia; an 1881 report issued by the territorial government on the economic and geographic features of Socorro County; and a 1911 certificate of election for William C. MacDonald as Governor of the Territory of New Mexico. The collection contains one photocopy of an 1848 proclamation...

Dates: 1848-1912

Found in: Fray Angélico Chávez History Library

Philip J. Rasch Collection

Collection

Identifier: AC 439

Scope and Content This collection consists of the research material of historian and author Philip J. Rasch. It includes his many articles about New Mexican and southwestern gunslingers, lawmen, and outlaws. These articles were published in the English Westerners' Brand Book, Denver Westerners Monthly Roundup, Westerners New York Posse Brand Book, and the National Association and Center for Outlaw and Lawman...

Dates: Placeholder Unit Date Text; Majority of material found in Placeholder Unit Date Text

Found in: Fray Angélico Chávez History Library

Ralph Emerson Twitchell Papers

Collection

Identifier: AC 226

Scope and Content The Ralph Emerson Twitchell Collection's first part consists of the papers of Ralph Emerson Twitchell (11-29-1859 to 10-26-1925), the attorney, public office holder and historian; Margaret Olivia Collins Twitchell (born circa 1868 to 1-29-1900), the first Mrs. Twitchell; Estelle Bennett Burton Twitchell (1-31-1872 to 10-13-1952), the second Mrs. Twitchell; and Waldo Collins Twitchell, the son of Margaret and Ralph who became an engineer and a writer. The second part of the Ralph...

Dates: 1896-1986

Found in: Fray Angélico Chávez History Library

Richard C. Dillon Collection

Collection

Identifier: AC 601

Scope and Content Collection contains material related to his political activities, and personal correspondence with his children. There is a small amount of school-related material from his daughter, Florence, who was a teacher.

Dates: 1906-1970; Majority of material found in 1920s-1940s

Found in: Fray Angélico Chávez History Library

Walter Lowry Finley Collection

Collection

Identifier: AC 083-P

Scope and Content Collection consists primarily of typescript copies of 34 letters Walter L. Finely wrote, while stationed in the territory of New Mexico to his mother in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1879-1881. Letters depict the routine life of a young officer stationed at various posts in New Mexico and the military actions taken against Victorio and his Apache supporters. Also included are: typed newspaper transcripts from the Daily New Mexican and ...

Dates: 1879-1883; 1876-1881

Found in: Fray Angélico Chávez History Library

WPA New Mexico Collection

Collection

Identifier: AC 228

Scope and Content Collection consists of typed documents produced by employees of the W.P.A. and its subdivision the Federal Writer's Project in New Mexico. Most of the collection is made up of transcripts of oral history interviews conducted with New Mexicans, and folklore and stories about New Mexico and Hispanic culture in particular.

Dates: 1936-1940

Found in: Fray Angélico Chávez History Library

Showing Collections: 1 - 16 of 16

Broadsides and Ephemera of New Mexico and Mexico

Carl Will Reinecke Papers

Charles H. Lange Collection

Edward W. Wynkoop Collection

Fray Angelico Chavez Collection

George Fitzpatrick Collection

Guide to the Bruce T. Ellis Collection

Henry Wetter Papers

John A. Clark Papers

Manuel Antonio Chaves Collection

New Mexico Government and Military Documents

Philip J. Rasch Collection

Ralph Emerson Twitchell Papers

Richard C. Dillon Collection

Walter Lowry Finley Collection

WPA New Mexico Collection

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