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Adolph Bandelier Collection

Collection

Identifier: AC 012

Scope and Content The Bandelier collection consists of artifacts, documents, illustrations, maps, and photographs. For the most part all are in stable condition. The bulk of the collection came to the library upon the death of Mrs. Fanny Ritter Bandelier in accordance with the terms of her will. Other Bandelier memorabilia and artifacts were donated by various persons who were friends of the Bandeliers. Journals Of the document portion of the collection,...

Dates: August 28-December 15 -

Found in: Fray Angélico Chávez History Library

Alexander Brydie Dyer Papers

Collection

Identifier: AC 070-P

Scope and Content Collection consists of material related to Dyer's involvement in the Taos Revolt.

Dates: 1846-1848

Found in: Fray Angélico Chávez History Library

Alice Bullock Collection

Collection

Identifier: AC 344-p

Scope and Content The collection consists of miscellaneous cards, letters, articles, and brochures. It includes an untitled typed manuscript on the history of the creation of New Mexico Territory. There is an essay " Santa Fe, City in Two Worlds" written by Fredric Brown (1906-1972), and a pamplet titled "Last Will and Testament of Charlie Masters".

Dates: 1951-1975

Found in: Fray Angélico Chávez History Library

Arthur Olivas Collection

Collection

Identifier: AC 175

Scope and Content Collection consists of photocopies of historical documents and three original bound volumes pertaining to New Mexico businesses, 1850-1934. Historical documents (1850-1894) include military orders and forms of the occupying United States Army (1850-1883) and Henry Jenkins' handwritten and typescript account of his capture by Confederate forces in Mesilla on the Rio Grande (1863). Bound volumes (1911-1934) include: a ledger from the Las Vegas Coal Company (New Mexico), 1922; a daybook from the...

Dates: 1850-1894

Found in: Fray Angélico Chávez History Library

Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Payroll Ledger

Collection

Identifier: AC 487-s

Scope and Content One ledger of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company (ATSF) containing ca. 450 pages of payroll information listing payees' names, locations, departments, and pay. Ledger covers the Rio Grande and Pecos railroad areas including parts in Colorado. Payees are generally separated geographically and by departments such as "Mechanical," "Engineers," "Firemen," "Enginemen," "Signal and Telegraph," etc.

Dates: February 1928

Found in: Fray Angélico Chávez History Library

Augusta and Charles Probst Papers

Collection

Identifier: AC 493

Scope and Content Collection contains correspondence, expense books, and legal documents of Augusta and Charles Probst. It includes documentation of Augusta (Mecke) Probst's properties in Rüdershausen, Germany, and records of their Santa Fe, New Mexico, businesses. Miscellaneouls items include two 1940s photo negatives of a Santa Fe building

Dates: 1866-1940s

Found in: Fray Angélico Chávez History Library

Battle of Brazito Report

Collection

Identifier: AC 180-P

Scope and Content Collection consists of a typescript and a translation of the report by Mexican commander Antonio Ponce de Leon on the Battle of Brazito during the Mexican War.

Dates: 1847

Found in: Fray Angélico Chávez History Library

Battle of Glorieta Pass Collection

Collection

Identifier: AC 015

Scope and Content Collection consists of materials concerning the Battle of Glorieta Pass, fought between Union and Confederate troops in northern New Mexico on March 28, 1862. This battle was the deciding Civil War conflict in New Mexico. Most of the collection relates to the 1987 discovery of a mass grave containing the remains of 31 Confederate soldiers of the 4th, 5th, and 7th Texas Mounted Volunteers from the Battle of Glorieta Pass. Includes photocopies of newspaper clippings on the discovery and the...

Dates: 1927-1993

Found in: Fray Angélico Chávez History Library

Battle of Mesilla Letters

Collection

Identifier: AC 347-p

Scope and Content The collection consists of a newspaper article describing the battle at Mesilla, AZ. On the back of the article is a hand written note from a person who was in Mesilla at the time. He writes to his sister, Mrs. J. A. Roundy, in Shelby, Colorado. Included is another handwritten note to his sister.

Dates: 1861

Found in: Fray Angélico Chávez History Library

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: AC 612-P

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

Carrie Arnold Collection

Collection

Identifier: AC 289

Scope and Content This collection consists of Carrie Arnold's original manuscripts and illustrative art work on the history of the Palace of the Governors in Santa Fe, New Mexico, copies of the published materials she used in her research including Palace records from Archivo General de Indios, B.M. Read's Illustrated History of New Mexico and Sidelights of New Mexican History, and J.K. Shiskin's Unquiet...

Dates: 1987-1997

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

Dominguez y Escalante Bicentennial Expedition Collection

Collection

Identifier: AC 574

Scope and Content Collection contains material associated with a 1976 trail ride commemorating the original 1776 Dominguez y Escalante Expedition trail through New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, and Arizona. This material documents the preliminaries and life on the trail through diaries, journals, and newspapers.

Dates: 1976

Found in: Fray Angélico Chávez History Library

Edward L. Robb Civil War Journal Typescript

Collection

Identifier: AC 192-P

Scope and Content Collection consists of photocopies of typescript excerpts from a journal kept by Robb from August to October 1862, as he and other prisoners of war were escorted from Santa Fe to Texas. Includes a list of other Confederate soldiers at the hospital in Santa Fe. Photocopy.

Dates: 1862

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

E.R. Boles Letters

Collection

Identifier: AC 023-P

Scope and Content Collection consists of two letters, dated February 28 and April 25, 1862, written by E.R. Boles to his parents. The letters give details of the battles of Valverde and Glorieta Pass, and some information on Ft. Craig, New Mexico. Typescripts of the letters are also included.

Dates: 1862

Found in: Fray Angélico Chávez History Library

Fort Craig (N.M.) Letters

Collection

Identifier: AC 474-p

Scope and Content This collection consists of letters from Eva Reckhart, Dorothy Virgin, and George Fitzpatrick (editor of New Mexico Magazine) to Theron Marcos Trumbo regarding Trumbo's research on Fort Craig, New Mexico.

Dates: 1945 - 1946

Found in: Fray Angélico Chávez History Library

Fort Union Sutler's Store Ledger

Collection

Identifier: AC 089

Scope and Content Collection consists of W.H. Moore's ledger, as the manager of the sutler's store at Fort Union, New Mexico, 1863-1865. Ledger contains personal accounts of various soldiers and private citizens.

Dates: 1863-1865

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

Ina Sizer Cassidy Collection

Collection

Identifier: AC 036

Scope and Content The collection includes Cassidy's correspondence, manuscripts, and newspaper clippings dealing with Pueblo Indians. Also included are copies of correspondence by Richard Kern, who was an artist on the Fremont Expedition of 1848-49.

Dates: 1921-1961; 1848-49; 1912; 1935-1939

Found in: Fray Angélico Chávez History Library

James Austin Letter

Collection

Identifier: AC 008-P

Scope and Content Collection consists of one photocopy of a letter from Austin to his brother telling of his experiences as a soldier camped at Abiquiu, New Mexico, in 1846.

Dates: 1846

Found in: Fray Angélico Chávez History Library

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Adolph Bandelier Collection

Alexander Brydie Dyer Papers

Alice Bullock Collection

Arthur Olivas Collection

Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Payroll Ledger

Augusta and Charles Probst Papers

Battle of Brazito Report

Battle of Glorieta Pass Collection

Battle of Mesilla Letters

Broadsides and Ephemera of New Mexico and Mexico

Carl Will Reinecke Papers

Carrie Arnold Collection

Charles H. Lange Collection

Dominguez y Escalante Bicentennial Expedition Collection

Edward L. Robb Civil War Journal Typescript

Edward W. Wynkoop Collection

E.R. Boles Letters

Fort Craig (N.M.) Letters

Fort Union Sutler's Store Ledger

Fray Angelico Chavez Collection

George Fitzpatrick Collection

Guide to the Bruce T. Ellis Collection

Henry Wetter Papers

Ina Sizer Cassidy Collection

James Austin Letter

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