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450 Años de Lucha: Homenaje al Pueblo Mexicano Portfolio
Collection
Identifier: PICT-999-021
Abstract
This collection depicts major events in the history of Mexico, from Spanish contact with the indigenous peoples to political events of the early 20th Century. Images dealing with Spanish missionization of the indigenous population, the Mexican War of Independence, the Mexican American War, and the Mexican Revolution are included. The relationship between the United States and Mexico is also a major theme addressed in a number of images.
Dates:
1960
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
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
Bloom-McFie Collection,
Collection
Identifier: 1960-004
Scope and Content
Collection consists primarily of various historical documents from New Mexico. Includes typescripts of Stephen Watts Kearny's proclamation of the United States' annexation of New Mexico and Governor Bautista Vigil y Alarid's response, both dated August 19, 1846; and correspondence of Francisco Lucero de Godoy concerning his portion of the Martinez Land Grant in Taos County, New Mexico. Collection also contains materials relating to the careers of Lansing B. Bloom and John R. McFie; articles of...
Dates:
1846-1938
Charles Francis Clarke Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-88-BC
Abstract
This collection consists of correspondence and other papers pertaining to Charles Francis Clarke, British immigrant-turned-pioneer on the Western frontier. Most correspondence in this collection pertains to Clarke, his wife Mary, and his parents in England. This correspondence details pioneer life and newsworthy events of the early- and mid-1800s from the perspective of an immigrant family and enlisted man.
Dates:
1847-1914 (bulk 1848-1971)
Frank Driver Reeve Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-158-BC
Abstract
The collection contains research, correspondence, and manuscripts of Frank Driver Reeve. Focuses of the collection include New Mexico history, the Navajo, and the University of New Mexico.
Dates:
1787-1968; Majority of material found in 1840-1967
Getty Family Papers,
Collection
Identifier: 1967-001
Scope and Content
Collection consists of an 1846 letter about U.S. General Kearny's march into Santa Fe during the Mexican-American War; letters and photostats of clippings about Anna Getty McClure describing her life in Santa Fe and her marriage to Colonel Charles McClure, and activities at Fort Marcy; and two Civil War subject clippings associated with Major George Getty.
Dates:
1846-1926
Governor Stephen Watts Kearny Papers,
Collection
Identifier: 1959-069
Scope and Content
Collection consists of official papers of Governor Kearny: two proclamations from September, 1846 announcing Kearny's appointments of government officials (one in English and one in English and Spanish), and one photocopy of Kearny's proclamation in Spanish announcing the annexation of New Mexico by the United States.
Some materials in Spanish.
Some materials in Spanish.
Dates:
1846
John P. Bloom papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-0550
Abstract
Papers of John P. Bloom related to his work on three symposia sponsored by the Dona Ana County Historical Society. The first symposium was titled New Mexico's Year of Destiny, 1846, and was held in 1996 as a 150th anniversary. The largest and most successful of the symposia was the symposium on the 150th anniversary of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, held in 1998, and the subsequent publication of a book based on the symposium presentations. The third and last symposium was on the history of...
Dates:
1996 - 2000
L. Bradford Prince Papers,
Collection
Identifier: MSS-109-BC
Scope and Content
This collection consists of Spanish language documents from 18th and 19th century New Mexico, 1800s circulars from New Mexico printing presses and the personal papers of Le Baron Bradford Prince. Personal papers include family, business, and political correspondence, invitations to the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition and to a dinner/dance given by the Society of Mayflower Descendants, as well as a circular for the lecture series, "Romance of the South West" given by...
Dates:
1772-1922
Lachlan Allan MacLean Drawings
Collection
Identifier: AC 423
Scope and Content
The collection consists of eleven pen-and-ink drawings depicting military life as seen through the eyes of volunteer soldier Lachlan Allan MacLean. These drawings are unique in that they are a visual narrative of one of the notable and colorful facets of the Mexican War (1846-1848). The drawings include an informal portrait of Private John W.H. Patton after battle; the head of a black tailed deer; a wayside grave with a cross; a carreta (cart); Mexicans carrying water in a large wooden bucket;...
Dates:
1846-1847
Found in:
Fray Angélico Chávez History Library
Manuel Alvarez Papers,
Collection
Identifier: 1960-001
Scope and Content
Collection consists primarily of Alvarez's business, consular, and personal correspondence. Correspondents include numerous officials, customers, merchants, and suppliers in New Mexico, St. Louis, New Orleans, New York, and London. Subjects discussed include the Santa Fe Trail, trade relations between the United States and New Mexico, and New Mexico politics and statehood. Items of note are five Alvarez ledgers (1834-1855), a journal of campsites along the Santa Fe Trail, a partial English copy...
Dates:
1825-1856
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.
Most of the papers in this collection are xerox copies.
Dates:
1861-1970
Found in:
Fray Angélico Chávez History Library
Maria G. Duran Collection,
Collection
Identifier: 1960-016
Scope and Content
Collection consists primarily of documents concerning the area of Abiquiu, New Mexico. Among the documents are wills, hijuelas (estate records) and conveyances involving estates and property; and government circulars regarding trade with the Indians, raising militias, and war with the United States. Specific items include several 1846 documents pertaining to the Mexican War such as Governor Manuel Armijo's warning of impending war, and printed orders of U.S. General Stephen Watts Kearny...
Dates:
1785-1846 (bulk 1843-1846)
Mexican-American and Spanish-American War Sheet Music
Collection
Identifier: MSS-968-OV
Abstract
19th century sheet music for compositions that celebrate and memorialize the Mexican-American War and the Spanish-American War.
Dates:
1846 - 1898
Mexican Government Documents
Collection
Identifier: AC 317
Scope and Content
Collection consists of handwritten and printed documents: a passport to Santa Fe from St. Louis, Missouri, dated 1836, and a proclamation by Jesus Gonzales Ortega, Governor of Zacatecas, concerning the Mexican revolution, dated 1859. Also included is a document from 1827, written to protest the proposal that the Mexican seat of government be moved from Sinaloa province to Sonora. In addition, the collection contains various Mexican decrees dating from the 1830's. All documents are in...
Dates:
1825-1859
Found in:
Fray Angélico Chávez History Library
Robert W. Frazer Collection
Collection
Identifier: AC 399
Scope and Content
The collection consists of personal papers (financial, family letters, retirement papers, health papers) and research material used by Robert Frazer for his publications, including transcribed copies of letters received by the U.S. Army Dept. in New Mexico (1850s - 1860s) and information on military history and forts in New Mexico and its economic impact.
Dates:
1911-2003
Found in:
Fray Angélico Chávez History Library
Valentine Robbins Manuscript,
Collection
Identifier: MSS- 631 -SC
Scope and Content
This collection consists of one seven page manuscript, "Mexico: From the Manuscript of Casual Addresses and Sketches, New York and Philadelphia," written in 1847 by Valentine Robbins. The manuscript relates to the conquest of northern Mexico by United States troops and the subsequent annexation of Texas. Robbins relates how the United States was forced to pursue its course because of the immigration of its citizens into Mexican territory, Tejas. The text states that "a portion of the territory...
Dates:
1847
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