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Amador family papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-0004
Abstract
Papers of the Amador family, entrepreneurs and community leaders of Las Cruces, New Mexico. Included in the collection are the personal papers of Martin Amador, Refugio Ruiz de Amador, their children, Emilia Amador de Garcia, Juan Amador, Francisco Amador, Martin A. Amador, Jr., Maria Amador de Daguerre, Clotilde Amador de Terrazas, Julieta Amador de Garcia, and Corina Amador de Campbell, and sons in law, Jesus Garcia and Antonio Terrazas. The papers include correspondence, financial, and legal...
Dates:
1856-1949
Blazer Family papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-0110
Abstract
Pioneer family at Mescalero, New Mexico, where Joseph Hoy Blazer took over theoperation of a sawmill in 1868. The mill has historic significance as the scene of a battle duringthe Lincoln County War. The papers document the activities of three generations of the Blazerfamily, who lived on land in, but not part of, the Mescalero Apache Reservation. Comprised ofcorrespondence, financial records, legal documents, literary manuscripts, patent descriptions, andphotographs. Significant correspondence...
Dates:
1864-1965
Esther Chávez Cano collection
Collection
Identifier: Ms-0471
Abstract
Esther Chávez Cano founded the women’s rights advocacy group Ocho de Marzo (Eighth of March) in Ciudad Juárez in 1992. Soon after, she began organizing activist groups to work for the prosecution of murders of young women in Juárez. In 1999 Chávez founded Casa Amiga, a shelter for women who have experienced physical or sexual abuse. This collection is composed mostly of newspaper clippings chronicling violence against women in Juárez and the work of Chávez and other activists. Some records of...
Dates:
1988-2006
Lorenzo Torrez papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-0384
Abstract
Miner and labor organizer. Born in Gila, New Mexico. Worked as a miner in the Southwest for 25 years and was a participant in the Empire Zinc Strike in Grant County, New Mexico during the early 1950s. Torrez was the head of the Arizona district for the Communist Party, USA. The collection contains personal information about Torrez, publications, information about social activism and Chicano identity, clippings, newsletters, correspondence, memorabilia, and photographs.
Dates:
1959-2000
Refugio Colony Grant Land conveyances
Collection
Identifier: Ms-0155-SC
Abstract
Established in 1852 by the Republic of Mexico for Mexican nationals to live in the United States after the invasion of 1846, and located on the west side of the Rio Grande, between Chamberino and La Union, New Mexico. Each document is a four page manuscript in the Spanish language, and is sealed with the “Corporación De La Merced Del Refugio” blind stamp.
Dates:
1883-1885
Terry Corbett papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-0546
Abstract
A collection of photo-copied sources and handwritten notes covering the growth of Las Cruces and the families of the region, using a combination of Church and Official Government records to explore the lives of individuals as far back as the Spanish Colonial Period, with some records also relating to local native tribes.
Dates:
1669 - 1981
Weaving for Justice records
Collection
Identifier: Ms-0565
Abstract
Founded in 2003 by Jean Bergs, Sophia’s Circle, later to be named Weaving for Justice is an all-volunteer organization based in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The organization works with Maya women’s weaving collectives in Chiapas, Mexico with the goal to allow the members to continue living on their ancestral lands and avoid being forced to migrate. Sophia’s Circle’s initial goal was to create and support women’s art and cultural organizations on the U.S.- Mexico border. In 2023, the organization had...
Dates:
1988 - 2022
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