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John Angus MacDonald Memoirs
Collection
Identifier: MSS-485-BC
Scope and Content
The manuscript, handwritten by John Angus MacDonald, describes five decades of his life in Colorado and New Mexico from the 1870s to the 1920s. It is not a detailed autobiography and is not in chronological order. There is a brief family history beginning on page 240. MacDonald reminisces about his boyhood in the San Luis Valley in Colorado, describing the customs of the Indians, the different ethnic groups that settled the area and the coming of the railroad. The manuscript contains...
Dates:
1917-1954
John L. Sinclair Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-461-BC
Scope and Content
The Sinclair Papers, consisting of fiction and non-fiction manuscript materials from the inception of an idea to the published form, comprise an essentially complete record of John Sinclair's long writing career. Additionally, the Sinclair collection is significant for its attention to regional subject matter--the history and lore of the Southwest. Covering the gamut of New Mexico's multicultural heritage from historical facts to tall tales to spiritual realms, Sinclair's writings reflect his...
Dates:
1849-1993
Ruth W. Armstrong Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: PICT-000-481
Abstract
Contains travel photographs from New Mexico, Arizona, California, Colorado and other states, as well as Canada and Mexico. Also included are photographs used for Armstrong's book, The Chases of Cimarron.
Dates:
1870-1984; Majority of material found within 1973-1980
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- New Mexico -- Description and travel 2
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- Church buildings -- Pictorial works 1
- Commercial buildings -- New Mexico -- Pictorial works 1
- Cowboys -- New Mexico 1
- Fortification -- New Mexico -- Pictorial works 1
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Colorado 1
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- Historic buildings -- New Mexico -- Pictorial works 1
- Lakes -- New Mexico -- Pictorial works 1
- Lincoln County (N.M.) 1
- Magdalena (N.M.) -- History 1
- Mexico -- Pictorial works 1
- Mines and mineral resources -- Colorado 1
- Mines and mineral resources -- New Mexico 1
- Mural painting and decoration 1
- National monuments -- United States -- Pictorial works 1
- New Mexico -- Description and Travel -- 20th century -- Pictorial works 1
- New Mexico -- Fiction 1
- New Mexico -- History 1
- New Mexico -- Politics and government -- 1848-1950 1
- Parks -- New Mexico -- Pictorial works 1
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- Pueblo Indians -- Antiquities 1
- Railroads -- New Mexico -- Pictorial works 1
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