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New Mexico -- History -- 19th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Charles and Jacqueline Meketa Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-875-BC
Abstract The Charles and Jacqueline Meketa papers primarily contain working papers and research files collected and produced during the research for their books and articles related to the Civil War and 20th century New Mexico and Arizona history.

Dates: 1792-1994; Majority of material found within 1860-1990

Clarence Herrick Presidential Papers

 Collection
Identifier: UNMA-002
Abstract Clarence Herrick was the second president of the University of New Mexico from 1897-1901. The collection consists primarily of correspondence from Herrick's time at UNM.
Dates: 1897-1902

Dalton C. Bergan research materials on Lucien Bonaparte Maxwell and François Xavier Aubry

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-765-BC
Abstract This collection is composed of Dalton C. Bergan's research notebooks, photocopied material and note cards on Lucien Bonaparte Maxwell and François Xavier Aubry. Bergan used some of this material to write a book on Aubry.
Dates: 1852-1978

Flora Spiegelberg Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-18-SC
Scope and Content This small collection consists primarily of reminiscences of Flora Spiegelberg, including original typewritten manuscripts of brief articles and published articles. Also included is a manuscript about Flora Spiegelberg and the Spiegelberg family written in 1975. The articles by Spiegelberg primarily concern life in the Territory of New Mexico in the late 19th century. Other articles are about New York City where the Spiegelbergs lived after leaving New Mexico.
Dates: 1857-1943

Jewish Pioneers Exhibition Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AC 454
Scope and Content This collection consists of Series 1: Exhibition Research (curator’s notes, biographies, family trees and photocopied images) and Series II: Exhibition Materials (exhibition book, educational matter and traveling information) related to Jewish Pioneers of New Mexico, 1821–1917.
Dates: 1998-2005; Majority of material found in 2000-2002

Long Canyon Ranch Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-989-BC
Abstract The Long Canyon Ranch Collection is focused on the ranch near Taiban, New Mexico owned by the Herlihy family.
Dates: 1860-2018; Majority of material found in 1910-1929

Louis L. Sweeny Letters Describing Overland Journey to Silver City, NM, 1875

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-871-SC
Abstract The collection consists of three letters written by Louis Sweeny, describing his overland journey from Philadelphia to Silver City, NM, with stops in Denver and Santa Fe.
Dates: 1875

Noah H. Rose Penitente Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: PICT-991-005
Abstract Photos are of a Penitente morada, Penitente camposanto, two images of Penitente crosses. All images taken in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico.
Dates: 1890-1920

Oral History Interviews of the Jewish Pioneer Video Project

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-772-BC
Abstract The New Mexico Jewish Historical Society's (NMJHS) Jewish Pioneer Video Project consists of memoirs of and about early Jewish settlers in New Mexico. The collection contains video interviews, family history booklets, digital copies of family photographs, and transcripts for all of the interviews.
Dates: 1997-2006

Out-of-State Historical Newspapers Collection related to New Mexico

 Collection
Identifier: AC 419
Scope and Content Collection contains 56 historical newspapers with identified articles and comments on New Mexico and its contemporary political, economic, and cultural situations. Most of the newspapers are from New York and Pennsylvania.
Dates: 1825-1881

Elias Stover Presidential Papers

 Collection
Identifier: UNMA-001
Abstract Elias Sleeper Stover was elected the first President of the University of New Mexico on February 9, 1891. The collection consists mostly of letters between Stover and UNM faculty.
Dates: 1888-1900

William Denison Whipple Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-950-BC
Abstract The collection contains military journals and account ledgers, maps, letters and other correspondence, photographs, an engraving and personal papers related to the military career and personal life of United States Army Major General William Denison Whipple.
Dates: 1853-1865; Majority of material found in 1853-1865