Diaries
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 52 Collections and/or Records:
Joaquín Díaz Calderón Diaries
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1000-BC
Abstract
Beginning in 1900, Joaquín Díaz Calerón (JDC) writes about his life in the towns of Tlaxcala and Puebla until 1946.
Dates:
1900-1946
John A. Clark Papers
Collection
Identifier: AC 044
Scope and Content
Collection consists of 25 journals (1861-1868) kept by John A. Clark, Surveyor of the Territory of New Mexico, a typescript of the journals, and a Confederate Army broadside from 1862. The 25 journals contain 1,943 handwritten diary pages, 48 hand drawn maps, about 50 pages, notes, expenses, lists of distances and miscellaneous sketches. Kitty Shishkin has done the typescript copy of the journals. The journals give detailed daily accounts of the writer's official and personal...
Dates:
1861-1868
John C. Gullette Papers
Collection
Identifier: AC 100-P
Scope and Content
Collection consists of a journal kept by Gullette during a trip exploring and photographing Indian ruins in New Mexico and Arizona; a descriptive list of photographs taken on the trip; and a notebook filled with descriptions of Colorado by Gullette. Collection also includes a typescript of Gullette's journal, which details stops at Chaco Canyon, the Grand Canyon, Enchanted Mesa, and Acoma Pueblo.
Dates:
1899-1900
John Howard Allison Forestry Journals Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1066-BC
Abstract
This collection consists primarily of three journals of John Howard Allison, spanning the years 1908-1923, and covering the period of his work for the Forest Service in Arizona and New Mexico and later as a professor of forestry at the University of Minnesota. Included is Allison's Forest Service Account book for 1909-1910. Also in the collection are digital copies of five albums of photographs taken by Allison, mostly during his work for the Forest Service in Arizona, 1906-1908, but also...
Dates:
ca. 1900-1926
John W. Johnson work diaries
Collection
Identifier: Ms-0397
Abstract
Work diaries compiled by John W. Johnson while employed by the U.S. Forest Service. Johnson wrote a book of his experiences as a forest ranger, focusing primarily on the time he was in the Santa Fe National Forest Upper Pecos Ranger District. The book is entitled Reminiscences of a Forest Ranger, 1914-1944 which is in the collection along with a map of the Santa Fe National Forest.
Dates:
1917-1943
Joseph Quesenberry diary
Collection
Identifier: Ms-0532
Content Description
The collection includes a bound replica of the original diary belonging to Joseph "Joe" Quesenberry. The diary contains entries regarding his departure from Las Cruces to serve the United States military (Company K, 18th Infantry). The diary is Joe's firsthand account of his time serving in World War I, date span includes December 31, 1916 to March 1, 1918. Included in the collection are photocopies of various publications that pertain to Captain Quesenberry. Photocopies of publications include...
Dates:
December 31, 1916 - March 1, 1918 and undated
Kenneth L. Hobbs journals
Collection
Identifier: Ms-0156
Abstract
Journals kept by Dr. Kenneth L. Hobbs on his travels to Arizona, Northern Mexico, China, the Dutch East Indies, Philippines, Australia and other locations. Also includes photographs, newspaper clippings, maps, and a copy of the Philippine constitution.
Dates:
1928-1965
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
Marta Weigle Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1096-BC
Abstract
The collection primarily contains scrapbooks, journals, and writings of a more personal and non-academic nature. Correspondence relates to personal as well as academic topics.
Dates:
1960-2018
Martin Gardesky Collection of Historical Documents,
Collection
Identifier: 1960-019
Scope and Content
Collection consists of original documents, translations, and photostats primarily concerning people and events in New Mexico and Mexico. Documents on New Mexico include a 1681 journal of Antonio de Otermin relating to the Pueblo Revolt of 1680; a photostat of a 1710 royal decree by the Duke of Albuquerque suppressing a bible printed in London; and the report of a 1749 investigation by Governor Tomas Velez de Cachupin regarding French incursions into Taos, New Mexico. English translations...
Dates:
1612-1912
Mary C. Douglass Papers
Collection
Identifier: AC 067
Scope and Content
Collection consists primarily of a journal kept by Mary C. Douglass of Massachussetts on a train trip to Santa Fe to visit her uncle Colonel Henry Douglass and his family. Her journal describes her visit to Santa Fe from January 12 to March 5 1889, including military activities at Ft. Marcy and social life in Santa Fe. From Santa Fe she traveled to San Diego and San Francisco with journal entries describing the social life in both cities. Collection also includes a 1889 roster of the United...
Dates:
1888-1889
Mary Grossetete Diary
Collection
Identifier: MSS-902-SC
Abstract
The collection centers on Mary Grossete Landon’s diary, providing first-hand insight into the desperation and hardships of frontier and pioneer life in Catron County in the late nineteenth century.
Dates:
1893-1895, 2007; Majority of material found within 1893-1895
Michael Blake papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-894-BC
Abstract
This collection primarily contains writings, research, and correspondence, spanning Michael Blake’s forty year career as a professional writer.
Dates:
1949-2010; Majority of material found within 1960-2010
Nambe Community School and San Jose Demonstration School Records and Teacher's Diaries
Collection
Identifier: MSS-306-BC
Abstract
This collection contains primarily teacher diaries from the 1935-1942 Nambe community school and San Jose Demonstration School projects. Most diaries contain student rosters, lesson plans, assignments, exams, grades, student projects (texts & drawings), flyers from contemporary organizations, as well as occasional photos, personal correspondence, notes on student behavior ("character sketches"), and student living conditions within the communities of Nambe village (not Nambe the Native...
Dates:
1935-1942
New Mexico Office of State Treasurer Records,
Collection
Identifier: 1974-060
Scope and Content
As of 1997 collection consists of the records of the New Mexico Office of the State Treasurer (1955-1974) and its predecessor the Office of the Territorial Treasurer (1849-1911). State records include ledgers, proceedings of financial and investment boards, and administration files. Territorial records include administrative correspondence, annual reports, journals, and ledgers.
Partial finding aid.
Partial finding aid.
Dates:
1847-[ongoing]
Nicholas Roosevelt Diary
Collection
Identifier: AC 194-P
Scope and Content
Diary contains descriptions and daily observations of Southwest Indians and landscape, the Grand Canyon, and other related topics. Nicholas Roosevelt, a cousin of Theodore Roosevelt, accompanied the U.S. President on this tour of the Southwest in the summer of 1913.
Dates:
1913
Randall Davey Collection
Collection
Identifier: AC 057
Scope and Content
This collection consists of Randall Davey's papers as well as those of his wife, Isabel, her sister, Kate H. Cullum, their siblings and their parents, John Caldwell Holt and Kate Gilbert Holt.
Dates:
1869-1985
Roy Tilghman Collection
Collection
Identifier: AC 222-P
Scope and Content
One folders containing misc documents including wills, land transfers and other legal matters; religious books and a job of José Salaices, 1789-1818. The sketch includes information regarding Apache campaigns. A descriptive inventory is included with the documents. Many of the documents have been roughly translated.
Dates:
1769-1866
Royal A. Prentice Papers
Collection
Identifier: AC 225
Scope and Content
The collection consists of correspondence and related materials of Royal A. Prentice dating from the 1930s. These literary materials consist of Prentice's correspondence relative to his avid hobby of Southwestern archaeology; which included a very close association with the Museum of New Mexico's Laboratory of Anthropology.
Dates:
1893-1955
Spanish Archives of New Mexico I,
Collection
Identifier: 1972-002
Scope and Content
Collection consists of civil land records of the Spanish and Mexican period governments of New Mexico, and materials created by the Surveyor General and Court of Private Land Claims during the process of adjudication. Includes petitions for land grants, land conveyances, wills, mine registers, records books, journals, dockets, reports, minutes, letters, and a variety of legal documents. Also within the collection is the Vigil Index, an inventory of the documents in the custody of Donaciano...
Dates:
1685-1912
Sterling Fluharty Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-982-BC
Abstract
The collection focuses on Sterling Fluharty's research and writings on Native American student movements, particularly the National Indian Youth Council. Fluharty's time as a Mormon missionary on the Navajo Indian reservation is also documented.
Dates:
1973-2005
Sylvester Davis Diary Transcript
Collection
Identifier: AC 058-P
Scope and Content
One typescript of Davis's 1859 diary and a 1915 letter from donor Frank Clancy describing the diary. The diary was written on a journey from Illinois to New Mexico from April to October, 1859. Includes entries from a stay of several weeks working at mining camps in Colorado before Davis's party traveled south to New Mexico.
Dates:
1859-1915
Theron Marquis Trombeau Papers
Collection
Identifier: AC 224
Scope and Content
The Theron Marquis Trombeau papers include manuscripts, publications, correspondence and journals written between 1927 and 1979. Trombeau wrote extensively about southern New Mexico. He also wrote fiction, poetry, newspaper columns and essays. Some of his works explore homosexuality.
Dates:
1927-1979
William Blackmore Collection
Collection
Identifier: AC 018
Scope and Content
The Blackmore Collection includes promotional and research material documenting his investment concerns. Blackmore was instrumental in publishing books about the Southwest, Spanish land grants, Mexican land law and United States Territorial law regarding land grants. 1932 Barbara Aitken, an anthropologist who worked with Edgar Lee Hewett, secured the Blackmore Papers for the Historical Society of New Mexico. The Charles D. Poston papers are part of the Blackmore Collection. Most of...
Dates:
1827-1890
William Carr Lane Diary Transcript
Collection
Identifier: AC 127-P
Scope and Content
One handwritten transcript of a diary written by Lane from 1852 to 1853, and one photocopy of the transcript. The diary provides details of Lane's trip over the Santa Fe Trail from St. Louis to Santa Fe, descriptions of Santa Fe and its people, and disputes over the United States-Mexico boundary. The transcript was used by Ralph E. Twitchell in the publication of Carr's diary in 1917.
Dates:
1852-1853