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New Mexico -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 44 Collections and/or Records:

Michael Steck Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-134-BC
Abstract The Steck Papers contain correspondence and business records relating to Steck's tenure as Indian Agent and Superintendent of Indian Affairs for New Mexico. Also contains records of his involvement with the New Mexico Mining Company and with railroad operations in Pennsylvania.
Dates: 1839-1933 (bulk 1852-1880)

New Mexico Doctors Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0004
Abstract A collection of biographical information about early New Mexico doctors, as well as supporting research. The contents of the notebooks is also available electronically on CD-ROM “New Mexico Doctors” at Special Collections Library and Main Genealogy Center.
Dates: 1884-1992

Jesse L. Nusbaum Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: PAAC-0017
Scope and Content Materials included original 5 x 7 glass plate negatives, 5 x 7 vintage prints, and nitrate film negatives of various sizes. Many of the vintage 5 x 7 contact prints have notes on the back written in pencil by Jesse Nusbaum and notes in ball point pen by his wife, Rosemary Nusbaum. There are also other notes in unidentified handwriting in both pen and pencil on the back of the photographs. Some 5 x 7 vintage photos have a small stamp on bottom edge: MEJ Colter or H. H. Dorman...
Dates: 1906 - 1939

Pancho Villa Documents

 Collection
Identifier: AC 350-s
Scope and Content Collection consists of one volume containing copies of documents found among the Pancho Villa troops killed at Columbus, New Mexico, 1916 and relate to various activities of Villa in northern Mexico. The orginal documents are filed at the National Archives. The documents were bound as a presentation volume that Governor Bruce King of New Mexico presented to The Honorable Oscar Ornellas, Governor of the State of Chihuahua, Mexico. Included (in English) is an introduction that details the history...
Dates: 1915-1916

Popejoy Hall Records

 Collection
Identifier: UNMA 151
Abstract Popejoy Hall is the University of New Mexico's performing arts theatre. The collection contains records of shows, symphony concerts, musical soloists, world-renowned ballet and modern dance companies, and noted speakers from a broad spectrum of disciplines.
Dates: 1966 - 1997

Santa Fe Transportation Company Bulletins

 Collection
Identifier: AC 205
Scope and Content These books (Part I and Part II) contain Courier Instructional bulletins issued by The Santa Fe Transportation Company from the years 1927-1930. These instructions contain a diverse amount of information ranging from Indian legends, geographical, cultural and historical to administrative duties of couriers regarding schedules, routes, fares, ect. Some of the Bulletins deal only with specific subjects while others contain a variety of subjects, but often related to a specific tour or subject...
Dates: 1927-1930

Southwest Files

 Collection
Identifier: SC 9999-02
Scope and Content The contents of this collection are from former vertical files in the reference collection and donations from Lynn I. Perrigo. Contents include items of interest primarily related to New Mexico and the Southwest.
Dates: 1887-; Majority of material found in Placeholder Unit Date Text

T. M. Pearce Scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0008
Abstract The collection contains six scrapbooks devoted to reviews and correspondence related to books written or edited by T. M. Pearce. T. M. (Thomas Matthews) Pearce (1902-1986) was a professor at the University of New Mexico from 1939-1964 and an author and editor. Perhaps best known for New Mexico Place Names (1965), he also wrote biographies of Mary Austin, Oliver La Farge, and Alice Corbin Henderson. He edited several anthologies and served as the first editor for the...
Dates: 1936-1982

Territorial Archives of New Mexico,

 Collection
Identifier: 1959-293
Scope and Content Collection consists of the records created and maintained by the territorial government of New Mexico. Included are reports, minutes, correspondence, appointments, legislative records, and penal papers. Also included is an incomplete 1885 census.

Most materials are in Spanish.

Note: Collection was created by repository.
Dates: 1846-1912

Thomas E. Chavez Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AC 581
Scope and Content Collection consists of personal and professional papers of Thomas E. Chávez as well as some papers of his father Antonio Chávez. Included are letters, correspondence, newspaper articles pertaining to their careers, professional papers and notes. Additionally, collection contains Thomas E. Chávez's school and professional notes, manuscripts, and proofs of published works.
Dates: 1957 - 2009

Tomas Atencio Papers and Academia de la Nueva Raza / Rio Grande Institute Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-827-BC
Abstract The collection contains administrative documents, correspondence, photographs, audio recordings, articles and research files of La Academia de la Nueva Raza, and the Rio Grande Institute, organizations dedicated to political, social, and cultural change. It also contains the files of Tomas Atencio related to his personal research and work on his many projects.
Dates: 1923-2013; Majority of material found in 1965-1999

Translations of Provincial Journals

 Collection
Identifier: AC 223
Scope and Content This box contains longhand transcriptions of the original Spanish minutes of the Mexican legislative sessions in Santa Fe for a large part of the Mexican period of New Mexico. One session recorded in the folders was held on August 8, 1846 [Folder 19], and records the body's consternation at the invasion of United States forces numbering 5,000 marching upon the capitol city.
Dates: 1824-1846

United Press International : Santa Fe Office Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AC 381
Scope and Content Collection contains materials from the United Press International, Santa Fe, New Mexico office and consists of the supporting documents for articles on a variety of New Mexico topics - political, social, scientific, and historical written for UPI. Folders are in alphabetical order by primary subjects then subcategories. In the subject files are press releases, reports, government publications, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and tear sheets.
Dates: 1947-1990

United States Territorial and New Mexico Supreme Court Records,

 Collection
Identifier: 1982-135
Scope and Content Collection consists of the records of the United States Territorial Supreme Court for New Mexico (1846-1912) and the records of the New Mexico State Supreme Court (1912-1978). The bulk of the material consists of case files from the New Mexico territorial period (1846-1912). Also included are court records (1863-1978), and administrative reports (1959- 1978). Case files contained in the collection are cases 1-1483 (1846-1912). Some of the later cases are not part of this collection. Also...
Dates: 1846-1978 (bulk 1846-1912)

Warren A. Beck Manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: MSS -226 -BC
Abstract This collection is comprised of the galley proofs for Warren A. Beck's book entitledNew Mexico, a History of Four Centuries.
Dates: 1962

White House (Firm) Business Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-444-BC
Scope and Content The collection contains business papers, letters and correspondence, and tax-related papers of the White House, a merchandise store involved with dry goods and ready-to-wear clothing located on the Plaza in Santa Fe, New Mexico. There are also business records and papers for several other closely associated Santa Fe companies: Blatt Building Company, Blatt Incorporated, and Guarantee Shoe Shop, as well as some of the private papers of the individuals involved in the companies
Dates: 1912-1970

William C. Winkler Architectural Photographs Collection

 Collection — Small-collections-box 11, Folder: PICT 2022-009
Identifier: PICT-2022-009
Abstract Photographic slides of places and buildings in New Mexico, taken by William C. Winkler as a UNM Student and in the employ of architectural firms.
Dates: 1964 - 1992

William Jackson Parish Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-276-BC
Scope and Content The bulk of the William Jackson Parish collection is made up of research material for Parish's Harvard dissertation and 1961 Harvard University Press publication, The Charles Ilfeld Company: A Study of the Rise and Decline of Mercantile Capitalism in New Mexico. This material consists of correspondence, notes, manuscripts, business reports, an editor's copy of The Charles Ilfeld Company..., as well as the bound dissertation....
Dates: 1700-1964; Majority of material found in 1945-1963

William Thetford Le Viness Scrapbook Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AC 132
Scope and Content The Le Viness Collection consists of ten scrapbooks containing chromologically arranged works written by or about W. T. Leviness; fifteen binders containing periodicals with articles written by Le Viness arranged chronologically by date of publication; and one copy of a publication written by Le Viness entitled "The Life and Works of William Hayley: 1745-1820."
Dates: 1928-1971