Taos (N.M.) -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Alexander Brydie Dyer Papers
Collection
Identifier: AC 070-P
Scope and Content
Collection consists of material related to Dyer's involvement in the Taos Revolt.
Dates:
1846-1848
Church histories — Taos County, bulk: 1800-1900
File
Identifier: III/OS1/3
Scope and Contents
Photocopies, handwritten notes
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1800-1900
Harwood Foundation records
Collection
Identifier: UNMA-075
Abstract
The Harwood Foundation operates the Harwood Museum of Art in Taos, New Mexico. This collection contains the meeting minutes of the Harwood Advisory Board and the Taos Country Project.
Dates:
1923-1988
Josephine Mercedes Scheurich Memory Book
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1089-SC
Abstract
This memory book contains 24 pages of inscriptions to Josephine Mercedes Scheurich, granddaughter of Governor Charles Bent, dating from 1889-1896.
Dates:
1889-1896
Julia Moore Collection
Collection
Identifier: TCHS-JM
Abstract
This collection comprises manuscripts (typescripts), correspondence and other materials related to the production of Taos: A Topical History by Julia Moore, co-editor (with Corina A. Santistevan) of the book.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 2007-2014
Found in:
Taos County Historical Society
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Julia Moore Collection
Martin Gardesky Collection of Historical Documents,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
Mauro Montoya Collection
Collection
Identifier: AC 152
Scope and Content
Mauro Montoya Collection documents significant episodes of New Mexico history during the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The documents are divided into the four main periods: Spanish period, The Mexican period, U.S. Territorial period (incl. U.S. military occupation), New Mexico Statehood period.
Dates:
1709-1949
New Mexico Historical Records Survey and New Mexico Federal Writers' Project Miscellany,
Collection
Identifier: MSS-14-SC
Scope and Content
This collection is comprised of 7 miscellaneous typed items, perhaps never sent to the Library of Congress during the New Deal era. Item 3 was removed and cataloged - See Separated Materials. These papers provide a small sample of the work done in the state under two of the New Deal Federal Work Progress Administration programs. Included are five undated submissions by New Mexico researchers to the Historical Records Survey Division. There is a translation of the 1760s document for the donation...
Dates:
1909-1939
Taos Land Records
Collection
Identifier: AC632p
Scope and Content
Collection consists of six documents dealing with land use in Taos County. Two documents are Spanish-language property deeds dating from 1770 and 1804, along with English-language translations. Four documents are English translations of original Spanish-language documents: a property deed dated April, 1818; a judicial decree amending a disputed boundary line dated July 1831; a petition to present a land-use dispute case in Circuit Court dated April 1850; and the petition for a land grant dated...
Dates:
1745-1875
Taos Society of Artists Collection
Collection
Identifier: AC 219
Scope and Content
Collection consists of materials relating to the Taos Society of Artists and its members. Includes the constitution, by-laws, minutes, and reports of the Society; promotional materials and programs from various art exhibits; and materials concerning the Museum of New Mexico, which worked closely with the Society. This collection also contains a significant amount of correspondence involving members and associates of the Society, including Oscar Berninghaus, E. Irving Couse, Gerald Cassidy, Bert...
Dates:
1918-1928
Teresina Bent Scheurich Note Book
Collection
Identifier: AC 120-P
Scope and Content
Handwritten account of Charles Bent's assassination in Taos, New Mexico, in 1847 by his daughter Teresina Bent Scheurich. Also included is a typescript copy of the account and a 12 page handwritten copy of an address concerning the Bent assassination given by L. Bradford Prince.
Dates:
n.d.
Ward Alan Minge Collection of Historical Documents,
Collection
Identifier: 1960-029
Scope and Content
Collection consists of a broad range of historical documents concerning New Mexico history. Series I consists of three documents involving Father Antonio Jose Martinez of Taos, New Mexico: the 1827 will of his father Antonio Severino Martinez; a brief autobiography of Antonio Jose Martinez published in 1838; and an 1859 proclamation by Antonio Jose Martinez documenting conflicts between himself and Archbishop Jean Baptiste Lamy. Series II consists of papers of the Gonzales family of Taos, New...
Dates:
1697-1954