Gadsden Purchase
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Albert Jennings Fountain Document
Collection
Identifier: MSS-8-SC
Abstract
This collection consists of one photoprint of a handwritten document, entitled "Confundis de la Historia del Pintoresco Pueblo de la Mesilla," by Colonel Albert Jennings Fountain. The document outlines the role of the town of la Mesilla in the history of New Mexico, with regard to the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the Gadsden Purchase, and the Civil War.
Dates:
1838-1896
New Mexico Travel Postcards
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: HP.2005.01
Old Timers Stories” (8 pages). Collector – Marie Carter. Informant – Cruz Richards Alvarez., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 6-71-9
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Collection consists of typed documents produced by employees of the W.P.A. and its subdivision the Federal Writer's Project in New Mexico. Most of the collection is made up of transcripts of oral history interviews conducted with New Mexicans, and folklore and stories about New Mexico and Hispanic culture in particular.
Dates:
1936-1940