New Mexico -- Social life and customs
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 57 Collections and/or Records:
Amado Chaves Papers,
Collection
Identifier: 1963-001
Scope and Content
Collection consists of correspondence, personal papers, manuscripts, genealogies, and clippings. Subjects include New Mexican customs and folklore, land grants and titles, and prominent figures in New Mexico history. Other topics include Chaves and Ortiz family histories, the 1680 Pueblo Revolt, and New Mexicos school system. Notable correspondents are Charles F. Lummis, B.W. "Win Page, Katharine Chaves Page, and Stephen B. Elkins. This collection was transferred from the Museum of New Mexico...
Dates:
1698-1931
An old native custom - Camila. Lou Sage Batchen, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-49 55
Scope and Contents
Social customs & pressures that allowed one to kill an unfaithful mate.
Dates:
1936-1940
An old native custom - El Abuelo or Coco (The grandfather of Bogie). Lou Sage Batchen, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-49 46
Scope and Contents
A description of "Coco" the spirit that set the moral tone of a community.
Dates:
1936-1940
Aretas A. Hyde Memoirs
Collection
Identifier: AC 331
Scope and Content
Collection consists of Aretas Hyde's memoirs. Memoirs have contemporary reactions to the anti-slavery and abolitionist movement before and during the Civil War. He also comments on the construction of pueblos in New Mexico.
Dates:
1852-1908
Bergere Family Papers,
Collection
Identifier: 1975-024
Scope and Content
Collection consists of land records (1829-1929) and personal, financial, and professional papers of the A.M. Bergere family and its extended families, the Oteros and the Lunas of Los Lunas, New Mexico (1855-1967). Land records include conveyances and information regarding the Bartolome Baca Land Grant, the Antonio Sandoval Land Grant, the Perea Land Grant, the Tome Land Grant, and the Chilili Land Grant. Financial records contain deeds, correspondence regarding the estate of Eloisa Luna de...
Dates:
1829-1974
Carl Blumner Letters
Collection
Identifier: AC 231
Scope and Content
Collection consists of handwritten originals, German typescripts, and typed English translations of letters from Carl Blumner to his mother Johanna Blumner and his sister Hannchen in Prussia concerning his and his brother August's activities in Santa Fe. The letters were written between 1936-1909, and include a few attached letters by his brother August as well as a few letters by his son. Collection also includes genealogies of the Blumner familiy, and an obituary of Carl Blumner. Letters...
Dates:
1836-1906
Chana. Annette H. Thorp, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-52 71
Scope and Contents
Description of life and customs in a Spanish village. October 8, 1940.
Dates:
1936-1940
Charles H. Lange papers and photographs pertaining to Cochiti Pueblo, NM
Collection
Identifier: MSS-873-BC
Abstract
This collection consists of archaeological and ethnographic photographs of Cochiti Pueblo, as well as letters, notes, essays, and reference materials gathered and used in Charles Lange’s research/writing.
Dates:
1897-1990; Majority of material found within 1946-1957
Chiquiau - A Spanish dance. N. Howard Thorp, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-59 7
Scope and Contents
Explains the custom of verse reciting as a means of asking a girl to dance. (Nov. 11, 1937).
Dates:
1936-1940
Chris Emmett Collection of Newspapers and Publication Excerpts
Collection
Identifier: AC 076
Scope and Content
Collection consists of Chris Emmett's research materials, 1847-1883. Included are typescript excerpts from New Mexican newspapers (primarily from Santa Fe) and from several publications. Excerpts pertain to various New Mexico persons and events in Santa Fe and various other cities. Included is an index to the excerpts created by Emmett.
Dates:
1847-1883
Clark S. Knowlton Collection,
Collection
Identifier: 1980-027
Scope and Content
Collection contains the 18 linear feet of correspondence between Dr. Knowlton, colleagues, students, and publishers. Dr. Knowlton's manuscripts relating to his field of research are included, some of which have been published in professional journals. Professor Knowlton also collected manuscripts written by colleagues and students on subjects relating to Mexican-Americans, Bilingual Education and Native American issues. Also within the collection are 23 linear feet of reports, committee...
Dates:
1912-1989
Community work. Lou Sage Batchen, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-49 26
Scope and Contents
Description of community projects such as sheepherding, defending the village, prayer, irrigating the lands and house building.
Dates:
1936-1940
Contreras Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-52-BC
Abstract
This collection is comprised of business and private papers pertaining to Abram Contreras, Felipe Peralta, Emiliano Contreras and their relatives who resided in Socorro County, central New Mexico, in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Dates:
1820-1944
Dos hombres sabios de Las Placitas. (Two wise men of Las Placitas). Lou Sage Batchen, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-49 56
Scope and Contents
Describes the duties of the town Alcalde.
Dates:
1936-1940
El Pelon y La Pelona. Lou Sage Batchen, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-2 39
Scope and Contents
A story explaining that villagers who do not follow community customs will be ostracized. The branded villagers are distinguished by their short hair.
Dates:
1936-1940
Elisha V. and Boaz W. Long Papers,
Collection
Identifier: 1972-003
Scope and Content
Collection consists of Elisha V. and Boaz W. Long's personal, legal, and dipolmatic correspondence; legal and business records; manuscripts and reports; clippings; and family papers. A large portion of the collection consists of: the legal papers of Elisha V. Long during his tenure as district attorney for several New Mexico counties (1896-1899), as the Chief Justice of the New Mexico Territorial Supreme Court (1885- 1890), and as a private attorney; and the official papers of Boaz W. Long...
Dates:
1857-1970
Fabiola Cabeza de Baca Gilbert Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-603-BC
Scope and Content
This collection is divided into three series: Genealogy, Folklore and History, and Personal. The genealogy series contains notes, narratives, charts, last wills and testaments, correspondence, and other documents pertaining to the Baca and Delgado families and their relations. The Folklore and History series primarily contains narratives and notes, written by Fabiola Cabeza de Baca Gilbert. Her writings combine historical research with local folklore and tradition in topics relating...
Dates:
1602-1996
Fabiola Cabeza de Baca Gilbert Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: PICT-000-603
Abstract
Collection contains photographs from Fabiola Cabeza de Baca Gilbert's childhood and work as a school teacher.
Dates:
1916-1940
Ferenc M. Szasz Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-552-BC
Abstract
The collection consists of records of F.B.I. investigations about convicted spy Klaus Fuchs, and research materials related to Szasz's writings such as, "The Culture of Modern New Mexico, 1940-1970," and "Tony Hillerman and the turn-of-the-century American Southwest" and for his book, Great Mysteries of the West The collection also contains research materials pertaining to the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos, the Trinity Site, World War II...
Dates:
1894-2005; Majority of material found in 1942-1999
Flight to Mexico. Lorin W. Brown, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-61 10
Scope and Contents
Description of life in the village of Cordova, N.M. and a tale of a man who flees south in order to get away from his bruja wife leaving behind buried treasure. (April 26, 1937).
Dates:
1936-1940
Frank Allen and Carrie Hadley correspondence
Collection
Identifier: Ms-0507
Abstract
Letters from Calvin Francis (Frank) Allen to Caroline (Carrie) Hadley written during their courtship, 1884-1887. The 163 letters mostly were sent from Allen in New Mexico to Hadley in Indiana. Frank Allen worked as a railroad engineer and attorney during his time in New Mexico. The letters discuss personal and family matters, but also provide a unique look into social life in territorial New Mexico. Allen lived in Las Vegas and Socorro, New Mexico during the time the letters were written, but...
Dates:
1884-1887; Majority of material found in Placeholder Unit Date Text
Henry Wetter Papers
Collection
Identifier: AC 238
Scope and Content
Henry F. Wetter was Secretary of the Territory 1869-1872. Mrs. Wetter accompanied him to Santa Fe and the collection consists of her letters to her family in the East. There are 14 letters totaling 77 written pages, The letters describe conditions in Santa Fe and New Mexico during the period. Also included is a speech delivered by Mr. Wetter upon his return to Pennsylvania. The 58 page manuscript describes the natural resources, people, places and customs of New Mexico. Other memorabilia is...
Dates:
1869-1873
Hunter Stephen Moles Collection
Collection
Identifier: AC 150
Scope and Content
The Moles Collection consists of one account ledger and 18 diaries with accompanying enclosures dating from 1908 to 1925.
Dates:
1908-1925
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
Las Jardineras Garden Club
Collection
Identifier: AC 577
Scope and Content
Collection contains 23 scrapbooks. Scrapbooks, often artistically designed, contain club and membership information.
Dates:
1950-2008