Printing -- New Mexico

Scope and Content This collection contains original printing press material from the press of Padre Antonio Martinez. The booklets are in Spanish. This is an artificial collection and additional material will be added as it is collected.

Abstract This collection consists of samples of materials printed by the Press of the Palace of the Governors (Santa Fe, N.M.). Included are booklets, poetry, invitations, announcements, and assorted ephemera.

Scope and Content Helen Travis was one of several artists who created cards. The cards in this collection were her creation. All cards were signed Vancil Foster and none of the names of the actual artists were included. The artists cut the stencils for the card colors, local women then came to do the actual coloring. Collection contains custom orders such as family homes, boats, pets, etc., and Christmas, Southwestern, and Native American themed cards. Collection also includes Christmas cards by Ralph Pearson...

Scope and Content This small collection contains pages from two editions of McGuffey's First Reader; reports from John Menaul, and a catechism, all printed at Laguna on the Laguna Mission Press. There is also a news clipping from the New York Times about Miss Jospehine Foord, who was sent to Laguna to organize pottery making among the Pueblo Indians.

The collection contains bilingual materials in English and Keres.

Scope and Content The collection consists of five items: Psalm I, Psalm XXIII (one in English and Laguna, and one in Laguna only), The Seven sacraments (published by St. Michaels Press in English and Navajo), and a pamphlet prepared by Louis A. Hieb on bilingual publications of the Southwest. Of the pieces in this collection only one, Psalm XXIII, can be specifically indentified with the W. Semple press.

Scope and Content Collection contains personal and business papers, including correspondence, letters, financial statements, legal documents, and some photographs of Ralph Pearson and other people associated with him during his time in Taos, New Mexico. The major categories are correspondence and financial records of Margaret Hale/Ralph Pearson's business venture (in alphabetical order by businesses or individuals), correspondence of their business partner Joseph Foster, and personal letters between Margaret...