United States Highway 66
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
Arthur Dekker Drawings Collection
This collection contains construction and working drawings from projects created by Arthur Dekker from 1959 to 1970. These projects mainly document buildings constructed in the State of New Mexico, many of which were located in Albuquerque. Many of these structures were located along historic Route 66 and the surrounding area.
Bertha Sanford Dodge Manuscript
This collection is comprised of the manuscript titled, "The Deserving and the Lucky" by Bertha S. Dodge. Following minimal changes, this manuscript was published by the University of New Mexico Press in 1980 under the title, The Road West, Saga of the 35th Parallel, which recounts reports of those who have passed by what is now El Morro National Monument.
David Wilde Papers
Contains personal papers and family history from David Wilde's life in England and others related to his life and writings in Albuquerque.
David Wilde Photograph Collection
The David Wilde Photograph Collection contains a variety of formats, including slides, photographs, proofs, negatives, postcards and some art work, as well as color and black and white xeroxed images. The material is related to his early life in England and later years in Albuquerque. It also includes images of art work by Arthur Charles Slawson and photographs gathered for his biography of Zeke Cortez.
Interviews - Arizona, bulk: 2000-2002
Interviews - California, bulk: 2000 - 2002
List of interviews/interviewees as transcribed from tapes:
Hill, Linda. (Server, Ludlow Cafe; Ludlow, CA)
Evans, Dixie. (Businessowner, Exotic World Burlesque Museum; Helendale, CA)
Long, Elmer. (Bottle Tree Artist; Old Rt 66, between Victorville and Barstow, CA)
Interviews - Illinois, bulk: 2000 - 2002
Interviews - Kansas, bulk: 2000-2002
List of interviews/interviewees as transcribed from tapes:
Walker, Dean. (Resident; Riverton, KN)
Nelson, Scott. (Eisler Brothers Store; Riverton, KN)
Interviews - Missouri, bulk: 2000 - 2002
Interviews - Oklahoma, bulk: 2000-2002
List of interviews/interviewees as transcribed from tapes:
Billy’s Barber Shop (Billy’s Barber Shop; Clinton, OK)
Jobe’s Drive-In (Jobe’s Drive-In; El Reno, OK)
P.J.’s Bar-B-Que (P.J.’s Bar-B-Que; Chandler, OK)
Breger, Butch. (Round Barn; Arcadia, OK)
Irwin, Larry. (Coleman Theater; Miami, OK)
Interviews - Texas, bulk: 2000-2002
List of interviews/interviewees as transcribed from tapes:
Jones, Loren. (Jones’ Honey; Lela, TX)
Lee Brothers (The Big Texan; Amarillo, TX)
Hody, Bobby and Becky Hody. (The Big Texan; Amarillo, TX)
Gordon and Jane. (Cactus Inn; McLean, TX)
Leavitt, Dot. (Dot’s Mini Museum; Vega, TX)
Houser, Fran. (Midpoint Cafe; Adrian, TX)
Victorian, Gene. (Amarillo, TX)
Lee Marmon Pictorial Collection
This collection contains photographs taken by Lee Marmon throughout his life. These include images of elders and community members from Laguna and Acoma Pueblos, visual documentation of uranium mines and mills throughout New Mexico, photos of fashion and social life in 1960s and 1970s Palm Springs, CA, among other things.
Photographic Slides and Working Prints
Postcard Collection
Commercially reproduced and distributed postcards. Some are black & white photographs, others are tinted or printed from color film.
Route 66 Visual Ephemera, bulk: 2000 - 2002
“The Continental Divide” (1 page). Collector – Eleanor DeLong., 1936-1940
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.