Excerpted from R. E. Twitchell's The Leading Facts of New Mexico History, Volume IV, 1917. Carlos F. Abréu, occupying the position of internal revenue collector at Santa Fe, is a well-known and active representative of the Democratic Party without ambition for office, and one who, aside from political activity,…
"This piece is a dedication to Flaco Jimenez, the great musician from San Antonio, Texas. I admire his music. He is relating tradition to culture by singing his Mexican tunes, just as I am with my work. This is my contemporary aspect. Religious themes are important to me, too….
This interview was taken by Edith Crawford as part of the Federal Writers' Project. The Project was part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) under the New Deal. Interviews with 'old timers' and prominent citizens were recorded for posterity. There were over 218 interviews taken in New Mexico. Topics varied…
The county of Santa Fe is the oldest of the sub-divisions of the State. On some old maps all of the present State lying east of the Rio Grande del Norte is designated by the name Santa Fe. It is probably the oldest political sub-division in the United States….
“All seated?” “Yes, all right; go ahead!” The gray leaders plunge — “Kentuck,” the messenger, toots a toot of “Up in a balloon, boys,” upon his battered brass horn, and away we are. Going “out-west,” to see our neighbors! By John P. Wilson “All seated?” “Yes, all right; go…
This interview was taken by Georgia Redfield as part of the Federal Writers' Project. The Project was part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) under the New Deal. Interviews with 'old timers' and prominent citizens were recorded for posterity. Topics varied but were meant to encompass the history of…
The Padre Martinez Bilingual Ritual: New Mexico’s First Book MANUALITO DE PARROCOS – 1839 A Presentation for the Conference on RECOVERING THE HISPANIC LITERARY HERITAGE IN THE UNITED STATES MANUALITO DE PARROCOS Para Los Autos del Ministerio Mas Preciosos y Auxiliar a los Enfermos PASTORS’ HANDBOOK For the More…
This interview was taken by Lorin Brown as part of the Federal Writers' Project. The Project was part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) under the New Deal. Interviews with 'old timers' and prominent citizens were recorded for posterity. Topics varied but were meant to encompass the history of the state…
WPA Writers Project essay on the Town of Tome and how it got its name as the "Town of the Broken Promise." The Town of the Broken Promise Tome, New Mexico by A. A. Carter, WPA Writers Project, ca. 1935 Some time early in seventeen hundred Don Ignacio Baca…
Only two members of the New Mexico Bar have been honored by the naming of a New Mexico county—Thomas B. Catron in 1921, just four months before his death, and Jose Francisco Chaves, for whom the county was named at the height of his political power in 1889. by…
