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By Richard Flint and Shirley Cushing Flint From 1927 until 1968, James F. Zimmerman and his executive assistant, Tom Popejoy, served successively as president of the University of New Mexico for 39 years, with only a short, two-year interregnum. That has been the longest period of administrative stability that…
Frances Webster Léon was born on August 6, 1917 in Irvington, New York. In 1940 at the age of 23, she married Morris H. Swadesh. Their marriage lasted until 1958, but she continued to use the surname Swadesh until 1978 when she married Miguel F. Quintana. Thereafter she…
By Rick Hendricks Virginia Maria Romero was born to William Adelbert Phillip Holley and Victoria Theresa Mucha on 16 March 1952 in Sheffield Lake, Ohio, where she grew up as Ginny Holley. Her father was the son of William Holley, Sr. and Agnes Gifford Holley, to whom he was…
8 4 1713 By Richard Flint and Shirley Cushing Flint. Additional information by Rick Hendricks Bernardo de Miera y Pacheco was born on 4 August 1713 and baptized on 13 August in Santibáñez in the Valle de Carriedo in the province of Santander in Spain. On his mother\'s side,…
A Little Boy Lost in the Apache Wars By Lori Davis On Tuesday, March 27, 1883, Judge H.C. McComas rented a wagon to take his wife Juanita and six‑year-old son Charlie from Silver City down to Pyramid City. It was initially a business trip, but…
Charles Carrillo is a renowned New Mexico santero, a carver and painter of the images of santos (Roman Catholic saints). His interest in this traditional craft began as a young man when, as an undergraduate in archeology at University of New Mexico, he oversaw a project to research the…
The Revolt and Treason Trials of 1847 By Robert J. Torrez The occupation of New Mexico by United States troops in 1846, like the much better known reconquest of New Mexico by Diego de Vargas in 1692, is often characterized as peaceful and bloodless because it was accomplished without…
by Richard Flint and Shirley Cushing Flint Although neither fray Francisco Atanasio Domínguez nor fray Francisco Silvestre Vélez de Escalante spent much time in New Mexico, they both left historical legacies of importance for understanding the Spanish colony. Both were Franciscan friars, and both were sent to New Mexico…
1602 Maria de Jesus de Agreda by Richard Flint and Shirley Cushing Flint In 1602, in the small town of Ágreda on the northeastern edge of the Kingdom of Castile in Spain, a remarkable little girl was born, María Fernández Coronel y Arana. From a very young age, she…
1578 by Richard Flint and Shirley Cushing Flint Some of the most detailed documentary information about the Spanish province of New Mexico in the early decades of the 1600s comes from reports written by fray Alonso de Benavides. Fray Alonso was resident as custos, or superior, of the custody…
