Author Archives: Teddie Moreno
Calendars and Their Passing of Time
It’s a new year and time to add a new calendar to your wall. Unfortunately, this year, you will not be able to purchase one from the Archives and Special Collections (ASC). Due to COVID-19, we had to take a pause from some of our usual practices. Over the years, the ASC has produced some spectacular calendars. We have shared…
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Christmas in the Archives
As 2020 comes to an end, the staff of the NMSU Archives and Special Collections (ASC) wish you a happy holiday season and a much better new year. We have appreciated the support of those who read and follow The Open Stacks blog. If you observe Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza, or another form of winter holiday…
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Eugene Manlove Rhodes
Eugene Manlove Rhodes had movies made from the books, countless articles, and published short stories yet never rose to the financial prosperity or popularity that many western writers have. However, it can be said that he is to New Mexico as Louis L’Amour is to the rest of the world, timeless. Readers of L’Amour’s work understood that his characters were fictional. The characters…
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Herman Weisner: The Untold History of a Historian Part II
Part Two In my last post, Herman Weisner: The Untold History of a Historian Part I, I ended with Herman moving his family to Organ, New Mexico. Much of my information came through an email interview with Weisner‘s son, Craig Weisner, of Williamsburg, New Mexico. Craig elaborated in detail in his responses to my questions, he also threw in a few bits of information that stirred a desire to discover…
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Herman Weisner: The Untold History of a Historian Part I
Part One Within the Archives and Special Collections (ASC) is the Rio Grande Historical Collections (RGHC). Researchers know that these primary sources to Southern New Mexico history are boxed on the metal shelves on the third floor. The late and great Herman Weisner was not only a researcher of these collections, but he was also a donor to them. His collection (Ms0249, Herman B. Weisner papers) is one of the most often used and cited collections we offer…
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Notable New Mexico Women
By Teddie Moreno and Jennifer Olguin The New Mexico history that is most familiar to people is one of the shoot-outs, outlaws, and battles for land. What might have been missing from history books can be found within the New Mexico State University (NMSU) Archives and Special Collections. Without many of the strong and resilient women, New Mexico would not be…
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Latimer Wilson: An Astronomical Being
To describe amateur astronomer Latimer James Wilson at a glance is uncomplicated. He was an observer, a photographer, a writer, and an illustrator. To describe him as an individual will take a deeper look into the history of his complicated life. How did this Tennessean’s life work come into the possession of the NMSU Library…
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The Library is Open! HathiTrust Digital Library Response to COVID-19
The COVID-19 crisis has placed the physical collections of many research libraries out of reach, including the NMSU Library. Fortunately, there are many resources available online now to help fill the gap. The HathiTrust Digital Library holds copies to more than 6.7 million public domain and Creative Commons-licensed works. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the HathiTrust…
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Connecting to NMSU Archival Collections
Hola! I’m Teddie, and even though I was born in Silver City and currently live in El Paso, I consider myself to be a native Las Crucen. I graduated from Las Cruces High School and have spent most of my adult life in the Mesilla Valley. The majority of my career was spent in public…
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Class of 2020 vs Pandemic 2020
Many of the NMSU class of 2020 started their educational careers in the 2001, and many were sent home from their kindergarten classes as the World Trade Center lay in hazy heap of rubble and their teachers for once didn’t have the answers. The world was in a panic of what would come next. These…
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