The Banning of Rudolfo Anaya’s Bless Me, Ultima
Banned Books Week (BBW) is an annual event that celebrates the freedom to read. Supported by the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom, the event brings together librarians, booksellers, publishers, teachers, and readers of all types and ages who wish to maintain the public’s right to seek out and express ideas, even those deemed…
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Maurice and Ida May “Pat” Eby: Accomplished New Mexico Photographers
In the 1980s, thousands of photographs taken by award winning photographers Maurice and Pat Eby were donated to NMSU Library Archives and Special Collections (ASC). The Eby’s photographs have been featured in several magazines, often running on the cover of New Mexico Magazine, produced as postcards, and exhibited internationally. Maurice also photographed New Mexico College…
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Dark Anniversary: 150 Years after the Riot of La Mesilla
When it comes to extreme partisan politics, our modern times are not unique. While it’s tempting to think back to some former time when political differences were resolved through civil debate, cooperation, and compromise, this just doesn’t ever appear to have been the case. One of our area’s most notorious incidents of partisan politics occurred…
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Guest Post from Student Researchers
(Note – We love working with NMSU students who use our archival materials for their research projects. Students from a wide variety of academic disciplines across campus use our historical collections for their work. We are always delighted, and often surprised, at the innovative ways students incorporate archival research into their education. Justin Lopez, undergraduate…
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New Special Collections Titles for April-June 2021
Special Collections added the following 13 titles to ASC’s holdings during the second quarter of 2021. The list is a sample of purchased and donated publications and while not exhaustive, is meant to highlight recent acquisitions. For a full list of Special Collections titles, please search PRIMO, the library’s catalog. Ancient Southwestern Mortuary Practices edited…
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Getting to Know Elizabeth Villa, Archives Specialist, Ld
Getting to Know ASC staff is a series spotlighting staff from the NMSU Archives and Special Collections department. Background information: My plan for college was to study business, for some reason I no longer recall, but during my senior year of high school I took a photography class—my first real art class since elementary school….
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New Photograph Donations
We are always excited to hear from folks, both near and far, who have historical materials related to southern New Mexico and the border region and are interested in donating to our collections. Some people are surprised to learn that nearly everything in our extensive holdings of archival records (about 25,000 linear feet) came to us as…
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The Vanishing of Martin Lohman and his wife, Aminda Schaublin
It isn’t easy to believe that a pioneer of Las Cruces who once held several political positions, including sheriff of Doña Ana County and first mayor of Las Cruces, could be so elusive to the local history books. Very little is written about Martin Lohman and even less so about wife Aminda. Martin Lohman was born October 29, 1854, in St. Louis, Missouri; his parents, John F. and Elizabeth Lohman immigrated to…
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Virtual meeting backgrounds
In this world of virtual meetings, we thought we’d share a selection of photographs from our collections to use as a background. Travel back in time to Las Cruces in 1905, the Elephant Butte Dam construction site in 1916, or work out of the Physics Department computer lab in 1985. Click on an image to view the full size, and right-click to save…
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