Edgar Hewett in the 21st Century

Heather McClure

Librarian and Archivist

Edgar Lee Hewett was an inescapable presence in early 20th century Southwestern cultural life.  Hewett was an amazingly dynamic man with a complex legacy.  From archaeology and anthropology, to education, museums, art and architecture, Edgar Hewett played a major role in crafting the Southwest’s unique image and its place in United States history.  The Fray Angelico Chavez History Library has recently completed a multi-year project to digitize tens of thousands of Hewett’s papers and photographs, making them more readily available to scholars and to the public.  With this newly accessible material as background, Heather will discuss some of Hewett’s triumphs and losses, his tragedies and feuds, as well as some of the people who worked with him and made his mission their own.

Heather McClure is a Librarian and Archivist at the Fray Angelico Chavez History Library in the New Mexico History Museum.  Heather previously worked at St. John’s College in Santa Fe, the Wisconsin Historical Society, and with historical collections in New York. She has a Master of Arts degree from St. John’s College Graduate Institute and a Master of Library and Information Studies degree from the University of Wisconsin—Madison.