Friends of History
Bill Cavaliere President, Cochise County Historical Society A summary of the history of the Chiricahua Apaches, covering their culture, origins, arrival in the American Southwest, conflicts with Mexicans and Whites, major battles, notable chiefs and their ultimate surrender and captivity. Bill Cavaliere is President of the Cochise County (AZ) Historical Society and the former Sheriff…
Leo E. Oliva, Ph.D Teacher and Author The presentation will provide an overview of military posts along the Santa Fe Trail, from St. Louis to Santa Fe, and the history of when and how each contributed to the conquest of Indigenous Nations (1806-1880) and the military conquest of the American Southwest during the U.S.-Mexican War…
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…
Jack McElroy Newspaper Editor and Journalist (Retired) Author Carl Magee arrived in Albuquerque in 1919 and bought The Albuquerque Journal, then launched The Albuquerque Tribune. The newspaperman was soon at war with New Mexico’s powerful political machine. Magee later exposed the Teapot Dome bribery scandal that sent New Mexico’s first U.S. senator, Albert Fall, to prison. …
Anne Hillerman Author This presentation was recorded live on 19 September 2024 at the New Mexico History Museum. Besides providing wonderful entertainment, good fiction also expands the reader’s world. In her novels, Anne Hillerman includes references to the rich history, landscape and cultures of the Southwest. The interplay of this non-fiction information with the “who…
Bridget Harrington Michael Moore Historic Photojournalists What started as a project to explore New Mexico has grown into a quest to create compelling images of little-known places in the state and share the stories behind them. After starting with an old-school road map, Michael Moore has now spent almost 3,000 hours researching and creating…
Robert “Bob” F. Rosebrough Attorney and Author Gallup, New Mexico is a place that is disproportionately and simultaneously wonderful and terrible. A reservation border town with a remarkably diverse citizenry, Gallup started out as a railroading and coal mining town with an alcohol-soaked, violent history. As an outsider who embraced the realities of this…
Ellen Wilder Bradbury-Reid Author, Nuclear History; Art Historian Ellen will draw on her memories of growing up as a child in Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project, and the early years following. Her father, Edward Wilder, was part of the team which built the explosives shell for the “Fat Man” nuclear bomb detonated over Nagasaki…
Enrique R. Lamadrid Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Spanish University of New Mexico José A. Rivera, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Community and Regional Planning University of New Mexico This will be an extended video presentation. The talk will speak to topics drawn from their 2023 edited book Water for the People which…
Lois Ellen Frank, Ph.D. Chef ; Native Foods Historian Walter Whitewater (Dine/Navajo) Chef Seed to Plate, Soil to Sky is the story of eight plants that Native peoles gave to the world: corn, beans, squash, chiles, tomatoes, potatoes, vanilla and cacao. Prior to 1492, these plants only existed in the Americas. Once these…
Norma Libman Educator, Journalist What was it really like for a woman to journey west to a new life? The journey west was perilous and exciting. The journals kept by women pioneers provide details that enrich our understanding of the experience in a way that differs from and enhances the information we get from the…
This month's presentation has been a collaboration between the Friends of History and Southwest Seminars (southwestseminars.org), a Santa Fe educational non-profit which offers weekly in-person lectures featuring distinguished scholars 50 Mondays a year for the past 26 years. This nonprofit is the recipient of important historic and cultural preservation awards and a proud partner with…
