Friends of History
Thomas E. Chavez Director (Retired), New Mexico History Museum; Historian The Santa Fe Trail can be of interest on many levels; from tracing its ruts, reading the journals of those…
William DeBuys …
Megan Kate Nelson Author and Historian Most Americans believe that the Civil War took place only in the East—Gettysburg, Atlanta, Appomattox—and that the fight involved only the North and the…
Hannah Abelbeck Photo Archivist, Palace of the Governors Photo Archives, New Mexico History Museum This talk will dive deep into a set of photographs in Photo Archives collections which feature Samuel…
Scott Andrews Founder, the Wisdom Archive Since 2014 The Wisdom Archive has been producing video portraits of masters of traditional culture for a YouTube archive. Primarily focusing on the…
Gordon Bronitsky, PhD Founder and President, IndigeNOW! When New Mexico became a state in 1912, its constitution denied Indians the right to vote. In 1948, Miguel Trujillo, a WWII Marine…
Thomas Leech Curator (Retired), Palace Press, New Mexico History Museum In October 2021, more than 30 boxes of records documenting the life and times of artist Gustave Baumann arrived at The…
Dr. Jeanne Abrams, Professor University of Denver Jews, particularly Jewish women, found unprecedented opportunity in the early American West. Jewish women here took advantage of those opportunities well in advance…
This ONLINE ONLY presentation aired on Wednesday, August 3, 2020 at 1200 Noon. Here is the link for the presentation: https://youtu.be/eraUdIyQtkU Virgil…
Sherry Robinson Author and Journalist James Silas Calhoun, as New Mexico's first territorial governor, played a critical role in New Mexico's transition from Mexican to American possession. He worked hard to…
Anna M. Nogar Professor of Hispanic Southwest Studies Department of Spanish and Portuguese University of New Mexico Adelina “Nina” Otero-Warren became one of five women,…
Robert Nott Journalist, Santa Fe New Mexican Gabriela Campos Photojournalist, Santa Fe New Mexican Robert Nott and Gabriela Campos travelled a significant part of the Santa Fe Trail last year…
