by Monica Young | Jul 21, 2020 | News
The University of New Mexico (UNM) Repository is a free digital showcase that will appeal to the scholar and enthusiast alike. Administered by University Libraries, this repository serves as a permanent and ever-growing archive of untapped resources. It is maintained...
by Monica Young | Jul 15, 2020 | News
The Anza Society’s accessible park trail project in Tucson has a new name – “La Expedición de Anza, 1775 (LEA).” This outdoor cultural history park depicts the life of a group of 240 people who passed through Tucson in 1775 on their way to California, where they...
by Monica Young | Feb 25, 2020 | Tours
POSTPONED UNTIL 2023: Join us for a 4-day tour of seven missions and one presidio established during the 1700s and early 1800s in Northern California. We will visit the beautiful missions of Santa Clara de Asís, San Juan Bautista, San Carlos Borromeo de...
by Monica Young | Aug 26, 2019 | News
In July 2019, the Arizona History Museum welcomed Dr. Russell Skowronek from The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and his colleague Richard Johnson to research items in the Arizona Historical Society collections made of copper from the Spanish colonial frontier....
by Monica Young | Aug 24, 2018 | News
Congratulations to SMRC board member Dr. Nicole Mathwich as lead author in her recent article in the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology titled “Bureaucratic reforms on the frontier: Zooarchaeological and historical perspectives on the 1767 Jesuit Expulsion...
by Monica Young | Mar 29, 2018 | General, News
Bernard L. “Bunny” Fontana’s An Annotated Bibliography of the Tohono O’odham (Papago Indians), Revised Edition, compiled with the assistance of Michael U. Owens and Tumacácori National Historical Park’s Chief of Interpretation Anita Badertscher, is now hosted on Old...
by Monica Young | Jan 8, 2018 | General, News
The “Mundos de Mestizaje” fresco is open for public viewing on Saturdays and Sundays from 12pm-5pm at the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) in Albuquerque, NM. Considered one of the largest frescos in North America, this 4,000 square-foot mural...
by Monica Young | Jan 4, 2018 | News
The Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation recently announced that you can now purchase special locally grown olive oil from the Santa Inés Mission! Olio Nuovo is the first press of the season. It is bottled unfiltered, immediately after crushing, and has an...
by Monica Young | Nov 9, 2017 | News
The 2017 edited volume New Mexico and the Pimería Alta, published by University Press of Colorado, recently was awarded the Arizona Literary Award (non-fiction category) by the Arizona Author’s Association. Edited by John G. Douglass and William M. Graves, this...
by Monica Young | Nov 23, 2016 | General, News
Why pay $95 or more for the book Finding Father Kino when you can order it directly from SMRC (the publisher) for the special price of $20! This 1998 publication was written by Jorge Olvera H. and includes a foreword and afterword by Bernard (“Bunny”) L....
