by Monica Young | Mar 10, 2026 | Events, News
The California Missions and Presidios 2026 Conference will be held April 17-19, 2026, at Mission Dolores in San Francisco. Every year since 1984, the California Missions Foundation (CMF) Missions and Presidios Conference has provided a wonderful opportunity to...
by Monica Young | Mar 9, 2026 | News
SMRC recently learned about the passing of Dr. Susan M. Deeds (1943-2025), Professor Emerita of History at Northern Arizona University (NAU). Dr. Deeds graduated from the University of Nebraska, earning her MA degree in Mexican history in 1974. She earned her PhD. in...
by Monica Young | Nov 4, 2025 | General, News
On November 20, 2025, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” program will feature “An Expedition Torn Asunder: O’odham Responses to the Coronado Expedition” by archaeologist Deni J. Seymour, Ph.D. Research on the...
by Monica Young | Nov 4, 2025 | General, News
On Sunday, November 23, 2025, Friends of Coronado and Jemez Historic Sites will sponsor a free in-person presentation on “Horses, People & Landscapes in Central New Mexico 1540 to Present” by archaeologist Emily Lena Jones, Ph.D. Hernán de Alvarado, a member of...
by Monica Young | Nov 3, 2025 | General, News
Centuries-old map displayed at a ceremony held on September 23, 2025, in Albuquerque, celebrating its return to Mexico’s national archives (AP Photo by Susan Montoya Bryan) In 2011, archivists in Mexico City discovered that a 16th century map of the Villa de Santa Fe...
by Monica Young | Oct 22, 2025 | General, News
Congratulations to Dr. Michael M. Brescia in his recent role as Guest Editor for the Journal of Arizona History! Recognizing the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Spanish presidio at Tucson, this issue of Journal of Arizona History (Autumn...
