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- Archival collections; Revitalization of archival material; Archival acquisition; UNM Zimmerman Library history; Latin American Collections; Document Digitization processes; Oaxaca (1)
- Belen (1)
- Mexico archives (1)
- New Mexico; Heritage sites; Preservation plan; Colonial Churches; Plazas of New Mexico; Public History; Landscape Architecture (1)
- Ramón Ortiz; Mexico/US relations; Border History; Texas History; New Mexico History; El Paso (1)
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Belén Plaza Vieja And Colonial Church Preservation And Interpretive Plan, Samuel Sisneros
Belén Plaza Vieja And Colonial Church Preservation And Interpretive Plan, Samuel Sisneros
University Libraries & Learning Sciences Faculty and Staff Publications
The vision and mission of the Belén Plaza Vieja Preservation Committee is to recover the buried and forgotten history of the town of Belén’s first church and plaza and recreate to some extent the “Plaza Vieja” site to be a vibrant social and educational destination so that local community members and visitors can discover and reclaim this important historical treasure as a vibrant social and spiritual space. It is hoped that this preservation and interpretive plan serves to inform the Belén Plaza Vieja Colonial Church site property owners and stakeholders of possible options and strategies towards a coordinated effort to …
Collection Revitalization At The University Of New Mexico Libraries, Samuel E. Sisneros
Collection Revitalization At The University Of New Mexico Libraries, Samuel E. Sisneros
University Libraries & Learning Sciences Faculty and Staff Publications
This article discusses a project that took an early archival manuscript collection that was poorly described and catalogued, and underused and revitalized it (in a sense recovered a lost collection) by re-describing it and digitizing material from the collection for better (new) public access.
El Paseño, Padre Ramón Ortiz: 1814-1896, Samuel E. Sisneros
El Paseño, Padre Ramón Ortiz: 1814-1896, Samuel E. Sisneros
University Libraries & Learning Sciences Faculty and Staff Publications
Padre Ramón Ortiz, born in 1814 in Santa Fe, New Mexico became an important figure in the history of El Paso and the US/Mexico border region. This article gives a chronological time-line and narrative of his life and work as a humanitarian and a diplomat.