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Ephemera, Unm Center For Southwest Research

Love in the Archives 2019

Spanish letter of devotion, Santa Fe, April 19, 1859, from Jose Maria Sanchez to his wife Dona Paula Sena, original letter, with transcription and translation by Sonia Balasch and Aaron Taylor. Felipe Chaves Papers, MSS 10 BC, Box 1, Folder 66.

Susan B. Anthony 55th Anniversary Program, February 15, 1905, Albuquerque. The scrapbook has clippings and mementos kept by Kent, who organized and attended many social events in the Albuquerque area from 1881-1918. Margaret Kent Medler scrapbook, MSS 225 BC, Box 1.

Curated by Nancy Brown-Martinez, Archivist, Center for Southwest Research

Love In Song, Center For Southwest Research

Love in the Archives 2019

Materials from two collections were displayed.

The Latin American Sheet Music Collection, MSS 932 BC, 1835-1996, contains many illustrated scores which have the composers’ photographs and signatures. There are songs from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, and Uruguay, as well as Spain, Portugal, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, and the United States. The largest component is from Mexico. The musical range represented includes popular and classical music with boleros, tangos, marches, waltzes, corridos, rancheras, fox trot and regional canciones. The majority of the texts are popular and classical sheet music that …

Holland City News, Volume 97, Number 25: June 20, 1968, Holland City News

Holland City News: 1968

Newspaper published in Holland, Michigan, from 1872-1977, to serve the English-speaking people in Holland, Michigan. Purchased by local Dutch language newspaper, De Grondwet, owner in 1888.

Holland City News, Volume 93, Number 31: July 30, 1964, Holland City News

Holland City News: 1964

Newspaper published in Holland, Michigan, from 1872-1977, to serve the English-speaking people in Holland, Michigan. Purchased by local Dutch language newspaper, De Grondwet, owner in 1888.

Holland City News, Volume 68, Number 22: June 1, 1939, Holland City News

Holland City News: 1939

Newspaper published in Holland, Michigan, from 1872-1977, to serve the English-speaking people in Holland, Michigan. Purchased by local Dutch language newspaper, De Grondwet, owner in 1888.

Wedding Photographs, Unm Center For Southwest Research

Love in the Archives 2019

Representing each decade from the late 19th to the early 21st centuries, CSWR has many identified (and unidentified) photographs of people demonstrating their love through marriage. At this point, our depictions are a narrow range of traditional views--brides, grooms, and wedding party configurations. However, we continue to build our collections and welcome images that would expand our definitions of love, marriage, weddings, etc.

Curated by Cindy Abel Morris, Pictorial Archivist at CSWR

Holland City News, Volume 25, Number 8: March 14, 1896, Holland City News

Holland City News: 1896

Newspaper published in Holland, Michigan, from 1872-1977, to serve the English-speaking people in Holland, Michigan. Purchased by local Dutch language newspaper, De Grondwet, owner in 1888.

Posada Prints, Unm Center For Southwest Research

Love in the Archives 2019

These four examples of broadsides (fliers sold for a few pennies) from Mexico (Mexico City, c. 1888-1920) are typical of their genre. They present poems and songs (sometime ballads known as corridos) about love -- a lover's dance, love of one's mother, secret love -- with passion and a bit of humor.

Curated by Cindy Abel Morris, Pictorial Archivist at CSWR