Autograph letter, signed, from Edward Otho Cresap Ord to Jefferson Davis, then Secretary of War of the United States. Ord describes the reaction in California and Mexico to the Gadsden Purchase, including American filibusters in Mexican territory and ...
Description:
Edward Otho Cresap Ord (1818-1883) was an engineer and officer in the United States Army stationed in California and New Mexico Territory, circa 1839-1854.
Subject (Geographic):
Mexico., Arizona., New Mexico., Mexico, United States., and United States
Subject (Name):
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889. and Ord, Edward Otho Cresap, 1818-1883.
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Filibusters, Gadsden Purchase, Land grants, Railroads, Surveying, and Foreign relations
The collection consists of correspondence, photographs, and ephemera documenting the relationship between Georgia O'Keeffe and her friend Edith Evans Asbury, which began in 1957 when Asbury wrote to request an interview with the artist for a profile s...
Description:
Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986), American artist, with homes and studios in New Mexico.
Subject (Geographic):
New Mexico., United States, Abiquiu (N.M.), and New Mexico
Subject (Name):
Asbury, Edith Evans, 1910-2008., Asbury, Edith Evans, 1910-2008, Garst, Robert E. 1900-1980. (Robert Edward),, Harding, Magnus Swenson, 1921-1993, O'Keeffe, Claudia, 1899-1984., O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986, O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986., Webb, Todd, Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Art, Modern, Artists, Journalists, Painters, and Description and travel
34 holograph letters, 26 of them to Victor Eaker from his father John, five to Victor from his half-sister Helen, and two from his half-sister Mary. John describes his life in New Mexico and Colorado, the jobs he holds, and cost of living, the People'...
Description:
John P. Eaker left his children Victor, Charlie, and Amanda to be raised by his parents in western North Carolina and in 1877 traveled west in search of a fortune. He married again in 1887 and had four children: Jesse, Mary, John, and Helen. In 1890 h...
Subject (Geographic):
New Mexico., Colorado., Colorado, New Mexico, Durango (Colo.), La Plata (Colo.), Rico (N.M.), and Silverton (Colo.)
Subject (Name):
Eaker, Charlie., Eaker, John P., d. 1914., Eaker, Mary, b. 1890., Eaker, Victor Columbus, b. 1870..̣., Eaker, Helen, b. 1895 or 96., and Populist Party (Colo.)
Subject (Topic):
Mines and mineral resources, Description and travel, and Fraternal organizations
Photographs of Arizona, New Mexico, Wyoming and Utah, including views of Santa Fe and Laguna and Taos Pueblos in New Mexico; the trolley lines in Uintah, Utah; winter views of the Grand Tetons in Wyoming; and an Ute Indian encampment in Los Pinos, New...
Description:
Accompanied by a box list.
Publisher:
W. H. Jackson & Co., or W. H. & E. C. Jackson, Photographers
Subject (Geographic):
New Mexico., Santa Fe (N.M.), New Mexico, Uintah (Utah), Utah, Teton Range (Wyo. and Idaho), and Wyoming
Subject (Name):
Atlantic and Pacific Railway Company., Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company., Union Pacific Railroad Company., and Chain & Hardy Book, Stationery & Art Co. (Denver, Colo.)
Subject (Topic):
Pueblo Indians, Indians of North America, Ute Indians, and Pueblos
