Archives Month 2013

Beginning Genealogy Workshop: How Many Leaves Do You Have On Your Family Tree?

Welcome & reading of Governor’s Proclamation John Hyrum Martinez, State Records Administrator Refreshments and meet and greet with presenters, historians, and authors

Perspectives on Prehistoric and Early Spanish Colonial Agriculture Session Moderator Dr. John Baxter, Historian and Author “Origins and Pathways of New World Plants” Speaker Pamela McBride: “Prehistoric Farming in the Semi-Arid Southwest” Speaker Tim Maxwell The Roots of Ancient and Sustainable Agriculture Speaker Estevan Arellano Gabriel Alonso de Herrera Obra de Agricultura”

Brown Bag Lunch with Presenters (Bring Your Own Bag) (Presenters’ lunches provided by RealBurger) Renaming of Carmen Quintana Collection Eric Sverre Collection Volunteer Appreciation Book Signing Donna Blake Birchell will sign her new book, New Mexico Wine: An Enchanting History William W. Dunmire will sign his new book, New Mexico’s Livestock Heritage as well as New Mexico Living Landscapes, Gardens of New Spain, Wild Plants and Native Peoples of the Four Corners, and Wild Plants of the Pueblo Province

Sustaining Our Seeds Session “Na’inbi Than, Our Seeds” Moderator Dr. Matthew Martinez “Leading a Farm in Northern New Mexico” Speaker Jennie London “Seeds of Success Program (BLM)” Speaker Mike Howard “Starting and Growing a Seed Project” Speaker Sarah Montgomery:

Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area Session Moderator Dr. Rick Hendricks, Office of the State Historian “Agriculture in the Traditional Village of Agua Fria” Speaker William Mee “The Northern Rio Grande: Archives Past and Present” Speaker Dr. Willow Powers: “Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area: Sustaining Traditions.” Speaker Thomas Romero

Historic Film Screening at THE SCREEN, Santa Fe University of Art & Design, 1600 St. Michael’s Dr. Adventures in Kit Carson Land (N.M. Tourist Bureau and El Toro Film Company, 1917), a promotional film for New Mexico, was filmed as a travelogue through scenic northern New Mexico. Adventures in Kit Carson Land (Dawson Reel) – Depicts coal-mining operations at the Phelps Dodge–owned mines in the northeastern New Mexico town of Dawson. A Day in Santa Fe (Lynn Riggs & James L. Hughes, 1931), a poetic love letter to the sleepy town of Santa Fe, stars a burro and many local residents. Last Run of the Chili Line (James L. Hughes, 1941) marks the passing of the city’s historic small gauge railway line in 1941 by documenting a final ride on the train by the filmmaker and a group of friends.