Happy Centennial, Arizona, and Happy Thanksgiving to All
John Charles Frémont, born January 12, 1813, in Savannah, Georgia, was an American military officer, explorer, United States presidential candidate, and an opponent of slavery. Frémont’s most notable political accomplishments include serving as one of California’s first two U.S. senators from 1850 to 1851 and being governor of the Arizona Territory from 1878 to 1881. … Read more
The Importance of Accumulation or A Few of My Favorite Little Things
Part of a Series: Diamonds in the Rough Through a grant-funded project awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), the Autry National Center sets out to process approximately 2,000 linear feet of archival material over two years, ending in 2012. Every third week of the month, the Autry Libraries blog will feature … Read more
Educational Wish List
Part of a Series: Diamonds in the Rough Through a grant-funded project awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), the Autry National Center sets out to process approximately 2,000 linear feet of archival material over two years, ending in 2012. Every third week of the month, the Autry Libraries blog will feature … Read more
Archaeologist With Attitude: A Glimpse at Richard Fowler Van Valkenburgh
Part of a series: Diamonds In The Rough Through a grant-funded project awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), the Autry National Center sets out to process approximately 2,000 linear feet of archival material over two years, ending in 2012. Every third week of the month, the Autry Libraries blog will feature … Read more
Artifacts as Heirlooms: A Lummis Family Story
To acknowledge the month of Charles Fletcher Lummis’s birthday, we asked poet and museum teacher Suzanne Lummis for an anecdote about her grandfather to go along with our March 1 post. Interesting thing about an artifact or object worthy of being displayed behind glass in a museum: although it can’t tell its story, it has … Read more
Happy Birthday to Charles F. Lummis, founder of the Southwest Museum!
Charles Fletcher Lummis was a visionary, an eager student, and an even more eager teacher. When we hear his name we usually think first of his strong character, but we must also remember him as a collector and the founder of a museum. Pictured here are some samples from his collection. Besides artifacts, Lummis also … Read more
Frances E. Watkins, unsung hero of the Southwest Museum
Part of a series: Diamonds In The Rough Through a grant-funded project awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), the Autry sets out to process approximately 2,000 linear feet of archival material over the next two years. Every third week of the month, the Autry Libraries blog will feature collection gems brought … Read more
A Day in the Life of an Archivist (or: Archiving is Dirty Work)
Part of a series: Diamonds In The Rough Through a grant-funded project awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), the Autry sets out to process approximately 2,000 linear feet of archival material over the next two years. Every third week of the month, the Autry Libraries blog will feature collection gems brought … Read more
