Zimmerman, James Fulton, 1887-1944

James Zimmerman served as President of the University of New Mexico from 1928 to 1944. When the New Mexico Coronado Cuarto Centennial Commission was established he was elected president of the Commission. Other state commissions from Arizona, Texas, Kansas, and, Oklahoma were established as well as the United States Coronado Exposition Commission to plan the commemoration of the four-hundredth anniversary of the 1540 journey and explorations of Francisco Vásquez de Coronado to the American Southwest.

From the guide to the Coronado Cuarto Centennial Commission Collection, 1925-1941 (bulk 1935-1940), (University of New Mexico. Center for Southwest Research.)

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