Ladd, Horatio O. (Horatio Oliver), 1839-1932

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Rev. Horatio O. Ladd, educator and minister, was born in Hallowell, Maine on August 31, 1839. He was educated at Bowdoin and the Yale Divinity School. In 1879 he was appointed principal of the Santa Fe Academy. After an unsatisfactory relation with the Academy school board, he helped found the University of New Mexico at Santa Fe in 1881. He served as the first and only President of the University. He aided in founding the Ramona Industrial School for Indian Girls of the Southwest. In 1889 he left New Mexico, returning to the east to enter the ministry of the Episcopal Church. He died February 16, 1932 in Brookland, Massachusetts.

From the description of Papers, 1879-1932, (bulk 1881-1887). (University of New Mexico-Main Campus). WorldCat record id: 39118365

From the guide to the Horatio O. Ladd Papers, 1879-1932 ( bulk 1881-1887), (University of New Mexico. Center for Southwest Research.)

From the guide to the Horatio Oliver Ladd Photograph Collection, 1880-1939, (Center for Southwest Research, University of New Mexico.)

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referencedIn Century Company records New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Hay, John, 1838-1905. Correspondence, 1854-1914, "LaFarge" to "Lincoln". Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
referencedIn Grierson, Benjamin Henry, 1826-1911. Attested copy of correspondence, 1887 October 3. Harold B. Lee Library
creatorOf Horatio Oliver Ladd Photograph Collection The University of New Mexico, University Libraries, Center for SouthwestResearch
creatorOf Horatio O. Ladd Papers The University of New Mexico, University Libraries, Center for SouthwestResearch
creatorOf Hay, John, 1838-1905. Correspondence, 1854-1914, "Johnston" to "La Farge" Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
referencedIn Attested copy of correspondence, 1887 L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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referencedIn Ladd, Horatio O. Chaco Research Archive
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correspondedWith Century Company corporateBody
correspondedWith Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel, 1853-1935 person
associatedWith Grierson, Benjamin Henry, 1826-1911. person
associatedWith Hay, John, 1838-1905. person
associatedWith Irrigation person
associatedWith Jackson, William Henry person
associatedWith Ladd family family
associatedWith Ramona Industrial School for Indian Girls of the Southwest (Santa Fe, N.M.) corporateBody
associatedWith University of New Mexico corporateBody
associatedWith University of New Mexico (Santa Fe, N.M.) corporateBody
associatedWith University of New Mexico (Santa Fe, N.M.). Indian Dept. corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
New Mexico--Santa Fe
Pecos River Valley (N.M. and Tex.)
Santa Fe (N. M.)
Chaco Canyon (N.M.)
Santa Fe (N.M.)
New Mexico
Santa Fe (N.M.)
Subject
Apache languages
Archaeology
Universities and colleges
Excavations (Archeology)
Indian children
Indians of North America
Indians of North America
Indians of North America
Missions
Missions
Navajo Indians
Navajo language
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President, Educational Institution
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Birth 1839

Death 1932

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