Vargas Project Records 1642-1999

Vargas, Diego de, 1643-1704

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Governor and Captain General of New Mexico from 1692-1696 and 1703-1704. From the description of Will, April 7, 1704. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 29305375 ...

Miller, Larry D., 1950-

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Vargas Project

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The Vargas Project was a twenty year scholarly pursuit into a pivotal period in the history of colonial New Mexico. Headed by John L. Kessell and based at the University of New Mexico's Zimmerman Library, the Vargas Project collected, transcribed, translated, annotated and published the documents and history of don Diego de Vargas, Spanish Governor and recolonizer of New Mexico, 1691-1704. The published journals represent a thorough documentation of the Vargas administration in New Mexico and hi...

Kessell, John L.

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John L. Kessell (photo courtesy of John Kessell) After receiving his M.A. from the University of California at Berkeley, John L. Kessell worked for a number of years as resident historian at Tumacacori National Monument in Arizona. Later, he returned to his studies by enrolling in the Ph.D. program at the University of New Mexico. He received his Doctorate in History in 1969. Aside from ultimately publishing his dissertation, Kessell also published a number of articles i...