Pioneers Foundation oral history collection, 1952-1960.

Snider, Agnes Meader.

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Blachly, Lou

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Louis Bradley Blachly (1890-1965) was an employee of the U.S. War Dept. and Foreign Economic Administration, 1941- 1949, working in Columbia, S.C., Washington, D.C., North Africa, Europe, and the Middle East; later author of natural history books and articles, and local historian with the Pioneers Foundation, New Mexico. His maternal grandfather, Dan Beach Bradley, was a medical missionary to Bangkok, Siam, from 1835 to 1846 From the guide to the Papers of Lou Blachly, 1827-1965, (Un...

Ligon, J. Stokley

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Biologist with the U.S. Biological Survey from 1913 to 1943. Specialized in predator/prey relationship in the American Southwest. From the description of J. Stokley Ligon papers, 1916-1954. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 53221791 J. Stokley Ligon, wildlife specialist and conservationist, was born in Hays County, Texas, on June 22, 1879. He was educated in Texas and moved to New Mexico in 1907. In 1913, Ligon entered the U.S. Biological Survey and studied New Me...

Wetherill, Marietta, 1876-1954

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Born in Serena, Ill. Marietta Palmer Wetherill visited the Southwest with her family beginning in the mid 1880's. On one of these trips she met her future husband, Richard Wetherill. She and her husband lived among the Navajo at Chaco Canyon. In 1908 she was adopted into the Chee clan of the Navajo tribe. From the description of Drawings and letter, 1886-[19--] (bulk 1886-1889) (University of New Mexico-Main Campus). WorldCat record id: 32753160 Marietta Palmer ...

Pioneers Foundation (New Mexico)

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The Pioneer's Foundation was founded 1951 in Silver City, New Mexico to secure reminiscences of older residents of Grant County and other areas of New Mexico and Colorado. Initiated by Lou Blachly, the Foundation was supported by private donations. Blachly conducted the interviews, many of which were transcribed by his assistant, Joan (Hotchkiss) Strachanowski. From the guide to the Pioneers Foundation (New Mexico) Oral History Collection, 1952-1960, (University of New Mexico. Center...

Baley, John B., 1851-

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Mossman, Burton.

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Wilson, Wayne

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Powe, Marvin, 1875-

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Brock, Henry, 1867-

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Stockbridge, Jack, 1873-

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Whitehill, Wayne, 1872-

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Stevens, Montague, 1859-1953

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Montague Stevens was born in 1859 in India. In 1881, he moved to the West having been drawn to this region of the United States after a hunting expedition during vacation from law school. Stevens later resided in New Mexico where he pursued the hunting of grizzly bears and sheep ranching with the help and teachings of local employees. He also served as ranch manager for General Wood. The hunting of grizzly bears is perhaps his most noted accomplishment and is of central importance to his book, M...