Papers, 1942-1953.

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...

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...

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...

Burris, Frank Arol

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