Farona G. Konopak collection, 1923-1979.

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Farona G. Konopak collection, 1923-1979.

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Summary: Collection consists of materials collected by Farona Konopak and her husband Lothar, as well as letters and postcards received by her. Most of the collection concerns topics such as the Indian Detours program, and the art, social life, and history of Santa Fe and New Mexico. Includes clippings, programs, publications, newsletters, and black and white photographs and negatives. Many of the letters are from Farona's friends such as W.H. Simpson of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Co., and Ina Sizer Cassidy, who was director of the Federal Writer's Program in New Mexico. Some of the programs and publications are from events such as the Santa Fe Fiesta, and organizations such as the Museum of New Mexico, the Inter-Tribal Indian Cermonial Association, and the New Mexico Folklore Society. Also within the collection are issues of "Santa Fe Scene" (1958-1960) and a notebook of typed poems by Ina Sizer Cassidy (1937).

4 linear feet.

New Mexico State Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7405174

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Cassidy, Ina Sizer, 1869-1965.

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Ina Sizer Cassidy was the director of the Federal Writers Project in New Mexico. She and her husband, Gerald Cassidy, were part of the Santa Fe arts community. From the description of Ina Sizer Cassidy photograph collection [graphic]. 1947-1949. (Santa Fe Public Library). WorldCat record id: 37995716 Ina Sizer Cassidy, a prominent member of the community was born on a ranch in Colorado. She moved to Santa Fe in January, 1912. She died in 1965. She was the wife of painter Ger...

Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company

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U.S. railroad, primarily in the Midwest and West; headquarters: Chicago, Ill. Name changed from Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad to Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway after bankruptcy reorganization in 1895. From the description of Santa Fé train robberies, 1890-1895. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 228418621 The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company (AT&SF) was founded by Cyrus K. Holiday in Kansas in 1859. By 1888 the railroad s...

New Mexico Folklore Society

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Established in the spring of 1931, the purpose of the Society is to collect and preserve New Mexico folklore. The Society has sponsored many exhibits, lectures, folklore festivals, and publications. From 1944 until 1946, members participated in a project for the American Dialect Society, which was to collect proverbial sayings in English found in both written and oral traditions in New Mexico. In 1947, the Society began publication of the New Mexico Folklore Record . From the guide t...

Simpson, W. H.

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Konopak, Farona G.

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Farona Konopak was a courier from 1928 to 1929 with the Indian Detours program that gave automobile tours of Indian sites in New Mexico and Arizona to passengers of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Co. After 1929 she was a part-time resident of Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she was active in many local organizations. From the description of Farona G. Konopak collection, 1923-1979. (Santa Fe Public Library). WorldCat record id: 38509917 ...

Konopak, Lothar T.

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Museum of New Mexico.

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The Museum of New Mexico and its Board of Regents were established by a legislative act in 1909 (1909 Laws of N.M., Chp. 4, Sec. 1- 9). During the early years the director served both the Museum of New Mexico and the School of American Archaeology, later the School of American Research. Under the Cultural Properties Act of 1969, the Museum became responsible for administering all registered cultural properties belonging to the State of New Mexico (1969 Laws of N.M., Chp. 223, Sec. 6). In 1977 a ...

Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial Association

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The Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial was first held in 1921 at Gallup, New Mexico. It is held annually in the middle of August. It was started by a small group of Gallup businessmen, Indian traders, and reservation superintendents. This organizing group is called the Inter-Tribal Indian Cermonial Association. The original purposes were "the encouragement of Indian arts and crafts and the education of whites to the beauties of Indian life"; also the "perpetuation of the dances, traditions and custo...