Stinson-Otero, Katherine (Collection) [Picture] [1850-1969]

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Stinson-Otero, Katherine (Collection) [Picture] [1850-1969]

Photograph collection consists of pictures of the Stinson and Otero families and pictures related to aviation and to World Wars I and II. Of special interest are fair performances by Katherine Stinson-Otero and other pilots (stunt flying, skywriting, night flights) and by automobile race drivers; early scenes of cadets, officers, and buildings at New Mexico Military Institute, photos of Katherine Stinson-Otero's trip to the Orient, Katherine Stinson-Otero and Miguel Otero, Jr. in Europe during wartime, patients and building of New Mexico sanatorium where Katherine Stinson-Otero was treated, and photographs of President Taft signing legislation granting statehood to New Mexico and Arizona in 1912. An unidentified daguerreotype portrait of a woman and child (possibly members of the Otero family) is located in folder 58. Oversize graphic materials include: posters of flying exhibitions in which Katherine Stinson-Otero was a participant, drawings by and of Katherine Stinson-Otero (self-portraits and portraits of her mother), and a portrait on silk of a youthful Katherine Stinson-Otero. There is also a published set of prints entitled "The Early Birds," by Charles H. Hubell of pilots (including Katherine Stinson-Otero) flying solo flights prior to 1916. Other items of interest include work by Laura Gilpin, images of Elfego Baca, Bronson Cutting, and Mary E. Dissette.

5 albums.

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Cutting, Bronson M., 1888-1935

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Publisher and U.S. senator from New Mexico. Full name: Bronson Murray Cutting. From the description of Bronson M. Cutting papers, 1890-1950 (bulk 1910-1935). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980057 U.S. senator from New Mexico. From the description of Letter, 1929 Oct. 14, Washington D.C., to Perry Walton, Boston. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 184907337 Biographical Note ...

Otero Family

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Baca, Elfego, 1864-1945

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New Mexico Military Institute

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The Goss Military Institute was founded as a private institution in 1891. In 1893 a legislative act declared the Institute to be a educational institution of the Territory of New Mexico and changed the name to New Mexico Military Institute (1893 Laws of N.M., Chp. 41, Sec. 1). The Institute has levels of instruction from high school through junior college. It is located in Roswell, New Mexico. From the description of New Mexico Military Institute records, 1931-[ongoing]. (Santa Fe Pu...

Stinson-Otero, Katherine

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Gilpin, Laura, 1891-1979

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Laura Gilpin (1891-1979) photographed individuals and traditional life on the Navajo Indian reservation, Pueblo Indians of New Mexico, and American landscapes. From the description of An abandoned mine [art original] : Creede, Colorado. 1942. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 162101076 ...

Dissette, Mary E.

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