Martin Corney papers, 1950s-1960s.

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Martin Corney papers, 1950s-1960s.

On eight rolls, photographs were taken between fall 1947 and spring 1950. They are black and white and all eight negative sheets have two contact prints. The images, although largely unidentified, depict Santa Rita, Dona Ana, the Organ Mountains and Chihuahua as well as students on outings, the Gila, and the Rio Grande. There is also material in the manuscript small collections box which includes documents from the National Park Service, maps of New Mexico and brochures of historic sites.

216 images.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8004456

New Mexico State University

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Rio Grande Historical Collections

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The Faithist movement was founded by a New York dentist and doctor named John B. Newbrough, who claimed to have written a new Bible, called Oahspe, while under spirit control. Contained in this Bible was "The Book of Shalam," which set forth a plan for gathering the outcast and orphaned children of the world and raising them, according to strict religious principles, to be the spiritual leaders of a new age. Newbrough and some twenty Faithists, as his followers were called, decided to create suc...

Corney, Martin.

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Martin Corney was a student earning a Bachelor in Science in Mechanical Engineering in 1950s at New Mexico State University. Corney later worked at General Dynamics as a senior research engineer and in design in southern California in the 1970s and 1980s. From the description of Martin Corney papers, 1950s-1960s. (New Mexico State University). WorldCat record id: 70118704 ...