Genealogies – Census from 1800s compiled by Frances Quintana ,, 1963

Frances Léon Quintana's collection consists of papers and publications by Quintana and other scholars whose work she used to inform her own. It also contains general correspondence with various institutions and colleagues, as well as correspondence and other materials regarding particular projects she participated in throughout her career. Additionally, the collection includes personal information such as curriculum vitae, autobiographical statements, job descriptions and evaluations, grievance documentation, as well as grant proposals, project reports, ethnographic field diaries, project papers, lecture notes, petitions, statements, testimonies, and news clippings. The collection is divided into 6 series. The first two series, Life Works and General Correspondence provide an overall historical background on the life of Frances Léon Quintana and her work. The Projects series is the largest of the series encompassing the major projects Quintana worked on and which contributed to her dissertation and future publications. The series, Historical and Sociopolitical Interests and Involvement, provides a good sense of Quintana's political standpoint as well as her involvement with Hispanic and Indian civil and cultural rights and land claims.

Several papers, publications, and correspondence are in Spanish.

Life Works This series is divided into three subseries that outline Frances Quintana's history, interests, and engagement in anthropological research and teaching. The first subseries consists of personal information including a curriculum vitae, autobiographical and biographical papers, and material concerning the graduate fellowship in anthropology she established, and photographs. Subseries two is comprised of papers she presented and published on the different projects she partook in or led throughout her career. Topics of papers include the Alianza and Reies Lopez Tijerina, land grants, the H.E.L.P. and Rancho de Carnue projects, as well as her graduate papers and correspondence, reviews, and clippings about her book Los Primeros Pobladores. and Ordeal of Change. The third subseries holds material such as lecture invitations, syllabi and lecture notes on New Mexico history, culture change and cultural relations, photography as an ethnographic tool, anthropology and illness, and minority education.

General Correspondence This series contains correspondence between Quintana and various scholars and colleagues from 1963 to 1999. Topics of correspondence include the American Anthropological Association and the Applied Anthropology meetings, an invitation to teach at Antioch College in 1971, publication of articles and her thesis,The Southern Utes and their Neighbors, her doctoral dissertation research, and reviews of books to be published. The series also includes communications with Russell Bernard about publication of the volumes,Otomí Ethnography, Jim Clifton, Joe Jorgenson, and Richard Clemmer concerning Ute studies and publications, and Renato Rosaldo regarding the paper, "Chicanos in Anthropology." "Sensitive" correspondence is restricted and requires special permission for access.

Laboratory of Anthropology, Museum of New MexicoThis series contains information regarding Quintana's employment. It contains correspondence about and the history and plan for the Lab of Anthropology, Quintana’s evaluations and job description, and well as grant proposals and news clippings. Of particular interest are the grievance procedures Dr. Quintana went through in 1976 and 1978, project proposals for the exhibits "My Land, My People," "Los Moros y Los Cristianos," and "Our Hispanic Living Heritage."

ProjectsThis is the largest series, which is divided into six subseries pertaining to projects Quintana participated in as an ethnographer. The first subseries pertains to traditional Hispanic music for which Dr. Quintana collected historical and ethnographic information through interviews with Hispanic families. The second subseries, the Tri-Ethnic project is one of the most important projects she partook in. The project concerned the intercultural contact and relations of Ute, Hispanic, and Anglo families within a northern New Mexico-Colorado community. Quintana, along with Omer Stewart focused on Spanish-Ute relations from initial contact in the early 17th century through the twentieth century. She combined archival research relating to community formations, kinship, genealogies, and land grants with what she called “living history" — the recollections and traditions of elderly people who could recount the types of relations that existed between the Spanish and the Utes. It was from this project that Quintana's doctoral dissertation developed. Planning materials, correspondence mainly from Omer C. Stewart concerning ethnographic material gathered, a participant list, photographic data, and notes by Dr. Quintana are included. Most of the data from this project, particularly Dr. Quintana’s field diaries are restricted, requiring special permission for access. Restricted material also includes proposal and planning documents, an unpublished paper by Dr. Quintana, field reports and data samples. The third subseries is comprised of documents on the Home Education Livelihood Program (H.E.L.P.) for which Dr. Quintana served as ethnologist-evaluator from 1968-1973. Materials present are the research design and proposal, correspondence, reports, and resulting papers by others. Papers by Quintana on the project are found in the Life Works series. Field diaries and project reports are restricted and require special permission for access. The fourth subseries pertains to the Office of Economic Opportunity (O.E.O), a project designed to create an instrument that would effectively assess attitudes toward the poor. Quintana served as an education and consumer affairs specialist for this project. Materials include correspondence, news clippings and a final publication written by James Petersen. The fifth subseries on the Las Vegas, New Mexico ethnohistorical and archeological project focuses on documentation and findings on sociocultural change. Materials include research design draft, project correspondence, community demographics and reports, and maps and photographs of the infrastructure of the community. The final subseries concerns projects undertaken at Tijeras, and Villanueva, containing a discussion paper on the historical finds, a social impact assessment proposal, correspondence, field notes and interviews with residents of village of Tijeras, an archeological paper and reports, as well as news clippings regarding the excavation. Also included in this subseries are some notes, plans, a sketch, and photographs pertaining to the Villanueva bridge project.

Historical and Sociopolitical Interests and InvolvementThis series reflects Dr. Quintana’s involvement with historico-political matters. It is divided into four subseries the first of which contains material on Hispano and Native American history and culture, consisting mainly of notes, clippings, and archival material on colonial Indian relations. This subseries also contains material on contemporary issues of health and disease among Hispanos, their experiences with the medical system, and information on environmental concerns and social impact. The second subseries concerns the Alianza Federal de Pueblos Libres and Reies Tijerina. This material dates from 1966-1988 and contains correspondence regarding the organization and Tijerina; correspondence with various funding institutions to conduct a study of the organization and its struggle; reports and testimonies on behalf of the Alianza and Tijerina; and news clippings about Tijerina’s court cases. Here can also be found a small amount of information, mainly the manual and constitution, of La Raza Unida Party of New Mexico. The third subseries contains material on New Mexico land grants including correspondence, notes, related publications, and archival material pertaining to various land grants. The final subseries is on the Indian Civil Rights Bill and contains petitions, statements and testimonies by Dr. Quintana and other scholars, the ACLU, and different Pueblo members and representatives from 1969-1977. There is also information on the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project that took place in 1977.

Publications Written by OthersThis series represents a collection of scholarly material Dr. Quintana used in the various projects she was involved in, as well as issues that were of great importance to her. Topics of publications vary from New Mexico history to the U.S.-Mexico border, migrant workers, education and bilingual and multicultural representation, as well as publications on culture change and revitalization.