Photographs, undated, 1900

File — Box: 3

Staff Only

Scope and Content

From the Collection:

The collection contain photographs compiled by University of New Mexico professor José A. Rivera while researching two separate projects. The photographs from the first project document mutual aid societies. The photographs from the second project document the history, maintenance, usage, and social impact of agricultural irrigation systems in the Southwest.

The 2017 addition builds on these projects with photographs gathered for the publication La Sociedad: Guardians of Hispanic culture along the Río Grande focusing on the Sociedad Proteccion Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos (SPMDTU; also, Society for the Mutual Protection of United Workers.) This accession also includes a set of digital photographs about acequias in New Mexico, arranged by place and theme.

Dates

Creation: undated, 1900

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 3 boxes (184 photographic prints, 9 slides, 1586 digital image files)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Undetermined

Additional Description

General

2 unidentified aerial views, workers digging, bridge covered in ice, and a hand-painted print of Celedonio Mondragón and wife Maria Elena Casias. Caption reads: "S.P.M.D.T.U. Fue Fundada por el honorable Celodonio Mondragon el 26, du Nov, 1900"