Tierra Amarilla (N.M.)

Abstract

Alfonso Sanchez was the District Attorney for Rio Arriba County during the land struggle of Reies Lopez Tijerina and the Alianza Federal de las Mercedes. The collection consists of biographical materials pertaining to Alfonso Sanchez, as well as materials pertaining to the Tierra Amarillo land grant and Reies Lopez Tijerina.

Scope and Content "Ordenanza 99 del Rey de España Don Felipe II" (Box 1, Folder 2). This collection contains newspaper clippings, magazine articles, pamphlets, flyers, press releases, and broadsides relating to Alianza Federal de las Mercedes, Alianza Federal de Pueblos Libres, Reies Lopez Tijerina, the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, land grants, education, employment, and discrimination. The Alianza constitution is also included in the collection. An...

Scope and Content Collection consists of official papers of Governor Apodaca. Executive papers include correspondence, proclamations, and appointments. Legislative papers include bills, veto messages and various other documents. State agencies, boards, committees, and institutions include materials from the Governors' Service Centers. Papers of state government contain materials from the National Governors' Conference. Special reports and issues pertain to drought, several state water projects and sewers, the...

Scope and Content This small collection, acquired through a book dealer, contains newsletters from La Cooperativa Agrícola del Pueblo de Tierra Amarilla (later called La Cooperación) and La Clinica del Pueblo de Rio Arriba. Salud was a bilingual publication dedicated to promoting better health for the people of Northern Rio Arriba County. In 1974, Salud changed its name to La Cooperación to include the...

Scope and Content Bookcover for Peter Nabokov's Tijerina and the Courthouse Raid. (Box 2, Folder 5). The papers of Peter Nabokov, writer and newspaperman, contain manuscripts, notes, recorded interviews and newspaper articles. The bulk of the collection relates to research and writings about Reies Lopez Tijerina and the Tierra Amarilla land grant. The collection contains articles from the Santa Fe New Mexican, ...