Marc Simmons Papers
Historian Marc Simmons began donating
his papers to the Southwestern Writers Collection/The Wittliff Collections
in 2008. The author of some 45 books and
a weekly newspaper column on history thats appeared for thirty years, Simmons
is New Mexicos best-known historian. Among his many honors, Simmons has been
knighted by the King of Spain for his writings on Spanish Colonial history
in the Southwest.
Listed below is an archival inventory
of the Marc Simmons holdings. Please note that access to unprocessed materials
is granted on a case-by-case basis. Please contact the Archivist
for details about access to the Marc Simmons Collection.
Marc Simmons
Accession 2008-131
Manuscripts, page proofs, correspondence, and other
materials for Simmons books Albuquerque:
A Narrative History, Coronados Land: Essays on Daily Life in Colonial New
Mexico, The Last Conquistador: Juan De Oate and the Settling of the Far Southwest, Little Lion of the
Southwest: A Life of Manuel Antonio Chaves, Massacre on the Lordsburg Road: A Tragedy of the
Apache Wars, Murder on the Santa Fe Trail: An International Incident, 1843,
On the Santa Fe Trail, People of
the Sun: Some Out-of-Fashion Southwesterners, Stalking Billy the Kid, When Six Guns Ruled: Outlaw Tales of the Southwest, and Witchcraft in the Southwest: Spanish and Indian
Supernaturalism on the Rio Grande.
Also included in this accession
are copies of manuscripts by others sent to Simmons for review and Simmons
collection of ephemera related to the photographer Craig Varjebedian.
All material has been re-housed in acid-free
folders. Simmons original file titles have been preserved and appear here in
quotation marks.
Box 1060 folder 1
Calendars, datebook, programs, correspondence
relating to the photography of Craig Varjebedian, includes postcards and
exhibit announcements
Box 1060 folder 2
More information on the exhibits and work by
Varjebedian, includes 2005 calendar of photography, material from the New
Mexico Photography Field School on workshops, and an application from the
Guggenheim Foundation
Box 1060 folder 3
RESTRICTED MATERIAL – not be used until thirty
years from September 2008 as per letter by Simmons
Box 1060 folder 4
Material removed from binder titled Varjabedian:
Photographer, Collection by Marc Simmons – includes correspondence,
photo of Simmons by Varjabedian, newspaper clippings, exhibit flyers,
prospectus, portfolio, career narrative, button, 2004 calendar and more [part 1
of 2]
Box 1060 folder 5
Material removed from binder titled Varjabedian:
Photographer, Collection by Marc Simmons – includes correspondence,
photo of Simmons by Varjabedian, newspaper clippings, exhibit flyers,
prospectus, portfolio, career narrative, button, 2004 calendar and more [part 2
of 2]
Box 1060 folder 6
Page proofs Coronados Land – Coronados Land: Essays on Daily Life in
Colonial New Mexico by Marc Simmons
Box 1060 folder 7
New Mexico! Photo captions – captions, notes
and copies of maps and photos used
Box 1060 folder 8
Manuscript People
of the Sun: Some Out-of-Fashion Southwesterners photographs by Buddy Mays,
text by Marc Simmons
Box 1060 folder 9
Manuscript of The
Last Conquistador: Juan De Oate and the Settling of the Far Southwest by
Marc Simmons
Box 1060 folder 10
Manuscript with revisions of The Last Conquistador: Juan De Oate and the Settling of the Far
Southwest by Marc Simmons
Box 1060 folder 11
Manuscript labeled first draft September 1989 of The Last Conquistador: Juan De Oate and the
Settling of the Far Southwest by Marc Simmons
Box 1060 folder 12
Manuscript of The
Last Conquistador: Juan De Oate and the Settling of the Far Southwest by
Marc Simmons
Box 1061 folder 1
Page proofs of Dangerous
Passage: The Santa Fe Trail and the Mexican War by William Y. Chalfant,
foreword by Marc Simmons
Box 1061 folder 2
September 1994 draft of Trading in Santa Fe: John M. Kingburys Correspondence with James
Josiah Webb 1853-1861 edited by Jane Lenz Elder and David J. Weber;
includes notation on front page Draft of Sept. 1994 and subject to revision,
not for circulation or publication.
Box 1061 folder 3
Another September 1994 draft of Trading in Santa Fe: John M. Kingburys Correspondence with James
Josiah Webb 1853-1861
Box 1061 folder 4
Manuscript of Comerciantes,
Arrieros, y Peones: The Hispanos and the Santa Fe Trade by Susan Calafate
Boyle, September 1994
Box 1061 folder 5
Unbound pages of Little
Lion of the Southwest
Box 1061 folder 6
University of N. Mexico Press Spanish Government
in New Mexico correspondence, etc Marc Simmons Collection
Box 1061 folder 7
Journal of the Southwest article Settlement
Pattern & Village Plans in Colonial New Mexico (reprinted)
Box 1061 folder 8
Annual Update for American Annual (New Mexico) Marc
Simmons Collection
Box 1061 folder 9
Northland Press Witchcraft in the Southwest
correspondence, promo lists, reviews Marc Simmons Collection
Box 1061 folder 10
Note on first page reads To Marc Simmons Reprint Spanish
Govt NM
Box 1061 folder 11
Swallow Press Little Lion of the Southwest correspondence,
reviews, etc Marc Simmons Collection
Box 1061 folder 12
Material from unmarked folder; handwritten
manuscript titled Column for August 2008
Box 1061 folder 13
Photocopy of corrected manuscript 11-19-85 Alongside the Santa Fe Trail: An Excursion
into the Past by Marc Simmons
Box 1062 folder 1
Proofs and manuscript for Murder on the Santa Fe
Trail with correspondence Marc Simmons Collection
Box 1062 folder 2
Proofs Along the Santa Fe Trail Marc Simmons
Collection
Box 1062 folder 3
Front Matter photo, etc N. M. A Bicentennial
History
Box 1062 folder 4
New Mexico! By Marc Simmons page proofs
& revisions
Box 1062 folder 5
Photocopy of dissertation Political Power and Political Organization (Comanches) by Thomas Whitney
Kavanagh
Box 1062 folder 6
Uncorrected page proofs for Legacy of Honor: The Life of Rafael Chacon, A Nineteenth Century New
Mexican edited by Jacqueline Dorgan Meketa
Box 1062 folder 7
H. Jackson Camino Real Guide ms 2005
– foreword by Marc Simmons
Box 1062 folder 8
Column for October 2008 [part 1 of 2]
Box 1062 folder 9
Column for October 2008 [part 2 of 2]
Box 1063 folder 1
3rd edition of 4th grade
textbook proof copy New Mexico!
Box 1063 folder 2
Manuscript The
Protector of the Indians in Spanish New Mexico by Charles R. Cutter
Box 1063 folder 3
Abstract and manuscript by Kathryn Ann Hovey A Coalminers Stepdaughter: A Study of Fragility and Sustainability in
Madrid, New Mexico
Box 1063 folder 4
Proofs for A Renaissance Man in New Mexico: The Life and Work of Frank Springer in Law, Business, Cultural Affairs, and Science by David Caffey. With correspondence from Texas A&M Press asking for Simmons to read the book and endorse it with a blurb. Also included is Simmons' quote about the book that he provided to the press in response. The book was published as Frank Springer and New Mexico: From the Colfax County War to the Emergence of Modern Santa Fe.
Box 1063 folder 5
Proofs Los Comanches Noyes
correspondence/clipping file to follow Marc Simmons Collection
Box 1063 folder 6
Manuscript The
Myth of Santa Fe by Chris Wilson November 1992
Box 1063 folder 7
The Texas Rangers: Still a Force in
American and Texas Law Enforcement by James O. Garrett for SOSC 6313
May 1991
Box 1063 folder 8
Cutter manuscript
Box 1063 folder 9
Manuscript Lost:
The Black Troop Tragedy of 1877
by Paul H. Carslon
Box 1063 folder 10
Thesis New
Mexico Women: A Tapestry by Sherlyn Shervanick
Box 1063 folder 11
Manuscript Albuquerque
Trivia by Cynthia and Arthur Romero, includes letter to Simmons from C.
Romero
Box 1063 folder 12
Final Draft: Albuquerque, A Narrative History
(1983) part 1 of 2
Box 1063 folder 13
Final Draft: Albuquerque, A Narrative History
(1983) part 2 of 2
Box 1064 folder 1
Final Oate manuscript
Box 1064 folder 2
First draft and edited copy of Treasure Trails of
the Southwest by Marc Simmons
Box 1064 folder 3
When Six Guns Ruled
by Marc Simmons – page proofs, edited draft, and proof with readers
marks
Box 1064 folder 4
Annotated manuscript from Albuquerque, A Narrative History – begins with Chapter 7 The
Tug of War [part 1 of 2]
Box 1064 folder 5
Annotated manuscript from Albuquerque, A Narrative History–Chapter 7 The Tug of War
[part 2 of 2]
Box 1064 folder 6
Corrected Manuscript Albuquerque, A Narrative
History (winner of Golden Spur Award) Western Writers of America
Box 1064 folder 7
Manuscript Tough Times in Rough Places High
Lonesome Books 1992
Box 1064 folder 8
Dan Tyler Mex. Period Ms.
Box 1065 folder 1
Original Ms. of Murder on the Santa Fe Trail
Box 1065 folder 2
Wm. Chalfant Ms. A DANGEROUS TIME
Box 1065 folder 3
Stalking Billy the Kid (2006) Manuscript
& Proofs
Box 1065 folder 4
ON THE SANTA FE TRAIL Manuscript & Page Proofs
Box 1065 folder 5
National Geographic article for Trails West –
proofs , revised article, illus., correspondence, reviews, etc.
Box 1065 folder 6
Following the S. Fe Trail
Box 1065 folder 7
Photocopy of Tiffany
Blue by Patricia McGraw with a short statement by Marc Simmons
Box 1065 folder 8
Corrected Manuscript (incomplete) Following the
Santa Fe Trail, A Guide Marc Simmons Collection
Box 1065 folder 9
PEOPLE OF THE SUN 1st draft
Box 1066 folder 1
Massacre on the Lordsburg Road: A Tragedy of the
Apache Wars by Marc Simmons 1995 manuscript
Box 1066 folder 2
Page proofs and correspondence
Box 1066 folder 3
Page proofs The Royal Road: El Camino Real from
Mexico City to Santa Fe
Box 1066 folder 4
Manuscript Ebright & Hendricks, Witches of
Abiqui (2005)
Box 1066 folder 5
Adios Nuevo Mexico: The Santa Fe Journal of John
Watts in 1859 edited and transcribed by David Remley Marc Simmons
Collection – proofs
Box 1066 folder 6
Manuscript Frank Applegate of Santa Fe: Artist
& Preservationist
Box 1066 folder 7
Proofs The Hispano Homeland by Richard L. Nostrand
Box 1066 folder 8
Page proofs Three Trails to Solomons Fork: The
Cheyenne Expedition of 1857 by William Y. Chalfant; first page inscribed to
Simmons and signed by Chalfant
Box 1066 folder 9
Proofs with some notations Albuquerque by Marc
Simmons
Box 1067 folder 1
Proofs signed by all three authors from Marc
Simmons Coll. – page proofs of Medicine Women, Curanderas, and Women
Doctors by Bobette Perrone, H. Henrietta Stockel, Victoria Krueger
Box 1067 folder 2
Ms. Murder on the Santa Fe Trail
Box 1067 folder 3
Misc correspondence (limited); typed readers
report by Simmons on Elder & Webers Trading in Santa Fe 1994;
program guide for the Talking Stick Film
Festival 2008; New Mexico Vacation
Guide 2008
Box 1067 folder 4
Manuscript Albuquerque [part 1 of 2]
Box 1067 folder 5
Manuscript Albuquerque [part 2 of 2]
Box 1067 - artifacts
Three pieces of petrified wood from the property of
Marc Simmons in Cerrillos, New Mexico
Box 1068
July 2004 issue of Santa Fe Real Estate Guide
June 1997 vol. 2 no. 1 Woman Magazine
March 9, 1994 Santa
Fe Real Estate Weekly
Vol. 1, No. 1 1993 Santa Fe Traditions
March 1992 Springs
Magazine
Winter 1987 Southwest
Travel & Recreation Quarterly
Winter
in Northern New Mexico 1993-94
The Enchantment of New Mexico
– A Calendar for the year 2000 photographs by
Craig
Varjabedian
The following New Mexico publications donated by Simmons
have been cataloged:
From the Santa
Fe Reporter-
The
2008-2009 Locals Guide to Living in Santa Fe
1995
Summer Guide to Santa Fe
1994
Voices of Summer
Transformations:
The Healing Arts in Santa Fe Summer 1988
Adobe
Holidays 1997; 1995
Adobe
Christmas 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993
Voices:
The Arts in Santa Fe Summer 1987, Summer 1988, Summer 1989, Summer 1991,
Artists
of the Sun: Indian Market 1982, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994
Indian
Summer 1997
The
Locals Guide to Indian Market 2000
From the Rio
Grande Sun-
Espaola
Valley Arts Festival 1991, 1993
!Fiesta!
1994, 1995
From the Albuquerque
Journal-
Official
State Fair Guide 1986, 2008
Indian
Market Guide 1993, 1997
Summer
Guide 2003
Northern
New Mexico Traveler 1990, 1992
Balloon
Fiesta 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993
From Santa Fe
The Sun-
Issues from October 1992, February 1993, August
1994, September 1995, two copies of the September 1997 issue
From Romero/Taos Publishing –
Taos
Fiestas, 88
Christmas
in Taos 1987
From THE
Magazine, Santa Fes Monthly Magazine of the Arts-
Issues from April 1993, August 1993, November 1995,
August 1997
From the New Mexico Press Association –
New
Mexico State Fair 1995
New
Mexico – Explore the Possibilities Summer 1995
From New Mexicos Newsmonthly Crosswinds-
Issues from August 1991 (two copies) Vol. III, No.
VIII; September 1991 Vol. III, No. IX; October 1991 Vol. III, No. X; Jan/Feb
1992 Vol. IV, No. III; May 1991 Vol. IV, No. V; July 1992 Vol. IV, No. VII;
August 1992 Vol. IV, No. VIII; September 1992 Vol. IV, No. IX; November 1992
Vol. IV, No. XI; May 1993 Vol. 5, No. 6; June 1993 Vol. 5, No. 7; August 1993
Vol. 5, No. 9; March 1994 Vol. 6, No. 4; May 1994; June 1994; June 1994 Special Look at Weaving; August 1994
through October 1994; December 1994; March 1995; April 1995; June through
November 1995; July 1996; April 1997; June 1997; and March 1998
From The Taos
News –
Official
Program for the Taos Arts Festival 1991, 1993, 1994
Taos
Winter Guide 1993-94
Taos
Summer Guide 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994
Visitor
& Newcomer Guide Summer/Fall 2006, Summer/Fall 2008
Tempo
May 24, 1990
Fiestas
de Taos 1991, 1994
1995
Official Program Spring Arts Celebration
From The Santa
Fe New Mexican –
Feliz
Navidad 1990, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Official
Guide to the Spanish Market 1997, 2003
Official
Guide to the Indian Market 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2004, 2008
Bienvenidos:
A Visitors Guide to Northern New Mexico 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994,
1996,
1997, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008
Viva
La Fiesta! 1986, 1988, 1990
Pasatiempo
1990, 1997
Winterlife
1997
Santa
Fe Summer 1988
The following donated material pertains to the 400th anniversary of the founding of New Mexico by Juan de Oñate and the subsequent controversy that followed the presentation of the Oñate statue. Material consists of various newspapers, newspaper clippings, manuscript of “Spanish Pathways”, a poster and other information on the Galisto Basin Photography Project, and a collection of index cards with book information on Simmons’ personal library. [note: an individual database on the library books will be completed soon]
Box 1221 folder 1
Various newspaper clippings on the 400th anniversary of the founding of New
Mexico and related events; includes limited correspondence, magazine “Western
Spirit” volume 11, issue 1 featuring article by Simmons, and a letter
from Simmons describing loose material [part 1 of 3]
Box 1221 folder 2
Various newspaper clippings on the 400th anniversary of the founding of New
Mexico and related events; includes limited correspondence [part 2 of 3]
Box 1221 folder 3
Various newspaper clippings on the 400th anniversary of the founding of New
Mexico and related events; includes limited correspondence [part 3 of 3]
Box 1221 folder 4
“Albuq. Oñate Controversy, ‘98” – newspaper
clippings, photocopies of newspaper clippings, and limited correspondence
Box 1221 folder 5
“Towns: Albuq., Abiquin, Silver City, Las Vegas, Loma Parda, Española,
Mesilla” – newspaper clippings on the Oñate statue
Box 1221 folder 6
Correspondence from Dona Conchita Lucero to Simmons; includes holiday cards
and was removed from a large green envelope
Box 1221 folder 7
“Galisteo Basin Photog. Project 2008-09” – documents opposition
to proposed drilling in the basin and includes correspondence and newspaper
clippings
Box 1221 folder 8
Material removed from binder “Cuatro Centenario vol. III” –
includes newspaper clippings, brochures, and event announcements
Box 1221 folder 9
Material removed from binder “Cuatro Centenario vol. II” –
includes newspaper clippings, and event announcements and invitations [part
1 of 2]
Box 1221 folder 10
Material removed from binder “Cuatro Centenario vol. II” –
includes newspaper clippings, and event announcements and invitations [part
2 of 2]
Box 1221 folder 11
“Simmons, SPANISH PATHWAYS, Manuscript & Correspondence” –
correspondence
Box 1221 folder 12
“Simmons, SPANISH PATHWAYS, Manuscript & Correspondence” –
manuscript
Box 1222
Newspapers containing articles on the 400th anniversary of New Mexico; includes
the May 25, 1963 issue of “Saturday Review” and the January 23,
2009 issue of “Pasatiempo” on the Galisteo Basin
Box 1223
Index cards with title, author, and publishing information on books within
Simmons’ personal library; majority filed in alphabetical order [1 of
3]
Box 1224
Index cards with title, author, and publishing information on books within
Simmons’ personal library; majority filed in alphabetical order [2 of
3]
Box 1225
Index cards with title, author, and publishing information on books within
Simmons’ personal library; majority filed in alphabetical order [3 of
3]
Mapcase Drawer B
One 24” x 20” poster for the Galisteo Basin Photography Project
signed by photographers Linda Spier, Tony Bonanno, Norman Mauskopf, and Greg
MacGregor