Historic Estate | School for Advanced Research

A Story Still Being Written: SAR Campus Recognized by Historic Santa Fe Foundation

by Sarah Soliz | Nov 25, 2020 | Blog, News, Press Releases

Community lives not only in people, but in places. Places like El Delirio, originally home to Amelia Elizabeth and Martha Root White and now the home of the School for Advanced Research. Thanks to the vision of so many people—beginning with the White sisters and...

SAR Curated. Building the Indian Arts Research Center

by Sarah Soliz | Mar 20, 2020 | Blog

In 1977 Doug Schwartz, who was then the president of SAR, hired Art Wolf to be the curator of collections. Wolf’s task was to oversee the building of the facility that would become the IARC, which now stewards a collection of nearly 12,000 artworks.

A Gift to Future Scholars: Bequest Ensures Schwartz Seminar House Improvements

by Meredith Davidson | Nov 25, 2019 | Blog, News

Since 1968, SAR’s seminar programs have given time and space to groups of scholars working together to push intellectual and academic boundaries. This year, SAR received a bequest to fund improvements to the Schwartz Seminar House where we host our advanced, short, and research team seminars. Learn more about the life of Pat Kuhlhoff and the programs her generous gift supports.

SAR Curated. The Century Dictionary Case

by Sarah Soliz | Jul 30, 2019 | Blog

Although we now use the Dobkin Boardroom for lectures, meetings, and social gatherings, it still includes the original “choir loft” at one end, and this loft hides a curiosity.

SAR Curated. The Florentine Codex

by Sarah Soliz | Jun 13, 2019 | Blog

To search the archives for information about SAR’s groundbreaking English translation of Bernardino de Sahagún’s Florentine Codex, co-published with University of Utah Press beginning in the 1950s, is to experience time in the form of paper.

SAR Curated. The Rathmullan and Kandahar Kennels

by Sarah Soliz | May 30, 2019 | Blog

Elizabeth and Martha White established Rathmullan Kennels in 1930, when they decided to start raising Irish wolfhounds and bought a breeding pair: Gelert and Edain of Ambleside.

“The Hounds of El Delirio,” Celebrating 80 Years of the Santa Fe Animal Shelter at the School for Advanced Research

by Meredith Davidson | Apr 23, 2019 | News, Press Releases

Join us where it all began, on the historic estate of Elizabeth and Martha White and help celebrate 80 years of the Santa Fe Animal Shelter on Saturday, June 15, 2019. Drop in at any time from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. to enjoy refreshments and explore the nearly eight acres of developed grounds and gardens throughout the afternoon. Take a self-guided tour of the School for Advanced Research’s canine-related highlights including the original kennels, a dog cemetery, and artwork of the sisters’ beloved pets. Stop by the Shelter’s adoption truck and consider providing a new home to a pet in need. Hear from Nancy Owen Lewis in her talk, “The Hounds of El Delirio” and more.

SAR Curated. Kenneth Chapman’s Pueblo Pottery Drawings

by Sarah Soliz | Mar 28, 2019 | Blog

SAR Curated is a series on the SAR blog exploring our collections, archives, campus, and institutional history. In this edition, the SAR Press acquisitions editor describes the drawings of Kenneth Chapman, an early proponent of Pueblo pottery as a fine art.

SAR Curated. The Swimming Pool of 1926

by Sarah Soliz | Jan 9, 2019 | Blog

SAR Curated is a series on the SAR blog exploring the collections, archives, campus, and institutional history. In this edition, the SAR Press acquisitions editor describes Santa Fe’s first swimming pool, which was part of SAR’s historic campus.

Richard Eeds Explores SAR and the Creative Thought Forum Series on Coffee and Culture

by Meredith Davidson | Jan 8, 2019 | News

On a recent Saturday afternoon, Coffee and Culture radio host, Richard Eeds,highlighted SAR’s history, programs, and upcoming events including the sold-out lecture with archaeoastronomer Anna Sofaer scheduled for January 24, 2019.