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 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.
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.
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 highlights the bust of Martha White that can be seen on SAR’s historic campus.
SAR Curated is a series on the SAR blog exploring the collections, archives, campus, and institutional history. In this edition, the SAR Press acquisition editor highlights a map of the historic campus created by artist Gustave Baumann in the 1920s for the original owners, Elizabeth and Martha White. The map now hangs in SAR’s administration building and visitors can see the piece on campus tours. Schedule a tour by calling 505.954.7200.
“In 1972, [Elizabeth White] left her estate to SAR. A gift that has become part of the remarkable legacy of two sisters who as good Bryn Mawrters came to Santa Fe in the 1920s with an agenda: to do good, to be strong, and to party on.”...
Nancy Owen Lewis, SAR Scholar-in-Residence, has been exploring the history of WWII-era “Dogs for Defense.” New Mexico’s arm of the national program recruited and screened people’s pets for use by the military and was led in Santa Fe by Amelia...