21M CSWR , \ l:. O V S " F ;; 791 ~.,.;~ :C7 x .... f0J11Ca ~0· 0 no. 68 ~e Nuevo Mexico July 2006 Issue Num.ber 68 The ffistorical Society of New Mexico, 1859 - 1976 ByMyra Ellen Jenkins The Historical Society of New supreme court L. Bradford Prince (later Historical Society continued to use the Mexico, the oldest orqentzation of its Governor of New Mexico) as first vice east portion of the buildinq and kind west of the Mississippi River, was president. Ten other vice presidents were periodically to receive funds from the formally orqanized on December 26, also elected. including. among others. territorial legislature for the purchase of 1859 when a number of New Mexicans , Antonio Joseph of Taos, William Kroeniq documents. books and artifacts. both Hispano and Anglo, including many of Mora County. Mariano S. Otero of The Museum of New Mexico was officers , territorial officials, [udqes. Bernalillo County. Tranquilino Luna of created by act of the 1909 territorial lawyers, churchmen, politicians and Valencia and Judce Warren Bristol of Ieqislature under the control and merchants. siSJned the necessary Dona Ana. A few items from the previous management of a six-member board of corporation papers . adopted a collections were recovered. and aqatn reqents appointed by the governor. constitution, and elected Col. John B. the Society embarked upon a viSJorous However, the details were somewhat Grayson, U.S.A., as president. This program of acquisition of historical complex. since a compact was also meetinq was held in the Ter rito rial materials, and sponsored addresses by entered into with the School of American Council chambers at the Palace of the Ieadtng authorities, such as Adolph F Archaeolocy a Santa Fe affiliate of the Governors. Two days later. the Society Bandelier. on pertinent topics. WashinSJton, D.C.-based Archaeoloqical reconvened in the home of the president With the completion of a new capitol Institute of America . a private institution. to adopt by-laws. When the second in 1885, most territorial offices were The Palace of the Governors was turned regular meeting was held in February, moved to the new structure and the over to the new aqency as headquarters 1860. quarters had been rented from Society. through the direct appeal of for both the Museum and the School, Bishop John B. Larny also a member. in Prince. who had succeeded Ritch as and three regents were also to be an adobe building on the present St. Myra Ellen Jenkin s "Dr. I " at the Historical president, to the Secretary of the Interior members of the ManaSJinSJ Board of the Vincent 's Hospital. Society of New Mexico Annual Conference resulted in the issuing of an order that the School of American Archaeolocy and For more than a year a viSJorous and in Santa Fe April. 1990 (Sculpture in two east rooms of the Palace. as they the Director of the School, Dr. Edgar L. active proqrarn was pushed with foreground by Curtis Fort of Tatum. NM) were vacated. be turned over to the Hewett, was also the Director of the speakers on historical subje cts featured In December. 1880. on the s i sr Society. Exhibit cases were installed to Museum of New Mexico. The law also at monthly meetings. and the launching anniversary of the orqanization of the house the SJrowing collections. and on specified: "That the rooms in the east end of a collection program for historical Society, pursuant to a published calI September 24. 1885 the new quarters of the building which are now occupied objects and documents. Unfortunately. issued by David J. Miller and Captain were formally opened in a SJrand by the Historical Society of New Mexico, few of the latter have survived. The Civil Louis Felsenthal. members of the old rec eption with appropriate addresses shall be reserved for the use of said War cut short this first endeavor as society. a large number of citizens from beinq delivered by Prince and Territorial Society, free of rent. so long as the same President Grayson. and several other various parts of the territory SJathered at Governor Edmund G. Ross. Shortly is conducted in harmony with the military members , resigned their the office of Secretary of the Territory thereafter, the adjoininq hallway and manasement of the Museum of New commissions and left the territory to join WG. Ritch in the Palace of the room were also taken over by the Mexico herein established." the Confedera cy, joined by some of the Governors. reorganized and Society. From this date until 1959 programs leading territorial officials. The Society reestablished the Historical Society of Byact of June 21. 1898 Conqress gave of the three organizations, the Museum. was adjourned sine die September 23. New Mexico, and elected Ritch president, the Palace of the Governors to the 1863. and chief justice of the territorial Territory of New Mexico , and the ...continued on page 2 l@" • •• Jane Sanchez Leaves Endowment to Historical Society of New Mexico According to an article by Jan Jonas Salamanca, Spain. Coronado's Sanchez had for the organization. She published in The Albuquerque Tribune. birthplace. About three years aSJo, she was one of their most enthusiastic friday, february 17, 2006 , Jane spent returned to Spain to complete her supporters and seldom missed attendtnq hours on her father's ranch ridinSJ her research on the two early New Mexico the annual conferences. horse. where she searched the ruins of explorers. Sanchez passed away on February 12. the old San Marcos pueblo. Throueh this Not only was Jane interested in the 2006. She was preceded in death by her activity. she developed a liielong passion Spanish Colonial period she also had a husband in 1996 and is survived by her for the history and culture of New fascination with Territorial politics. In the three children Philip. Sandra and Patricia Mexico. July 1966 (Vol. 41: No 3). her article Elena. Jane's children recalled their A portion of her early education was "Agitated, Personal, and Unsound .." was mother's home office , which had spent at a boarding school in Monticello. published by the New Mexico Historical everythlnq she needed, includinq a New Mexico. where she was one of three Review. The topic of the article is about microfilm reader. numerous reels of SJraduates in her senior class . Jane Governor and ex-General Robert microfilm and a computer where she attended the University of New Mexico. ByinSJton Mitchell, who was appointed kept her research data. Jane Calvin receiving her degree in languages in Territorial Governor of New Mexico in Sanchez had a deep passion for New 1952. Well-known historians Eleanor 1866. It discusses his term. vote fraud . Mexico and its rich history and culture. Adams and Victor Westphall were two of and the SJeneral inability of an Her Ieqacy will live on through her mentors and friends . She retained a "unswerving Democrat" to 5f!overn "the publications of the Historical Society of close friendship with WestphaIl solidly Republican Territory." Further New Mexico. -CCL throughout his life. interests included play writin5f! and After receiving her degree from the dtrecttnq. university. Jane married Manuel R "Pat" In her will. Sanchez requested that her Jane Calvin Sanchez Sanchez, who was fintshinq his college research be SJiven to various New Mexico Historical Society of New Mexico (Photograph October 2003) education as a midshipman at Annapolis. repositories. In addition. she bequeathed members who may be interested in Jane Calvin Sanchez had a more than After their marriaqe. the couple lived on a SJenerous endowment to the Historical makinSJ similar SJifts to the Society can forty-year career as a New Mexico the east coast for a brief period before Society of New Mexico . with the contact the Treasurer, Post Office Box historian. Although she was born in returrunq to New Mexico, where she Iollowinq stipulation: "The Historical 1912. Santa Fe. New Mexico 87504 . Chicago, lIIinois. on April 27, 1929, she resumed her research into the state's Society of New Mexico (is) to establish a considered herself a native of New history. The private lives of the early fund for publication of original research Mexico. The daughter of a Chicaqo Spanish explorers Juan Cabeza de Vaca on New Mexico or Borderlands history. socialite, Ruth Goodland Calvin and and Francisco Vasquez de Coronado The research may include folklore. James Frank Calvin. she was raised on were only a couple of her special fiction or drama as weII as traditional her parent's ranch near Cerrillos . New interests . After her son Philip graduated historical works." This important SJift to Mexico (now owned by WHo Mee). from hiSJh school. Jane took her family to the Society recoqntzes the hiSJh reqard Annual Conference, April 26 - 29,2007, Pinetop-Lakeside, Arizona, Hon-Dah Resort. Held jointly with the Arizona Historical Society 2006 Historical Society of New Mexico Awards The Historical Society of New Mexico presented the iollowinq awards at its annual conference, Albuquerque, April 21, 2006 Edgar Lee Hewett Award Ralph Emerson Twitchell Award Gaspar Perez de Villagra Award • Bill Lockhart. Fourth Street. Near Outstanding service to the public: Significant contribution to the field of Outstanding publication by an Manzanares: The Carbonated history in the areas of fine arts . idividual. Beverage Industry in Socorro. • David V. Holtby Editor. University of articles, boobs or exhibits: New Mexico (Socorro County New Mexico Press • Stanley Hordes, To the End ofthe Historical Society) • Gene Peach and Max Evans. Earth (Columbia University Press) Making a Hand: Gtowine up Dorothy Woodward Award Cowboy in New Mexico (Museum Advancement of education: of New Mexico Press) • New Mexico Humanities Council: Chautauqua Program and National History Day Competition Richard Melzer. ReneHarris and StanleyHordes • Colleen O'Neill, Working the Navajo Way: Labor and Culture in David Holtby accepting Hewett Award GenePeach and Max Evans accept the Twentieth Century (University TwitchellAward Press of Kansas) L.