Archive Kit - Letters

What is this stuff? This archival kit contains scans of letters from a variety of times and creators, but most have a New Mexico connection. Each file contains a PDF of the original document with a brief description of what the document looks like, and all files have either a transcription at the end or are screen-reader accessible. Transcriptions are verbatim – misspellings included. You may need a UNM NetID to access some of the files.

All documents scanned here are available at UNM’s Center for Southwest Research which houses UNM’s archives and special collections. Each letter has a page with more information with a link to download the PDF. This page the collection number and a link to find more information about it (link starts with "MSS"). You’ll also notice that each document has a CSWR watermark – this was added to the scans.

How did UNM get it? The CSWR primarily gets materials two ways: donation and purchasing. The CSWR specializes in preserving historical manuscripts, books, photographs, architectural drawings, recordings, and other library materials relating to New Mexico, the Southwestern U.S., and Latin America.

Please note that in order to read these letters with all accessibility features intact, you will need to save the document to your PC and then open it using Acrobat Reader DC, rather than using a browser extension like the Adobe Acrobat Extension for Google Chrome.

Questions? Contact DISC: disc@unm.edu .

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Michael Steck Letters 1

Michael Steck

Courtship letter from Michael Steck to Elizabeth Wood. Link to item in Center for Southwest Research: MSS 134 BC Box 4 Folder 3 & 5
Michael Steck Letters 2

Elizabeth Wood

Courtship letter from Elizabeth Wood to Michael Steck. Link to item in Center for Southwest Research: MSS 134 BC Box 4 Folder 4 & 5
Waldo H. Rogers Letters 1

William Rogers

Apology letter from jailed William Rogers to his cousins/victims Albert & Helen. Link to item in Center for Southwest Research: MSS 214 BC Box 8 Bundle 18
Waldo H. Rogers Letters 2

William Rogers

Two letters from William Rogers to his parents expressing his anguish at his situation. Link to item in Center for Southwest Research: MSS 214 BC Box 8 Bundle 18
Waldo H. Rogers Letters 3

Charles F. Copeland

Letter from Charles F. Copeland to Albert & Helen Rogers, expressing his relief that their child had been found safe. Link to item in Center for Southwest Research: MSS 214 BC Box 8 Bundle 18
Otero-Stinson Letters 1

Atsuci C. Kobayaci

Letter from a Japanese fan to Katherine Stinson expressing admiration for her exhibition flight. Link to item in Center for Southwest Research: MSS 506 BC Box 1 Folder 11
Anita Alier Ayala Letters 1

Tomas Garrido C.

Letter to Anita Alier Ayala, written in Spanish, refuting a Time magazine report about the state of sex ed in Mexico. Link to item in Center for Southwest Research: MSS 166 SC Folder 1
Anita Alier Ayala Letters 2

Anita Alier Ayala

Draft of a response letter written in response to the Governor of Tabasco, Mexico's letter, expressing relief that the report she read was false. Link to item in Center for Southwest Research: MSS 166 SC Folder 1
Sophie D. Aberle Letter

Henry Gasper

Letter of complaint from the Governor of Zuni Pueblo Henry Gasper to U.S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs John Collier. Link to item in Center for Southwest Research: MSS 509 BC Box 4 Folder 4
Japanese War Crime Tribunal Letter

Keisuke Okada

Letter from Admiral Keisuke Okada to Prince Fumimaro Konoe. Link to item in Center for Southwest Research: MSS 413 BC Box 20 Folder 59
Otero-Stinson Letters 2

Beatrice Edgerly

Letter to Judge Otero asking information about his wife Katherine Stinson for Edgerly's book. Link to item in Center for Southwest Research: MSS 506 BC Box 1 Folder 7
Otero-Stinson Letters 3

Miguel A. Otero Jr.

Response from Judge Otero to Beatrice Edgerly about his wife Katherine Stinson. Link to item in Center for Southwest Research: MSS 506 BC Box 1 Folder 7
Bennett Hammer Letters

Val M. Cox

Two letters of complaint to the chief of New Mexico's state police about an officer's conduct during a traffic stop. Link to item in Center for Southwest Research: MSS 975 BC Box 1 Folder 23
Instructor Lesson Plan

Glenn Koelling

This lesson plan uses digitized letters scanned from UNM’s Center for Southwest Research and a worksheet to guide students through a mini original research project. In this activity, students will choose a letter to work with. They’ll examine it, ask questions about it, and then use those questions to do research about some aspect of their letter.
Student Analysis Worksheet

Glenn Koelling

Student Analysis Worksheet for the Instructor Lesson Plan.