4  Resources and References

Research related to the Amador Collection and Family.

4.1 Books, Journal Articles, and Theses

Book, Journal Article, Theses citations can be accessed via the UM’s public Zotero Amador Collection group library.

4.2 Museum Exhibitions

  • “Everyday Life at ‘El Jardín’” at the University Museum from June 4 – December 31, 1999. Exhibition curated by Terry Reynolds (1999).
  • “The Amadors: Family, Culture, and Identity in Early Las Cruces” at the Branigan Cultural Center from October 20, 2023 – January 13, 2024. Exhibition curated by Dennis Daily, Dylan McDonald, and Jennifer Olguin (2023).

4.3 NMSU Library and Archive Holdings

  • Amador family papers, 1836-1949, Las Cruces Branson Library Archives, Non-circulating MS 0004. 40 Linear Feet: 106 boxes
  • Terry R. Reynolds research files, 1979-1982. Las Cruces Branson Library Archives, Non-circulating MS 0342. 16.5 Linear Feet: Boxes 1-11 and 13-19 Housed in 32A:6-7; Box 12 Housed in 7A:5; Map Rolls Housed in 7A:3; Map folders 6 total, map case 10 drawers 7 and 9

4.4 Select Recent News Coverage

  • In 2018 Martin Amador Campbell worked to restore the Amador mausoleum at St. Genevive Catholic Church.
  • 2021 the Las Cruces city council acting as the Las Cruces Tax Increment Development board approved $2 million to continue restoration of the Amador Hotel. The news piece notes that J. Paul Taylor played an important role in preventing the hotel from being destroyed during the urban renewal of the 1960’s.
  • In 2022 NMSU Archives and Special Collections received a grant for $350,000 from the National Endowment for Humanities to digitize the collection of 15,000 documents in the Amador family collection.

References

Baker, Chris. 1997. “The New Mexico State University Museum: A History.” University Museum, NMSU.
Buck, Rebecca A. 2020. “3J Found in Collection.” In MRM6: Museum Registration Methods, edited by John E. Simmons and Toni M. Kiser, 6th edition. Lanham Boulder New York London: Rowan & Littlefield.
Camien, Laiten L. 1962. “A Glimpse into the Past: The Martin Amador House, Las Cruces, NM.” New Mexico Architecture 4 (1): 8. https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1216&context=nma.
Johnston, Carly. 2023. “University Museum Ethnographic and Historic Collection IMLS Inventory.” Master’s thesis, Las Cruces, NM.
Lash, Lou. 1962. “Colorful Chapter of History Closes.” Las Cruces Sun News, August.
Reynolds, Terry. 2020. “Names,” February.