" AYER Y HOY en Taos"
TCHS's Semiannual Journal of Taos, NM History
Comprehensive Index
1985 To 1992
1993 To Present
SUMMER 1985 issue no. 1
(Editor: David L. Caffey, Founding Editor)
The Adobe Churches of New Mexico: Dust to Dust, or Revival by John L. Kessell
Notes on Taos County Historic Churches
Bent's Old Fort: Citadel on the Santa Fe Trail by Ernest Lyckman
EDITOR'S PAGE:
Memorial tribute to Sam Buchanan; start of regular publication of Ayer Y Hoy
journal; commentary on NM churches & their preservation.
BOOK REVIEWS:
A Southwestern Vocabulary: The Words They Used. Cornelius C. Smith, Jr.
Glendale: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1984. Reviewed by Harriet Kimbro,
Santa Fe.
Mabel Dodge Luhan: New Woman, New Worlds. Lois Palken Rudnick.
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1984. Reviewed by David L.
Witt, Taos.
Kit Carson: A Pattern for Heroes. Thelma S. Guild & Harvey L. Carter.
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1984. Reviewed by Kit Schweitzer,
Taos.
The F. Stanley Story. Mary Jo Walker. Albuquerque: The New Mexico Book
League, & Santa Fe; The Lightning Tree, co-publisher, 1985. Reviewed by
David L. Caffey, Taos.
NEWS AND NOTES:
Philmont-Cimarron Field Trip; Buchanan [Sam] Honored by Many; 41 Ride the
Chili Line; Historic Preservation Effort Underway; Photo History Taking
Shape.
PRESERVATION NOTES:
Picuris is "Go;" El Valle, We Don't Know; Pigeon's Ranch Park Considered;
Resources for Local History (Harwood Foundation): Padre Marinez Southwest
Collection; Harwood Oral History Project; Vertical File; Archive on Taos
Artists; Burt Harwood Photo Archive; Taos Art Photo Archive; Art-Related
News Articles.
WINTER 1986 issue no. 2
(Editor: David L. Caffey)
Ernest Blumenschein and the Great War by Robert R. White<
The Chili Line from Antonito to Tres Piedras by John Comstock
Mrs. E. Martin Hennings, 1893-1985 A Remembrance by Robert R. White
EDITOR'S PAGE:
The Blumenschein family's involvement in war effort, WWI
BOOK REVIEWS:
Brett: From Bloomsbury to New Mexico. A Biography. Sean Hignett. London:
Hodder & Stoughton, 1985 by Franklin Watts, Inc. Reviewed by Mildred
Bruder Buchanan, Talpa.
Russell Lee's FSA Photography of Chamisal and Penasco, New Mexico. Ed. by
William Wroth. Santa Fe: Ancient City Press, co-published w/ The Taylor
Museum of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, 1985. Reviewed by Bob
Romero, Taos.
A Woman's Quest for Science: Portrait of Anthropologist Elsie Clews
Parsons. Peter H. Hare. Buffalo: Prometheus Books, 1985. Reviewed by
Arthur H. Wolf, Taos.
Oscar E. Berninghaus, Taos, New Mexico. Gordon E. Sanders. Taos: Taos
Heritage Publishing Company, 1985. Reviewed by David L. Witt, Taos.
NEWS AND NOTES:
Iglesia de San Miguel Leveled; Six Honored at Brunch; Plans Laid [future
planning re: year's programs, fall event (_& Hacienda Martinez]; Resources
for Local History (Kit Carson Memorial Foundation): The Research Library;
The Photographic Archive; Tape Archive; Map Collection; Personal
Collections; Personal Files & Papers.
SUMMER 1986 issue no. 3
(Editor: David L. Caffey)
Our Lady of Aranzazu by Corina Santistevan.
EDITOR'S PAGE:
Bios on Corina Santistevan, Ila McAfee.
BOOK REVIEWS
Art in New Mexico, 1900-1945: Paths to Taos and Santa Fe. Charles C.
Eldredge, Julie Schimmel, and William H. Truettner. New York: Abbeville
Press, 1986. Reviewed by David L. Witt, Taos.
Penitente Self-Government. Thomas J. Steele, S. J., & Rowena Rivera. Santa
Fe: Ancient City Press, 1985. Reviewed by Herbert W. Dick, Taos.
Movers and Shakers. Mabel Dodge Luhan. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co.,
1985. Reviewed by Lucille Quintana.
Under the Sangre de Cristo. Paul Horgan. Santa Fe: The Rydal Press, 1985.
Reviewed by David L. Caffey.
Weaving and Colcha from the Hispanic Southwest. Ed. William Wroth. Santa
Fe: Ancient City Press, 1985. Reviewed by Sadie Knight, Taos.
NEWS AND NOTES:
Villagers struggle to save churches. Trade Fair set for September; Vaughn
[Guadalupe Baca] honored by State Society; Ox cart, loom to enhance
hacienda; Taos to try for "Main Street" program; art historians meet at Harwood.
WINTER 1987 issue no. 4
(Editor: David L. Caffey)
Taos and the American Art Colony Movement: The Search for an American School
of Art by Virginia Couse Leavitt.
EDITOR'S PAGE:
Bio on Virginia Couse Leavitt; exhibition announcement ["Art in New Mexico,
1900-1945: Paths to Taos and Santa Fe" at Denver Art Museum]; new TCHS
president, Dr. Herbert Dick, and vice-president, Arthur Wolf.
BOOK REVIEWS:
The Red River-Twining Area: A New Mexico Mining Story. Jim Berry Pearson.
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1986. Reviewed by Ernest
Lyckman, Taos.
Along the Santa Fe Trail. Photos by Joan Myers; essay by Marc Simmons.
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1986. Reviewed by Helen G.
Blumenschein, Ranchos de Taos.
The Chief: Ernest Thompson Seton and the Changing West. H. Allen Anderson.
College Station: Texas A. & M University Press, 1986. Reviewed by David L.
Witt, Taos.
The Folklore of Spain in the American Southwest: Traditional Spanish Folk
Literature in Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado. Aurelio M.
Espinosa; ed. by J. Manuel Espinosa. Norman: U of Oklahoma Press, 1985.
Reviewed by Corina Santistevan, Ranchos de Taos.
NEWS AND NOTES:
Dozen defy snowstorm to plan 1987; trade fair a big hit; New Mexico
celebrates 75th; historic church videos planned for Feb. 28; Marc Simmons on
the mend; Trujillo [Tom, former Taos County Manager] heads main street.
Honorees at TCHS holiday function: Dorris Boyer, Pete Concha, Ruth Fish,
Corina Santistevan.
SUMMER 1987 issue no. 5
(Editor: David L. Caffey)
Trail to Disaster: John C. Fremont's Fourth Expedition into the San Juan
Mountains of Southern Colorado by Patricia Joy Richmond
EDITOR'S PAGE:
Bio on Patricia Richmond & discussion of Colorado connection to NM; call for
history manuscripts.
BOOK REVIEWS:
Edge of Taos Desert: An Escape to Reality. Mabel Dodge Luhan. Albuquerque:
University of New Mexico Press, 1987. Reviewed by Sandi Rhoten, Austin,
Texas.
Spirit and Vision: Images of the Ranchos de Taos Church. Sandra D'Emilio,
Suzan Campbell & John Kessell. Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press, 1987.
Reviewed by David L. Witt, Taos.
Flight from Fiesta. Frank Waters. Santa Fe: Rydal Press, 1986. Reviewed
by David L. Caffey, Taos.
The Woman at Otowi Crossing. Frank Waters. Revised edition. Athens, Ohio:
Swallow Press/Ohio University Press, 1987. Reviewed by David L. Caffey, Taos.
La Casa Adobe. William Lumpkins. Santa Fe: Ancient City, 1986. Reviewed
by Herbert W. Dick, Taos.
NEWS AND NOTES:
Preservation Notes: State preservation group organized; Las Trampas honored
for church preservation. San Luis Valley Society visits; Padre Martinez
subject of M.R.M. [Millicent Rogers Museum] exhibit; Harwood extends
newspaper holdings; Quisicosa [query re: Cosme Pacheco]; Kit Carson gets
grant, plans trade fair; Resources for Local History (Museum of *NM History
Library): papers & manuscripts; map collection; rare books; newspapers &
periodicals; necrology file; photographic archives.
WINTER 1988 issue no. 6
(Editor: David L. Caffey)
A Review of the Ranch, Trading Post, Mill and Distillery of Simeon Turley,
Canoncito, Arroyo Hondo, Taos County, New Mexico 1830-1847 by Ernest Lyckman
Happy Birthday, Philmont by David Caffey
EDITOR'S PAGE:
Bio on Ernest Lyckman; Philmont Scout Ranch celebrates 50 years of Scout
camping on ranch.
BOOK REVIEWS:
Life of the Right Reverend Joseph P. Machebeuf, D. D., Pioneer Priest of
Ohio, Pioneer Priest of New Mexico, Pioneer Priest of Colorado and Utah and
First Bishop of Denver. Andrew K. Gregg. Albuquerque: University of New
Mexico Press, 1968. Rev. ed., 1987. Reviewed by Charlotte Graebner, Taos.
Las Carneradas: Sheep Trade in New Mexico, 1700-1860. John C. Baxter.
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, in cooperation with the
Historical Society of NM, 1987. Reviewed by Paul B. Sears, Taos.
Chimayo Valley Traditions. Elizabeth Kay. Santa Fe: Ancient, 1987.
Reviewed by Sadie 0. Knight, Taos.
NEWS AND NOTES:
Officers elected, plans made; condolences [Lois Hinton, Pearl Bond]; state
society to meet with Arizona; archeology group to form in Taos; Burt
Harwood's New Mexico Program; works in progress: John Sherman, past editor
of El Palacio, working on pictorial history of Taos; Bob Julyan of
Albuquerque revising Place Names of New Mexico by late T. M. Pearce.
Preservation Notes: Three honored for Ranchos Plaza effort [Leon & Alice
Walters, David Yarborough]; Santa Fe Trail declared National Historic Trail;
need for restoration of Pehas Negras oratorio. In memoriam: Lawrence R.
Murphy, Southwest Historian 1942-1987.
FALL 1988 issue no. 7
(Editor: David L. Caffey)
Taos and the Bataan Campaign by Jack Boyer [includes listing of Taos men in
the Bataan Campaign]
EDITOR'S PAGE:
Memorial Day, Jack Boyer's story on the Bataan Campaign, mention of Taosenos
Helen Blumenschein's and Ted Egri's service in WWII.
BOOK REVIEWS:
A Writer's Eye: Field Notes and Watercolors by Paul Horgan. Intro. by David
McCullough. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1988. Reviewed by David L. Witt, Taos.
Mayordomo: Chronicle of an Aceguia in Northern New Mexico. Stanley
Crawford. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1988. Reviewed by David L. Caffey.
Yellow Sun, Bright Sky: The Indian Country Stories of Oliver La Farge. Ed.
& w/ intro. by David L. Caffey. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico
Press, 1988. Reviewed by John M. Muste, Taos.
The Short Stories of Fray Angelico Chavez. Ed. Genero M. Padilla.
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1987. Reviewed by Sadie Knight, Taos.
NEWS AND NOTES:
Blumenschein Trust to fuel improvements; art historians meet again; Latham
[Barbara] honored; eighteen enjoy Raton; universities celebrate
[centennials: University of New Mexico, *NM State University, & NM Institute
of Mining & Technology]; institute opens Taos office [University of New
Mexico's Southwest Hispanic Research Institute, headed by Sylvia Rodriguez].
PRESERVATION NOTES:
San Lorenzo [church at Picuris Pueblo] on the rise; oratorio tops T.C.H.S.
agenda; Pilar church helped.
SPRING 1989 issue no. 8
(Editor: David L. Caffey)
Leopold Stokowski and Carlos Chavez: The Taos Connection by Robert L. Parker
Old Tim: A Reminiscence by Thomas M. Cook, Sr.
EDITOR'S PAGE:
Mabel Dodge Luhan, Carlos Chavez and Leopold Stokowski; bio on Dr. Paul B. Sears of Taos.
BOOK REVIEWS:
Padre Martinez: New Perspectives From Taos. Intro. by E. A. Mares. Essays:
Mares, Betty S. Weidman, Thomas J. Steele, S. J., Patricia Clark Smith, &
Ray John de Aragon. Taos: Millicent Rogers Museum, 1988. Reviewed by Sadie 0. Knight, Taos.
Two Guadalupes: Hispanic Legends and Magic Tales from Northern New Mexico.
Ed. Marta Weigle. Santa Fe: Ancient, 1987. Reviewed by Mildred Bruder Buchanan, Talpa.
Indian Running: Native American History and Tradition. Peter Nabokov.
Reprint. Santa Fe: Ancient City Press, 1987. Reviewed by Char Graebner, Taos.
They "Knew" Billy the Kid: Interviews with Old-Time New Mexicans. Ed.
Robert F. Kadlec. Santa Fe: Ancient, 1987. Reviewed by Ernest Lyckman, Taos.
High Adventure Among the Magic Mountains: Philmont, the first 50 years.
Minor Huffman. Allendale, New Jersey: TIBS Inc., 1988. Reviewed by David L. Caffey, Taos.
NEWS AND NOTES:
Land gift benefits preservation fund; Montezuma [Hotel near Las Vegas, built
by Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, late 1800s] for sale;
Arroyo Seco church in jeopardy, Colfax County sites preserved. Annual
meeting launches new year; coming attractions.
FALL 1989 issue no. 9
(Editor: David L. Caffey)
The American valley Murders by Victor Westphall
EDITOR'S PAGE:
Bio on Dr. Victor Westphal, the Vietnam Veterans Chapel [now DAV Vietnam Memorial]
BOOK REVIEWS:
I Returned and Saw Under the Sun: Padre Martinez of Taos. E. A. Mares.
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1989. Reviewed by Bob Romero, Taos.
Philmont: An Illustrated History. Stephen Zimmer & Larry Walker. Irving,
Texas: Boy Scouts of America, 1988. Reviewed by David L. Witt, Taos.
Standing By and Making Do: Women of Wartime Los Alamos. Eds. Jane S.
Winston & Charlotte Serber. Los Alamos: The Los Alamos Historical Society.
Reviewed by Mildred Bruder Buchanan, Talpa.
Indian Tales from Picuris Pueblo. Collected by John P. Harrington. Santa
Fe: Ancient City Press, 1989. Reviewed by David L. Caffey, Taos.
NEWS AND NOTES:
Society visits preservation projects [Los Luceros, Cleveland Roller Mill];
Murphey [Michael Martin] helps Route 66 effort. "In memoriam: Helen G.
Blumenschein, 1909-1989; Jack K. Boyer, 1911-1989; David A. Baerreis, 1916-1989
SPRING 1990 issue no. 10
(Editor: David L. Caffey)
Recollections of the Early Artists by Helen Greene Blumenschein
EDITOR'S PAGE:
Tribute to Helen Blumenschein, editor's remarks re his last edition.
BOOK REVIEWS:
Paso For Aqui: Critical Essays on the New Mexican Literary Tradition, 1542-1988.
Edited by Erlinda Gonzales-Berry. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico
Press, 1989. Reviewed by Curtis Edwin Anderson, Taos.
Reluctant Frontiersman: James Ross Larkin on the Santa Fe Trail, 1856-57.
Edited and annotated by Barton H. Barbour and Marc Simmons. Albuquerque:
University of New Mexico Press. Reviewed by Stephen Zimmer, Cimarron.
Remote Beyond Compare: Letters from Don Diego de Vargas to His Family from
New Spain and New Mexico, 1675-1706. Edited by John L. Kessell. Albuquerque: University
of New Mexico Press, 1989. Reviewed by F. R. Bob Romero, Taos.
This is About Vision: Interviews with Southwestern Writers. Edited by
William Balassi, John F. Crawford, and Annie O. Eysturoy. Albuquerque:
University of New Mexico Press, 1990. Reviewed by David L. Caffey.
Philmont: Where Spirits Soar. Photos edited by Jerry Poppenhouse, text by
Joe Williams, Irving, Texas: Boy Scouts of America. Reviewed by David L. Caffey, Taos.
NEWS AND NOTES:
Kentnor and Romancito honored, Bandelier celebrated, slain lawmen honored.
WINTER 1991 issue no. 11
(Editor: Judy Romero-Oak)
Carson Returns to Taos by Char Boie Graebner
An Interview with Kit Carson by Judy Romero-Oak
EDITOR'S PAGE:
New editor's remarks, pronunciation of Ayer y Hoy, Kit Carson.
BOOK REVIEWS:
New Mexico Railroads. David F. Myrick. Albuquerque: University of New
Mexico Press, reviewed by Dr. Jon Nathan Young, Taos.
New Mexico Village Arts. Roland F. Dickey. Albuquerque: University of New
Mexico Press. Reviewed by Mildred Bruder Buchanan, Ranchos de Taos.
Historical markers in New Mexico: A Traveler's Guide. Deane C. Delgado.
Ancient City Press. Reviewed by Mildred Bruder Buchanan, Ranchos de Taos.
River of Traps: A Village Life. William deBuys, Alex Harris. University
of New Mexico Press in association with the Center for Documentary Studies
at Duke University, 1990. Reviewed by Mildred Bruder Buchanan, Ranchos de Taos.
A History of the Jews in New Mexico. Henry J. Tobias. Albuquerque:
University of New Mexico Press, 1990. Reviewed by Mildred Bruder Buchanan, Ranchos de Taos.
Mexico & Central American Handbook 1991. Edited by Ben Box and Sarah
Cameron. Trade and Travel Publications. Reviewed by Judy Romero-Oak, Taos.
Navaho Folk Tales. Franc Johnson Newcomb. Albuquerque: University of New
Mexico Press. Judy Romero-Oak, Taos.
NEWS AND NOTES:
New officers, new books, review price increase, Columbus, Camino Real, State
Archives. Lectures.
FALL 1991 issue no. 12
(Editor: Judy Romero-Oak)
Ranchos de Taos Plaza by Van Dorn Hooker
Symphony in Mud by Rev. Jose Garcia
Christmas pageants of Holy Trinity Parish by Larry Torres
Poem: Taos by Raymundo Romero
EDITOR'S PAGE:
Thanks to authors, expansion to sixteen pages, photos
BOOK REVIEWS (INSERT):
Turning Leaves-The Photograph Collection of Two Japanese-American Families.
Richard Chalfen. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. Reviewed by
Fayne Lutz, Taos.
The Modern Maya: A Culture in Transition. Macduff Everton. Albuquerque:
University of New Mexico Press, 1991. Reviewed by Leonard A. Lecht, Taos.
Promise the Land-Essays on Rural Women. Joan M. Jensen. Albuquerque:
University of New Mexico Press, 1991. Reviewed by Fayne Lutz, Taos.
Alcatraz from Inside: The Hard Years, 1942-1952. Jim Quillen. San Francisco: Golden Gate
National Park Association. Reviewed by Judy Romero-Oak, Taos.
Earth Horizon. Mary Austin. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press,
1991. Reviewed by Judy Romero-Oak, Taos.
NEWS AND NOTES:
Summer program review, Winter lectures and programs, by-law change,
preservation notes, gifts, note on book reviews.
SPRING 1992 issue no. 13
(Editor: Judy Romero-Oak)
"Those who are always against us:" Comanche Lore in Northern New Mexico
by Reed Anderson, Ph.D.
Folkloric Music and Dance by Dr. Lorenzo A. Trujillo
EDITOR'S PAGE:
Bios on Dr. Reed Anderson, Dr. Lorenzo Trujillo, historical note on book review by Kathy Cordova.
BOOK REVIEWS:
Educational Reform in New Mexico: Tireman, San Jose and Nambe. David L.
Bachelor. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1991. Reviewed by
Kathryn M. C6rdova.
Abuelitos: Stories of Rio Puerco Valley. Collected & ed. Nasario Garcia.
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, Reviewed by Sadie 0. Knight.
Social Housekeepers: Women Shaping Policy in New Mexico, 1920-1940. Sandra
Shackel. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1992. Reviewed by Jane G. Lecht.
Taos Adobes. Bainbridge Bunting. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico
Press, 1992. Reviewed by Leonard A. Lecht.
Pueblo Mothers and Children by Elsie Clews Parsons. Ed. Barbara A.
Babcock. Santa Fe: Ancient City. Reviewed by Fayne Lutz.
NEWS AND NOTES:
1992 schedule of TCHS meetings & field trips.
WINTER 1992 issue no. 14
(Editor: Kathy Cordova, 3rd editor)
La Tierra Bendita by Michael Miller
Taosenos Also Defended the Union by Jerry Padilla
The Holiday Season at Taos Pueblo: A Blend of Two Beliefs by Rick Romancito
Memories of Past Christmases by Josephine M. Cordova
Taos County Historical Society Aids in Preservation Project by Mildred
Bruder Buchanan [San Rafael church in La Cueva, NM]
EDITOR'S PAGE:
BOOK REVIEWS:
The Red Swan: Myths and Tales of the American Indians. Albuquerque:
University of New Mexico Press, 1992. Reviewed by Kathy Cordova
To the Foot of the Rainbow: A Tale of Twenty-five Hundred Miles of Wandering
Through the Southwest Enchanted Land. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico
Press , 1992.Reviewed by Fayne Lutz
A Brief History of Taos. Kit Carson Historic Museums, 1992. Reviewed by
Judy Romero-Oak
Miss O'Keeffe. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1992 Reviewed by
Sadie 0. Knight
Style Trends of Pueblo Pottery, 1500-1840. Albuquerque: University of New
Mexico Press, reprint of 1939 edition, 1992. Reviewed by Kathy Cordova
Life in the Pueblos. Ruth Underhill. Santa Fe: Ancient City Press,
1992. Reviewed by Judy Romero-Oak
NEWS AND NOTES:
In Memoriam: Dr. Herbert W. Dick, Announcements of up-coming events.
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