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to MS 141 C. L. Sonnichsen Papers Span dates 1861-1991 Bulk dates 1921-1991 74 1/2 linear feet Prepared by Sarah Ashton August 1996 |
Donation by C. L. Sonnichsen in 1972 and 1992.
Citation: C. L. Sonnichsen Papers, MS 141, C. L. Sonnichsen
Special Collections Department,
The University of Texas at El Paso Library
C. L. Sonnichsen Special Collections Department
University of Texas at El Paso Library
Contents:
Biographical Sketch
Series Description
Scope and Content Note
Provenance
Restrictions
Literary Rights
Note to the Researcher
Bibliography
Appendix A
Appendix B
Materials Removed List
Series I. Books
Series II. Research Materials
Series III. Correspondence
Series IV. Other Writings
Series V. Academic
Series VI. Associations
Series VII. Biographical
Series VIII. Media
Series IX. Realia
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Charles Leland Sonnichsen was born on September 20, 1901 to Henry Matthew and Mary Hults Sonnichsen in Fonda, Iowa. The family moved to Hancock, Minnesota in 1903 where Leland finished grade school. In 1916 the family, which had grown to include two more boys, Lloyd and Harold, moved to Wadena, Minnesota where Leland graduated from high school in 1920.
Instead of going to one of the smaller, closer colleges, Sonnichsen attended the University of Minnesota where he obtained his BA in English in 1924. As his family did not have much money, Sonnichsen worked his way through college. After graduation, he got a job teaching in Faribault, Minnesota as an Assistant Master at the St. James School. After two years he had earned enough money to afford to attend Harvard for his Masters which he received in 1927. While there, Sonnichsen belonged to the Harvard Glee Club that gave performances around the United States. Even though Sonnichsen enjoyed singing, the performances conflicted with job interviews, and at graduation time when he returned from an engagement, the only job left for him to accept was at the Carnegie Institute of Technology. Sonnichsen worked as an instructor of English for two years, after which he had accumulated enough money to return to Harvard for his Ph.D. in English Philology.
Sonnichsen received his Ph.D. in 1931 in the midst of the Great Depression. Shortly before his orals, he heard about, and applied for, a summer position at the Texas College of Mines and Metallurgy in El Paso, Texas. When no job offers came his way throughout the summer, Sonnichsen asked for an extension at the college. So started Sonnichsen's career at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), and, from 1931 until 1933, he was an Associate Professor of English.
The fall of 1931 was the first year that the Texas College of Mines was a four-year institution. Sonnichsen was one of five Ph.D.s hired to teach advanced courses and strengthen the faculty. Within the first year he was asked to teach a course on Southwest Literature, which at the time he did not believe to exist, being a seventeenth and eighteenth century English Literature man. He accepted though, and began what became a lifelong study of Southwest literature and history.
In 1933 Sonnichsen became head of the English Department and held that position until 1960 when he became the Graduate Dean. During his twenty-seven years as department head, he developed a well-rounded English program, installing and sometimes creating courses needed to cover the topic.
Besides his work at the Texas College of Mines, Sonnichsen was a visiting professor at the University of Texas, Austin in 1936 and 1938, teaching the courses ordinarily presented by J. Frank Dobie. He was invited to return, but declined, feeling that his first duty was to his own department.
As dean, Sonnichsen presided over the Graduate School during the years when it was beginning an unprecedented period of expansion. He was elected to the presidency of the Association of Texas Graduate Schools by his colleagues, and tried to follow the principle that the dean's office existed for the benefit of graduate students.
During Sonnichsen's years as departmental chairman and as dean he never gave up teaching, always assigning himself at least two classes. Reaching the age of mandatory retirement from administrative positions in 1966, he returned to full-time teaching. Also in 1966, Sonnichsen was appointed one of five Harry Yandell Benedict professors. This distinguished professorship was the only one created for the University of Texas at El Paso campus.
Beyond his teaching, Sonnichsen was a member of many important faculty committees, particularly the Library Committee, the Publications Committee, and the Editorial Board of the Texas Western Press. He was Faculty Secretary from 1931 until 1960. He also participated in student affairs, serving as longtime sponsor of Alpha Xi (scholarship fraternity) and as organizer of the first social organization for Latin-American students on the campus -- Mu Epsilon Xi. The Flowsheet (the UTEP campus yearbook) was twice dedicated to him; and the final review of the Department of Military Science and Tactics in 1967 was held in his honor on his retirement from the Graduate Deanship.
Sonnichsen was also in great demand as a speaker for a variety of civic and campus organizations. He helped to organize the Bookshelf (book-review section of the El Paso Herald-Post) and was a regular contributor from 1933 until 1991. He was a founder and charter member of the National Society of Arts and Letters, El Paso Chapter, and of the El Paso County Historical Society where he served as both vice-president and director over the years.
Simultaneously to his teaching, university work and lecturing, Sonnichsen was active in research. He authored thirty-four books (see bibliography) mostly on Southwestern history and folklore, and published a great deal of short stories and articles in numerous Southwestern and Western periodicals. He was a regular book reviewer for the El Paso Herald-Post and contributed reviews to such magazines as The Journal of American Folklore and Arizona and the West. Additionally, he served on the editorial boards of Arizona and the West and the Journal of Arizona History.
During his tenure in the Southwest, Sonnichsen was the President of the Texas Folklore Society (1935-1936), President of the Western Literature Association (1966), President of the Texas Association of Graduate Schools (1966-1967), Sheriff of the El Paso Remuda of the Westerners (1967), President of the Western Writers of America (1977), President of the Western History Association (1966), and a member of the Executive Council of the Southwestern Literature Association. These are in addition to general memberships in many folklore societies, historical societies, and literary organizations (see Appendix B). He was also listed in such biographical dictionaries as Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the South and Southwest, Who's Who in American Education, Contemporary Authors, and Directory of American Scholars.
Some of Sonnichsen's lifetime accomplishments include a scholarship and Bowdoin Prize from Harvard University and a grant from the Henry E. Huntington Library at San Marino, California in the summer of 1936 to research the Mescalero Apaches. In 1948-1949 he held a Rockefeller Fellowship at the University of Oklahoma. This led to the publication of a book on the American cattleman. Sonnichsen was a Fellow of the Texas State Historical Association and a member of the Texas Institute of Letters, which awarded him a $500 prize in 1968 for Pass of the North as the "Book Making the Most Significant Contribution to Knowledge." At the annual Writers' Roundup in 1958 and 1960 the Theta Sigma Phi organization honored Sonnichsen with several awards and honorable mentions (see Appendix B).
In June 1972, "Doc" Sonnichsen was honored with the title Professor Emeritus when he retired from UTEP. At the age of 70 he found a new career. Sonnichsen started, in July of 1972, as Senior Editor for the Journal of Arizona History. In 1976 he officially retired again and concentrated on giving speeches and lectures and researching and writing books. However, on occasion, Sonnichsen was still called in to work on various aspects of the Journal of Arizona History. Sonnichsen worked till the very end of his life and died at the age of 89 in July of 1991. In 1992, Arizona Humoresque: A century of Arizona Humor was published posthumously.
SERIES DESCRIPTION
The C. L. Sonnichsen Papers are arranged in nine series:
Series I. Books, 1934-1991. 227.5 linear inches (70 document boxes).
Arranged alphabetically in eight subseries - Manuscripts, Proofs, Photos, Publishers, Publishing Agents, Permissions, Royalties, and Reviews. This material contains drafts for Sonnichsen's books, photographs used or not used in books, general correspondence with publishers and correspondence about obtaining copyright permission. There are also receipts for, and correspondence regarding book royalties. The Reviews subseries contain published reviews and correspondence regarding Sonnichsen's books.
Series II. Research Materials, 1861-1988. 271 linear inches (33 document boxes).
Arranged alphabetically in twelve subseries - Books, Crime, Feuds, Financial, Humor, Land Management, Notecards, Oral Histories, People, Places, Subject Files, and Weapons. This material contains correspondence, field notes, personal interviews, and printed materials including a lot of newspaper clippings. This material was background for research on the books and articles Sonnichsen published.
Series III. Correspondence, 1900-1991. 162.5 linear inches (33 document boxes).
Arranged in five subseries - Book, Individuals, Informative, Family, and Personal. This material contains both incoming and outgoing correspondence dealing with book information needed, research wanted by others, school responsibilities and business. The correspondence is between Sonnichsen and authors, friends, family, and interested parties.
Series IV. Other Writings, 1922-1991. 130 Linear inches (27 document boxes).
Arranged in nine subseries - Literature, Speeches and Lectures, Reviews by C.L.S., Published by C.L.S., Literary Staff, Inscribed, Manuscripts, Subject Files, and Theses. This material contains published materials by Sonnichsen other than books, published materials by others, reviews Sonnichsen wrote, manuscripts and articles inscribed to Sonnichsen, and materials on authors in which Sonnichsen had an interest. Also in this material are many of Sonnichsen's speeches and lectures, including title, date and location.
Series V. Academic, 1910-1985. 52.5 linear inches (12 document boxes).
Arranged in chronological order in seven subseries - Education, Class Notes, Thesis, El Paso, Student Papers, Lecture Notes, and Yearbooks. This material contains papers Sonnichsen wrote for classes from grade school to college, Sonnichsen's Ph.D. thesis, correspondence and materials from his teaching and administrative duties, papers written by students, his lecture notes from courses he taught at UTEP and a couple of yearbooks that are personally inscribed to him.
Series VI. Associations, 1951-1991. 30 linear inches (6 document boxes).
Arranged alphabetically in one series. This material contains correspondence dealing with the various associations he belonged to. It also includes newsletters.
Series VII. Biographical, 1927-1990. 27.5 linear inches (6 document boxes).
Arranged alphabetically in eight subseries - Arizona, Awards, Events, Other, Scrapbook Material, UTEP, Vita, and Yearbooks. This material includes material about Sonnichsen's life in Arizona, awards he received, and events he attended as a speaker or participant. There are numerous newspaper clippings that either include information about Sonnichsen or a topic he was interested in. This series also contains a list of the contents of Sonnichsen's library and some biographical information. The yearbooks in this subseries belonged to Augusta and Carol, Sonnichsen's two wives.
Series VIII. Media, 1960-1991. 5 linear inches (1 document box).
Arranged by format - Cassette Tapes, Magnetic Tapes, and Record. Among the cassette tapes there are a tribute to Sonnichsen, a speech, and an interview. The record is a military march given to Sonnichsen.
Series IX. Realia, 1972-1988. 23 linear inches (3 document boxes and ).
Arranged alphabetically in seven subseries - Awards, Foreign Currency, Map, Patches, Photos, Posters, and Reviews. This material contains large awards, a framed photograph of Sonnichsen, and other oversized material.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
NOTE
The C. L. Sonnichsen Papers, composed of 207 boxes and four oversized folders, consist primarily of research materials, correspondence and manuscripts dealing with the books Sonnichsen wrote over a fifty year period. Included are correspondence, manuscripts, newspaper clippings, photographs, maps, scrapbooks, oral history interviews, research notes, theses, pamphlets, cassette and magnetic tapes, notecards, published material, personal materials that deal mostly with his education and teaching experience, and awards. Most material of a more family/personal nature were not donated. The collection is organized into nine series. Where needed, an overall arrangement scheme has been imposed on the collection to create order and make the collection accessible for researchers. Otherwise, Sonnichsen arranged materials by the title of the book and by subject.
The first series is Books, the bulk of which is the manuscripts for twenty-six of his books. There are also page and galley proofs for eight of the books. It is possible, in this series, to take a book and follow its path from the rough draft, through the page proofs, publisher correspondence, photographs, copyright permissions, royalty payments, and reviews to see how a book becomes published and advertised. All Sonnichsen's books are represented in one way or another, but not all are complete examples of the steps involved in publishing a book. This series also includes photographs, some of which were published, but there are also photographs throughout the collection.
The second series is Sonnichsen's Research Materials. Included are materials for specific books, then material listed by topics (that were assigned by Sonnichsen). These topics cover specific people or groups of people, oral histories, and subject files. The research notes encompass interviews, newspaper clippings and notes, and cards with notes, names and addresses, and bibliographic information.
The notecards cover the spectrum of subjects Sonnichsen was interested in. Main topics include El Paso, Mescalero Apaches and Southwest history, folklore, and literature. Subtopics include feuds of Texas and New Mexico (divided by topic, county, and feud), rockets, authors, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, people, ranches, cattle, agriculture, humor and crime.
Correspondence is separated into five subseries. The first is correspondence for twenty-three of his books. Sonnichsen filed items by book title or subject; for example, feuds are listed by subject as they could belong to more than one book. The second subseries is correspondence with individuals, including Eve Ball, Haldeen Braddy, Frank Dobie, Max Evans, Francis Fugate, J. Evetts Haley, Carl Hertzog, Leon Metz and Dale Walker. These individuals are people he wrote to regarding a book, and are friends, fellow authors, former students, prospective authors, professors and publishers.
The third subseries, Informative, was created by the processing archivist. It covers a gamut of types of correspondence, listed by date, which was not personal, yet not completely business, and not necessarily with just one person. The dates range from 1931 until 1991 for the first part, while the second part dates from 1935 to 1991. The second half of this subseries is in alphabetical order and includes the headings -- authors, copyright, subjects, newsletters, C.L.S. Collectors, fiction, and UTEP. This time frame covers Sonnichsen's first years of teaching at UTEP until the year he died.
A minimal amount of family correspondence between Sonnichsen and his parents and brother makes up the fourth subseries. For more family correspondence see MS 318, the Sonnichsen Family Papers. The fifth subseries is personal correspondence and, except for four people (early friends), is listed in chronological order. This was how Sonnichsen filed his correspondence.
Other Writings includes literature -- published and unpublished -- by Sonnichsen and others. The first several subseries include notebooks of clipped articles, Sonnichsen's speeches and lectures listed by the title, location, or subject, and reviews by Sonnichsen of fiction and non-fiction books. Several reviews are filed with the reviewed material. Published materials include articles by Sonnichsen, copies of the first magazine he was on the literary staff of, articles inscribed to him, manuscripts submitted to Sonnichsen by others, and subject files. The last subseries, Theses, are theses from students that he supervised.
The fifth series, Academic, encompasses materials from Sonnichsen's personal education (grade school to Ph.D.) and his teaching career. Present are his college writings, Ph.D. thesis, lecture notes to UTEP classes, and some unpublished student papers. These student papers are restricted from being photocopied. There is also some personal information and family photographs in the Education subseries.
The materials in this series show how education has changed over the years, from the time Sonnichsen was a student through the years when he was teaching. They show the type of professor and dean that Sonnichsen was and also how the college evolved from the Texas College of Mines and Metallurgy, to Texas Western College, and finally to the University of Texas at El Paso.
Associations include correspondence, newsletters and officer materials for the seventeen organizations Sonnichsen was involved with. Some files are fairly complete for years he was involved, and others do not have a lot of information.
Biographical materials deal with Sonnichsen's time in Arizona as Senior Editor at the Journal of Arizona History. Also included are awards and certificates he received, such as the Cowboy Hall of Fame and Piper Professor, and information about the Sonnichsen Prize which is given in honor of him. The rest of the material in this series covers Sonnichsen's retirement, his memorial service, scrapbooks with newspaper clippings and some photographs, a list of his library, and a vita.
The Media series includes cassette tapes with Sonnichsen speaking; one of them is an interview. The last series is Realia. There are awards that he received, some foreign currency and a patch given to him by Historic Richmond. There is also a tourist map of Tombstone, Arizona, two branding irons, a framed photograph of Sonnichsen and two posters announcing lectures by Sonnichsen.
PROVENANCE
In June 1972 the University Library purchased C. L. Sonnichsen's non-fiction and fiction book collection. At that time, Sonnichsen agreed to donate his papers, manuscripts and field notes, items not of a purely personal nature, to the Special Collections Department of the University of Texas at El Paso's Library. The first group of materials (41 boxes) was delivered in 1972. A second accession of 11 boxes was donated in 1992 after his death. A formal deed of gift was signed by his widow in August, 1996.
RESTRICTIONS
Grades on students papers are restricted as is photocopying of all student papers.
LITERARY RIGHTS
Permission to publish material from the C. L. Sonnichsen Papers, 1861-1991 must be obtained from the C. L. Sonnichsen Special Collections Department, the University of Texas at El Paso Library.
NOTES TO RESEARCHERS
Certain preservation measures have been performed within the collection to stabilize the materials and preserve the information. Thermal photocopy paper and fax sheets, newspaper clippings and deteriorating acidic paper were photocopied onto acid-free paper and the originals were discarded. Photographs have been sleeved in mylar plastic. Duplicate materials were discarded. Microfilm has been transferred to the Current Periodicals and Microfilm department. Duplicate yearbooks were transferred to the UTEP archives.
See MS 295, the J. Carl Hertzog Papers. Hertzog designed and published several of C. L. Sonnichsen's books. See MS 318, the Sonnichsen Family Papers, for additional personal correspondence and a family genealogy.
See Oral Histories 18A (January and March 1972) in which Sonnichsen discusses his career as a professor, incidents and personalities of UTEP history and some of his books. 18B (1970) is a speech by Sonnichsen entitled "The Folklore of Scholarship--Some Sacred Cows of the Academic World," given for University Forum Program. 673 (Jan. 13, 1984) C. L. Sonnichsen in Tucson, AZ - interviewed by Rebecca Craver and Vicki Ruiz. Length of interview 45 minutes. Length of transcript 28 pages. How Sonnichsen came to El Paso; recollections of campus life including students, professors, and administrators; changes in students through the years; courses taught; Mexican Americans on campus; and why he decided to work with the Arizona Historical Society.
For a biography of C. L. Sonnichsen, read C. L. Sonnichsen by Joyce Gibson Roach. Boise State University Western Writers Series #40. Boise, ID: Boise State University.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Sonnichsen, C. L., and William Vincent Morrison. Alias Billy the Kid. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1955.
Sonnichsen, C. L. Ambidextrous Historian: Historical Writers And Writing in the
American West. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1981.
Sonnichsen, C. L., ed. Arizona Humoresque: A Century of Arizona Humor. Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Co., 1992.
Sonnichsen, C. L., and William Aurelius King. Billy King's Tombstone, The Private Life of an Arizona Boom Town. Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1942.
Perkins, Clifford Alan, Nancy Dickey, and C. L. Sonnichsen. Border Patrol: With the U.S. Immigration Services on the Mexican Boundary, 1910-54. El Paso:
Texas Western Press, 1978.
Sonnichsen, C. L. Colonel Green and the Copper Skyrocket. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1974.
-----. Cowboys and Cattle Kings: Life on the Range Today. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1950.
-----. El Paso Salt War, 1877. El Paso, TX: C. Hertzog, 1961.
Sonnichsen, C. L. and Nancy Hamilton. Final Harvest: And Other Convictions and Opinions. El Paso, TX: Texas Western Press, 1991.
Sonnichsen, C. L. From Hopalong to Hud: Thoughts on Western Fiction. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1978.
-----. From Rattlesnakes to Road Agents: Rough Times on the Frio. Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 1985.
-----. Geronimo and the End of the Apache Wars. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1986.
-----. The Grave of John Wesley Hardin: Three Essays on Grassroots History.
College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1979.
-----. I'll Die Before I'll Run. New York: Harper, 1951.
-----. Laughing West: Humorous Western Fiction Past and Present: An Anthology. Athens: Swallow Press/Ohio University Press, 1988.
Dedera, Don, and C. L. Sonnichsen. A Little War of Our Own: the Pleasant Valley Feud Revisited. Flagstaff, AZ: Northland, Press, 1988.
Sonnichsen, C. L. Mescalero Apaches. The Civilization of the American Indian Series, 51. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1958.
-----. One For the Road: Recollections of a Wayfaring Scholar. TMs., 1985.
-----. Outlaw: Bill Mitchell, Alias Baldy Russell, His Life and Times. Denver: Sage Books, 1965.
-----. Pass of the North: Four Centuries on the Rio Grande, v. 1. El Paso: Texas Western Press, 1968.
-----. Pass of the North: Four Centuries on the Rio Grande, v. 2. El Paso: Texas Western Press, 1980.
-----. Pilgrim in the Sun: A Southwestern Omnibus. El Paso: Texas Western Press, 1988.
-----. Pioneer Heritage: The First Century of the Arizona Historical Society. Tucson: Arizona Historical Society, 1984.
Williams, Oscar Waldo, Samuel Dales Myres, C. L. Sonnichsen, Carl Hertzog and Jose Cisneros. Pioneer Surveyor, Frontier Lawyer: A Personal Narrative of O. W. Williams, 1877-1902. El Paso: Texas Western Press, 1966.
Sonnichsen, C. L. Roy Bean: Law West of the Pecos. New York: Macmillan, 1943.
-----. San Agustin: First Cathedral Church in Arizona. Tucson: Arizona Historical Society, 1974.
-----. Southwest in Life and Literature: A Pageant in Seven Parts. New York: Devin- Adair, 1962.
-----. Southwest: The Record in Books. El Paso, TX, 1961.
Sonnichsen, C. L. and Millard G. McKinney. State National Since 1881: The Pioneer Bank of El Paso. El Paso: Texas Western Press, 1971.
Sonnichsen, C. L. Ten Texas Feuds. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico
Press, 1957.
-----. Texas Humoresque: One Star Humorists From Then Till Now: An Anthology. Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 1990.
-----. Tucson: The Life and Times of an American City. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1982.
-----. Tularosa: Last of the Frontier West. New York: Devin-Adair Co., 1960.
Parker, Morris.
Sonnichsen, C. L., ed. White Oaks. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1971.
APPENDIX A
Timeline
1901 C. L. Sonnichsen born in Fonda, Iowa
1903 Family moved to the farm in Hancock, Minnesota
1910 Family moved into Hancock where his father was a mail carrier
1916 Graduated from 8th grade
1916 (October) Sonnichsen family moved to Wadena, Minnesota
1920 Graduated from Wadena High School
1924 Graduated with BA in English from the University of Minnesota
1924 Assistant Master at the St. James School (Faribault, Minnesota)
1927 Graduated with MA from Harvard
1927 Carnegie Institute of Technology Instructor
1931 Graduated with Ph.D. from Harvard in English Philology
1931 Associate Professor of English at Texas College of Mines and Metallurgy
1933 Married Augusta Jones
1933 Professor and Chairman of the Department of English
1936 Visiting Professor of English at University of Texas at Austin
1938 Visiting Professor of English at University of Texas at Austin
1950 Divorced
1956 Married Carol Wade
1960 Dean of the Graduate School
1972 H.Y. Benedict Professor of English
1972 Professor Emeritus
1972 Retired from UTEP
1972 Senior Editor for the Journal of Arizona History
1976 Retired as editor
1991 Died
1992 Last book published posthumously
1994 Special Collections Department at the University of Texas at El Paso dedicated
to him
APPENDIX B
Partial list of Awards, prizes, honors:
1931 Bowdoin Prize, Harvard
1948 Rocefeller fellowship
1956 Grant - Huntington Library
1969 Friends of Dallas Publication Library Award (Texas Institute of Letters)
1971 Minnie Stevens Piper Professorship, UTEP
1972 First Annual Faculty Research Award, UTEP
1972 Standard Oil of Indiana Outstanding Teacher Award
1975 Wrangler Award, Cowboy Hall of Fame (best biography)
1975, 1977 Spur Award, Western Writers of America
1975 Little Joe Award, Westerners International
1976 Award of Merit, Western Historical Association
1979 Award of Merit, Association for State and Local History
1980 Golden Saddleman Award, Western Writers of America
Partial list of Memberships
Western Writers of America
Texas Institute of Letters
Western History Association
Texas State Historical Association
Arizona Historical Society
El Paso County Historical Society
Texas Folklore Society
New Mexico Folklore Society
Southwestern American Literature Association
National Outlaw and Lawman Association
English Westerners
Tucson Westerners (Adobe Corral)
Alpha Chi (honorary, scholarship)
Scabbard and Blade
Order of American Historians
Western American Literatyre Association
El Paso Westerners
Tucson Literary Club
Lambda Alpha Psi
MATERIALS REMOVED LIST
El Paso Area Fact Book, El Paso Industrial Development Corp., El Paso Chamber of Commerce 1968
Downtown El Paso Agenda for Action, El Paso Comprehensive Plan 1976, Dept. of Planning, Research and Development- City of El Paso
The General Park and Recreation Program lower valley Planning Area 1975-1990, Department of Planning, Research and Development 1976
Community Facilities Inventory- City and County, Department of Planning, Recreation and Development, July 1977
El Paso Park and Recreation Plan 1978-2000, Department of Planning Recreation and Development 1978
The 51st, 52nd, and 53rd Annual Report 1976, 1977, 1978, El Paso City Plan Commission and Department of Planning, Recreation and Development
Community Facilities Report, El Paso Comprehensive Plan 1978, Department of Planning, Recreation and Development
Population Report, El Paso Comprehensive Plan 1978, Department of Planning, Recreation and Development
Land Use Plan- NW Planning Area (2 copies), El Paso Comprehensive Plan 1979, Department of Planning, Recreation, and Development
El Paso Business Location Information 1979-80, El Paso Area Fact Book, Chamber of Commerce
Capital Improvements 1979-1981 Department of Planning, Recreation and Development, December 1979
El Paso Economic Review 1965-1976
El Paso Chamber of Commerce Action for 1965 program of Work and Leadership Directory
El Paso School News April 14, 1965
Superintendent's Report- El Paso Public Schools 1965, 1961, 1962, 1964
Report from Texas Western College 1963, 1965
The Flowsheet years 1928, 1946, 1958, 1962, 1965-1967
Our Spanish Heritage- Jose Cisneros, Carl Hertzog
The Opinion Jan. 1967, Feb. 1967, Dec. 1966
Language As a Lively Art: Student Exercise Manual by Ray Past 1970
Microfilm:
The Sunday Herald Sept. 6, 1883- Nov. 9 1894?
El Paso Daily Herald Jan. 2, 1890-June 4, 1890
El Paso Daily Herald June 5, 1890; June 28, 1890
El Paso Herald Nov. 22, 1881; The Sunday Herald, Nov. 2, 1884
Fr. Francisco Ayeta 1684 Carta al Rey Sobre los misciones del norte Independent (Spanish)
Mesilla News Feb. 21, 1874-June 10, 1882 book 69 Roll 15
Mesilla Independent, State Historical Society Denver, Colorado
Mesilla-Valley-Independent Year of 1877 and 1878
Rio Grande Republican May 25, 1889 to Dec. 25, 1891
Rio Grande Republican May 27, 1882 to May 19, 1883
Rio Grande Republican May 26, 1883 to May 12, 1888; Sept. 15, 1888 to Sept. 22, 1888
Handwritten text