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List of Speakers and Topics by Centuries

17th century

“Leadership in the Pueblo Revolt” Beninato

“Diego de Vargas and the Recolonization of New Mexico” Hendricks

“Church and State in Eighteenth Century New Mexico” Hendricks

“Indian Land Tenure in New Mexico” Hendricks

 

18th century

“La Cienega as a Microcosm of New Mexico History” Beninato

“Spain and United States Independence” Chavez

“Church and State in Eighteenth Century New Mexico” Hendricks

“Spanish Colonial Agriculture in New Mexico” Hendricks

“Indian Land Tenure in New Mexico” Hendricks

“The Zorro Syndrome: The Judicial System in Spanish Colonial New Mexico” Torrez

“Voices from the Past: New Mexico's History and People as Viewed Through its Spanish, Mexican and Territorial Archives” Torrez

 

19th century

1800-1865

“Cultures in Conflict: Mexican New Mexico v. the United States” Hendricks

“Eastern Views of Western Women” Andrews
“Johnny Gringo in New Mexico: Kearny, Doniphan, et al, 1846-1848” Bloom

“New Mexico and the Mexican War, 1846-1848” Bloom

“Doña Tules Barcelo – Famous Gambling Hall Queen of Santa Fe” Moore

“Susan Shelby Magoffin – First Anglo Woman down the Santa Fe Trail and into New Mexico” Moore

“Kit Carson and Lucien Maxwell: Compadres” Zimmer

“The First Generation of the Historical Society of New Mexico, 1859-1863” Stevenson
“The Civil War in New Mexico” Taylor
“The Battle of Valverde” Taylor
“The Battle of Glorieta Pass” Taylor
“Voices from the Past: New Mexico's History and People as Viewed Through its Spanish, Mexican and Territorial Archives” Torrez

 

1866-1900

“Law and Order in Territorial New Mexico, 1850-1912” Bullis
“Outlaws, Crime and Punishment in America’s Old West” Bullis
“The Santa Fe Ring: Gilded Age Politics in Old New Mexico” Caffey

"New Mexico Short Line Railroads" Friedman
"State and Territorial Railroad Law" Friedman

"Railroads of Santa Fe County" Friedman
“Bronco Bill and the Belen Train Robbery of 1898” Harden
“Apaches, Buffalo Soldiers, and Lost Gold: The Story of Hembrillo, An Apache Battlefield of the Victorio War” Laumbach

“When History, Legend, and Archaeology Meet: Case Studies From Southern New Mexico” Laumbach

“Hispanic Settlement of Sierra County Conditions” Laumbach

“John Becker, Belen Merchant” McDonald
“Westward Ho! The Lives of the Women Who Headed West (as seen through their diaries and letters)” Moore

“The Museum and Collections of the Historical Society of New Mexico, 1885-1930” Stevenson
“Crime and Punishment During New Mexico's 'Wild West' Period” Torrez

“Voices from the Past: New Mexico's History and People as Viewed Through its Spanish, Mexican and Territorial Archives” Torrez

“Historic Structures of Socorro, New Mexico” Wilson

“Revolution by Rail: the Coming of the AT&SF Railroad” Wilson

“Rails Out of the Past (The C&TS Railroad)” Wilson

“The Colfax County War“ Zimmer

 

General

“New Mexico Peace Officers Killed in the Line of Duty” Bullis

"New Mexico Short Line Railroads" Friedman
"State and Territorial Railroad Law" Friedman

"Railroads of Santa Fe County" Friedman
“Belen History” McDonald
 

20th century

1900-1920

“Hiram Hadley and the Origin of New Mexico's Land Grant College” Andrews
“Creating Higher Education for Women in New Mexico” Andrews
“The Museum and Collections of the Historical Society of New Mexico, 1885-1930” Stevenson
“Old Bullfrog and El Toro: The Real Story Behind the Founding of the Museum of New Mexico” Stevenson
“Law and Order in Territorial New Mexico, 1850-1912” Bullis
“New Mexico's Struggle for Statehood Featuring Political Cartoons Before 1912 Concerning New Mexico's Image” Melzer

“Camp Furlong, Columbus, New Mexico, 1912-1926” Deuble
“The Pancho Villa Raid and the U.S. Military Response, March 9, 1916” Deuble
“First Aero Squadron, U.S. Army Signal Corps at Camp Furlong” Deuble
"The Creation of the Motor Transport Division/Quartermaster Corps - Camp Furlong 1916" Deuble
“Unique Legacy: Camp Furlong Benchmarks, 1916-1917” Deuble
“John Becker, Belen Merchant” McDonald
"Rockets Over Roswell"  Hall

1921-1939

“Gene Rhodes’s New Mexico” Caffey
“Will James: The Artist, the Writer, and the Cowboy” Zimmer

 “The Voice of the Great Southwest: Ralph W. Goddard and KOB Radio” Andrews
“The Ocean to Ocean Highway (U.S. 60): New Mexico's Other Historic Highway” Wilson

“The Indian New Deal in the Southwest” Beninato

“The Civilian Conservation Corps in New Mexico, 193-42” Melzer

“Carrie Tingley and Katherine O’Connor – Founder of the Carrie Tingley Children’s Hospital and the Director of the Albuquerque Little Theater” Moore

"Rockets Over Roswell"  Hall
 

1940-1949

“World War II and New Mexico’s State College: Coeds at War” Andrews
“World War II and New Mexico’s State College: Aggies in the Pacific” Andrews
“New Mexico’s Critical Contributions to Shortening World War II in the Pacific Theater” Bartlit
“Cultural Conflicts When Sons of the Land of Enchantment Met Sons of the Land of the Rising Sun” Bartlit
“The Navajo Code Talkers’ Indispensable Role in the Pacific Theatre and How Coded Language Continues to Pervade Our Lives” Bartlit
“Life in the Santa Fe Internment Camp for Males of Japanese Descent—Its Ironies and Challenges When Remembering Part of Santa Fe’s History” Bartlit
“How New Mexico Impacted the Successful Development of the Manhattan Project” Bartlit
“Ernie Pyle's New Mexico, 1935-1945” Melzer

“The Problems with Security at Los Alamos during World War II.” Melzer
 

Since 1950

“Salt of the Earth: The Strike, the Film and Its Meaning for New Mexico” Myers

“The UFO Incident in Socorro, 1964” Harden

“Land Grants and Water Rights: Fighting Words in the 21st Century” Beninato

“Making New Mexico Modern: The Political History of the 1960s” Myers

“Bruce King: A Man for all Political Seasons” Myers
“Space Pioneers: New Mexico’s Role in Sending Men to the Moon” Hall
“In Spaceflight Humanly Possible?: Historic Answers from Holloman” Hall
 

General

“Historic Structures of Socorro, New Mexico” Wilson

“Rails Out of the Past (The C&TS Railroad)” Wilson

“New Mexico Peace Officers Killed in the Line of Duty” Bullis
“Hiking Apacheria” Eagan

“Apache Encounters – Grant County” Eagan

“The Extreme Southeast: Lea County in New Mexico History” Harris
“Apache Land: From Those Who Lived It (The Art and Oral Historical Record of Keith Humphries)” Laumbach

“Belen History” McDonald
 

General

“La Cañada Alamosa: A Prehistoric Frontier in West-Central New Mexico” Laumbach

“Significant Personalities in New Mexico History Since 1540” Bullis

History of New Mexico Chavez

“Spain and United States Independence” Chavez

“History & Literature of the Southwest” Harris
“History & The Literature of New Mexico” Harris
“History & Folklore of the Southwest” Harris
“The Sephardic Legacy in New Mexico: A History of the Crypto-Jews” Hordes

“Matanzas: The Traditional Hispanic Custom of Killing a Pig” McDonald
“Traditional Hispanic Foods of Lent” McDonald
“Famous and Unusual Graves in New Mexico's History” Melzer

“Catholicism in Central New Mexico” Taylor

 

Genealogy - Family History

"DNA - Genetic Genealogy" Dardashti

"Social Media for 21st-Century Genealogists: How it can advance YOUR research" Dardashti

"Jewish Research" Dardashti

"Sephardic Research" Dardashti

"Creating Online Ancestral Communities" Dardashti

 

 

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