Oñate, Juan de, 1549?-1624

Manuscripts (including The Last Conquistador: Juan De Oñate and the Settling of the Far Southwest), page proofs, correspondence, and Simmons’ collection of ephemera related to the photographer Craig Varjebedian. Original file titles appear in quotation marks.

The following donated material pertains to the 400th anniversary of the founding of New Mexico by Juan de Oñate and the subsequent controversy that followed the presentation of the Oñate statue. Material consists of various newspapers, newspaper clippings, manuscript of “Spanish Pathways”, a poster and other information on the Galisto Basin Photography Project, and a collection of index cards with book information on Simmons’ personal library.

Material includes samples of Spanish language newspapers of New Mexico, newspapers and other promotional and advertisement publications dealing with architecture of the region, and other aspects of regional culture such as art, religion, and folk crafts. Also includes drafts of newspaper columns written by Simmons on John Houser, sculptor of El Paso's Juan de Orñate statue, other Houser material, and a DVD The Last Conquistador: An Artist, A Dream, A Nightmare about the Orñate sculptor.