Varjebedian, Craig

Scope and Contents

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.

Abstract The Marc Simmons Accessions contain over 300 boxes of material documenting the history of New Mexico. Simmons was an authority on Spanish Colonial New Mexico, the Santa Fe Trail, the life and times of Kit Carson, and Spanish documentary records. Much of his original research can be found in these accessions. Simmons Research Award - Texas State students who conduct research in the Simmons archive and present a paper on that topic at an academic...