Finding Aid of the France V. Scholes Pictorial Collection, 1890-1979

University of New Mexico, University Libraries, Center for Southwest Research

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Collection Summary

Title France V. Scholes Pictorial Collection
Dates (Inclusive) 1890-1979
Creator Scholes, France Winton, 1897-1979
Abstract The collection consists of photographs, postcards, photomechanical prints, and a scrapbook, ranging in date from 1910 to circa 1970s. The bulk of the collection is related to France V. Scholes, his family, and his time in Mexico.
Collection Number PICT 000-360
Size 2 boxes (59 photographic prints, 21 photomechanical prints, 1 scrapbook, 7 postcards)
Location B2. Shelved by Pictorial Number.
Repository Center for Southwest Research, University of New Mexico

Biography

France Vinton Scholes was born in Bradford, Illinois, in 1897. He received his degrees from Harvard University. A tuberculosis patient, he came to Albuquerque in 1924. Regaining his health, he taught history at UNM off and on from 1924-1945, and regularly from 1946-1970. In between he received funding to search for colonial documents in the archives of Spain and Mexico, finding many for the history of New Mexico. In addition, he worked for the Library of Congress copying documents in the archives of Mexico. He also headed the Carnegie Post-Columbian History Section and searched for Yucatan and Maya documents in the archives of Spain, Mexico, and Yucatan. The results of these archival searches are evident in his writings and in this collection. In 1946, he was a UNM professor of History, Dean of the Graduate School, and the first Academic Vice President. In 1956, he asked to be relieved of administrative duties but continued to teach until retiring in 1970. He continued studying Mexico and Cortes in the archives and was a Visiting Professor of History at Tulane University until his death in 1979. A devoted scholar and teacher, he discovered many key documents in the archives, published countless historical pieces, and inspired two generations of new scholars in all three areas of his interest

Scope and Content

The collection consists of photographs, postcards, photomechanical prints, and a scrapbook, ranging in date from circa 1890 to circa 1970s. The bulk of the collection is related to France V. Scholes, his family, and his time in Mexico. The first part of the collection includes photographs of France V. Scholes, his family, and his friends. The second part of the collection is almost entirely related to Mexico, including photos from the Scholes' 1927 trip to Mexico; photomechanical prints from a 1910 travel booklet on Mexico; 1964 photos of a model of the buildings of Tenochtitlan; unidentified scenes; and postcards of Mexico. The scrapbook includes photos of the Scholes' 1927 trip to Mexico, photomechanical prints of Mexican images, postcards, some by Hugo Brehme, and ephemera; along with brief written accounts by Lillith Scholes and a newspaper article written by F. V. Scholes

Restrictions

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Copy Restrictions

Duplication of print and photographic material is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for copyright compliance. For more information see the Photographs and Images Research Guide and contact the Pictorial Archivist.

Preferred Citation

France V. Scholes Pictorial Collection (PICT 000-360), Center for Southwest Research, University of New Mexico

Separated Material

Material separated from the France V. Scholes Papers.

Access Terms

Brehme, Hugo

Church buildings -- Mexico -- Photographs

Guadalupe, Our Lady of -- Photographs

Mexico -- Description and travel

Mexico City (Mexico) -- Photographs

Photomechanical prints

Postcards

Scholes, France Vinton, 1897- -- Photographs

Scrapbooks

Templo Mayor (Mexico City, Mexico)-- Photographs

Content List

Description Container

000-360-0001 
France and Lillith standing next to three unidentified individuals in front of a house  circa 1920s
Box 1 Folder 1

000-360-0002 
Portrait of France Scholes  circa 1940s
Box 1 Folder 1

000-360-0003 
France Scholes standing under a portal smoking a cigarette  1954
Box 1 Folder 1

000-360-0004 
France Scholes and Sir Eric J. Thompson seated at dining room table in Scholes' home  circa 1960s
Box 1 Folder 1

000-360-0005 
Photo with France Scholes and Sir Eric J. Thompson seated in foreground, Lady Thompson and RS in the background  circa 1960s
Box 1 Folder 1

000-360-0006 
France Scholes sitting in a chair reading  1973
Box 1 Folder 1

000-360-0007 
France Scholes, J. Benedict Warren, and G. Michael Riley posing in commencement robes and hoods  1963
Box 1 Folder 1

000-360-0008 
Portrait of France Scholes  circa 1960s
Box 1 Folder 1

000-360-0009 
Group portrait of R. Greenleaf, J. Benedict Warren, Donald Chipman, Dave Warren, Michael C. Meyer, G. Michael Riley, and France Scholes  1971
Box 1 Folder 1

000-360-0010 
Lillith Scholes posing in front of a rosebush  circa 1920s
Box 1 Folder 1

000-360-0011 
Lillith and Mary Ann Scholes standing on a wooden bridge  circa 1920s
Box 1 Folder 1

000-360-0012 
Lillith and Mary Ann Scholes standing sitting beside a river in Mexico  circa 1920s
Box 1 Folder 1

000-360-0013 
Mary Ann and unidentified man  circa 1920s
Box 1 Folder 1

000-360-0014 
Scholes' grandchildren Jonathan and Lisa at the Cacique's house  1967
Box 1 Folder 1

000-360-0015 
Portrait of an unidentified man  circa 1890
Box 1 Folder 1

000-360-0016 
Group portrait of men seated at a banquet table. Dr. Henderson, a relative of Lillith Scholes is identified in the photo  circa 1890
Box 1 Folder 1

000-360-0017 
Photograph of two boys on the beach  circa 1920s
Box 1 Folder 1

000-360-0018 
Man identified as Alfred standing next to a car  circa 1930s
Box 1 Folder 1

000-360-0019 
Two women seated on steps in front of a house, one of whom is Clara Henderson, cousin of Lillith  circa 1900s
Box 1 Folder 1

000-360-0020 
Two children seated on a chair  circa 1960s
Box 1 Folder 1

000-360-0022 
Unidentified commencement  circa 1960s
Box 1 Folder 1

000-360-0023 
Group portait in the woods  circa 1920s
Box 1 Folder 1

Mexico Trip: Identifed and unidentified photos of places and people in Mexico  1927

Includes bullfighting in Mexico City, cathedrals and churches in Mexico City and Puebla, Nuestra Senora de Guadalajara, markets, monasteries and travelers to the Yucatan Peninusla, Izamal, Xochimilco, Postcard of Casa de Montejo in Mérida, Teotihuacan, Club Mérida and Hotel Itza, cathedral at Mérida, Templo de Santiago, Zacatecas Cathedral, and business cards including Restaurant Mitla.

Box 1 Folder 2

Mexican Travel Images made for Charles H.Gate Tours  1910

Loose pages from a booklet, printed travel images of México for Charles H. Gates Tours, Toledo, Ohio, Percy S. Cox, Photographer, 1910. Images have an accompanying numbered page divider identifying the print. Including Chapultepec Castle, Old Church, Guadalupe Church, (Mexico City) Cathedral, Street Market, Street Scenes, Floating Gardens, Guanajuato, Lake Chapala, Popocatepetl, Guadalajara Plaza, Bull Fighting, Cholula Pyramid, Teotihuacan Ruins, Tlaxcala, Cleveland Chamber of Commerce Group Photo, and a page showing Gates Company travel scenes, by railroad or steamship, and company leaders, Mr. Gates, H.C. Dennison, S.C. Comstock, A.R. Honberger, and E.J. Tippett.
Box 1 Folder 3

Tenochtitlan, Mexico City, Mexico: Photos of the model of the Templo Mayor and surrounding buildings in Tenochtitlan  1963
Box 1 Folder 4

Unidentified Scenic Photos  undated
Box 1 Folder 5

Postcards, Photomechanical Prints: copies of postcards and photomechanical print of Zacataecas  1916, 1927-1950

Originals moved to PICT 995-027, Box 4
Box 1 Folder 6

Lillian Scholes' scrapbook of their trip to Mexico  1927

Contains photos of the Scholes family and friends in México, photos and clippings of local life in the towns they visited, postcards, lottery tickets, business cards, and a hand written account of sailing aboard the steamer Leerdam to Vera Cruz. The areas named in the photos include Atoya, Ver., Coyoacan, Cuernavaca, Ixtaccihuatl, Metlac, Ver., Mitla, Oax., Orizaba, Popocatepetl, Puebla, Querétaro, Taxco, Tamazopo, S.L.P., Tlachiqueros, Vera Cruz, the Zacatacas Cathedral, and various scenes from in and around Mexico City, such as the Cathedral, Palacio Nacional, Zocalo, Independence Column, Juárez Monument, Casino Español, Casa de Condes de Santiago, Basílica of Virgin of Guadalupe, and Ozcapolpaca (Noche Triste).

Box 2