The University of New Mexico
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| Title | José A. Rivera Pictorial Collection | |
| Dates (Inclusive) | 1897-2013 | |
| Collector | Rivera, José A., 1944- | |
| Abstract | The collection contains photographs compiled by University of New Mexico professor José A. Rivera while researching mutual aid societies and irrigation systems in the Southwest. | |
| Collection Number | PICT 000-587 | |
| Size | 3 boxes (184 photographic prints, 9 slides, 1586 digital image files) | |
| Location | B2. Shelved by Pictorial Number. Oversize box shelved in Big Box location by Pictorial Number. | |
| Repository | University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research | |
José A. Rivera is an Emeritus Professor of Community and Regional Planning at the School of Architecture and Planning, University of New Mexico. He holds an M.S.W. from Brandeis University (1970) and earned a Ph.D. from Brandeis University in Social Policy in 1972. He taught at UNM from 1982-2016 and served as Director of the Southwest Hispanic Research Institute from 1982-1994. His courses at UNM included Rural Community Development, the Practice of Policy Development and topics courses in Water Resources Planning. In the area of research, he specialized in the study of irrigation communities of New Mexico, Colorado, and Texas, and for a comparative perspective he also conducted field work on the acequias of Spain, Mexico, Peru, and the zanjeras of Ilocos Norte in the Philippines. He authored many publications that resulted from this work, as well as a book and journal articles about mutualista societies of the Southwest. From 2010-2014, he served as Secretario Superior of the Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos, a tri-state mutual aid society with local councils in Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah.
The collection contain photographs compiled by University of New Mexico professor José A. Rivera while researching two separate projects. The photographs from the first project document mutual aid societies. The photographs from the second project document the history, maintenance, usage, and social impact of agricultural irrigation systems in the Southwest.
The 2017 addition builds on these projects with photographs gathered for the publication La Sociedad: Guardians of Hispanic culture along the Río Grande focusing on the Sociedad Proteccion Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos (SPMDTU; also, Society for the Mutual Protection of United Workers.) This accession also includes a set of digital photographs about acequias in New Mexico, arranged by place and theme.
Selections of the Jose A. Rivera Collection are available online via New Mexico Digital Collections .
The collection is open for research.
Duplication of print and photographic material is allowed only for educational and research purposes. User is responsible for copyright compliance. For more information see the Photographs and Images Research Guide and contact the Pictorial Archivist..
José A. Rivera Pictorial Collection (PICT 000-587), University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research
Original accession was processed in 2007.
In 2017, an addition including digital images and photographs from the 2010 publication La Sociedad was processed.
Pictorial material separated from the José A. Rivera Papers.
Agriculture -- New Mexico -- Pictorial works
Dams -- New Mexico -- Pictorial works
Fraternal organizations - Southwestern states - Pictorial works
Hispanic Americans - Pictorial works
Irrigation -- Social aspects -- Southwest -- Pictorial works
Irrigation ditches and flumes -- New Mexico -- Pictorial works
Sociedad Proteccion Mutual de Trabajadores Unidos -- Pictorial works
Water use -- New Mexico -- Pictorial works
Water-supply -- New Mexico -- Pictorial works
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Bernalillo, Colfax, Doña Ana, Lincoln Counties, New Mexico undated |
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Mora County, New Mexico undated |
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Rio Arriba County, New Mexico undated |
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San Juan and San Miguel Counties, New Mexico undated |
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Sandoval County, New Mexico undated |
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Santa Fe County, New Mexico undated |
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Sierra and Socorro Counties, New Mexico undated |
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Taos and Valencia Counties, New Mexico/Colorado undated |
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Miscellaneous 1935-1979 Irrigation ditch, Las Huertas Valley, Parijito Springs site, ditch at Las Trampas, etc. |
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Contact sheets undated |
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Slides undated |
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Photos of girls in white dresses under sign "Sociedad Literaria: Ayuda Mutua De Pecos, N.M." (undated); Funeral under sign of Sociedad Mutualista Jose Maria Morelos, Clifton Arizona (undated); Sociedad Mutualista Jose Maria Morelos receipts for funeral and membership to Jose Maria Acosta, Clifton Arizona(1913,1914), Slides of badge of Union Catolica de San Jose, Springer, New Mexico and facsimile of badge envelope (undated); color photo of 16 de Septiembre illustration by Compañia de Seguros Sobre la Vida, de Nueva York (undated) |
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Photos from La Sociedad including SPMDTU councils, individuals and buildings, primarily in New Mexico 1993-2010
SPMDTU locations include Antonito (Co.), Capulin (Co.), Cerro (N.M.), Chama (Co.), Costilla (N.M.), El Rito (N.M.), La Garita (Co.), Metcalf (Ariz.), Nambe (N.M.), Ojo Caliente (N.M.), Taos (N.M.) Also included is the the Alanzo Hispano Americana in Clifton (Ariz.) |
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Digital images on compact discs 1999-2013
Acequia photos, New Mexico. 1999-2008 Disc 1: Algodones, Arroyo Seco, Cerro, Chacon, Chamita, Chupadero, Cleveland, Corrales, Cuchilla and Desmontes Disc 2: El Guique, Golondrinas, Hernandez, Holman, Jemez, La Cienega, La Cueva, Ja Joya Disc 3: Lake Morphy, Las Trampas, Monticello, Mora, Placitas, Ponderosa, Rainsville, Rio de la Casa Disc 4: San Antonio de Padua, San Luis, Talpa, Taos, Vadito Disc 5: Valdez, and photographs by Paul Logsdon and other photographers Acequia photos, New mexico. 2009 - 2012 Disc 6: Corrales acequia, January 2012; El Rito acequias, September 2009; Embudo watershed, April 2011; Rio Hondo landscapes, July 2010 Acequia Topics and Themes. 2006 - 2013 Disc 7: Acequia Blessings and Rituals, Acequia Flumes, Acequia Limpia (cleaning) Disc 8: Acequia Presas y Compuertas (dams and gates) |
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San Miguel, Mora, Rio Arriba and Taos Counties, New Mexico 1986 |
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undated, 1900
2 unidentified aerial views, workers digging, bridge covered in ice, and a hand-painted print of Celedonio Mondragón and wife Maria Elena Casias. Caption reads: "S.P.M.D.T.U. Fue Fundada por el honorable Celodonio Mondragon el 26, du Nov, 1900" Big Box location |
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