Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-01-19

customs forms 81 official procedure.
census returns in Zine. almost every
thing necessary for the study ol The
lives. manners. routine dress ana daily
occupations of the people during "a
period IN more chan two centuries.
/ The viii of General De Vargas ex-
Iemplfied in many ways the picture of
|offical lIfe al Santa re, the manners
of dress. the home ife. the use 81
elaborate plate the wearing Of re-
splendent Iewcrv Che affection be-
slowed upon his inmates, all are found
in this notable document
"On February 4. 1854 the territor-
ial assembly memorialized congress.
recitng that the archives were in a
ruined condition, documents Of great
/ Importance being exposed and in dan
ger Of complete destruction that the
territory was without means to care
for them and asking for an appropria-
ton Of 81 500 for their care and trans
llaiion into the English language Conf
gross did nothing Even the Palace
Of the Governors was at that time in
such poor repair" according 20 the
governor, that it was no fit place
for the sessions of the assembly
Vain appeal was made by success
siye administrations and meanwhile
many Of them disappeared, and during
the administration Of Governor Pyle,
4 il is said. many We're carried off In
Ia measure, this Is true, but they We're
not destroyed, as nearly all Of them
found their way into private. collec-
lions in Santa Ne and elsewhere i
was not until the administration Of
/ Gov. l.. Bradford Prince, that the leg
islative assembly appropriated $4,000
4 for cataloeing numbering, indexing
binding ana translating these archives
4 Adolph II. Bandelier was employed for
the purpose, but it seems the work
was never finished beyond the max
ing Of list of 1914 archives chrome
logically arranged. The archives mar
rowly escaped fire when the first
capitol was burned in 1892 and upon
{ the completion Of the new capitol
these documents were transferred to
tho office Of the territorial secretary
and finally arbitrarily removed TO thu
/ library OF congress at Washington
Hero this great collection rs stored
consisting approximately Of 10000
documents, 10000 in manuscript con
I tanning from one to two hundred TO
los and 10000 printed mostly from
one to four folios. These document
have been arranged chronOlogicnlly
the sheets have been cleansed, pressed
free of creases and stored flat The
manuscripts are in $50 hair leather
portfolios, the printed material ha'
been. In part, repaired, mounted and
hound in half-omorocco folio volumes
The unmounted portion is stored tlat
IN manila jackets.
"The autos Of Don Antonio dc Dter-
min. governor and captain general
and the Discnlpa OF Alonza Garcia
lieutenant general. translations OF
which are given consisting Of the rec
ord of events uanspirine at the time
OF the Pueblo rebellion which has
been available for this publication
Thera are still autos Of Otermin ii
the archives IN the city Of Mexico
THOSE appearing here, SO far as th'
writer knows, have not heretofore
'hcon published in the English Ian
\ guage.a
Colonel Twltchell gays modestly
"This compilation has been undertake
en- with tire wow 60 furnishing infor
nation graphically and accurately e
In. ls.l IL al
Now Mcxiao The cost of publication
HAS been borne iu part by the state.
Ia conclusion he takes "a fling at thu
carpng critics and here and Their
throughout the volumes may be
found rcfutauon of assertions ans
CRITICISMS made by so-called histor
ians who have failed to go to thu
original source for their Information
or have failed TO grasp the real sig
Inlflcance of events.
The more than ,200 pages Of tn
two volumes must be examined full,
10 make fair estimate Of the far
reaching tenor Of their contents TIL
index. perhaps, gives as good an idc'
I of the wealth of material 20 be foun,
| IN TIE tNllNlldAlhll hHh III lAH'Ai O.
proof of the thoroughness of tn
work. which was a labor of love an'
| patriotism.
The Illustrations are a feature o
the two volumes and are beautifully
printed on tinted paper The fronts
piece OF the first volume Is a picture
Of the Palace Of the Governors at san
"a Fe as recently restored. Many in
toresting portraits and fac-simile sig
natures nre 20 be found among thu
pictures and arc from Colonel Twitch
cll's personal collection which is tn
most noteworthy in the southwest
The typography of the volume lift
them above the average production
of the hookmaker's art and makes tn
! two volumes q 10y TO the eyes of tn
! hibliophile II Colonel Twitcholl ha,
not already established his fame al
historian i'm his previous publica
) tions. these two monumental volume
would assure him a permanent plac
among literat not only OF New MeXi
co. but OF the nation.