Date
1999 – 2008 Bulk date(s)
June 6 1999 – September 5 2000 Date(s) broadcast
September – November 2015 Date(s) of record-keeping activity
Extent
7 document boxes
Administrative/Biographical History
Dr. Tey Marianna Nunn is a former Curator of Contemporary Hispano and Latino collections at the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe. She received her Ph.D. in Latin American Studies from the University of New Mexico.
Scope and Content
The Sin Nombre: Hispana and Hispano Artists of the New Deal Era Collection gives a historical overview of New Mexican artists during the New Deal Era and Dr. Tey Marianna Nunn’s work to recover these lost voices and their artwork through an exhibition and subsequent publication.
The Research Series includes articles on New Deal Era art from around the country as well as a more narrow focus on the Work Projects Administration’s cultural initiatives in New Mexico through articles, pamphlets, and correspondence.
The Exhibition Series, the strength of the collection, details artists’ biographies, event programming and outreach, images of the artists and their works, the exhibit book, critical reception of the exhibition, the supplemental website and photo albums and guest books. This series contains correspondence, event programs, photographs, clippings of press releases, and a CD archive of the online website’s files.
The Publication Series includes articles and a book that Dr. Tey Marianna Nunn published as a result of her research on the subject matter. Photocopies of her captions and pictures that she used in her manuscript are also available. Correspondence demonstrates the positive reception by the general public.
Contents List
Research Series
Box 1, Folder 1: New Deal Art in New Mexico with a focus on New Deal Art Restoration in the state and the development of a New Deal Task Force.
Box 1, Folder 2: Article, “WPA Museum Extension Project for MNM” (1938)
Box 1, Folder 3: Article, “Gifts from WPA Projects” (1943)
Box 1, Folder 4: Articles, “Hispanic People of the Rio Grande” (1942) and “Spanish Colonial Life” (1977)
Box 1, Folder 5: Santa Fe New Mexican articles on Spanish Colonial Arts (1930s)
Box 1, Folder 6: Articles and Correspondence on Civilian Conservation Corps Camps and their legacy
Box 1, Folder 7: Articles and Correspondence on Tinware Collection at Bandolier National Monument
Box 1, Folder 8: Article, “Three R’s at El Rito” and the Spanish Normal American School (1945)
Box 1, Folder 9: Article, “Santa Fe’s Native Market” (1936)
Box 1, Folder 10: Photographs, Post-WPA Vocational School
Box 1, Folder 11: Articles on WPA Painters
Box 1, Folder 12: Articles and notes on WPA era furniture
Box 1, Folder 13: “Portfolio of Spanish Colonial Design” (1938)
Box 1, Folder 14: Press article on Women’s Tales from the New Mexico WPA
Box 1, Folder 15: Correspondence on the New Mexico Federal Theater Project
Box 1, Folder 16: Notes on WPA Hispanic artists in Colorado
Box 1, Folder 17: Report, “Culture of a Contemporary Rural Community” in El Cerrito, New Mexico.
Box 1, Folder 18: Reports and notes, New Deal Legacy as it pertains to Albuquerque Little Theater
Box 1, Folder 19: The National New Deal Preservation Association
Box 1, Folder 20: Report, National Parks Service Historic Structure for Bandolier National Monument, a WPA-era project
Box 1, Folder 21: Pamphlets, general information on WPA from around the country
Box 1, Folder 22: Pamphlets, New Deal Art from around the country
Exhibition Series
Box 1, Folder 1: Correspondence, initial planning for exhibition
Box 1, Folder 2: Correspondence, success of the exhibition
Box 1, Folder 3: Press, reviews and promotion of the exhibition
Box 1, Folder 4: Documents used for education outreach
Box 1, Folder 5: Sin Nombre programming and outreach initiatives
Box 1, Folder 6: Student and scholarly interest in exhibition
Box 1, Folder 7: Correspondence, WPA Sin Nombre Website
Box 1, Folder 8: Correspondence and Press, Opening events and symposium for exhibition
Box 1, Folder 9: Reports, exhibition conservation and treatment
Box 1, Folder 10: WPA/GSA permissions and legalities for exhibition
Box 1, Folder 11: Press, Tea with Tey fundraiser
Box 1, Folder 12: Artists’ awards
Box 1, Folder 13: Labels/Object list for artwork
Box 1, Folder 14: Programming and Artists’ biographies
Box 1, Folder 15: Website drafts and materials
Exhibition Exhibit Book
Box 2, Folder 16: Introduction to Exhibit book
Box 2, Folder 17: Federal Art Centers
Box 2, Folder 18: Work by Patrociño Barelas and Pedro Cervantez
Box 2, Folder 19: Work by Edward A. Chávez, Francisco Delgado, and Ildeberto Delgado
Box 2, Folder 20: Work by José Dolores López
Box 2, Folder 21: Work by Santiago [Samuel] Matta, Emilio Padilla
Box 2, Folder 22: Work by Eliseo Rodríguez and Paula Rodríguez
Box 2, Folder 23: Work by Esquípula Romero de Romero, Juan Sánchez, and George Segura
Box 2, Folder 24: Work by Domingo Tejada, Costilla Women, and Estela García
Box 2, Folder 25: Work by NYA Girls’ Classes, Moises Aragón, Crisostoma Luna, and Abad Lucero
Box 2, Folder 26: Work by Máximo [Max] Luna, Arturo Martínez, and the Vocational School
Box 2, Folder 27: Work by George López, Tillie Gabaldón Stark, and Ben Sandoval
Box 2, Folder 28: Work by Margaret Herrera and Policarpio Valencia
Box 2, Folder 29: Work by Celso Gallegos and Unknown
Exhibition Images
Box 3, Folder 30: Miscellaneous artists and objects and historical photos
Box 3, Folder 31: Moises Aragón and Patrociño Barelas
Box 3, Folder 32: Camp Capitán and Carlos Cervantes
Box 3, Folder 33: Pedro López Cervantez and Edward A. Chávez
Box 3, Folder 34: Chupadero Vocational School and Costilla Weavers
Box 3, Folder 35: Francisco Delgado and Ildeberto Delgado
Box 3, Folder 36: Tillie Gabaldón Stark and Celso Gallegos
Box 3, Folder 37: Estela García and Margaret Herrera (Chávez)
Box 3, Folder 38: José Dolores López, George López, and Abad Lucero
Box 3, Folder 39: Crisostoma Luna and Máximo [Max] Luna
Box 3, Folder 40: Arturo Martínez y Salazar and Santiago [Samuel] Matta
Box 3, Folder 41: Emilio Padilla and Eliseo José Rodríguez
Box 3, Folder 42: Paula Rodríguez and Esquípula Romero de Romero
Box 3, Folder 43: Ernesto Roybal and Juan Amadeo Sánchez
Box 3, Folder 44: Ben Sandoval and George Segura
Box 3, Folder 45: Domingo Tejada and Policarpio Valencia
Box 3, Folder 46: Sin Nombre Gallery
Box 3, Folder 47: Opening 6/6/1999
Exhibition Photo Albums and Guest Books
Box 4, Folder 48: Guest books
Box 5, Folder 49: Photo Albums
Publication Series
Box 1, Folder 1: Correspondence, book publication
Box 1, Folder 2: Photographs and captions, book publication
Box 1, Folder 3: Articles published by Nunn regarding artists of Sin Nombre: Hispana and Hispano Artists of the New Deal Era
Box 1, Folder 4: Preservation copy of Sin Nombre: Hispana and Hispano Artists of the New Deal Era (2001) by Tey Marianna Nunn.
Conditions Governing Access
Contact the Bartlett Library and Archives at the Museum of International Folk Art (505-476-1210) for further information.
Citation
Museum of International Folk Art Archives (Exhibition Collection, Sin Nombre Series AR.00004.214).
LOC Terms
New Deal art [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh2004001909], Folk art--New Mexico [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh2009124438]
Geographic names
New Mexico
Related people
Museum of International Folk Art (owns);
Tey Marianna Nunn (is creator of);
Blair Clark (contributed to)
Related occurrence
Sin Nombre: Hispana and Hispano Artists of the New Deal (is related to)