Suggested Reading
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Old Santa Fe Association
PO Box 1055
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504
info@oldsantafe.org
Santa Fe and New Mexico:
Death Comes for the Archbishop, by Willa Cather
Classic novel of Santa Fe and the building of Archbishop Lamy’s Cathedral
Santa Fe (Compass American Guides), by Lawrence W. Cheek
One of an excellent new series of guidebooks
Enchantment and Exploitation by William deBuys
Subtitled: The Life and Hard Times of a New Mexico Mountain Range
This is a study of the histories of the peoples of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains
University of New Mexico Press, 1985
The Centuries of Santa Fe, by Paul Horgan
History of Santa Fe told in fictionalized form, 1976
Lamy of Santa Fe
(out of print, available through libraries,
or contact Nicolas Potter, Bookseller at 505-983-5434)
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
The Myth of Santa Fe, by Chris Wilson
Primarily a 20th century history up through the early 1990’s
University of New Mexico Press, 1997
Santa Fe and New Mexico:
Death Comes for the Archbishop, by Willa Cather
Classic novel of Santa Fe and the building of Archbishop Lamy’s Cathedral
Santa Fe (Compass American Guides), by Lawrence W. Cheek
One of an excellent new series of guidebooks
Enchantment and Exploitation by William deBuys
Subtitled: The Life and Hard Times of a New Mexico Mountain Range
This is a study of the histories of the peoples of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains
University of New Mexico Press, 1985
The Centuries of Santa Fe, by Paul Horgan
History of Santa Fe told in fictionalized form, 1976
Lamy of Santa Fe
(out of print, available through libraries,
or contact Nicolas Potter, Bookseller at 505-983-5434)
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
The Myth of Santa Fe, by Chris Wilson
Primarily a 20th century history up through the early 1990’s
University of New Mexico Press, 1997
Facing Southwest, The Life and Houses of John Gaw Meem,
by Chris Wilson
W.W. Norton and Company, Inc. 2001
Within Adobe Walls, A Santa Fe Journal, by Charlotte White
Historic Santa Fe Foundation
Santa Fe, History of an Ancient City, David Grant Noble, Editor
Essays on recent archeological studies and the history of the early foundation of Santa Fe, New Mexico
School of Advanced Research, 2008
American Adobes Rural Houses of Northern New Mexico, by Beverley Spears
A photographic/architectural study of early adobe vernacular buildings in New Mexico
University of New Mexico Press, 1986
Old Houses of New Mexico and the People Who Built Them, by Sytha Motto
Calvin Horn Publisher, Inc., 1972
Santa Fe: The Autobiography of a Southwestern Town, by Oliver LaFarge 1959
(out of print, available through libraries,
or contact Nicolas Potter, Bookseller at 505-983-5434)
Culture in the Marketplace: Gender, Art and Value in the American Southwest, by Molly Mullin
How anthropological notions of culture in the early twentieth century were used to valorize Indian art and create a Southwest Indian art market
Duke University Press, 2001
Yesterday in Santa Fe, by Marc Simmons, 1969
Santa Fe: A Pictorial History, by John Sherman, 1983
Living Legends of the Santa Fe Country, by Alice Bullock, 1978
A Short History of Santa Fe, by Susan Hazen-Hammond, 1988
by Chris Wilson
W.W. Norton and Company, Inc. 2001
Within Adobe Walls, A Santa Fe Journal, by Charlotte White
Historic Santa Fe Foundation
Santa Fe, History of an Ancient City, David Grant Noble, Editor
Essays on recent archeological studies and the history of the early foundation of Santa Fe, New Mexico
School of Advanced Research, 2008
American Adobes Rural Houses of Northern New Mexico, by Beverley Spears
A photographic/architectural study of early adobe vernacular buildings in New Mexico
University of New Mexico Press, 1986
Old Houses of New Mexico and the People Who Built Them, by Sytha Motto
Calvin Horn Publisher, Inc., 1972
Santa Fe: The Autobiography of a Southwestern Town, by Oliver LaFarge 1959
(out of print, available through libraries,
or contact Nicolas Potter, Bookseller at 505-983-5434)
Culture in the Marketplace: Gender, Art and Value in the American Southwest, by Molly Mullin
How anthropological notions of culture in the early twentieth century were used to valorize Indian art and create a Southwest Indian art market
Duke University Press, 2001
Yesterday in Santa Fe, by Marc Simmons, 1969
Santa Fe: A Pictorial History, by John Sherman, 1983
Living Legends of the Santa Fe Country, by Alice Bullock, 1978
A Short History of Santa Fe, by Susan Hazen-Hammond, 1988
Architecture Santa Fe, A Guidebook, by Paul Weideman
A thorough, up-to-date overview of the myriad styles of architecture found in our unique city
Running Lizard Press, 2019
https://www.historicsantafe.org/545-hsff-blog/2019/12/19/paul-weideman-review
A thorough, up-to-date overview of the myriad styles of architecture found in our unique city
Running Lizard Press, 2019
https://www.historicsantafe.org/545-hsff-blog/2019/12/19/paul-weideman-review
Books written by members of the Old Santa Fe Association, past and present:
Elizabeth West
Santa Fe 400 Years, 400 questions
This easily accessible look at Santa Fe's history and culture
is replete with historic photographs and local lore
which shed light on how we came to be as a city and as a community.
Sunstone Press, 2012
Beatrice Chauvenet
John Gaw Meem
Pioneer in Historic Preservation
A brief history of Santa Fe's early Preservation Movement and one of OSFA's Founding Fathers
Museum of New Mexico Press, Historic Santa Fe Foundation, 1985
David G. Noble
Santa Fe: History of an Ancient City
Scholarly archaeological study of Santa Fe’s history
School of American Research, 1989
John Pen La Farge
Turn Left at the Sleeping Dog
Scripting the Santa Fe Legend
A wealth of anecdote and history related through interviews collected
from Santa Fe characters through the years
University of New Mexico Press 2001
Richard McCord
The Other State, New Mexico, USA, 2003
No Halls of Ivy: The Gritty Story of The College of Santa Fe, 1947-2009
Lasallian Christian Brothers, 2013
Laurel Seth et al
Adobe! Homes & Interiors of Taos, Santa Fe and the Southwest, 1998
Beverley Spears
American Adobes: Rural Houses of Northern New Mexico
A photographic/architectural study of early adobe vernacular buildings in New Mexico
Agnesa Lufkin Reeve
From Hacienda to Bungalow, 1988
The Small Adobe House 2001
Historic Santa Fe Foundation
Old Santa Fe Today 4th Edition, 1992
Multiple editions have been published by the HSFF over the years and an update is in the works at this time.
Learn more at www.historicsantafe.org/
Old Santa Fe Association
1882 Map of Santa Fe
