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Old Santa Fe Association
PO Box 1055
​Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504

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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

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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


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
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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/


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