Main entry:

Federal Writers' Project. New Mexico, issuing body.

Title & Author:

New Mexico : A guide to the Colorful State / compiled by Workers of the Writers Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of New Mexico.

Publication:

New York, [NY] : Hastings House, 1940.

Description:

xxxvii, 458page : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Series:

United States. Work Projects Administration. American guide series.

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 436-439) and index.
Foreword / [Clinton P. Anderson] -- Preface / [Charles Ethrige Minton] -- General information -- Calendar of annual events -- Part I : Before and after Coronado. The state today ; The land ; Archeology ; Indians ; History ; Agriculture and stock raising ; Industry, commerce, and labor ; Transportation ; Folklore ; Contributions to the language ; Religion ; Education ; Literature ; Music ; Architecture ; New Mexican Art -- Part II : A city, a capital, and an art center. Albuquerque ; Santa Fe ; Taos -- Part III : The most accessible places -- Part IV : Appendices. Chronology ; Some books about New Mexico ; Index.

Summary:

A detailed guide to New Mexico that provides an overview of the state's history, Native American tribes, railroads, towns and cities, highways, laws, culture, and more.

Subject:

Travel
New Mexico Description and travel.
New Mexico History.
New Mexico Guidebooks.
Nouveau-Mexique Descriptions et voyages.
Nouveau-Mexique Histoire.
Nouveau-Mexique Guides.
New Mexico

Form/genre:

travel guidebooks.
Maps
Guidebooks
History
Books.
Guides touristiques.

Added entries:

Ralph Ellison Collection (Library of Congress)
United States. Work Projects Administration. American guide series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 5217
Call No.: ID:87-B12354
Status: Available