| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
5683 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
978.9 Lea |
| Item number |
48 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
978.9 Lea |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Leading facts of New Mexican history. Vol, IV |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Compiled to Ralph Twitchell |
| 260 00 - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Torch Press |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
1917 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
567 p. |
| 440 ## - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE |
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| Title |
The Leading Facts of New Mexican History Vol. IV |
| Number of part/section of a work |
5 Volumes |
| Volume number/sequential designation |
Vol. IV |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Includes Index |
| 501 ## - WITH NOTE |
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| With note |
Contains bibliographies. On t.p. of v. 3-5: Edited, compiled and annotated by Ralph Emerson Twitchell. Vols. 3 and 4 include biographical sketches. Vol. 1, p. [vii] has statement: "Subscribers' edition; one thousand five hundred numbered autographed copies." Library has no. 228, 740, 761, and 946. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Title |
Chapter I: Santa Fe County - Chapter II: Sandoval County - Chapter III: San Juan County - Chapter IV: Socorro County - Chapter V: Sierra County - Chapter VI: Socorro County - Chapter VII: Taos County: Chapter VIII: Torrance County - Chapter IX: Union County - Index |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
Historians have long admired Ralph Emerson Twitchell's "The Leading Facts of New Mexican History," considered the first major history of the state. Put succinctly by former State Historian Robert J. Torrez, Twitchell's work (of which this is one of the first two volumes Sunstone Press is reprinting in its Southwest Heritage Series) has "become the standard by which all subsequent books on New Mexico history are measured." As Twitchell wrote in the preface of his first volume, his goal in writing "The Leading Facts" was to respond to the "pressing need" for a history of New Mexico with a commitment to "accuracy of statement, simplicity of style, and impartiality of treatment." Ralph Emerson Twitchell was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on November 29, 1859. Arriving in New Mexico when he was twenty-three, he immediately became involved in political and civic activities. In 1885 he helped organize a new territorial militia in Santa Fe and saw active duty in western New Mexico. Later appointed judge advocate of the Territorial Militia, he attained the rank of colonel, a title he was proud to use for the rest of his life. By 1893 he was elected the mayor of Santa Fe and, thereafter, district attorney of Santa Fe County. Twitchell probably promoted New Mexico as much as any single New Mexican of his generation. An avid supporter of New Mexico statehood, he argued the territory's case for elevated political status, celebrated its final victory in 1912, and even designed New Mexico's first state flag in 1915. Just as Twitchell's first edition in 1911 helped celebrate New Mexico's entry into statehood in 1912, the newest edition of the text and illustrations, including the "Subscriber's Edition" page of Number 1,156 of 1,500, serves as a tribute to the state's centennial celebration of 2012. In the apt words of an editorial in the "Santa Fe New Mexican" at the time of Twitchell's death in 1925: "As press agent for the best things of New Mexico, her traditions, history, beauty, glamour, scenery, archaeology, and material resources, he was indefatigable and efficient."" Googlebooks |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) |
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| Local note |
5688 |
| 651 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Source of heading or term |
New Mexico History. |
| General subdivision |
History. |
| 651 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Source of heading or term |
New Mexico |
| General subdivision |
Biography. |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Relator code |
Compiled |
| Personal name |
Twitchell, Ralph |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
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| Koha item type |
sw 900 - 999 |