Overview
Southern Methodist University Archives, DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University
Southern Methodist University
SMU-in-Taos records
1959-2001
17 boxes (8.5 linear feet)
SMU-in-Taos (originally known as Fort Burgwin) was established in 1964 in New Mexico primarily as an archeological and educational site. These records include minutes, correspondence, reports, photographs, publications, and pamphlets that show the growth of the campus and establishment of the summer school program as well as the history of the archeological site.
SMU 1993.0198
Material is in English
Historical Note
SMU-in-Taos (originally known as the Fort Burgwin campus) is Southern Methodist University’s campus in New Mexico. It started as an archeological dig, but has grown to be a full-fledged campus with an information commons and classes each summer.
By the mid-1950s, the property had been acquired by a lumber company. Fortunately, the owner of the lumber company, Mr. Ralph Rounds, was an amateur archaeologist who had heard stories of the fort's existence. To relocate the lost fort, Rounds enlisted the help of archaeologist Fred Wendorf, now Professor Emeritus in SMU's Department of Anthropology. After Wendorf located the remnants of the log fort, Rounds provided financial support for Wendorf and his associates to excavate and rebuild fort structures based on sketches of the original buildings. Reconstructed, Fort Burgwin was designed to serve a new purpose--education.
Envisioning Fort Burgwin as the ideal setting for academic programs, Southern Methodist University began in 1964 to acquire the property with support from the Rounds Foundation and the Honorable William P. Clements, Jr., then-chair of the University's Board of Governors and Texas governor from 1979-83 and 1987-91. Eventually, the University added adobe casitas for student and faculty housing, classrooms, a dining hall, and a multi-purpose auditorium. In 1992, Fort Burgwin became SMU-in-Taos. In 2004 a state-of-the-art computer facility and library, the Fred Wendorf Information Commons, was constructed on the Fort Burgwin campus.
Resurrected and restored, Fort Burgwin thrives as a center for academic discovery, experiential learning and scholarly research. Now the summer campus for SMU-IN-TAOS, the program offers academic courses in the humanities, natural and social sciences, performing and studio arts, as well as archaeological and anthropological research.
Source:
“History of Fort Burgwin and SMU-in Taos,” from SMU Website, http://smu.edu/taos/overview.asp, on August 19, 2010.
Scope and Contents of the Collection
This collection contains the records of SMU-in-Taos and the Fort Burgwin Research Center from its foundation until 2001. Among the important items are blueprints, diagrams, and field notes from the excavation of Fort Burgwin, documents concerning the founding of the Fort Burgwin Research Center and SMU-in-Taos program, and photographs of much of the campus and archaeological sites. Also included are manuscripts and books published as a result of research done at or about Fort Burgwin and the Taos, New Mexico area, information about the SMU-in-Taos program, and Ephemera including SMU-in-Taos T-shirts and the Fort Burgwin Research Center Seal. Originally this collection was four separate collections given to the Southern Methodist University Archives at four different times. They have been combined into this collection using MPLP processes both to maintain the integrity of the original collections and to expedite processing.
Arrangement of the Collection
The collection is organized into 4 series:
- Series 1: SMU-in-Taos
- Series 2: Ft. Burgwin
- Series 3: Additional Material
- Series 4: Ephemera
Access to Collection:
Collection is open for research use, except for Box 8, Folder 6. This folder contains restricted material and is labeled “RESTRICTED.”
Publication Rights:
Permission to publish materials must be obtained from the Director of the DeGolyer Library.
Copyright Statement:
It is the responsibility of the user to obtain copyright authorization.
Access Terms
This collection is indexed under the following terms in the Southern Methodist University Libraries' online catalog. Researchers desiring related materials may search the catalog using these terms.
SMU-in-Taos.
Southern Methodist University -- History.
Cantonment Burgwin (N.M.)
University extension -- New Mexico.
Preferred Citation
SMU-in-Taos records, Southern Methodist University Archives, DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University.
Acquisition Information
Deposit.
Processing Information
This collection was originally four separate collections in the SMU Archives, including the call numbers
SMU 1993.0195,
SMU 1993.0198,
SMU 1996.0271, and
SMU 1996.0279,
all of which were previously unprocessed.
MPLP (More product, less processing) processes were used with this collection both to maintain the integrity of the original collections as well as to expedite processing. As a result, Series 1-3 respectively contain the contents of SMU 1993.0198, SMU 1993.0195, and SMU 1996.0271 together with SMU 1996.0279, while Series 4, because it is ephemera, contains items from all four collections. An additional consequence of this procedure is some overlapping material amongst the series.
Processed by
Lane J. Sobehrad, 2010.
Encoded by
Lara Corazalla, 2010.
Detailed Description of the Collection
Series 1:
SMU-in-Taos
6 boxes (65 folders)
Formerly SMU 1993.0198
11 Master Plan and By-Laws – SMU-in-Taos
12 History of Ft. Burgwin
13 Excavation of Ft. Burgwin
14 Founding of SMU-in-Taos at Ft. Burgwin Campus
15 Biography of John Henry King Burgwin
16 Diary and Account of Dr. William Wallace Anderson, 1858
17 Board of Trustees – Minutes (1959-1962)
18 Board of Trustees – Minutes (1963-1965)
19 Board of Trustees – Minutes (1963-1968)
21 Board of Trustees – Minutes (1965-1974) (1 of 2)
22 Board of Trustees – Minutes (1965-1974) (2 of 2)
23 Board of Trustees – Minutes (1974-1979) (1 of 2)
24 Board of Trustees – Minutes (1974-1979) (2 of 2)
25 Board of Trustees – Minutes (1974-1980)
26 Board of Trustees – Minutes (1979-1980)
27 Board of Trustees – Agendas (1960, 1964-1968)
28 Board of Trustees – Annual Meetings (1989-1995)
31 Board of Trustees – Annual Reports (1958-1969)
32 Board of Trustees – Contracts
33 Budgets
34 Balance Sheets
35 Statements of Receipts and Disbursements
36 Financial Statements
37 Endowment Fund
38 National Science Foundation
39 Miscellaneous Financial Records
310Correspondence – Willis M. Tate
311Correspondence - Assorted
312Correspondence - Assorted
313Manuscripts – The United States Army in Taos, 1847-1861by Lawrence R. Murphy
314Manuscripts – Cantonment Burgwin, New Mexico, 1852-1860 by Lawrence R. Murphy
315Manuscripts – The Taos, New Mexico Mill of Ceran St. Vrain: 1849-1864 by Jay R. Newman
41 Manuscripts – Wendorf’s Material – “Captain Burgwin”
42 Manuscripts – Arrott Collection
43 Books – Late Pleistocene Environments of the Southern High Plains
44 Books – Blackwater Locality No.1: A Stratified, Early Mna Sight in Eastern New Mexico
45 Books – Valdez Phase Occupation Near Taos, New Mexico
46 Books – Excavations at a Pot Creek Pueblo
47 Books – Papers on Taos Archaeology
48 Books – Taos Archaeology
49 Books – Colloquia in Anthropology, Vol. I-II
51 SMU-in-Taos Pamphlets (1 of 2)
52 SMU-in-Taos Pamphlets (2 of 2)
53 SMU-in-Taos Pamphlets (3 of 3)
54 Ft. Burgwin Dedication (07/20/1974)
55 SMU-in-Taos – General Information
56 SMU-in-Taos – Packets (1991)
57 SMU-in-Taos – Packets (1992)
58 SMU-in-Taos – Packets (1993)
61 SMU-in-Taos – Packets (1994)
62 SMU-in-Taos – Packets (1995)
63 SMU-in-Taos – General Information (1996)
64 SMU-in-Taos – General Information (1997)
65 SMU-in-Taos – General Information (1998/1999)
66 SMU-in-Taos – General Information (1999)
67 SMU-in-Taos – General Information (2000)
68 SMU-in-Taos – Informal Courses
69 SMU-in-Taos – Alumni College (1966)
610SMU-in-Taos – Photographs – People
611SMU-in-Taos – Photographs – Buildings
612SMU-in-Taos – Photographs – Pot Creek
613SMU-in-Taos – Photographs – Miscellaneous
614Slides and Negatives - Ft. Burgwin
71 SMU-in-Taos – Photographs on Foam Board (1 of 2)
72 SMU-in-Taos – Photographs on Foam Board (2 of 2)
Series 2:
Ft. Burgwin
6 boxes (47 folders)
Formerly SMU 1993.0195
73 Ft. Burgwin – Cantonment – History
74 Report on the Operation of the Fort Burgwin Research Center (May 1985)
75 Ft. Burgwin – Statements of Receipts and Disbursements
76 Ft. Burgwin – Excavation – Unit Three Report
77 Board of Trustees – Annual Report (1971)
78 Ft. Burgwin – Pamphlets and Newsletters
79 Ft. Burgwin – Camp Programs
710Board of Trustees – Annual Meetings
81 Ft. Burgwin – Field Notes (1 of 2)
82 Ft. Burgwin – Field Notes (2 of 2)
83 Ft. Burgwin – Correspondence – Assorted
84 Board of Trustees – Miscellaneous
85 Ft. Burgwin – Archaeological Records Management System (1 of 2)
86 Ft. Burgwin – Archaeological Records Management System (2 of 2) RESTRICTED
91 Ft. Burgwin – Archaeological Field School – “1984 Excavation at Pot Creek Pueblo”
92 History of Ft. Burgwin
93 Ft. Burgwin – Excavation of Cantonment Diagrams
94 Ft. Burgwin – Construction Documents
95 Ft. Burgwin – Museum (1987)
96 Ft. Burgwin – Field Notes (Photographs) (1 of 3)
97 Ft. Burgwin – Field Notes (Photographs) (2 of 3)
98 Ft. Burgwin – Field Notes (Photographs) (3 of 3)
101 Ft. Burgwin – Field Notes – Hospital (1979) (1 of 2)
102 Ft. Burgwin – Field Notes – Hospital (1979) (2 of 2)
103 Books – Colloquia on Anthropology, Volumes I-II
104 Books – Taos Archaeology
105 Books – Sounds and Sights of Taos Valley
106 Books – Late Pleistocene Environments of the Southern High Plain
107 Books – Blackwater Locality No.1: A Stratified, early Mna Site in Eastern New Mexico
111 Books – Excavations at Pot Creek Pueblo
112 Books – Papers on Taos Archaeology
113 Books – The Reconstructions of Past Environments
114 Books – Valdez Phase Occupation near Taos, New Mexico
115 Books – Contributions to the Prehistory of Nubia
116 Photographs – Moradas by Thomas R. Lynns
117 Photographs – Construction Photographs
118 Photographs – Luncheon and Convocation (July 27, 1974)
119 Slides (1 of 2)
1110Slides (2 of 2)
121 Ft. Burgwin – Mabel Dodge Lujan Home/
122 Ft. Burgwin – Young-Hunter Estate, Taos, New Mexico
123 Ft. Burgwin – Guestbooks (1 of 3)
124 Ft. Burgwin – Guestbooks (2 of 3)
125 Ft. Burgwin – Guestbooks (3 of 3)
126 Ft. Burgwin – Film (6.35mm x 360m), 7” reel
Series 3:
Additional Material
1 box (9 folders)
Formerly SMU 1996.0271 and SMU 1996.0271
131 Ft. Burgwin – Summer Session Catalog
132 Ft. Burgwin – Transmittal Letter
133 Ft. Burgwin – Student Room and Board Agreement (1986)
134 Ft. Burgwin – “Cantonment Burgwin, New Mexico, 1852-1860”
135 Ft. Burgwin – 1986 Programs
136 Ft. Burgwin – Schedules
137 Ft. Burgwin – News Clippings
138 Attic Files (1987)
139 Ft. Burgwin – Gift from J.P. Brandenburg
Series 4:
Ephemera
4 boxes
141SMU-in-Taos T-Shirts
142SMU-in-Taos Mug
143Ft. Burgwin Research Center, Inc. Seal
151SMU-in-Taos T-Shirts
161Cassette Tapes labeled #1 – #18
17x1SMU-in-Taos Pamphlets (folded)
17x2News Clippings
17x3SMU-in-Taos Poster
17x4Ft. Burgwin Diagrams and Blueprints
17x1 News Clippings (SMU)
17x2 Manuscripts (Unknown)
17x3 Ft. Burgwin Research Center, Taos, New Mexico, Museum, Exhibition Working Drawings (August 1986)
17x4 SMU-in-Taos Pamphlets (unfolded)