Grant County, NM in the 1930s

Visiting from Austin, Texas with family.

Recipient of the MacMurphy Prize from Honolulu, T. H.

Sergeant in the US Army during World War II.

a.k.a. Bruno, Alexander Louis

Won the New Mexico Military Institute straw ballot in 1936.

a.k.a. Alfred Landon of Kansas

Recipient of the Alumni Scholarship from Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Institute Chaplain who made the invocation at graduation.

a.k.a. Dr. Austin D. Crile

Alumni of 1937 visiting from Austin, Texas.

a.k.a. Benton Stone Jr.

Cadet who served as reader of the five acts in the Maid of Orleans pageant.

a.k.a. Cadet Beverly M. Patton, Cadet Patten

One of the gymnasts in the Maid of Orleans pageant.

a.k.a. Cadet Brown

Cadet from Winters, California, who gave the valedictory speech for the graduating class.

Played Charles Dauphin of France in the Maid of Orleans pageant.

a.k.a. Uadet Harryman, Cadet Harryman

One of the gymnasts in the Maid of Orleans pageant.

a.k.a. Cadet Jeffries

Played Saint Michael in the Maid of Orleans pageant.

a.k.a. Cadet McKenzie, R. E., Cadet R. E. McKenzie

One of the gymnasts in the Maid of Orleans pageant.

a.k.a. Cadet Sibley

Played Archbishop of Rheims in the Maid of Orleans pageant.

a.k.a. Cadet Tannehill

Judge and Homecoming visitor from Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Attending coaching school in summer 1937.

Leader of the concert orchestra, pleased with turn-out.

Captain Law joined the NMMI faculty as an English instructor, having been a former cadet and having studied archaeology.

a.k.a. Captain Law

Author of 'No Quarter Given' and 'The Fault of Angels', winner of Harper Prize.

a.k.a. Paul Horgan, Capt. Horgan

Attending coaching school in summer 1937.

Tenor in the baccalaureate quartet.

a.k.a. Captain Vernon Knapp

Captain Woodbury was the varsity coach of the boxing and wrestling teams.

a.k.a. Captain Woodbury

Ex-cadet from class of 1920, lived in Carlsbad and Berkeley, worked for Panama Railroad Company in Canal Zone.

a.k.a. Charles R. Hill

Charles Wilber Miller is a male veteran who served as a Sergeant in the Army Air Forces/Corps during World War II in New Mexico.

a.k.a. Miller, Charles Wilber

Clarence E. Hinkle, a 1922 alumnus and Roswell attorney, gave the commencement address to the class of 1936.

a.k.a. Clarence E. Hinkle, '22

Homecoming visitor from Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Homecoming visitor from Pueblo, Colorado.

Governor who presented diplomas to eighty-four graduates at the 1938 commencement.

a.k.a. Governor Clyde Tingley

Superintendent of New Mexico Military Institute who visited alumni clubs in Kansas City, Chicago, and Washington, D.C.

a.k.a. Colonel Pearson

One of the officers moving into new quarters on campus.

One of the officers moving into new quarters on campus.

Recipient of a letter from Charles Ray Hill and proud of having sons of seven old cadets in school.

Class of 1930, stationed at Headquarters Troop, First Cavalry Division, Fort Bliss, Texas.

Superintendent of New Mexico Military Institute who announced honors and signed the alumni letter.

a.k.a. Colonel Pearson

Donor of the MacMurphy Prize, class of 1915, from Chicago.

First native-born Hispanic elected to the U.S. Senate, served from 1936 to 1962.

a.k.a. Dennis Chávez

Man shot twice and killed during a cattle round-up quarrel, left estate of $50,000.

a.k.a. Jenkins

A retired Lieutenant Commander of the United States Navy, class of 1907, who recently came to Roswell to live.

a.k.a. Don Hamilton, Lieutenant Commander Donald W. Hamilton, Commander Hamilton

Photographer who traveled through New Mexico in June 1938 and probably captured the scene near Claud, New Mexico.

Visiting from Miami, Arizona.

Player for Western State College Mountaineers, left guard who suffered a slight concussion.

Chaplain of New Mexico Military Institute who spoke the baccalaureate sermon on 'Courage'.

a.k.a. Dr. A. D. Crile

Dr. Harold Alden joined the NMMI Mathematics Department as a new instructor, holding a Ph.D. in mathematics.

a.k.a. Captain Alden, Dr. Alden

Families displaced by drought in Oklahoma were traveling to Roswell, New Mexico, to work as agricultural laborers, likely in cotton fields near Lordsburg.

Homecoming visitor from San Marino, California.

Bronco player known for off-tackle thrusts, punt returns, punting, and passing.

a.k.a. Miller

An individual of many aliases who burglarized a house near Cobb & Goodell's ranch and boasted of thieving exploits.

a.k.a. Ed Holland, Harlan, Holland

Visiting from Oakland, California.

Bronco player who scored a touchdown on a pass from Miller.

Recipient of Certificate of Eligibility for Commission as 2nd Lieutenant, Cavalry, Officers' Reserve Corps.

Visiting from Sayre, Oklahoma.

Representative Fuller of Illinois received a petition letter regarding New Mexico statehood.

a.k.a. Representative Fuller, Representative Fuller of Illinois

Fifth Class principal for New Mexico Military Institute Scholarship.

Business manager of the rabbit edition.

Leader of a rhythm band sponsoring Monday dances at the Post Exchange.

a.k.a. Napier

Governor who presented diplomas to the graduating class of 1936-37.

Player for New Mexico Military Institute Broncos, made runs and scored a touchdown.

Homecoming visitor from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, class of 1936.

Player for New Mexico Military Institute Broncos, played fine offensive and defensive game and intercepted a pass.

Homecoming visitor from Port Arthur, Texas.

Librarian from McMaster University who inspected the Institute library in November 1936.

Visiting alumni from Amarillo, Texas for Homecoming 1938.

Captain who played the Star Spangled Banner at the graduation ceremonies.

a.k.a. Captain Jack Fletcher

Third Class principal for New Mexico Military Institute Scholarship.

Recipient of Certificate of Eligibility for Commission as 2nd Lieutenant, Cavalry, Officers' Reserve Corps.

Recipient of Certificate of Eligibility for Commission as 2nd Lieutenant, Cavalry, Officers' Reserve Corps.

Sixth Class principal for New Mexico Military Institute Scholarship.

Burly Bronco fullback who performed well in the Thanksgiving football game.

Professor of Military Science and Tactics who presented commissions.

a.k.a. Major John E. Selby

Homecoming visitor from Rotan, Texas, class of 1933.

Cadet and contestant in the Ruppert Public Speaking contest from El Paso, Texas, speaking on 'Institute Democracy.'

Second Class principal for New Mexico Military Institute Scholarship.

Visiting from Healdton, Oklahoma.

Recipient of the gold J. Ross Thomas Medal.

Famous frontiersman alongside whom Maston Emery fought Indians.

a.k.a. Kit carson, Kit

Third Class alternate for scholarship.

Chaplain who made the invocation at the 1935 commencement.

a.k.a. Reverend LeRoy Thompson

Homecoming visitor from Carlsbad, New Mexico, class of 1931.

A member of the second team of the Bronco Rifle Team who scored 166, and later noted as graduating.

Player for New Mexico Military Institute Broncos football team, called plays and scored touchdowns.

a.k.a. McGillivray

Attending coaching school in summer 1937.

Major who announced the spring tactical problem.

Class of 1905, stationed at Albrook Field, Canal Zone, assigned to duty at March Field, Riverside, California.

Major Furris is one of the government inspectors for the annual inspection at the New Mexico Military Institute, from the Office of the Chief of Infantry, Washi…

Major and Mrs. H. P. Saunders, Jr. had a daughter, congratulated by the Cadet Corps.

a.k.a. Major Saunders

Major Newgarden is one of the government inspectors for the annual inspection at the New Mexico Military Institute, from the Office of the Chief of Infantry, Wa…

Major Pendleton is one of the government inspectors for the annual inspection at the New Mexico Military Institute, from Fort Bliss, Texas.

Alumnus who gave the valedictory address at the 1935 commencement.

a.k.a. Judge Otero, Mike Otero

Presenter of the Ruppert Award, class of 1918, from New York.

Played the Angel Margaret in the Maid of Orleans pageant.

a.k.a. Mayline Robertson, Miss Mayline Robinson

Sixth Class alternate for scholarship.

A member of the first team of the Bronco Rifle Team who scored 178 in the William Randolph Hearst Match.

Fourth Class principal for scholarship and recipient of bronze J. Ross Thomas Medal.

a.k.a. Morgan Dolph Lusk

Cambridge University graduate scheduled to speak on British problems.

a.k.a. Edwards Nicholas, Mr. Nicholas

Mr. Hal Cave of Roswell was scheduled to speak on 'The Struggle for Oil' at the International Relations Club.

a.k.a. Mr. Hal Cave

Alto in the baccalaureate quartet.

a.k.a. Mrs. C. W. Grier

Played Joan of Arc in the Maid of Orleans pageant and sang in the baccalaureate quartet.

a.k.a. Mrs. H. P. Saunders, Jr., Mrs. H. P. Saunders

Nathan Salmon is the successor to Salmon Abousleman, operating a wholesale and retail store in San Francisco.

Alumni of 1930 visiting from Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Parent! made the first basket for the NMMI basketball team in a game against Texas Mines.

a.k.a. Parent!

Winner of the Ruppert Award from Smithville, Texas.

Ralph B. Innis, father of a cadet, provided the Kansas City Club for the alumni dinner.

Ralph Jule Nelson was a corporal in the U.S. Army during World War II and a prisoner of war.

a.k.a. Nelson, Ralph Jule

Fifth Class alternate for scholarship.

Fourth Class alternate for scholarship.

Second Class alternate for scholarship and recipient of silver J. Ross Thomas Medal.

a.k.a. Robert Hiram Pearson

First Lieutenant in the Army Air Forces/Corps during WWII, served in various locations including New Mexico, Italy, and the European and Pacific Theaters.

R. L. Dunlap organized the Kansas City alumni dinner and acted as chairman.

a.k.a. Richard L. Dunlap, Richard L. Dunlap, '16, Dick Dunlap

Visiting from Austin, Texas with A. D. Harvey.

Alumnus from Kansas City, listed as attending the alumni meeting.

a.k.a. Robert V. Ely, '33

Player for Western State College Mountaineers, outstanding ball carrier and kicker.

Player for Western State College Mountaineers, passer in a dangerous passing combination.

Recipient of the William McDonald Spencer Memorial Scholarship from Fort Bliss, Texas.

Cadet and contestant in the Ruppert Public Speaking contest.

A technical sergeant in the Army Air Forces/Corps during World War II, involved in Operation Overlord and stationed in multiple states.

Director of the Cadet Orchestra at the homecoming dance.

a.k.a. Captain Ted Hunt

Recipient of Certificate of Eligibility for Commission as 2nd Lieutenant, Cavalry, Officers' Reserve Corps (name truncated).

Homecoming visitor from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

a.k.a. V. £. Mclnnis

A member of the first team of the Bronco Rifle Team who scored 182 in the William Randolph Hearst Match.

Sergeant in the U.S. Army Air Forces/Corps during World War II.

a.k.a. Griffin, Virgil W.

Editor of the rabbit edition of the Pup Tent.

Walter Davidson Wood served as an Ensign in the Navy during World War II, associated with the USS Montpelier (CL 57) and the Navy Reserve.

a.k.a. wood, walter davidson

Visiting from Ponca City, Oklahoma.

Veteran and sergeant in the Army Air Forces/Corps during World War II, associated with Texas, New Jersey, Illinois, New Mexico, and Washington.

a.k.a. walters, william kelsey

Deceased son of Mrs. Truman A. Spencer, graduated from NMMI High School in 1931.

A World War I military camp located in Deming, New Mexico, featuring tents and military buildings in an arid landscape.

a.k.a. Camp Cody, Deming New Mexico

Tuberculosis sanitarium converted from Camp Cody, purchased by Sisters of the Holy Cross in 1923, closed in 1938.

Library at NMMI that received a Carnegie grant and was being remodeled in 1937.

a.k.a. Institute library

Orchestra led by Captain Ted Hunt that played at the Thanksgiving Dance.

Rebuilt the catwalk for recreation in the 1930s.

a.k.a. CCC

The federal agency that constructed the hanging walkway along the pipeline in the 1930s.

a.k.a. CCC

A new Dramatic Club was organized at NMMI for students interested in drama.

a.k.a. Dramatic Club

The International Relations Club held a meeting featuring speakers on Russia.

a.k.a. International Relations Club

The New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell, New Mexico, is advertised as a military school established and supported by the territory.

a.k.a. THE NEW MEXICO Military Instituted, THE MILITARY SCHOOL OF NEW MEXICO

Rifle team preparing for the Hearst Match.

a.k.a. Institute Rifle Team

The archival collection holding the photograph documenting drought refugees traveling to agricultural work in New Mexico.

A New Deal-era program active between 1933 and 1939 that supported artistic documentation of public works and cultural events such as the Jicarilla Apache Fiest…

The War Department deemed it necessary to inform citizens that there was only one Indian off the reservation and he was in Mexico.

a.k.a. War Department

The 33rd annual commencement of New Mexico Military Institute in June 1931, including a pageant, baccalaureate sermon, and polo game.

a.k.a. Commencement, 1931

Graduation ceremonies held June 1-4, 1935, with 86 graduates.

The 39th annual commencement held June 1, 1937, with diplomas presented by Governor Clyde Tingley.

a.k.a. 1937 Commencement, Commencement week

The fortieth commencement of NMMI, with eighty-four graduates and a graduation ceremony.

a.k.a. 1938 Commencement

The 13th annual Homecoming celebration at New Mexico Military Institute in 1939, with many visitors.

a.k.a. 13th annual Homecoming

The first smoker event for the boxing and wrestling teams was held on a Saturday night to determine candidates for a meet at Texas Tech.

a.k.a. first smoker, smoker

A presidential proclamation that established the transfer of lands between national forests.

a.k.a. Executive Order dated Dec. 24, 1931

Annual homecoming event at New Mexico Military Institute with visitors from 14 states and Mexico.

An outdoor spectacle staged as the 1931 commencement play at New Mexico Military Institute.

a.k.a. Maid of Orleans

Thanksgiving dinner at New Mexico Military Institute's Mess Hall serving eleven hundred people.

Main building of the Holy Cross Sanatorium destroyed in the 1939 fire.

The Bronco Rifle Team of the New Mexico Military Institute finished the season firing the William Randolph Hearst Match.

Band of New Mexico Military Institute directed by Captain Jack Fletcher.

a.k.a. Cadet Band

The part of Camp Cody that remained after abandonment in 1920, used as a veterans hospital and later as a TB sanitarium.

Original catwalk rebuilt by CCC in 1935-1937; designated National Recreation Trail in 1978; $1.5 million steel catwalk installed in 2003.

a.k.a. catwalk

An aerial photograph of a copper processing mill in Hurley, New Mexico.

A mill in Hurley, New Mexico used for processing copper.

a.k.a. mill

Proclamation establishing the transfer of lands from the Datil to the Gila National Forest.

A sanatorium destroyed by fire in 1939.

A map associated with the executive order that uses a polyconic projection and shows the transferred lands.

a.k.a. Map referred to in Executive Order dated Dec. 24, 1931

A map with polyconic projection, North American datum, referenced in Executive Order dated Dec. 24, 1931, available from the Library of Congress.

a.k.a. 676A

A nitrate negative photograph showing migrants, related to New Mexico, Lordsburg, and Hidalgo County.

a.k.a. nitrate negative, negative

A 4x5 nitrate negative photograph showing a scene probably near Claud, New Mexico, taken during Dorothea Lange's June 1938 travel.

a.k.a. nitrate negative

The polo team had a good record and was on an Eastern trip in June 1937.

a.k.a. polo team

Paul Horgan's first book that won the Harper Prize.

A former monthly magazine at the Institute that tied for first place in a Columbia Scholastic Press Association contest in 1931.

Alumni publication of New Mexico Military Institute, issue date November 30, 1937.