by Rick Hendricks (Introduction by), Martha Shipman Andrews (Editor), Martha Shipman Andrews (Author)
In 1963 the Dona Ana County Historical Society initiated the publication of a historical journal to chronicle the rich and varied history of Southern New Mexico. The annually distributed SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO HISTORICAL REVIEW has over the years covered a range of topics from the settling of the region and the personalities that shaped its unique character to United States Military actions in the Southwest from the nineteenth century Indian wars to the border incursions of the early twentieth century. 2012 marks New Mexico's statehood centennial. In honor of that celebration the Dona Ana County Historical Society has compiled this anthology of representative articles from its REVIEW to make more widely available some of its outstanding contributions to the historiography of the Southwest Borderlands.
Author Biography
Martha Shipman Andrews is University Archivist and associate professor at New Mexico State University, las Cruces. She is currently editor of the SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO HISTORICAL REVIEW. She edited THE WHOLE DAMNED WORLD: NEW MEXICO AGGIES AT WAR: 1941-1945, recipient of two 2009 New Mexico Book Awards and the Centennial Award as one of the "100 Best Books of New Mexico." Dr. Rick Hendricks is the New Mexico State Historian and a past president of the Historical Society of new Mexico. He also served until recently as the editor of THE SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO HISTORICAL REVIEW. He has authored or co-authored over a dozen books including the extensive don Diego de Vargas series.