Side-by-side black and white photographs from the mid 1800's of two ladies sitting across from each other and dabbling in divination as a specter-like presence hovers between them

Waking the Spirits: The Diaries of John A. Clark

During the fall and winter of 1861-1862, Clark and many other officials in Santa Fe attended at least eight séances.

Animal History: An Emerging Scholarly Trend

A survey of emerging fields in animal history and animal studies.
Older and worn illustration of Mesilla, New Mexico

Visualizing History

Nineteenth-century visual images, then, had power to move people to action, to convert ideas into policy.