100 Years Ago: New Mexico's Early Film History
Maps of New Mexico
The Palace of the Governors: A Witness to History
Your Obedient Servant, W. H. Bonney
Remembering the Santa Fe Japanese Internment Camp
Through the Lens - Imaging Santa Fe
Buffalo Soldiers in New Mexico
The Last Hurdle:
El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro
Rough Riders
Doña Teresa
USS New Mexico BB40:
The Drinan Diary
Tesoros De Devoción
New Mexico's Segesser
Hide Paintings
The Estancia Press
Fashioning New Mexico:
Victorian Secrets
In Her Own Voice - Doña Teresa Aguilera y Roche and Intrigue in the Palace of the Governors, 1659-1662
6 minutes and 15 seconds
The only woman in New Mexico arrested by the Inquisition on the account of secretly being Jewish... Learn the fascinating story of Doña Teresa Aguilera y Roche, the wife of Santa Fe's colonial governor Don Bernardo López de Mendizábal. While imprisoned in Mexico City she asks for a pen and paper and writes her defense laying bare what life was like in the Palace of the Governors at that time.What lead to her arrest? What happened to her? Her story is one that provides a rare view into the intrigue and social history of early Spanish colonial society in New Mexico.
New Mexico History Museum Director Dr. Frances Levine and Colonial historian Gerald Gonzales share insights into this dramatic story. Featured is colonial Hispanic music performed by The Santa Fe Desert Choral and celebrated Flamenco dancer Maria Benitez brings Doña T to life.
New Mexico History Museum Director Dr. Frances Levine and Colonial historian Gerald Gonzales share insights into this dramatic story. Featured is colonial Hispanic music performed by The Santa Fe Desert Choral and celebrated Flamenco dancer Maria Benitez brings Doña T to life.
