University Library News Release

Date: September 12, 2007

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Jeanette Smith, NMSU Library, (575) 646-7492, jcsmith@lib.nmsu.edu

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Rio Grande Historical Collections 2008 Calendar for Sale

The NMSU Library's Rio Grande Historical Collections is offering its 2008 calendar, "Flood and Drought," for sale. Copies can be purchased for $6 each at the NMSU Bookstore, the second floor administrative offices at Zuhl Library and the fourth floor Archives & Special Collections research room at Branson Library.

The calendar features photographs of flood and drought, elemental images that serve as a constant reminder that life in the desert is a delicate balance, and that an overabundance of either sun or water will produce disastrous results.

The "flood" photographs were selected from the collections of Department of Agriculture engineer Herbert W. Yeo and local professional photographer Jim Rives, who captured the images on August 29-30, 1935. The "drought" images are from the Jornada Experimental Range Station Program in Rangeland Research, which began in 1912.

The calendar makes a great gift. For more information, please contact the NMSU Library Administration at (575) 646-1508 or the Archives & Special Collections Department at (575) 646-3839.

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