Series: The New Deal at Tumacácori

The grounds of Tumacácori protect a map of treasures made by men and women during the New Deal era of the 1930's. Will you find them all?

• Article 1: Early Custodians of Tumacácori

  

  Early leadership at Tumacácori during the New Deal period of the 1930s made some of the most lasting and significant decisions in the park's history. Read more

• Article 2: Civilian Conservation Corps at Tumacácori

  

  The CCC is one of the most well-remembered and highly regarded programs of the New Deal. Camp NM-1-N, located at Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico, made important contributions to Tumacácori’s visitor center. Read more

• Tumacácori National Historical Park

  Article 3: Visitor Center Architecture and Historical Pastiche

  

  The design for Tumacácori’s visitor center evolved from a New Deal-era 1935 expedition to thirteen Spanish colonial mission sites in Sonora and two in Arizona, at a time of political and social unrest in Mexico. Its great interpretive value as an exhibit in an of itself earned it the distinction of National Historic Landmark in 1987. Read more

• Tumacácori National Historical Park

  Article 4: Federal Emergency Relief Administration

  

  Initially established as the Emergency Relief Administration by President Hoover in 1932 to loan money to states for relief programs, Roosevelt asked Congress to authorize the FERA for the same purpose. Read more

• Article 5: Civil Works Administration

  

  Unveiled on November 8, 1933 as part of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, the intent of the Civil Works Administration was to provide temporary winter construction work. In 1934, construction of the boundary wall was begun by local men hired under the CWA, causing visitors to enter the park through the visitor center. Read more

• Tumacácori National Historical Park

  Article 6: Historic American Buildings Survey

  

  With funding from FERA the National Park Service launched HABS on December 12, 1933 to document significant architectural and engineering features throughout the United States, with the permanent image and document collection housed at the Library of Congress. Read more