NMHU Archives
100.0 Student Newspaper Collection
Collection Summary
Title
Student Newspaper Collection, New Mexico Highlands University
Collection Number
100.0
Provenance
Thomas C. Donnelly Library, New Mexico Highlands University
Size
21 linear feet
Repository
University Archives, Thomas C. Donnelly Library, New Mexico Highlands
University, Las Vegas, New Mexico
Scope and Content
This collection includes copies of the official student newspaper. With some lapses,
there has been a campus newspaper published since 1914. The newspaper has had three
titles, the Trigonian News (1914-1923), The Candle (1927-1973), and La Mecha (1973present). The collection is not complete. It includes many duplicates.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
None
Copy Restrictions
Duplication allowed for research purposes. User responsible for all
copyright compliance.
Preferred Citation
Student Newspaper Collection, University Archives, Thomas C. Donnelly
Library, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico
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New Mexico Highlands University
New Mexico Normal School
New Mexico Normal University
Trigonian News
The Candle
La Mecha
The Live Wire
The Little Chief
Contents List
Original Accessions
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Contents
Trigonian News, March 6, 1914 – August 4, 1916
The Live Wire, 1922; The Little Chief, 1922-1923
Trigonian News, October 6, 1916 - July 29, 1919
Trigonian News, October 31, 1919 – July 9, 1923
The Candle, October 29, 1929 – October 9, 1930
The Candle, May 1927 – May 1929; September 1931 –
August 1935
The Candle, September 1935 – May 1937
The Candle, September 23, 1937 – July 20, 1939
The Candle, October 2, 1939 – August 19, 1941
The Candle, September 1940 – August 19, 1942
The Candle, January 6, 1942 – May 20, 1942;
October 26, 1946 – May 7, 1948
The Candle, September 12, 1947 – July 22, 1949
The Candle, September 16, 1949 – July 22, 1951
The Candle, September 22, 1950 – August 1952
The Candle, October 3, 1952 – July 14, 1954
The Candle, September 23, 1954 – August 1, 1957
The Candle, September 27, 1956 – August 1958
The Candle, September 25, 1958 – August 4, 1960
The Candle, September 29, 1960 – April 5, 1962
The Candle, September 27, 1962 – May 28, 1965
The Candle, September 24, 1964 – August 18, 1967
The Candle, September 22, 1966 – August 2, 1968
The Candle, September 25, 1967 – August 20, 1969
The Candle, September 27, 1968 – January 19, 1973
La Mecha, 1973 – 1976
La Mecha, 1977- 1979
La Mecha, 1980-1982
La Mecha, 1983 – 1985
La Mecha, September 26, 1979 – March 14, 1980;
1986 – 1988
La Mecha, 1989 – May 2, 1991
La Mecha, September 19, 1991 – 1993
La Mecha, 1994 – 1998
La Mecha, 1999 -