Cannon Air Force Base Cultural Resources Archive

Part of: Air Force - Central

Collection of documents, data, and images generated from and/or related to archaeological resource and investigations on the Cannon Air Force Base in New Mexico. The collection was created by tDAR under contract with the USAF and is intended to organize documents, images, and other data from the Cannon Air Force Base. Some of the digital resources are organized under several sub-collections, which group together documents from particular investigations or related to certain sites or parts of the base. Other digital objects are included individually. Due to the potential sensitive information included in these documents, users that wish to access documents and images without redaction should contact the cultural resources office at the Cannon Air Force Base.

Site Name Keywords
LA 173359 • Chavez Manor • LA 172689 • LA 64779 • LA 64778 • LA 64777 • LA 181842 • LA 161297 • LA161297 • Building 307

Site Type Keywords
Non-Domestic Structures • Governmental Structure • Historic Governmental Structure • Military Structure • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Archaeological Feature • Homestead • Artifact Scatter • Pit • Domestic Structures

Other Keywords
Cannon Air Force Base • New Mexico State Historic Preservation Office • Cannon AFB • New Mexico SHPO • Melrose Air Force Range • National Register of Historic Places • NRHP • Concurrence • Consultation • Comm Facility

Culture Keywords
Historic • PaleoIndian • Archaic

Investigation Types
Reconnaissance / Survey • Site Evaluation / Testing • Research Design / Data Recovery Plan • Archaeological Overview • Data Recovery / Excavation • Systematic Survey • Historic Background Research • Heritage Management

Material Types
Glass • Metal • Ceramic • Wood • Amethyst Glass • Building Materials • Bottle Glass • Brick • Whiteware • Earthenware

Temporal Keywords
Historic • WWII • Cold War • Prehistoric • Statehood Period • US Territorial • World War II • Cold War Era • Depression Era • WWII Era

Geographic Keywords
New Mexico (State / Territory) • Curry (County) • Roosevelt County (County) • Curry County (County) • United States of America (Country) • North America (Continent) • USA (Country) • Roosevelt (County) • Llano Estacado • Portair, NM, USA

Resources Inside This Collection (Viewing 1-100 of 150)

  1. 2006 Cold War Era Building Survey (2008)
  2. 2013 Cannon AFB O & M Projects (2013)
  3. Administrative and SHPO Correspondence Regarding Building Demolition (2015)
  4. Administrative Record for Investigating the Homestead-to-Farmstead Transition and Early-to-Middle Twentieth Century Social Dynamics on Cannon Air Force Base: Data Recovery Efforts at LA 172689 and LA 173359 (2013)
  5. Administrative Record for the 2012 Add-Alter Projects at Cannon Air Force Base (2012)
  6. Administrative Record for the Helicopter Landing Zone at Canon Air Force Base (2011)
  7. Administrative Record for the Proposed Demolition of Six Buildings (2001)
  8. Administrative Records and SHPO Correspondence Regarding Proposed Construction of a New Lift Station and Gravity Sewer Line (2012)
  9. Administrative Records and Tribal and SHPO Correspondence Regarding Proposed Construction of a Parachute Tower (2013)
  10. Administrative Records for FY12 MILCON Projects (2012)
  11. Administrative Records for FY13 MILCON Projects (2013)
  12. Administrative Records for the Assessment of Historic Materials Inadvertently Discovered at the Consolidated Communications Facility Construction Site, Cannon Air Force Base, Curry County, New Mexico (2012)
  13. Administrative Records Regarding the Description of a Proposed Action and Alternatives (DOPAA) for the Utilization and Enhancements at Melrose Air Force Range, New Mexico (2015)
  14. Airfield Lighting Consultation Materials (2025)
  15. Architectural Documentation of Building on Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico (2005)
  16. Arrowhead Hunting Doesn't Take Place of History (2021)
  17. The Assessment of Historic Materials Inadvertently Discovered at the Consolidated Communications Facility Construction Site, Cannon Air Force Base, Curry County, New Mexico (2012)
  18. Background Information and Local History for Clovis, New Mexico (2021)
  19. Bird Radar Installation Consultation Materials (2024)
  20. Building Photos and Underground Water Rights (2000)
  21. Cannon AFB 1959 Aerial Photograph (1959)
  22. Cannon Air Force Base (Cannon Main Base & Melrose Air Force Range) Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan, Volume I (2009)
  23. Cannon Air Force Base Cultural Resources
  24. Contact Sheet of Pictures from LA 173359 (2012)
  25. Correspondence Concerning ASR-11 Surveys Conducted at Cannon Air Force Base (2003)
  26. Correspondence Concerning Cannon Air Force Base Demolition of Three Buildings (2002)
  27. Correspondence Concerning National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) Eligibility of Four Buildings at Cannon Air Force Base (2001)
  28. Correspondence Re: The Installation of Airport Surveillance Radar (ASR-11) (2003)
  29. Correspondence Regarding Water Training at Four Area Lakes (2009)
  30. Cultural Resource Inventory of 603 Acres of Unsurveyed Lands on Cannon Air Force Base, Curry County, New Mexico (2019)
  31. A Cultural Resource Inventory of 8.9 Acres Near the Main Post Gate, Cannon Air Force Base, Curry County, New Mexico (2012)
  32. Cultural Resource Survey and NRHP Eligibility Assessment of 100 Acres on Cannon Air Force Base in Curry County, New Mexico (2015)
  33. Cultural Resource Survey and NRHP Eligibility Assessment of 112 Acres on Cannon Air Force Base in Curry County, New Mexico (2018)
  34. Cultural Resource Survey and NRHP Eligibility Assessment of 112 Acres on Cannon Air Force Base in Curry County, New Mexico - NIAF Forms (2015)
  35. Documentation of a Building on Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico (2000)
  36. Documentation of Building on Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico (1998)
  37. Documentation of World War II Hangers on Cannon AFB (1980)
  38. Documents regarding the 1998 Crash Site (1998)
  39. Draft Cannon Air Force Base Cultural Resources Management Plan Comments (2022)
  40. Draft Memorandum of Agreement Regarding the Demolition of a Building Cannon Air Force Base, NM & SHPO Correspondence (1994)
  41. Government May Designate an Historic Trail on Routes Navajo and Mescalero were Forced to Walk (2021)
  42. Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan Canon Air Force Range (2021)
  43. Interim Report for the Mitigation of LA 172689 and LA 173359, Cannon Air Force Base, Curry County, New Mexico (2013)
  44. Investigating the Homestead-to-Farmstead Transition and Early-to-Middle Twentieth Century Social Dynamics on Cannon Air Force Base: Data Recovery Efforts at LA 172689 and LA 173359 (2014)
  45. Jicarilla Apache Nation Response to Memorandum Regarding New Mexico Training Range Initiative (NMTRI) (2003)
  46. Legal Review - 551 Special Operations Squadron (SOS) Building & Cumulative Effects of All New Construction Projects Post 2007 Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) (2015)
  47. Letter from Comanche Nation Regarding Bird Radar Installation (2024)
  48. Letter from SHPO Recommending Archaeological Surveys on Cannon AFB (1977)
  49. Letter from SHPO Recommending Historic Building Surveys on Cannon AFB (2004)
  50. Letter from SHPO Regarding Proposed Construction/Remodeling Projects, Cannon Air Force Base (1989)
  51. Letter to New Mexico State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) About Cannon Air Force Base Drainage Repair (2015)
  52. Letter to New Mexico State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) about Cannon Air Force Base Road Repairs (2014)
  53. Letter to New Mexico State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) Regarding Cannon Air Force Base Upgrade to Communications System (2013)
  54. Letter to SHPO About Upcoming Demolition of WWII-Era Buildings (1993)
  55. Letter to SHPO Regarding Section 106 Consultation on Entry Control Point Construction at South Portales Gate (2015)
  56. Letter to SHPO Requesting Concurrence on NRHP Eligibility Evaluation for LA 66373, 110524, 133088, and 110530 (2011)
  57. List of Known Burials in Blacktower Cemetery and Photos of Selected Monuments (1994)
  58. Memo for Record: Demolition Projects (2002)
  59. Memorandum for Record Regarding the Demolition of One Building on Cannon Air Force Base and the Section 106 Process (2000)
  60. Memorandum for Record: Notes From Meeting with New Mexico SHPO on Building Demolition (2000)
  61. Memorandum for Record: Unanticipated Cultural Resource, COMM Facility Construction Site, 22 June 2012 (2012)
  62. Memorandum for Record: Unanticipated Cultural Resource, COMM Facility Construction Site, 25 June 2012 (2012)
  63. Memorandum of Agreement Between Cannon Air Force Base and the New Mexico State Historic Preservation Officer Regarding Adverse Effects to LA 172689 and LA 173359 Cannon Air Force Base, Curry County, New Mexico (2013)
  64. Memorandum Re: Supplemental Consultation Letter on the Effects the Area of Potential Effect (APE), a Potential “Significant Historic Property” Located in the Chavez South Area of Cannon AFB, Will Have on the Military Housing Privatization Initiative (MHPI) (2013)
  65. Memorandum: Demolition Projects (1998)
  66. Memorandum: ESORTS Justification for Conservation Pillar (2021)
  67. Memorandum: World War II Temporary Buildings (1992)
  68. National Register Eligibility and Appropriate Forms of Treatment, Cannon Air Force Base, National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), Section 106 Compliance Review (2000)
  69. National Register of Historic Places Eligibility Evaluation of Nine Architectural Resources, Cannon Air Force Base, Curry County, New Mexico (2022)
  70. National Register of Historic Places Eligibility Evaluation of Three Archaeological Sites on Cannon Air Force Base in Curry County, New Mexico (2016)
  71. New Mexico State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) Concurrence and Correspondence Concerning Cannon Air Force Base Xeriscaping Around Dog Kennels Project (2013)
  72. New Mexico State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) Concurrence About 27 Sustainment Projects at Cannon Air Force Base (2013)
  73. New Mexico State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) Concurrence About Cannon Air Force Base Construction of Covered Storage Area and Astro Turf Fitness Field with DD1391, DD1391c, and AFF813 (2014)
  74. New Mexico State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) Concurrence About Cannon Air Force Base Construction of New Entry Control Point at the South Gate (2014)
  75. New Mexico State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) Concurrence About Cannon Air Force Base Construction of Portable Armory (2013)
  76. New Mexico State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) Concurrence About Cannon Air Force Base End of Fiscal Year 2014 Projects (2014)
  77. New Mexico State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) Concurrence About Cannon Air Force Base Fiscal Year 2014 Proposed Projects (2014)
  78. New Mexico State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) Concurrence About Cannon Air Force Base Fitness Center Construction (2014)
  79. New Mexico State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) Concurrence About Cannon Air Force Base Installation of Fiber Optic Cable on Three Buildings (2014)
  80. New Mexico State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) Concurrence About Cannon Air Force Base Proposed Installation of Eleven Antennas (2014)
  81. New Mexico State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) Concurrence Letter for the Cannon Air Force Base Installation of Fiber Optic System Proposal (2013)
  82. New Mexico State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) Concurrences About Cannon Air Force Base End of Fiscal Year 2014 Road Projects (2014)
  83. New Mexico State Preservation Office (SHPO) Concurrence About Cannon Air Force Base End of Fiscal Year 2014 Projects (2013)
  84. NMCRIS Investigation Abstract Form (NIAF) for A 9.80-Acre Cultural Resources Survey of the Proposed Southeast Ramp Fuel Distribution Point at Cannon Air Force Base, Curry County, New Mexico (2014)
  85. NMCRIS Investigation Abstract Form (NIAF) for a Survey of an Additional 14.9 Acres for the Proposed Southeast Ramp Fuel Distribution Point at Cannon Air Force Base, Curry County, New Mexico (2017)
  86. North Playa Water Treatment Consultation Materials (2023)
  87. Photos of Building (2000)
  88. Photos of Building (1) (2000)
  89. Photos of Building (2) (2000)
  90. A Pre-1946 Architectural Survey of Cannon Air Force Base (1996)
  91. Report of a Class III Cultural Resource Inventory of 388 Acres on Cannon Air Force Base, Curry County, New Mexico (1988)
  92. Report to Congress on the Federal Archeology Program, Cannon Air Force Base (2003)
  93. Research Design and Work Plan for a Cultural Resource Survey and NRHP Eligibility Assessment of 100 Acres on Cannon Air Force Range, Curry County, New Mexico (2015)
  94. Research Design and Work Plan for a Data Recovery Plan for LA 172689, an Historic Homestead on Cannon Air Force Base, Curry County, New Mexico (2012)
  95. Running Trail Consultation Materials (2025)
  96. Runway Replacement SHPO Correspondence (2016)
  97. SHPO Concurrence and Assorted Documentation Regarding Destruction of Three Buildings (1996)
  98. SHPO Concurrence on Entry Control Point Construction at South Portales Gate (2015)
  99. SHPO Concurrence on 18 Proposed Beddown Projects on Cannon AFB (2013)
  100. SHPO Concurrence on Addition to Building 724 on Cannon Air Force Base (2015)