| | 1 | Author: | Roby, Kenneth | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Kenneth Roby Mexican Documents Collection
1788-1917
bulk 1824-1857 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1788-1917 | | | | Abstract: | Kenneth Roby Mexican Documents Collection, 1788-1917 (Bulk 1824-1857),contains seven series of documents that were written and distributed by various federal, state, and local government officials in Mexico between late 18th Century and early 20th Century. This collection also contains a small series of documents that were written and distributed by Spanish and English government officials in their colonies between late 19th Century and early 20th Century. Overall, this decree and orders collection includes military correspondence, constitutions and laws, appointments and promotions in the government. The collection also includes a chronological list of political leaders, important events, financial issues such as taxes and budgets, and overall customs in Mexico. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Administrative Law -- Mexico. | Elections -- Mexico -- History. | Generals -- Mexico. | Governors -- Mexico. | Mexico -- History -- Spanish Colony, 1540-1810. | Mexico -- History -- Wars of Independence, 1810-1821. | Mexico -- History -- 1821-1861. | Mexican War, 1846-1848. | Mexico--History--European Intervention, 1861-1867. | Mexico -- Politics and Government -- 1867-1910. | Mexico -- History -- Revolution, 1910-1920. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 6 | Author: | L. G. Murphy and Company | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | L.G. Murphy and
Company records,
1871-1874 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1871-1874 | | | | Abstract: | Ledger covers Fort Stanton store accounts, from May 1, 1871 to
Dec. 31, 1872, including accounts for Troop "D" 8th U.S. Calvary, Company "I"
15th U.S. Infantry, and Troop "B" 8th U.S. Calvary. A second daily journal
includes Fort Stanton store, from May to June 1873, and Lincoln, N.M., store
from July 1873 to Jan. 1874; it lists customers and items sold. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Merchants -- New Mexico -- History -- Sources | Retail trade -- New Mexico -- History --
Sources | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 7 | Author: | Stevens, Montague, 1859-1953. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Montague Stevens papers
1892-1953
(bulk 1896-1919) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1892-1953 | | | | Abstract: | Montague Stevens, 1859-1953 was a pioneer New Mexico rancher in the Magdalena and Reserve areas, where he operated the S.U. Cattle Co. and
the Shropshire Sheep Company. Portfolio containing chiefly correspondence, along with legal documents, bills, and financial records related
to Montague Stevens and his ranching operations. Correspondence and telegrams mostly concern problems with his financial backers in England.
Specific files for the S.U. Cattle Co. and the Shropshire Sheep Co. contain business correspondence regarding supplies and equipment,
as well as legal papers. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Cattle trade -- New Mexico -- History. | Sheep industry -- New Mexico -- History. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 8 | Author: | Unknown | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | New Mexico Territorial Covers Collection
[1874]-1912 ead | | | | Date(s): | [1874]-1912 | | | | Abstract: | This collection includes covers, postcards and letters mailed from towns in New Mexico during the state’s territorial period. Items of interest include real photo postcards which show images of: the Alvarado in Albuquerque (postmarked Anapra 1908); the Catholic Church in Las Cruces (postmarked Acme 1909); the Overland Limited Train (postmarked Black Tower 1910); Deming, NM (postmarked Carne 1912); a cattle ranch near Portales (postmarked Carter, 1907); a birdseye view of Folsom (postmarked Cuates, 1911); the Institute for the Blind, Alamogordo (postmarked Carrizozo); the hospital at Dawson, 1909; Main Street, Tucumcari, (postmarked Dodson 1911); Mexican Revolution politician Federico Gonzalez Garza (postmarked Elephant Butte 1911); Main Street, Melrose (postmarked House 1910); Tucumcari High School (postmarked Hanley 1911); the wholesale district, El Paso, (postmarked Lanark 1908); unknown building in Lamy, 1906; Main Street Las Cruces, 1908; the Church at Isleta Pueblo (postmarked Leopold 1906); St. Anthony’s Sanitarium at Las Vegas, 1910 (Postmarked Levy and Porvenir 1910); Lodge at Cloudcroft, (postmarked Mountain Park); Bravo Ranch Quarters (postmarked Nara Visa 1908); Chaves Courthouse in Roswell (postmarked Orchard Park 1911) Pipeline from Mountains (postmarked Orogrande 1907); Alameda Park Depot and Office Bldg, Alamogordo (postmarked Oscuro 1908); President Porfirio Diaz in a parade at El Paso (postmarked Pearl 1909); Souvenir of Silver Springs, (postmarked Silver Springs 1911); View of Sylanite (postmarked Sylvanite 1909); Street Scene, Silver City (postmarked Tyrone, 1910).
A number of picture cachets are also in the collection, including: a cachet of St. Michaels College (postmarked Santa Fe 1889); a cachet with a map of Colorado and New Mexico (postmarked Lookout 1880); and a cachet for “A. Gusdorf Grain Mill (postmarked Ranches of Taos, 1888).
Letters in the collection include: a letter from a teacher describing Christmas celebrations and social events in 1907 in Alma; letters about the economy (lumber, farming, mining), horses and people and a postcard, from Copperton, 1905; a letter from a German speaking soldier at, Fort Stanton, 1886; a letter about Statehood Day and taxes (postmarked Lakewood, 1912); a letter about house construction in Madison; a letter saying “thanks for the tobacco” and about organizing a Breeder’s Association in Mesilla, 1906; a letter with details of raising and selling hogs, Ruidoso, 1911; a letter about bad condition of the church and school, Silver City, 1909; and a letter which is described as the writers “last correspondence from the New Mexico Territory”.
Other interesting items include: a cover from Gascom dated 1900, signed by the postmaster on the closing date of the post office; a handwritten postmark, dated 1878, Loma Parda; a handwritten postmark and letter from Turquesa 1881; a postmark from the KC and La Jolla RPO (postmarked Melrose, 1908); covers from 1874 and 1875, Santa Fe. | | | | Repository: | Postal History Foundation, Peggy J. Slusser Memorial Philatelic Library | | | | Subjects: | New Mexico -- History. | Postal Service -- New Mexico. | Postcards -- New Mexico. | Mining -- New Mexico -- History. | Frontier and pioneer life -- New Mexico -- History. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 10 | Author: | Lister, Thomas A. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Thomas A. Lister papers
1903-1937
(bulk 1929-1933) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1903-1937 | | | | Abstract: | Thomas A. Lister was an Entrepreneur associated with Metal Mining Properties, Lordsburg, New Mexico. Collection includes handwritten
and typescript documents pertaining mainly to Lister's mining enterprises in Grant County and Hidalgo County, New Mexico. Included
are location notices, assay reports, hand-drawn maps, blueprints, notebooks, telegrams, and other documents concerning the promotion,
sale, and lease of specific mines. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Copper mines and mining -- New Mexico -- History -- Sources. | Gold mines and mining -- New Mexico -- History -- Sources. | Mines and mineral resources -- New Mexico -- Grant County -- History -- Sources. | Mines and mineral resources -- New Mexico -- Hidalgo County -- History -- Sources. | Silver mines and mining -- New Mexico -- History -- Sources. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 11 | Author: | San Juan de la Cruz Hacienda (Mexico) | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Records of the San Juan de la Cruz Hacienda (Mexico),
1649-1805 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1649-1805 | | | | Abstract: | Sixteen manuscripts, dated between 1649 and 1805, consisting of legal proceedings, receipts,
deeds, and business records relating to the San Juan de la Cruz Hacienda and flour mill, which was located in
Nueva Vizcaya, New Spain (in the present state of Chihuahua, Mexico). | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Haciendas—Mexico—Chihuahua (State)—History—Sources | Flour mills—Mexico—Chihuahua (State)—History—Sources | San Juan de la Cruz Hacienda (Mexico)—History—Sources | Chihuahua (Mexico : State)—History—Sources | Nueva Vizcaya (New Spain)—History—Sources | Mexico—History—Spanish colony, 1540-1810 | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 17 | Author: | Bartlett, Edward
L | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | New Mexican mining
documents collection,
1881-1904 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1881-1904 | | | | Abstract: | Correspondence, legal and financial documents, from 1881-1904,
that include location notices, mining and quit-claim deeds, proofs of labor,
contracts, powers of attorney, leases, receipts, bills, promissory notes,
injunctions, subpoenas, and bills of complaint. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Mining corporations -- New Mexico -- History -- 19th
century | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 20 | Author: | Schilling, Frank A. (Frank Adam), 1885- | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Military Posts Research Materials,
1946-1961 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1946-1961 | | | | Abstract: | Correspondence, articles, typescripts, notes, maps, charts, slides,
and other materials, written or collected by Schilling, relating to
the history and development of various forts in Arizona and New Mexico. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Military bases -- Arizona -- History. | Military bases -- New Mexico -- History. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
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