| | 83 | Author: | Unknown | Add to Favorites | | | 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 |
| 84 | Author: | Arizona Mining Company | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Articles of Agreement,
1869 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1869 | | | | Abstract: | Holograph manuscript, on parchment, of "Articles of Agreement" drawn up in London, August 25, 1869,
by which Charles D. Poston, as attorney for the Arizona Mining Company, transferred to Roswell Sabine
Ripley of London, for the price of 100,000 pounds sterling, all the real and movable property and mineral
rights pertaining to the Arivaca Ranch and the Heintzelman (or Cerro Colorado) Mine. Inserted is an affidavit
signed by the Mayor of London and the U.S. Consul-General at London acknowledging the validity of the agreement. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Investments, British -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Santa Cruz County. | Mining corporations -- Arizona -- Santa Cruz County. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 87 | Author: | Ives, Eugene Semmes, 1859-1917. | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Legal Papers of Eugene Semmes Ives,
1902-1916 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1902-1916 | | | | Abstract: | Case files including legal papers, notes and other material concerning Ives' cases.
Included are files related to Albert Steinfeld, Epes Randolph, Louis Zeckendorf,
and various mining, railroad, and power companies. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Lawyers -- Arizona. | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- History -- Sources. | Mining corporations -- Arizona -- History -- Sources. | Railroads -- Arizona. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 95 | Author: | Pollock, Thomas Elmer, 1868-1938 | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Thomas Elmer Pollock Collection,
1904-1942 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1904-1942 | | | | Abstract: | This collection includes correspondence,
legal papers, tax forms, bills, ledgers, use permits, maps and blueprints, wool
files, and financial records relating to banking and investment enterprises in
northern Arizona and New Mexico. It also includes business records and
correspondence of various cattle and sheep companies, chiefly Chino Valley Land
and Cattle Co., Clear Creek Cattle Co., Red River Land and Cattle Co., and
White River Land and Cattle Co. | | | | Repository: | Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives Department. | | | | Subjects: | Cattle trade--Arizona--History--Sources | Banks and banking--Arizona--History--Sources | Coal mines and mining--Arizona--History--Sources | Investment banking--Arizona--History--Sources | Forest reserves--Arizona--History--Sources | Wool industry--Arizona--History--Sources | Grazing--Arizona--History--Sources | Grazing--New Mexico--History--Sources | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 97 | Author: | Cosulich, Bernice, 1896-1956 | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Papers of Bernice Cosulich
1923-1956 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1923-1956 | | | | Abstract: | Papers of Bernice Cosulich consists of correspondence, published and unpublished articles, clippings, scrapbooks, photographs, and notes related to Cosulich’s work writing for the Arizona Daily Star newspaper and various magazines, her book Tucson, and future projects including a projected biography of actress Helena Modjeska and a work on Arizona’s ghost towns, dating between 1923 and 1956. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Authors, American--Correspondence | Medicinal plants--Southwestern States | Extinct cities--Arizona | Ghost towns--Arizona | Copper mines and mining--Arizona | Mines and mineral resources--Arizona | Pioneers--Arizona | Women journalists--Arizona | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
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