Charles Ilfeld Company
Organization
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
Charles Ilfeld Company Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: PICT-000-091
Abstract
The collection contains photographs of the Ilfeld family.
Dates:
1900-1910
Charles Ilfeld Company Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-91-BC
Scope and Content
The collection contains records of the Charles Ilfeld Company including correspondence, ledgers, receipts and invoices, inventories, and advertisements. It is divided into three series: correspondence, account books and ledgers, and records of other businesses. The correspondence, 1867-1903, contains letters received and letters sent, both arranged chronologically, and consisting mostly of orders placed with the company. These are followed by copies (Copy Books) of remittance letters and...
Dates:
1865-1929
Contreras Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-52-BC
Abstract
This collection is comprised of business and private papers pertaining to Abram Contreras, Felipe Peralta, Emiliano Contreras and their relatives who resided in Socorro County, central New Mexico, in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Dates:
1820-1944
E. L. Moulton Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-387-BC
Abstract
The majority of this collection is the business, legal, and personal correspondence of E. L. Moulton from 1910-1958.
Dates:
1910-1965; Majority of material found in 1912-1958
Gustave Elsberg Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-305-SC
Abstract
The Gustave Elsberg papers relate to a suit levied by Elsberg against his former business partner Jacob Amberg in 1869.
Dates:
1869-1897
Ilfeld Family Letters
Collection
Identifier: AC-113-p
Scope and Content
Collection consists primarily of letters received by Charles or Louis Ilfeld from family members and business associates. The letters primarily concern either family matters or the activities of the Charles Ilfeld Company. A few business documents are also in the collection.
Dates:
1840-1928
Raton Grocery Store Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-297-BC
Abstract
The Raton Grocery Store Records consist of fifteen ledgers and notebooks pertaining to the operations of a grocery and mercantile business in Raton, New Mexico, 1907-1938.
Dates:
1907-1938
Smith Mercantile Company (Santa Rosa, N.M.) Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS -215 -BC
Abstract
The collection contains financial records of George H. Smith, Jr., and the Smith Mercantile Company, also known as the Santa Rosa Mercantile Company. The business, located in Santa Rosa, New Mexico, was owned and operated by George H. Smith, Jr.
Dates:
1891-1959; Majority of material found in 1901-1958
Spitz Family Business Papers
Collection
Identifier: AC 252
Scope and Content
This collection consists mainly of business records of the Spitz Jewelry Store, Santa Fe, NM. The business was founded in 1881 and closed in 1974. The business was started by Solomon Spitz and carried on by his son, Bernard. Initially the business involved manufacture, importation, and sale of jewelry. There is a significant collection of letters from the Fred Harvey company ordering jewelry (1905 - 1921). The family was also involved in financial and real estate ventures throughout the state....
Dates:
1888-1975
United States Army Quartermaster Corps Contracts
Collection
Identifier: MSS-111-BC
Abstract
The collection consists of photocopies of contracts between the U.S. War Department and New Mexico businesses to supply feed to U.S. Army forts in New Mexico and Texas.
Dates:
1860-1886
William C. Ilfeld Collection,
Collection
Identifier: 1971-022
Scope and Content
Collection consists of papers of individuals associated with the Charles Ilfeld Co., a mercantile company which operated in Las Vegas, Santa Fe, and other parts of northern New Mexico. Series I consists of the business and personal papers of Charles Ilfeld. Business papers include deeds, certificates, licenses, conveyances, blueprints, correspondence, contracts, notebooks, receipts, invoices, and other materials from the Charles Ilfeld Co. Personal papers include correspondence, notebooks, an...
Dates:
1860-1944
William Jackson Parish Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-276-BC
Scope and Content
The bulk of the William Jackson Parish collection is made up of research material for Parish's Harvard dissertation and 1961 Harvard University Press publication, The Charles Ilfeld Company: A Study of the Rise and Decline of Mercantile Capitalism in New Mexico. This material consists of correspondence, notes, manuscripts, business reports, an editor's copy of The Charles Ilfeld Company..., as well as the bound dissertation....
Dates:
1700-1964; Majority of material found in 1945-1963
Zeb Conley Collection of Charles Ilfeld Papers
Collection
Identifier: AC-048-p
Scope and Content
The collection includes bits of this commercial history as well as the history of Las Vegas. A letter from his brother-in-law and partner, Max Nordhaus, describes a flood of the Gallinas River in 1904. Among a number of speeches delivered by Charles Ilfeld is one given before the Las Vegas Woman's Club in 1924 which is of considerable interest for its autobiographical content. This material was originally owned by Louis Ilfeld, son of Charles, who had a deep interest in Las Vegas...
Dates:
1904-1927; 1904-1927