Governor Lew Wallace Papers,
Collection
Identifier: 1959-085
Scope and Content
Collection consists of official and personal papers of Governor Wallace. Reports include one report from Wallace to the Secretary of the Interior discussing New Mexico's economy, agriculture, education, minerals, and problems (1879) and a second report from Wallace to the Legislative Assembly (1880). Penal papers consist of pardons, commutations, reprieves, remissions of fines, requisitions for extraditions to and from New Mexico, and death warrants. Wallace's personal papers include letters written by Lew and Susan Wallace (1878-1907), an article about Lew Wallace (1895-1926), sketches by Lew Wallace, a mining deed (1882), and five historical documents. Historical documents include two royal Spanish decrees and Wallace's translations of two reports concerning Bernardo de Castro's mining expedition.
Some material in Spanish.
Some material in Spanish.
Dates
- 1878-1926
Language of Materials
English, and Spanish.
Access Restrictions
Access to original official materials restricted; Use microfilm if available (Territorial Archives of New Mexico).
Copy Restrictions
Limited duplication allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.
Biography
Lew Wallace was appointed Governor of the Territory of New Mexico by President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1878. He served until 1881.
Extent
.5 Linear Feet
Organization
Organized into six series:
- I. Letters received
- II. Letters sent
- III. Appointments, proclamations, and circulars
- IV. Reports
- V. Penal papers
- VI. Personal papers
Alternate Format
Available on microfilm as part of the Territorial Archives of New Mexico (Roll 99). Wallace's personal papers were not microfilmed.
General
Contact Information
- New Mexico State Records Center and Archives
- Archives and Historical Services Division
- 1205 Camino Carlos Rey
- Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505
- Phone: 505-476-7908
- Fax: 505-476-7909
- Email: archives@rain.state.nm.us
- URL: http://www.state.nm.us/cpr/ahsd_top.htm
- Annual reports
- Bounties --New Mexico
- Education --New Mexico
- Extradition -- New Mexico
- Governors --New Mexico
- Mines and mineral resources --New Mexico
- New Mexico -- Politics and government -- 1848-1950
- New Mexico --Economic conditions
- Pardon --New Mexico
- Proclamations
- Territorial records
- Wallace, Lew, 1827-1905
- Warrants
- Title
- Inventory of the Governor Lew Wallace Papers, 1878-1926
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Processed by staff
- Date
- ©2000
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
- June 28, 2004: PUBLIC "-//New Mexico State Records Center and Archives//TEXT (US::Nm-Ar::1959-085::Governor Lew Wallace Papers)//EN" "nmar1959-085.sgml" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15).
- Monday, 20210524: Attribute normal is missing or blank.
Repository Details
Part of the New Mexico State Records Center and Archives Repository