Mariano Chavez Family Papers,
Collection
Identifier: 1960-010
Scope and Content
Collection consists of photocopies of documents involving members of the Mariano Chavez family and others. Most of the materials concern land grants, wills and estates, land conveyances, and litigation over land and water disputes in New Mexico during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Other materials include inventories of personal property, a license to build a chapel at San Jose de Chama (1844), a geneaology of the Chavez family, a collection of alabados (religious verses), and newspaper clippings regarding the Chavez family.
Most materials are in Spanish.
Most materials are in Spanish.
Dates
- 1763-1967 (bulk 1763-1873)
Language of Materials
Spanish, and English.
Access Restrictions
None
Copy Restrictions
Limited duplication allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.
Extent
.5 Linear Feet
Organization
Collection is organized into five series:
- I. Land grants
- II. Wills and estates
- III. Conveyances
- IV. Litigations
- V. Miscellaneous
Location of Originals
Originals are retained by donor.
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
General
- Alabados
- Catron, Thomas Benton, 1840-1921
- Clippings
- Ditches -- New Mexico
- Family papers
- Genealogy
- Hymns
- Irrigation canals and flumes -- New Mexico
- Land grants -- New Mexico
- Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- New Mexico
- Legal documents
- Piedra Lumbre Land Grant (N.M.)
- Ranches -- New Mexico
- Rancho de la Rinconada (N.M.)
- San Jose (N.M.) -- History
- Tierra Amarilla Land Grant (N.M.)
- Wills
- Title
- Inventory of the Mariano Chavez Family Papers, 1763-1967 (bulk 1763-1873)
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Processed by K. Dorman
- 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::1960-010::Mariano Chavez Family Papers)//EN" "nmar1960-010.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