A.A. Jones Papers,
Collection
Identifier: 1960-025
Scope and Content
Collection consists of the legal, personal, and political papers of A.A. Jones. The bulk of the collection consists of legal papers which include several land grant, business, and probate case records. Land grant case records pertain to the Maxwell, Preston Beck, Mora, Las Vegas, and Eaton land grants. Included in the land grant case records are the papers of James and Helen Beck and New Mexico Chief Justice Elisha V. Long's opinion on the Las Vegas Land Grant. Companies involved in the business case records are the French Land & Irrigation Co., Raton Water Works Co., Abreu Investment Co., Browne & Manzanares Co., Bank of Springer, the First National Bank of Las Vegas, and Gross, Kelly & Co. Some business case records pertain to bankruptcy and incorporation. Probate case records involve various persons and include wills. Personal and political papers contain correspondence, speeches, business letterpress books, miscellaneous ledgers, and a receipt book. Also included is a letterpress book from the Democratic Territorial Committee.
Dates
- 1862-1927
Creator
- Jones, Andrieus Aristieus, 1862-1927 (Person)
Language of Materials
English.
Access Restrictions
None
Copy Restrictions
Limited duplication allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.
Biographical Note
A.A. (Andrieus Aristieus) Jones was a prominent lawyer and politican from East Las Vegas, New Mexico. His political positions included Mayor of Las Vegas, New Mexico, 1893-1894; special U.S. District Attorney, 1894-1898; Democratic National Convention delegate, 1896; New Mexico Democratic Committee Chairman, 1906-1908, 1911; Democratic National Committee member, 1908-1922; and United States Senator, 1917-1927. Jones also collaborated with Albert T. Rogers Jr. representing clients in land grant litigation.
Extent
16.5 Linear Feet
Organization
Collection is organized into thirteen series:
- I. Personal Papers
- II. Letterpress Books
- III. Jones and Roger Law Firm Records
- IV. Land Grant Litigation
- V. Court Cases Involving Prominent Contemporaries
- VI. Corporation Papers and Civil Cases
- VII. Miscellaneous Court Cases and Company Records
- VIII. Bible Film Co. Cases
- IX. Wills and Estates
- X. New Mexico Supreme Court Cases
- XI. Santa Fe County District Court Case
- XII. US Supreme Court Case
- XIII. Abstracts, Correspondence, and Miscellaneous Documents
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
- Articles of incorporation
- Bankruptcy -- New Mexico
- Civil procedure -- New Mexico
- Deeds
- Eaton Land Grant (N.M.)
- Gross, Kelly & Company, Inc
- Land titles -- New Mexico
- Las Vegas Land Grant (N.M.)
- Lawyers -- New Mexico
- Legal files
- Legislators -- United States
- Maxwell Land Grant (N.M. and Colo.)
- Mora Land Grant (N.M.)
- New Mexico -- Politics and government -- 1848-1950
- Preston Beck Land Grant (N.M.)
- Water rights -- New Mexico
- Wills
Creator
- Jones, Andrieus Aristieus, 1862-1927 (Person)
- Title
- Inventory of the A.A. Jones Papers, 1862-1927
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Processed by J. Richard Salazar
- 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::1960-025::A.A. Jones Papers)//EN" "nmar1960-025.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