Demetrio Chavez and Joseph H. Reynolds family papers

Content Description

Papers and financial records related to Demetrio Chavez and Joseph H. Reynolds families. Includes: papers related to the settlement of the estate of Demetrio Chavez, administered by William Charles Reynolds, 1905-1915; deeds and financial records mostly related to debts owed to Demetrio Chavez for loans, 1889-1904; correspondence and financial documents between Demetrio Chavez and George W. Wood, 1893-1904; correspondence and financial documents between Demetrio Chavez and Albert Bacon Fall, including information on Fall's Black Mountain Gold Mining and Milling Company, 1891-1899; papers of Joseph H. Reynolds, including personal and professional correspondence, business and financial records, 1911-1915.

Acquisition Type

Gift

Provenance

According to Michael Ryan, donor, these family documents were saved by Maria Chavez Fountain. After her death in 1972, they passed to Celia Fountain, wife of Arturo Fountain (Maria's son). The papers were subsequently passed on to Celia Fountain's son, Art Fountain. Art Fountain gave the papers to Michael Ryan, April 2023, with the understanding that they might be donated to the NMSU Library Archives and Special Collections

Restrictions Apply

No