James John Hagerman, 1881 - 1931
Series
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The James John Hagerman Family Papers span the years from 1848 to 1937, with the bulk falling in the years 1881-1907. The collection is organized in four sub-groups: James Parrot Hagerman, James John Hagerman, Percy Hagerman, and Herbert James Hagerman; the main emphasis is on James John and Herbert James.
JAMES JOHN HAGERMAN The papers of James John Hagerman consist of the personal and business correspondence, memoirs and family business history of a wealthy, mining and railroad developer. Hagerman was instrumental in the development of the Pecos Valley from 1889-1931, and lost a considerable fortune in the process. These papers cover the years 1881-1931 (bulk 1881-1908).
J. J. Hagerman's correspondence consists of letters he sent to his brother-in-law, George Graves, while convalescing in Europe, 1881-1884, and copies of letters sent from his new home in Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1884-1890. Correspondence includes letters to Jerome B. Wheeler, Charles Otis, T. M. Davis and J. R. Busk.
The business correspondence consists of fragmentary records which survived accidentally. Percy Hagerman destroyed almost all of his father's business records when the family's Pecos Valley ranch folded in the 1930s. However, some of the correspondence concerning the development of the Colorado Midland Railway Company survived. Fragmentary correspondence, most of it in J. J. Hagerman's handwriting, details the development and sale of the railroad (1886-1892). There are also some legal papers and a list of stockholders of the Colorado Midland per the Secretary's record, December 31, 1889.
Other business related fragments are: two land patents; a pamphlet entitled "Statement of Facts: Jerome B. Wheeler vs. James J. Hagerman," and a brochure advertising the sale of the Southspring Ranch land (1908).
Also included here is a family history of the Hagermans' business interests in the Pecos Valley entitled "The Great Illusion: Notes on the Hagerman Experience in the Pecos Valley," written by Percy Hagerman at Colorado Springs in May 1934. This item includes much vital information about Hagerman's financial affairs after he became interested in and invested in Pecos Valley irrigation projects. Eventually he also became deeply involved in railroad and land development. The Hagerman involvement in a project to bring Swiss immigrants to the Pecos Valley is included in this history. Attached to Percy Hagerman's history is a three page paper written by J. J. Hagerman, shortly before his death, on the same incidents.
In 1908 James Hagerman wrote his memoirs entitled "James John Hagerman, Memoirs of his Life." Written a year before his death, this paper describes in detail Hagerman's life from his birth in 1838 until 1881 when he went to Europe to regain his health.
HERBERT JAMES HAGERMAN The papers of Herbert J. Hagerman consist of fragments which document several important events in the life of this wealthy, well-educated man. Spanning the years 1898-1935, the bulk of these papers are for the years when Hagerman was Second Secretary at the United States Embassy in Imperial Russia (1898-1901) and for the years when Hagerman was Territorial Governor of New Mexico (1906-1907).
H. J. Hagerman's correspondence relates primarily to his term as Territorial Governor of New Mexico, 1906-1907. Most of the letters support his position in the various disputes in which he was involved as Governor. Significant correspondents are:
Most of the documentation of his years in Russia is contained in scrapbooks which contain such memorabilia as calling cards, invitations, letters received, programs, broadsides, list of the diplomatic corps, postcards, menus, death notices and newspapers clippings. One scrapbook also serves as a photograph album; family photos and 35 mm copy negatives complete the Photograph series.
J. J. Hagerman's correspondence consists of letters he sent to his brother-in-law, George Graves, while convalescing in Europe, 1881-1884, and copies of letters sent from his new home in Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1884-1890. Correspondence includes letters to Jerome B. Wheeler, Charles Otis, T. M. Davis and J. R. Busk.
The business correspondence consists of fragmentary records which survived accidentally. Percy Hagerman destroyed almost all of his father's business records when the family's Pecos Valley ranch folded in the 1930s. However, some of the correspondence concerning the development of the Colorado Midland Railway Company survived. Fragmentary correspondence, most of it in J. J. Hagerman's handwriting, details the development and sale of the railroad (1886-1892). There are also some legal papers and a list of stockholders of the Colorado Midland per the Secretary's record, December 31, 1889.
Other business related fragments are: two land patents; a pamphlet entitled "Statement of Facts: Jerome B. Wheeler vs. James J. Hagerman," and a brochure advertising the sale of the Southspring Ranch land (1908).
Also included here is a family history of the Hagermans' business interests in the Pecos Valley entitled "The Great Illusion: Notes on the Hagerman Experience in the Pecos Valley," written by Percy Hagerman at Colorado Springs in May 1934. This item includes much vital information about Hagerman's financial affairs after he became interested in and invested in Pecos Valley irrigation projects. Eventually he also became deeply involved in railroad and land development. The Hagerman involvement in a project to bring Swiss immigrants to the Pecos Valley is included in this history. Attached to Percy Hagerman's history is a three page paper written by J. J. Hagerman, shortly before his death, on the same incidents.
In 1908 James Hagerman wrote his memoirs entitled "James John Hagerman, Memoirs of his Life." Written a year before his death, this paper describes in detail Hagerman's life from his birth in 1838 until 1881 when he went to Europe to regain his health.
H. J. Hagerman's correspondence relates primarily to his term as Territorial Governor of New Mexico, 1906-1907. Most of the letters support his position in the various disputes in which he was involved as Governor. Significant correspondents are:
- Secretary of Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock
- William Loeb, Secretary to President Roosevelt
- Holm O. Bursum
- Governor Kibbey (Arizona)
- Secretary of Interior James R. Garfield
- Charles Springer
- A. A. Keen, New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands
- Herbert B. Holt
- F. C. Dezendorf, Chief of Field Division, General Land Office
- Frank L. Campbell
- George W. Knaebel, Secretary of Irrigation Committee, New Mexico
- W. H. H. Llewellyn, United States Attorney
- Judge Parker
- Frank W. Clancy, District Attorney
- Francis M. McMahon, Auditor, Colorado Title and Trust Company
- Granville Pendleton, President, Bureau of Immigration
- R. C. Gortner, District Attorney
- W. C. Reid, Attorney General
- Senator Fred DuBois
- Arthur Trelford
- R. W. McClaughry, Warden, Leavenworth, Kansas
- W. H. Andrews
- E. A. Cahoon, cashier, First National Bank, Roswell
- Albert Bacon Fall, United States Senator
- E. P. Holcombe
- Henry A. Buchtel, Governor of Colorado
Most of the documentation of his years in Russia is contained in scrapbooks which contain such memorabilia as calling cards, invitations, letters received, programs, broadsides, list of the diplomatic corps, postcards, menus, death notices and newspapers clippings. One scrapbook also serves as a photograph album; family photos and 35 mm copy negatives complete the Photograph series.
JAMES JOHN HAGERMAN
From the Collection:
The papers of James John Hagerman consist of the personal and business correspondence, memoirs and family business history of a wealthy, mining and railroad developer. Hagerman was instrumental in the development of the Pecos Valley from 1889-1931, and lost a considerable fortune in the process. These papers cover the years 1881-1931 (bulk 1881-1908).
J. J. Hagerman's correspondence consists of letters he sent to his brother-in-law, George Graves, while convalescing in Europe, 1881-1884, and copies of letters sent from his new home in Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1884-1890. Correspondence includes letters to Jerome B. Wheeler, Charles Otis, T. M. Davis and J. R. Busk.
The business correspondence consists of fragmentary records which survived accidentally. Percy Hagerman destroyed almost all of his father's business records when the family's Pecos Valley ranch folded in the 1930s. However, some of the correspondence concerning the development of the Colorado Midland Railway Company survived. Fragmentary correspondence, most of it in J. J. Hagerman's handwriting, details the development and sale of the railroad (1886-1892). There are also some legal papers and a list of stockholders of the Colorado Midland per the Secretary's record, December 31, 1889.
Other business related fragments are: two land patents; a pamphlet entitled "Statement of Facts: Jerome B. Wheeler vs. James J. Hagerman," and a brochure advertising the sale of the Southspring Ranch land (1908).
Also included here is a family history of the Hagermans' business interests in the Pecos Valley entitled "The Great Illusion: Notes on the Hagerman Experience in the Pecos Valley," written by Percy Hagerman at Colorado Springs in May 1934. This item includes much vital information about Hagerman's financial affairs after he became interested in and invested in Pecos Valley irrigation projects. Eventually he also became deeply involved in railroad and land development. The Hagerman involvement in a project to bring Swiss immigrants to the Pecos Valley is included in this history. Attached to Percy Hagerman's history is a three page paper written by J. J. Hagerman, shortly before his death, on the same incidents.
In 1908 James Hagerman wrote his memoirs entitled "James John Hagerman, Memoirs of his Life." Written a year before his death, this paper describes in detail Hagerman's life from his birth in 1838 until 1881 when he went to Europe to regain his health.
J. J. Hagerman's correspondence consists of letters he sent to his brother-in-law, George Graves, while convalescing in Europe, 1881-1884, and copies of letters sent from his new home in Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1884-1890. Correspondence includes letters to Jerome B. Wheeler, Charles Otis, T. M. Davis and J. R. Busk.
The business correspondence consists of fragmentary records which survived accidentally. Percy Hagerman destroyed almost all of his father's business records when the family's Pecos Valley ranch folded in the 1930s. However, some of the correspondence concerning the development of the Colorado Midland Railway Company survived. Fragmentary correspondence, most of it in J. J. Hagerman's handwriting, details the development and sale of the railroad (1886-1892). There are also some legal papers and a list of stockholders of the Colorado Midland per the Secretary's record, December 31, 1889.
Other business related fragments are: two land patents; a pamphlet entitled "Statement of Facts: Jerome B. Wheeler vs. James J. Hagerman," and a brochure advertising the sale of the Southspring Ranch land (1908).
Also included here is a family history of the Hagermans' business interests in the Pecos Valley entitled "The Great Illusion: Notes on the Hagerman Experience in the Pecos Valley," written by Percy Hagerman at Colorado Springs in May 1934. This item includes much vital information about Hagerman's financial affairs after he became interested in and invested in Pecos Valley irrigation projects. Eventually he also became deeply involved in railroad and land development. The Hagerman involvement in a project to bring Swiss immigrants to the Pecos Valley is included in this history. Attached to Percy Hagerman's history is a three page paper written by J. J. Hagerman, shortly before his death, on the same incidents.
In 1908 James Hagerman wrote his memoirs entitled "James John Hagerman, Memoirs of his Life." Written a year before his death, this paper describes in detail Hagerman's life from his birth in 1838 until 1881 when he went to Europe to regain his health.
HERBERT JAMES HAGERMAN
From the Collection:
The papers of Herbert J. Hagerman consist of fragments which document several important events in the life of this wealthy, well-educated man. Spanning the years 1898-1935, the bulk of these papers are for the years when Hagerman was Second Secretary at the United States Embassy in Imperial Russia (1898-1901) and for the years when Hagerman was Territorial Governor of New Mexico (1906-1907).
H. J. Hagerman's correspondence relates primarily to his term as Territorial Governor of New Mexico, 1906-1907. Most of the letters support his position in the various disputes in which he was involved as Governor. Significant correspondents are:
H. J. Hagerman's correspondence relates primarily to his term as Territorial Governor of New Mexico, 1906-1907. Most of the letters support his position in the various disputes in which he was involved as Governor. Significant correspondents are:
HERBERT JAMES HAGERMAN
From the Collection:
- Secretary of Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock
- William Loeb, Secretary to President Roosevelt
- Holm O. Bursum
- Governor Kibbey (Arizona)
- Secretary of Interior James R. Garfield
- Charles Springer
- A. A. Keen, New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands
- Herbert B. Holt
- F. C. Dezendorf, Chief of Field Division, General Land Office
- Frank L. Campbell
- George W. Knaebel, Secretary of Irrigation Committee, New Mexico
- W. H. H. Llewellyn, United States Attorney
- Judge Parker
- Frank W. Clancy, District Attorney
- Francis M. McMahon, Auditor, Colorado Title and Trust Company
- Granville Pendleton, President, Bureau of Immigration
- R. C. Gortner, District Attorney
- W. C. Reid, Attorney General
- Senator Fred DuBois
- Arthur Trelford
- R. W. McClaughry, Warden, Leavenworth, Kansas
- W. H. Andrews
- E. A. Cahoon, cashier, First National Bank, Roswell
- Albert Bacon Fall, United States Senator
- E. P. Holcombe
- Henry A. Buchtel, Governor of Colorado
HERBERT JAMES HAGERMAN
From the Collection:
Hagerman wrote, at various times, memoirs of significant periods in his life. The personal account of his years in Russia, entitled "Some Memories of the Old Regime in Russia," offers a glimpse of Russian aristocracy at the end of the 19th century. He also wrote Letters of a Young Diplomat, which was published by Rydal Press in 1937.
Most of the documentation of his years in Russia is contained in scrapbooks which contain such memorabilia as calling cards, invitations, letters received, programs, broadsides, list of the diplomatic corps, postcards, menus, death notices and newspapers clippings. One scrapbook also serves as a photograph album; family photos and 35 mm copy negatives complete the Photograph series.
Most of the documentation of his years in Russia is contained in scrapbooks which contain such memorabilia as calling cards, invitations, letters received, programs, broadsides, list of the diplomatic corps, postcards, menus, death notices and newspapers clippings. One scrapbook also serves as a photograph album; family photos and 35 mm copy negatives complete the Photograph series.
Dates
- 1881 - 1931
Access and Use Restrictions
This material may be examined by researchers under supervised conditions in the Search Room.
Extent
From the Collection: 2.5 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the New Mexico State University Library Archives and Special Collections Repository