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LEGAL DOCUMENTS,, 1896-1966

 Sub-Series

Scope and Contents

Includes homestead certificate, deeds, agreements, wills, inventories of estates, testimony,depositions, briefs, petition, claim, court order, decree, land patent, land plats, releases, abstractsof title, and relative correspondence. They pertain to use of the water in the Tularosa Ditch, smallland claims located on the Mescalero Indian Reservation, right-of-way for a highway through thereservation, and other family matters. The documents are arranged chronologically within thesubject.

Dates

  • 1896-1966

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English, and Spanish.

Access and Use Restrictions

This material may be examined by researchers under supervised conditions in the SearchRoom.

Extent

From the Collection: 11 Linear Feet (35 Boxes)

From the Collection: 2,476 items

Physical Description

(16 folders)

Repository Details

Part of the New Mexico State University Library Archives and Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Branson Hall
PO Box 30006
MSC 3475
Las Cruces New Mexico 88003 USA