Bloom Cattle Company records
Collection
Identifier: Ms-0141
Scope and Content
The records of the Bloom Cattle Company date from 1872-1912. Additional materials concern James Sutherland and W. E. Anderson, who were involved in cattle operations for the Bloom Cattle Company and the Anderson Cattle Company.
The bulk of the collection consists of financial records. These include journals, ledgers, daybooks, bank statements, canceled checks, bills and receipts, cattle and corn tallies, and deposit books.
Legal documents include agreements of sale and other contracts.
Correspondence consists primarily of letters received by James Sutherland, manager of New Mexico operations, from the Bloom Cattle Company headquarters in Colorado. The series also includes personal correspondence to James and Pearl Sutherland and letters to and from Gertrude Johnson, James Sutherlands sister.
Also included in the collection are unbound sheets of abstracts of certificates and registers of certificates for Lincoln County, New Mexico.
The bulk of the collection consists of financial records. These include journals, ledgers, daybooks, bank statements, canceled checks, bills and receipts, cattle and corn tallies, and deposit books.
Legal documents include agreements of sale and other contracts.
Correspondence consists primarily of letters received by James Sutherland, manager of New Mexico operations, from the Bloom Cattle Company headquarters in Colorado. The series also includes personal correspondence to James and Pearl Sutherland and letters to and from Gertrude Johnson, James Sutherlands sister.
Also included in the collection are unbound sheets of abstracts of certificates and registers of certificates for Lincoln County, New Mexico.
Dates
- 1872-1912
- 1872-1912.
Language of Materials
English
Access and Use Restrictions
This material may be examined by researchers under supervised conditions in the Search Room.
Copy Restrictions
Limited duplication is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for compliance with all copyright and other applicable statutes.
The copyrights associated with this collection have not been assigned to New Mexico State University.
The copyrights associated with this collection have not been assigned to New Mexico State University.
Historical Sketch
The Bloom Cattle Company was a Trinidad, Colorado, cattle firm which operated the Diamond A ranch on the Rio Hondo in Lincoln County, New Mexico. In addition to the New Mexico ranch, the company had horse and steer ranges near Apishapa Temp Creek and Bent and Lockwood Canons near Thatcher, Colorado. John A. Thatcher served as the companys president, M. D. Thatcher acted as secretary/treasurer, and Frank G. Bloom was the general manager.
Extent
3.75 Linear Feet
Abstract
Trinidad, Colorado, company which operated the Diamond A ranch on the Rio Hondo in Lincoln County, New Mexico. Contains correspondence, legal documents, financial records, cattle brand certificates, cattle tallies, corn records, notes, and homestead and desert land certificates belonging to the Bloom Cattle Company.
Acquisition
- RG80-49 Gift of J. Phelps White III, April 1980
General
Contact Information
- Archives and Special Collections
- New Mexico State University Library
- P.O. Box 30006
- Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003-8006
- Phone: (575) 646-3839
- Fax: (575) 646-7477
- Email: archives@nmsu.edu
- URL: https://lib.nmsu.edu/archives/
General
- Title
- Inventory of the Bloom Cattle Company records, 1872-1912.
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Processed by Merleen Dibert (Initial processor) ; completed by Linda Blazer and Andrea Conners
- 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 University::Archives and Special Collections//TEXT (US::NmLcU::Ms 141::Bloom Cattle Company Records)//EN" "nmlcu1ms141.sgml" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15).
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Repository Details
Part of the New Mexico State University Library Archives and Special Collections Repository