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Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Agricultural Department, Amarillo, Texas records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-0283

Scope and Content

This is a minimally processed collection. The records are kept in the physical order in which they arrived at the NMSU Library. These records come from the Agricultural Department of the Santa Fe Railroad in Amarillo, Texas. The records are kept in the numerical file order assigned by the company and include documentation of the department’s work in various agricultural research and promotional programs as well as official correspondence and other records of the general business of the department.

Seven boxes of photographs were separated and are filed under the original accession record RG84-114.

Dates

  • 1916-1950
  • Majority of material found in Placeholder Unit Date Text

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Access Restrictions

Open. All materials in this collection are available for research under supervised conditions in the Research Room.

Copy Restrictions

Copyrights associated with materials in this collection have not been transferred to New Mexico State University.

Organizational Sketch

The Santa Fe Railroad Company maintained an Agricultural Department in Amarillo, Texas. Due to the complex and changing relationships between railroad companies throughout the twentieth century, the department was variously named as part of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad or the Santa Fe Railway System – Texas Lines.

Extent

187.00 Linear Feet

Abstract

This collection contains the records of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad's Agricultural Department in Amarillo Texas, including agricultural research and promotional programs, correspondence, and business records. The collections has been minimally processed and is kept in the file order assigned by the company. Photographs were separated and are filed under the original accession number RG84-114.

Processing Information

Minimally processed by Brandi Vigil and Charles Stanford, 2010.
Title
Guide to the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Agricultural Department, Amarillo, Texas records, 1916-1950
Status
Edited Full Draft
Author
Finding aid by Brandi Vigil and Charles Stanford.
Date
© 2016
Language of description
English
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
Finding aid is in English

Revision Statements

  • Monday, 20210524: Attribute normal is missing or blank.

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