E.B. Hoagland Family papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-0038
Scope and Contents
The E. B. Hoagland Family Papers span the years 1908-1979, with the bulk of the materials between the years 1935-1945. The collection consists of six series, E. B. Hoagland Business Records, E. B. Hoagland Correspondence, E. B. Hoagland Estate, Elizabeth Hoagland Pike Correspondence, Elizabeth Hoagland Pike Miscellany and Photographs.
E. B. Hoagland's business records include several sale agreements, correspondence, U.S. Department of Agriculture market and production information, and an account book. Included in Hoagland's correspondence are B. M. Cline, J. W. Dill; who managed Hoagland's Fillmore Farm, the Dona Ana County Fair Association, the Elephant Butte Irrigation District, the Federal Land Bank of Wichita, Mrs. S. A. Holder, A. I. Kelso, Edwin Mechem, the Mesilla National Farm Loan Association, Miguel Mestas, A. M. Seale, W. H. Shillito, and B. Frank Weisenhorn.
In addition to the legal documents used in the administration of E. B. Hoagland's estate, the Estate series also contains accounts created by the executrix, stock certificates, and letters to the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. Much of the material in the Elizabeth Hoagland Pike's Correspondence series relates to the settling of her father's estate. As her father's executrix, Elizabeth Cummings Pike corresponded with many of her father's correspondents, including J. W. Dill, attorney Jake Aragon and banker John Finley.
All the Hoagland children attended NMCA & MA; memorabilia collected by Mrs. Pike during her student days at NMCA & MA is included in the Miscellany Series. This series also contains biographical profiles and articles written by Mrs. Pike.
The Photograph series contains images of the Las Cruces area in the early 1900s, Hoagland family photographs, and images of NMCA & MA from Elizabeth Hoagland Pike’s college years.
Dates
- 1908 - 1979
Biographical / Historical
Edward Bunn Hoagland was born in New Jersey, in 1862. After living in Illinois, he and his family moved to Las Cruces, New Mexico in 1908, where he became a prominent farmer and produce merchant. He was a member of Aztec Lodge No. 3, A.F. & A.M., Las Cruces, and twice served as its Worshipful Master. After retiring from the produce business in 1929, the family moved to Long Beach, California.
Hoagland and his first wife Ada Kerr had two daughters, Ada Hoagland Sellers and Helen Roberts Barrow. Hoagland and his second wife Helen Elizabeth Spooner had three children; two sons, Lyman and Fred, and a daughter, Carrie Elizabeth Hoagland Cummings Pike. All five children attended the New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. E. B. Hoagland married Clara Beck Albertson two years after the death of Mrs. Pike’s mother in 1931. E. B. Hoagland died June 22, 1939.
Elizabeth Hoagland Pike was born in La Salle, Illinois on October 16, 1907. She moved to Las Cruces in 1908 with her family. After attending the Las Cruces public schools, she entered NMCA & MA where she received her BA degree in 1929. She moved with her family to Long Beach, California after her graduation. For the next fourteen years, she did secretarial work for a bank, hotel and school district. She married Stanley Cummings in 1933; in 1943 she married Dr. Claire E. Pike.
Extent
1.5 Linear Feet (3 Boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Mesilla Valley farmer and produce merchant. Includes business records, accounts, and correspondence of Edward Bunn Hoagland. Also contains correspondence, legal documents and accounts used by his daughter Carrie Elizabeth Hoagland Cummings Pike in the administration of the E.B. Hoagland estate and memorabilia including photographs of Mrs. Pike's (Class of 1929) days at New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts.
Processing Information
Merleen Dibert, May 1980
Revised by Marah deMeule and Christine Moreland-Bruhnke, October 1999
- Title
- Guide to the E.B. Hoagland Family Papers
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Processed by Merleen Dibert. Revised by Marah deMeule and Christine Moreland-Bruhnke, October 1999.
- Date
- 1980-05
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Englsih
Repository Details
Part of the New Mexico State University Library Archives and Special Collections Repository