J. J. Dalglish and Company records
Collection
Identifier: Ms-0147-SC
Scope and Contents
The J. J. Dalglish and Company records contains business correspondence and bills, mainly addressed to J. J. Dalglish and Company of Chloride, New Mexico. Also includes bills and receipts sent to George Turner and Ed James of Chloride, N. M, and an order blank from the Barton Salt Company sent to the James Brothers and A. Calhoun of Cuchillo, N.M.
Dates
- 1881-1921
Conditions Governing Access
Open. All materials contained in this collection are open for use by researchers under supervised conditions in the Search Room.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. No rights have been transferred to the Rio Grande Historical Collections of New Mexico State University Library.
Biographical / Historical
James Dalglish, a Canadian, came to Chloride, New Mexico through Minnesota in search of a dry climate. He had suffered from tuberculosis as a young man. Dalglish operated the store until 1897. He leased it to others for several years, and in 1908, he sold it to the U.S. Treasury Mining Company who used it as a commissary for their mining, ranching, and timber harvesting crews. In 1923, the owners closed the store, and boarded up the windows and doors, leaving all the furnishings and merchandise still inside. In 1989, Don and Donna Edmunds bought the store and have spent several years restoring the building and the furnishings, and have opened it as the Pioneer Store Museum.
Don Edmunds http://www.rollinrollin.com/chloride.htm Jim Dalglish http://www.cowboypoetry.com/jimdalgish.htm#About
Don Edmunds http://www.rollinrollin.com/chloride.htm Jim Dalglish http://www.cowboypoetry.com/jimdalgish.htm#About
Extent
11 items (Small Collections)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Receipts and business correspondence for J.J. Dalglish Company in Chloride, New Mexico from 1881-1921.
Processing Information
Merleen Dibert, May 1980
Revised and updated by Cassie McClure, July 2005
- Title
- Guide to the J. J. Dalglish and Company records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Merleen Dibert and revised and updated by Cassie McClure
- Date
- Updated in July 2005
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the New Mexico State University Library Archives and Special Collections Repository