Wendell Phillips Thorpe papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-0050
Scope and Content
The Wendell Phillips Thorpe Papers span the years 1922-1963. The materials are largely representative of Thorpe's professional activities between those years. The papers have been divided into ten series: Biographical Material; Dairy Papers; Farm Cooperatives; Farm Credit Banks, Associations; Bracero Program, National Level; Bracero Program, State/Local Level; Federal/State/County Farm Bureaus; New Mexico State Fair; Miscellaneous Farm-Related Material; and Miscellaneous Civic Material.
Dates
- 1922 - 1963
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 copyright and other applicable statutes.
The copyrights possessed in this collection have not been transferred to New Mexico State University.
The copyrights possessed in this collection have not been transferred to New Mexico State University.
Biography
- 1884
- born September 20, Hardin, Iowa
- 1909
- Ph.B., Ellsworth College, Iowa Falls, Iowa
- 1909-1911
- postgraduate work, part-time teacher, Ellsworth College
- 1914
- December 31 married Evelyn Pearle Elwell
- 1914
- began irrigation farming, Las Cruces, New Mexico
- 1923-1951
- secretary-treasurer, National Farm Loan Association
- 1923-1927
- president, Doña Ana County Farm and Livestock Bureau (member, 1917- )
- 1927-1930
- member, New Mexico State Cattle Sanitary Board
- 1934
- member, Mesilla Valley Chamber of Commerce
- 1940-1954
- director and president, Las Cruces Union High School Board
- 1942-1946
- president, New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau (member, 1917- )
- 1943-1945
- government appeal agent, U.S. Selective Service (medal for, 1945)
- 1945
- member, State Farm Bureau "Hundred Club"
- 1946-1958
- member, State Cotton & Labor Committee
- 1947
- distinguished service to agriculture award, New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau
- 1948-1958
- member, Advisory Committee, New Mexico State Employment Commission
- 1948-1958
- member, U.S. Department of Labor, Special Farm Labor Committee
- 1948
- member and director, executive committee, Western Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company
- 1948
- director, Farm Supply Cooperative of Doa Ana County
- 1948
- director and secretary-treasurer, Doa Ana Co-op Gin
- 1949
- president, Las Cruces Kiwanis Club (member, 1928-)
- 1950
- Republican candidate, New Mexico House of Representatives
- 1951-1955
- member, New Mexico State Fair Commission
- 1952
- Republican candidate, New Mexico Senate
- 1952
- chairman, Red Cross Fund Drive, Doa Ana chapter
- 1953-1954
- member, U.S. Attorney General's Mexican Farm Labor Committee
- 1953-1958
- member, U.S. Department of Labor Sub-Committee on Mexican Farm Labor
- 1954
- director and vice president, Farm Credit District Board of Wichita
- 1958
- member, New Mexico School Study Council
- 1959
- certificate for recognition for services to American Farmers, 9th Farm Credit District
- 1961
- associate editor of N.M. Farm and Ranch; award for pioneering of dairy industry in New Mexico, New Mexico Dairy Association
- 1962
- Agricultural Distinction Award, New Mexico State University
- no date
- member, Official Board of Methodist Church of Las Cruces
- no date
- member, Cattle Growers of New Mexico
- no date
- member, Wool Growers of New Mexico
Extent
7 linear ft.
Language of Materials
English
Acquisition
- A52, gift of Mrs. Wendell P. Thorpe, March 1966
- Title
- Guide to the Wendell Phillips Thorpe papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Stephen M. Gens
- Date
- 2001
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Repository Details
Part of the New Mexico State University Library Archives and Special Collections Repository