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from John R. DeMier, Santa Fe about car turn signals, Aug 19, 1924,

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: Item 50

Scope and Content

From the Collection: This collection has miscellaneous official records of the city of Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1822-1934, with the bulk dating 1901-1930. It includes ordinances, bonds, deeds, minutes of meetings, petitions, correspondence, invoices, construction contracts and specifications for buildings, bridges, roads, and paving of the Plaza, treasury reports of the city, accounts of payment to the sheriff for feeding and keeping city prisoners, reports from the city clerk for fees collected for licenses, information on legal cases, police fines, police judge monthly reports, a monthly report of the city Marshal listing prisoners, their crimes and sentences, and a booklet for the 1876 centennial celebration.

Also in the collection are scattered leaves of the journal of the Ayuntamiento (city council) of Santa Fe, N.M., 1829-1836. The city council discusses the public school, cleaning and maintenance of ditches, water distribution, bridge repair, Corpus Christi celebrations, building a flour mill, construction of cemeteries, stray animals, drunk and disorderly conduct, the disruption of daily life by the Americans, etc. There is also a copy of Gaceta Imperial de Mexico for March 1822 telling of Santa Fe's celebration for independence from Mexico. This article is in Spanish with an English translation. Some correspondence, court documents, and the Ayuntamiento journal pages are in Spanish.

Dates

  • Aug 19, 1924,

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English Spanish

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 2 boxes ( .9 cu. ft. )

Repository Details

Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository

Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451