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"B", 1939-1945

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 18

Scope and Content

From the Collection: The collection, accumulated by Leonard DeLayo, Jr., is arranged in 7 series:

Clyde Tingley - Personal, General, and Background includes biographical information, memorabilia, ephemera, news clippings, oil and gas leases, and materials relating to the Democratic Party.

Clyde Tingley - Personal Correspondence includes files from Tingley’s time as Governor of New Mexico as well as from his time as Mayor/Chairman of the City of Albuquerque. Correspondents of note include Clinton Anderson, Dennis Chavez, Erna Ferguson, and Ernie Pyle.

Carrie Tingley Hospital (Hot Springs, NM) – This series documents the Tingleys’ involvement with the Hospital in respect to donations and administration.

President's Birthday Ball (National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis) – Clyde Tingley served as NM Chairman for the President’s Birthday Ball- an annual fundraising event, spearheaded by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to fight infantile paralysis (polio). This series documents Tingley’s involvement and outreach.

NM State Projects contain limited materials, including a New Mexico State hospital survey and administrative material relating to the New Mexico State Fair (1953, 1954, 1958)

City of Albuquerque (CABQ) – contains a small amount of Tingley campaign and political material. The bulk of the series consists of CABQ reports relating to water, sewer, traffic, streets, and other infrastructure, as well as City Commission meeting materials. Land deeds and documents related to the Franchini Addition, as well as the Albuquerque Fraternal Order of Police, Route 66, and a proposal for the Ernie Pyle beach are found in this series.

Carrie Wooster Tingley – contains Wooster family documents as well as Mrs. Tingley’s correspondence.

Dates

  • 1939-1945

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 5 boxes (4.4 cu. ft.)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

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