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Loose Documents II.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 24

Scope and Content

From the Collection: The collection contains personal, business, political and legal papers of Thomas B. Catron, 1723-1930. Included is correspondence, legal documents, case records, maps, deeds, campaign literature, newspaper clippings, ledgers, reports and printed material. The collection contains records of 282 cases of the U. S. Court of Private Land Claims, Santa Fe District, 1891-1903, with considerable material on the Anton Chico Grant, Tierra Amarilla Grant, Maxwell Land Grant, and La Bajada Grant. The collection also contains records of U. S. Court of Private Land Claims, Arizona District, 1891-1903; Republican Central Committee of New Mexico, 1892-1916; New Mexico Legislative Assembly, 1890-1911; and Catron & Catron, 1888-1923. Personal and business papers of clients of the Catron & Catron law firm contarecords from mining, livestock and lumber companies in New Mexico such as the American Valley Company records, 1899-1902. Also included is correspondence of Robert C. Gortner, Stephen B. Elkins, Charles C. Catron, Julia Catron, G. W. Prichard, L. Bradford Prince, and Matt G. Reynolds, and papers relating to Adolph F. Bandelier, Diego de Vargas, Albert B. Fall and Miguel A. Otero.

All the Catron land grant files are available online or on microfilm. They contain materials of potential value to researchers from an enormously broad range of disciplines and interests, in addition to land grantees and legal scholars. Prospective users of the collection include, but are not limited to, genealogists, geographers, historians, anthropologists, and researchers interested in water issues. While principally addressing matters related to New Mexico, broader themes and patterns relevant to other times and placed can also be discerned in this rich and extensive collection.

Dates

  • [ca. 1698-1939]

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English and Spanish

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Series 101 and 102 (Correspondence), Series 301-310 (Land Title Records), and Series 401-409 (Political Papers) must be accessed via microfilm.

Extent

From the Collection: 259 boxes, plus 105 volumes, plus 6 oversize folders

General

  1. 1. Request by Attorney General to report proceedings -Confiscation of property owned by the San Antonio and San Diego Mail Line Co. in El Paso Texas. 1867

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  1. 2. Request by Attorney General for list of convictions for criminal offenses. 1867

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  1. 3. Department of the Interior request for address and emolument returns. 1867

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  1. 4. War Dept. correspondence regarding military personnel acquiring stolen horses, Fort Bayard. Also include correspondence concerning the extradition of Reyes Escontreras from Mexico to New Mexico. 1867

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  1. 5. Fort Bayard. Also include correspondence concerning the extradition of Reyes Escontreras from Mexico to New Mexico. 1867

Creator

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