Correspondence, misc., 1940
Archival Record — Item: 145
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The Red River Valley Company collection contains the records of the daily activities of the Bell Ranch. It contains the legal records of the Pablo Montoya Grant, and the correspondence of Bell Ranch managers Arthur J. Tisdall, Charles M. O'Donel, and Albert K. Mitchell, covering the years 1894 to 1943. There are monthly employee lists, payrolls, business books and annual reports, tax records, receipts for equipment and supplies, maps, surveys, cattle and horse breeding records, marketing and transportation records, details on drilling wells and installing windmills, and records of road building, fencing, and improving buildings, corrals, and shipping pens at the Bell Ranch.
The collection also contains a great deal of miscellaneous material, including the notes of manager Tisdall and his assistant Jack Culley as they moved Hispano settlers off the Bell in the 1890's. The Red River Valley Company collection is one of the largest collections of ranch records in existence.
The above information was taken from the book Bell Ranch: Cattle Ranching in the Southwest, 1824-1947, by David Remley, who used the collection to write his book.
The collection also contains a great deal of miscellaneous material, including the notes of manager Tisdall and his assistant Jack Culley as they moved Hispano settlers off the Bell in the 1890's. The Red River Valley Company collection is one of the largest collections of ranch records in existence.
The above information was taken from the book Bell Ranch: Cattle Ranching in the Southwest, 1824-1947, by David Remley, who used the collection to write his book.
Dates
- 1940
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
English
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 144 boxes and 77 journals, ledgers, invoices and receipt books, plus 1 oversize folder.
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
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