L. Bradford Prince Papers,
Collection
Identifier: MSS-109-BC
Scope and Content
This collection consists of Spanish language documents from 18th and 19th century New Mexico, 1800s circulars from New Mexico printing presses and the personal papers of Le Baron Bradford Prince. Personal papers include family, business, and political correspondence, invitations to the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition and to a dinner/dance given by the Society of Mayflower Descendants, as well as a circular for the lecture series, "Romance of the South West" given by Prince. The oversized folder contains a publicity poster for L. Bradford Prince's book, History of New Mexico, dated 1883.
Dates
- 1772-1922
Creator
Language of Materials
English, Spanish
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Limited duplication of print and photographic material is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for compliance with all copyright, privacy, and libel laws.
Biographical Information
Le Baron Bradford Prince was born in Flushing, New York on July 3, 1840. He was a lawyer, politician and writer. He served in the New York Assembly from 1871-1875, and in the New York State Senate in 1876-1877. In 1879, President Hayes appointed Prince Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Territory of New Mexico, a post Prince held until 1882. Prince compiled the statutes of New Mexico during that time. Prince, a strong supporter for New Mexico statehood, promoted immigration from other states into New Mexico. In 1882, he drew up the bill to organize a Bureau of Immigration and became its first president. In the spring of 1889, Prince was appointed Governor of the Territory of New Mexico by President Harrison. Two main issues for Prince during his governorship were getting public schools in the territory, and dealing with New Mexico land titles. He influenced the U.S. Congress to establish the Court of Private Land Claims in March 1891 to settle land grant title discrepancies in the Southwest. In 1893 Prince retired and returned to a private practice in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. Between 1880 and 1917, he wrote numerous books and lectured about the Southwest. During a trip to Flushing, New York Prince suddenly became ill and died on December 8, 1922.
Extent
1 box (.2 cu. ft.), plus oversize folder
Separated Material
Books on bimetalism, currency, silver and economics transfered to CSWR rare books.
Microfilm edition
L. Bradford Prince Papers: misc. Spanish language documents. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Library, 196?, CSWR E99 S214S73x
General
Originals located in the Queens Borough Public Library, Jamaica, N.Y.
Creator
- Title
- Finding Aid of the L. Bradford Prince Papers, 1772-1922
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by T.S. Reinig
- Date
- ©2004
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
- June 28, 2004: PUBLIC "-//University of New Mexico::Center for Southwest Research//TEXT (US::NmU::MSS 109 BC::L. Bradford Prince Papers)//EN" "nmu1mss109bc.sgml" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15).
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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