Charles MacKnight Sain Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-17-SC
Scope and Content
This small collection contains two letters and "Sains Weekly Letter Book." The first letter, from Charles MacKnight Sain to Richard C. Dillon, Governor of New Mexico, requests a copy of Sains work to be deposited at the State University of New Mexico. The second is a letter from publisher, Ginn & Company rejecting Sains manuscript. The third component of the collection, "Sains Weekly Letter Book" consists of a typescript title page, copies of Sains weekly letters, and a few miscellaneous items. Sains weekly letters were sent to 245 newspapers within the Colorado River Basin. These letters covered such topics as population growth, labor, wage system, land taxes, financial condition of farmers, and education.
Dates
- 1926-1927
Creator
- Sain, Charles MacKnight (Person)
Language of Materials
English.
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Limited duplication of CSWR material is allowed for research purposes. User responsible for compliance with all copyright, privacy, and libel laws. Permission is required for publication or distribution.
Biographucal Information
From 1915-1926 Charles MacKnight Sain served at the postmaster of Logandale, Nevada. In 1927 he was a member of the Colorado River Basin Chamber of Commerce in Logandale. During this time he developed and wrote about his own systems for liquid land titles, wages, taxes, and common schools.
Extent
1 folder (3 items)
Creator
- Sain, Charles MacKnight (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Charles MacKnight Sain Letters,1926-1927
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Described by T.S. Reinig
- Date
- ©1999
- 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 17 SC::Charles MacKnight Sain Letters)//EN" "nmu1mss17sc.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
cswrref@unm.edu
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
cswrref@unm.edu