Albuquerque and Cerrillos Coal Company Pictorial Collection
Collection
Identifier: PICT-000-546
Scope and Content
Photographs related to mining and life in Madrid, New Mexico. The bulk of the images were made between 1930 and 1949. Photos show mines and mining operations, (including equipment and surveying), the Galisteo Bridge, postcards of Santa Fe Railroad locomotive 769 (built in 1906) and the Old Coal Camp. There are many photographs of the world-famous Madrid lighted Christmas displays and those of the General Electric Company in Cleveland, Ohio in the 1930s. Other photos show automobiles, gasoline stations, residents, housing, and earlier (1920s) Fourth of July celebrations (parade and horseraces), and the 1935 Madrid Miners baseball team. Many of the photographs bear detailed annotations.
Two paintings, one of a cabin interior and another of a Christmas scene were added to the collection in October 2009.
23 photographs were added to the collection in 2019.
Two paintings, one of a cabin interior and another of a Christmas scene were added to the collection in October 2009.
23 photographs were added to the collection in 2019.
Dates
- 1920-1949
- Majority of material found in 1930-1949
Creator
- Albuquerque & Cerrillos Coal Company (Organization)
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Duplication of print and photographic material is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for copyright compliance. For more information see the Photographs and Images Research Guide and contact the Pictorial Archivist.
History
The Albuquerque & Cerrillos Coal Company (A & CCC) managed a coal mining operation in the area east of the Sandia Mountains where they established the company town of Madrid, N.M. in southern Santa Fe County between 1906 and 1954. The Santa Fe Railroad leased the coal lands and associated mines between 1880 to 1896. In 1896, they relinquished their lease rights to the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, who operated the mines until 1906 when George Kaseman, an Albuquerque businessman, assumed their mining lease. Kaseman subsequently employed Oscar Huber as his general mine foreman to oversee the daily operations of the mines in Madrid until Kaseman's death in 1938. At this time, Huber leased the property from the Kaseman estate and Santa Fe Railroad until his outright purchase of the coal lands and the town of Madrid, in 1947. The A & CCC ceased to operate in 1954.
Extent
191 items (3 boxes) : 184 photographic prints, 5 postcards, 2 paintings
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Photographs related to mining and life in Madrid, New Mexico. The bulk of the images were made between 1930 and 1949.
Physical Location
B2. Shelved by Pictorial Number. Paintings filed in large drawers by Pictorial Number.
Alternate Format Available
A small portion of the Albuquerque and Cerrillos Coal Company Pictorial Collection is available online via New Mexico Digital Collections.
Separated Material
Pictorial material was separated from the Albuquerque & Cerrillos Coal Company Records.
General
Contact Information
- University of New Mexico
- MSC05 3020, 1, University of New Mexico
- Center for Southwest Research
- Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
- Phone: 505-277-7173
- Fax:
- Email: cswrref@unm.edu
- URL: http://elibrary.unm.edu/cswr
- Automobiles -- Pictorial works
- Bridges -- New Mexico -- Pictorial works
- Christmas decorations -- Pictorial works
- City and town life -- New Mexico -- Madrid -- Pictorial works
- Coal mines and mining -- New Mexico -- Madrid -- Pictorial works
- Davis, Wyatt, 1906-1984
- Holidays -- New Mexico -- Madrid -- Pictorial works
- Horse racing -- New Mexico -- Madrid -- Pictorial works
- Locomotives -- New Mexico -- Madrid -- Pictorial works
- Painting, American -- 20th century
- Parades -- New Mexico -- Madrid -- Pictorial works
- Pictorial works
- Postcards
- Service stations -- New Mexico -- Madrid -- Pictorial works
Creator
- Albuquerque & Cerrillos Coal Company (Organization)
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Albuquerque and Cerrillos Coal Company Pictorial Collection, 1920-1949
- Status
- Approved
- Author
- Processed by Pictorial Collections Staff
- Date
- ©2006, 2019
- 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
- Monday, 20210524: Attribute normal is missing or blank.
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