Box 1

Scope and Contents Cañon de San Diego Grant. D.K.B. Seller, requests title to the 4000 acres of small holdings (in Cañon de San Diego and Guadalupe Cañon) surrounded by Jemez Land Co. Includes extensive description of area.

Scope and Content From the Collection: The John Baron Burg collection contains Bernalillo, Sandoval and Valencia County land, property and business records from the Burg and Otero families. It also contains political and personal correspondence dealing with family matters and Burg’s campaign for Albuquerque Post Master and New Mexico District Attorney. The collection also contains three scrapbooks with newspaper clippings, letters, voting ballots, political cartoons and ephemera. One scrapbook contains clippings of a column series...

Scope and Contents Includes map (Oct. 10, 1909) drawn by W. Armstrong. Estimate of timber (Oct. 10, 1909) by M.A. Ross. Estimate of revenue from proposed railroad from Bernalillo on main line of Atchison-Topeka and Santa Fe to Canon de San Diego Land Grant and Jemez Hot Springs, by F.H. Cole (Sept. 20, 1909) Inc. Letter pertaining to water and mineral potentials of San Diego Land Grant.

Scope and Contents Federico J. Otero, Alfredo J. Otero, Candelaria Armijo de Otero, Mariano S. Otero, Jr., Margarita Otero Harrison and husband, Geo. W. Harrison and Dolores Otero Burg: to establish Dolores Otero Burg's legal claim to lots in the Perea Addition of Albuquerque and, also, to an area of Sandoval County known as the San Antonio de las Huertas Land Grant.

Scope and Contents Assignment of family articles of value to Dolores Otero Burg.

Scope and Contents The heirs of Mariano S. Otero and Filomena Perea de Otero establish a division of property in order that Dolores Otero Burg may receive her just share of the estate. Willard S. Strickler, administrator. This agreement, on appeal of Dolores Otero Burg, sets aside a document earlier approved as the last will and testament of Filomena Perea de Otero.

Scope and Contents Between Dolores Otero Burg and the City of Albuquerque, granting Dolores Otero Burg full title to lots in the Perea Addition of Albuquerque.

Scope and Contents Property in Albuquerque acquired by Mariano S. Otero by deed from Manuel Gonzales, June 14, 1895 and an adjoining tract granted/accepted as legally belonging to Dolores Otero Burg.

Scope and Contents C.L. Tallmadge, F.E.G. Berry, F.N. Cosby, Chas. Chadwick, W.W. Chadwick, and John Baron Burg formed Petroleum Securities Co.

Scope and Contents The Trustees of the Belen Land Grant entered into a contract to recover lands acquired by the Sierra Meat and Supply Co. (tax deeds). Sierra Meat and Supply Co.: Chas. Chadwick, Sec., W.W. Chadwick, Pres. Belen Land Grant: Melquiades Chavez, Sec., Valentin Jaramillo, Pres.

Scope and Contents Board of Trustees of Belen Land Grant agree to employ Mr. John Baron Burg, attorney, to recover tracts of common lands from illegal claims.

Scope and Contents Ramsey Bruner assigns ownership to John Baron Burg of one 380 caliber Colt automatic pistol which was being held as evidence by the prosecuting attorney of Valencia County in the case of the State of New Mexico vs. Ramsey Bruner.