Volume 5

Scope and Content From the Collection: The collection consists of twenty-six letter press books containing about 35,000 copies of typed and handwritten business letters dating 1884-1894 by George L. Brooks. Each volume contains a name index. The letters cover cattle raising and sales of sheep, horses, cattle, and land in New Mexico, Texas, and other western states. Additional subjects include business affairs of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company and other business news of Albuquerque and Socorro during the 1880s and...