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Dennis Chávez Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 394 BC
Scope and Content
The Dennis Chávez Papers are comprised of material from Chávez' career as a politician. This includes his tenure in the New Mexico State Legislature, as well as in the United States Congress, where he was involved in such areas as Indian affairs, labor, the Post Office, the Defense Department, Latin American issues, and New Deal programs. The collection contains personal and congressional papers and correspondence (including materials relating to Senator Joseph McCarthy), photographs, news...
Dates:
1921-1963; Majority of material found in 1930-1962
Donald Lee Parman Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-804-BC
Abstract
This collection contains correspondence and research materials used by Donald L. Parman for his book The Navajos and the New Deal. The collection offers a grounded perspective about Navajo life during the New Deal era along with in-depth discussions about how tribal council leaders and the United States federal government worked within respectful yet contentious relationships in terms of reservation life, education and health issues, and land rights.
Dates:
1883-1994; Majority of material found within 1933-1944
E.A. Graves letters to Governor David Meriwether regarding Indians in the New Mexico Territory
Collection
Identifier: MSS-876-OV
Abstract
The collection consists of correspondence from E. A. Graves, Indian Agent, to Governor and Superintendent of Indian Affairs for New Mexico Territory, David Meriwether. Most letters inform Meriwether of situations with the Utahs, Navajos, and Apaches, and seek advice or action on the part of the Governor.
Dates:
1853
New Mexico Indian Agent correspondence and documents
Collection
Identifier: MSS-901-BC
Abstract
This collection contains correspondence and documents relating to Apache and Navajo affairs in New Mexico during the mid-ninetieth century.
Dates:
1853
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- New Mexico -- Politics and government -- 1848-1950 3
- Indian agents -- New Mexico -- Correspondence 2
- Indians of North America -- Government relations 2
- Indians of North America -- Government relations -- Sources 2
- Letters 2
- New Deal, 1933-1939 2
- New Mexico -- History -- 1848- 2
- Discrimination in employment--Law and legislation--United States 1
- Hispanic American politicians--New Mexico 1
- Indians of North America--Government spending policy 1
- Land Use -- Law and Legislation -- New Mexico 1
- Latin America--Foreign relations--United States 1
- Navajo Indian Reservation -- Boundaries 1
- Navajo Indians -- Education 1
- Navajo Indians -- Health 1
- Navajo Indians -- Land tenure 1
- Navajo Indians -- Social conditions 1
- New Mexico -- Politics and government -- 1951- 1
- New Mexico -- Politics and government -- 20th century 1
- United States--Foreign relations--Latin America 1
- Water resources development--United States 1 ∧ less
- Names
- Chavez, Dennis, 1888-1962 2
- Meriwether, D. (David), 1800-1893 2
- Collier, John, 1884-1968 1
- McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957 1
- Parman, Donald Lee, 1932- 1
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