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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
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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- Indian agents -- New Mexico -- Correspondence 2
- Indians of North America -- Government relations -- Sources 2
- Letters 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 relations 1
- Indians of North America--Government spending policy 1
- Latin America--Foreign relations--United States 1
- New Deal, 1933-1939 1
- New Mexico -- Politics and government -- 1951- 1
- United States--Foreign relations--Latin America 1
- Water resources development--United States 1 ∧ less
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- Meriwether, D. (David), 1800-1893 2
- Chavez, Dennis, 1888-1962 1
- McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957 1
- Wingfield, Edward H. 1
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