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Board of Trustees of the Sevilleta Grant Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-688-BC
Abstract
Collection contains various legal documents such as leases, options to buy land, quitclaim deeds, warranty deeds, tax receipts, etc. from the Spanish land grant, Sevilleta, located in Socorro County, New Mexico. Also includes minute book, June 15, 1921-September 14, 1938, of meetings held by the Trustees of the land grant community.
Dates:
1887-1939
Contreras Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-52-BC
Abstract
This collection is comprised of business and private papers pertaining to Abram Contreras, Felipe Peralta, Emiliano Contreras and their relatives who resided in Socorro County, central New Mexico, in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Dates:
1820-1944
Elfego Baca Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS -249-SC
Scope and Content
Elfego Baca's campaign brochures make up the bulk of this small collection. The brochures contain a brief history of Baca's life, including stories of gunfights, Billy the Kid, and dealings with the law, while also outlining his political ambitions. Additionally, the collection contains two pieces of correspondence written by Baca, an open letter written by Baca about the 1940 election, a letter from Mrs. Elfego Baca to Clinton P. Anderson informing him of Baca's death, and Baca's memorial...
Dates:
1904-1945 (bulk 1934-1945)
Holm O. Bursum Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-92-BC
Scope and Content
The materials in the collection document Holm O. Bursum's personal life as well as his business and political careers. Correspondence, documents, and news clippings chronicle Bursum's ranching activities, his tenure as warden at the New Mexico State Penitentiary, various election campaigns, Republican Party involvements, and legislative activities. It includes documents relating to the controversial Indian Lands Bill, commonly known as the Bursum Bill. Albert B. Fall, Bronson Cutting and Elfego...
Dates:
1873-1936
Oral History Interviews of the Abo Canyon Oral History Project for the BNSF Railroad
Collection
Identifier: MSS-952-BC
Abstract
Parametrix conducted the cultural resource survey and mitigation of adverse effects for the BNSF's Second Track Project, near Belen, NM as a major component of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) Section 106 compliance process. Shawn Kelley, a cultural anthropologist and ethnographer interviewed scores of individuals, recording their oral histories related to the railroad, Abo Canyon, and the surrounding area.
Dates:
2007-2009; Majority of material found within 2008
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- Socorro County (N.M.) -- History 4
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- Political campaigns -- New Mexico 1
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- Pueblo Indians -- Land tenure 1
- Pueblo Indians -- New Mexico 1
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- Sevilleta Grant (N.M.) -- History 1
- Sheep industry -- History 1
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- Socorro County (N.M.)--Politics and government 1
- Sound recordings 1
- Torrance County (N.M.) -- History 1
- United States -- History -- 1919-1933 1
- Valencia County (N.M.) -- History 1 ∧ less
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- Spanish; Castilian 1
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- Baca, Elfego, 1864-1945 2
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company 1
- Billy, the Kid 1
- Charles Ilfeld Company 1
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