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Augusta and Charles Probst Papers
Collection
Identifier: AC 493
Scope and Content
Collection contains correspondence, expense books, and legal documents of Augusta and Charles Probst. It includes documentation of Augusta (Mecke) Probst's properties in Rüdershausen, Germany, and records of their Santa Fe, New Mexico, businesses. Miscellaneouls items include two 1940s photo negatives of a Santa Fe building
Dates:
1866-1940s
Found in:
Fray Angélico Chávez History Library
Charles Ilfeld Company Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-91-BC
Scope and Content
The collection contains records of the Charles Ilfeld Company including correspondence, ledgers, receipts and invoices, inventories, and advertisements. It is divided into three series: correspondence, account books and ledgers, and records of other businesses. The correspondence, 1867-1903, contains letters received and letters sent, both arranged chronologically, and consisting mostly of orders placed with the company. These are followed by copies (Copy Books) of remittance letters and...
Dates:
1865-1929
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
Dalton C. Bergan research materials on Lucien Bonaparte Maxwell and François Xavier Aubry
Collection
Identifier: MSS-765-BC
Abstract
This collection is composed of Dalton C. Bergan's research notebooks, photocopied material and note cards on Lucien Bonaparte Maxwell and François Xavier Aubry. Bergan used some of this material to write a book on Aubry.
Dates:
1852-1978
F.E. Kavanaugh Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-233-BC
Abstract
This collection is comprised of two leather-bound ledgers of Dr. Finis Ewing Kavanaugh, merchant, sutler and physician attached to military posts at Fort Fauntleroy/Fort Lyon and Cubero, New Mexico.
Dates:
1860-1888
Flora Spiegelberg Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-18-SC
Scope and Content
This small collection consists primarily of reminiscences of Flora Spiegelberg, including original typewritten manuscripts of brief articles and published articles. Also included is a manuscript about Flora Spiegelberg and the Spiegelberg family written in 1975. The articles by Spiegelberg primarily concern life in the Territory of New Mexico in the late 19th century. Other articles are about New York City where the Spiegelbergs lived after leaving New Mexico.
Dates:
1857-1943
Gustave Elsberg Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-305-SC
Abstract
The Gustave Elsberg papers relate to a suit levied by Elsberg against his former business partner Jacob Amberg in 1869.
Dates:
1869-1897
James Josiah Webb Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS -232 -SC
Abstract
The James J. Webb Correspondence consists of ten hand-written letters discussing business practices and salaries related to Webb's trading business and politics in New Mexico.
Dates:
1852-1864
Jewish Pioneers Exhibition Collection
Collection
Identifier: AC 454
Scope and Content
This collection consists of Series 1: Exhibition Research (curator’s notes, biographies, family trees and photocopied images) and Series II: Exhibition Materials (exhibition book, educational matter and traveling information) related to Jewish Pioneers of New Mexico, 1821–1917.
Dates:
1998-2005; Majority of material found in 2000-2002
Found in:
Fray Angélico Chávez History Library
Letters to Wells Brothers (Coffeyville, Kan.) regarding the purchase and shipment of butter and eggs
Collection
Identifier: MSS-889-SC
Abstract
Collection consists of incoming letters to Wells Brothers, wholesale purveyors of butter and eggs, in Coffeyville Kansas from a variety of businesses in New Mexico, Arizona, Indian Territory, and Texas. A few letters are from businesses in Louisiana, Arkansas, Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, Montana, and Washington. Letters relate to orders for goods.
Dates:
1895-1896
Manuel Alvarez Papers,
Collection
Identifier: 1960-001
Scope and Content
Collection consists primarily of Alvarez's business, consular, and personal correspondence. Correspondents include numerous officials, customers, merchants, and suppliers in New Mexico, St. Louis, New Orleans, New York, and London. Subjects discussed include the Santa Fe Trail, trade relations between the United States and New Mexico, and New Mexico politics and statehood. Items of note are five Alvarez ledgers (1834-1855), a journal of campsites along the Santa Fe Trail, a partial English copy...
Dates:
1825-1856
Marcus Brunswick Business Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-298-BC
Abstract
The Marcus Brunswick business records contain the business correspondence of Marcus Brunswick, freighter and merchandiser in Las Vegas, N.M.
Dates:
1872-1927
Perea Bros. Mercantile Co. Letterpress Copybook
Collection
Identifier: MSS-30-BC
Abstract
This collection is comprised of correspondence regarding the business records of the Perea Bros. Mercantile Co. -- a supplier of general merchandise as well as wool and pelts -- located in Bernalillo, New Mexico, in the later 1800s.
Dates:
1883 June 2-1896 June 19
Seligman Collection,
Collection
Identifier: 1959-195
Scope and Content
Collection consists of New Mexico historical documents from the 19th century and the first decade of the twentieth century (1803-1910). Included in the collection are some of Governor Manuel Armjio's papers pertaining to the Texas invasion and political matters (1843-1848); a report by James Maloy concerning the theft of animals by the Mimbres Apaches (1870); an apologia from Culiacan, Sonora (1826); an official Mexican circular concerning education; several receipts and invoices from various...
Dates:
1803-1910
Solomon Luna Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-102-BC
Abstract
This collection contains the letterpress book of Solomon Luna and Co., as well as biographical material concerning Solomon Luna, New Mexican politician, sheep baron, and businessman.
Dates:
1883-1941
Vincente M. Baca Collection
Collection
Identifier: AC 490
Scope and Content
Collection contains correspondence, financial papers, educational items, and legal documents pertaining to Vincente M. Baca and his family.
Dates:
1882-1920
Found in:
Fray Angélico Chávez History Library
William Jackson Parish Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-276-BC
Scope and Content
The bulk of the William Jackson Parish collection is made up of research material for Parish's Harvard dissertation and 1961 Harvard University Press publication, The Charles Ilfeld Company: A Study of the Rise and Decline of Mercantile Capitalism in New Mexico. This material consists of correspondence, notes, manuscripts, business reports, an editor's copy of The Charles Ilfeld Company..., as well as the bound dissertation....
Dates:
1700-1964; Majority of material found in 1945-1963
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