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Governor William C. McDonald Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: 1959-094
Scope and Content Collection consists of official and personal papers of Governor McDonald. The bulk of the collection consists of McDonalds official papers (1912-1916). Legislative papers contain vetoes, messages, and documentation of the Governors Contingent Fund. Petitions involve the use of convict labor, construction of a dike on the Rio Grande, a right-of-way for the El Paso and Southwestern Railroad, and conditions at the Sugarite Mining Camp in Colfax County. Reports are from various state agencies and...
Dates: 1880-1968 (bulk, 1912-1916)

Riley and Betty Parker Clippings Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AC 191-p
Scope and Content This collection consists of news clippings from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer relative to the 4 July 1912 heavyweight championship bout in Las Vegas, New Mexico between Jim Flynn [Andrew Chiariglione] of Pueblo, Colorado and the first black title holder, John Arthur "Jack" Johnson of Chicago, Illinois. Included with some of these clippings are syndicated satirical and racial cartoons by R. Edgren of The New York World....
Dates: ca. 1880-1912