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Cattle Brand Books Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AC 446
Scope and Content The books appear to have been created by J. L. Dow, Deputy U. S. Marshal. The two small bound red books list ear marks, cattle brands, the name and the ranch to which they belong. The post office in which the ranch resided is also listed. The first page of each book lists abbreviations used in the brands. Some entries are in read and they describe number of cattle sold and to which ranch and whether or not they were rebranded.
Dates: 1894-1894; 1894

E. V. "Jack" Lambert Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AC 126
Scope and Content Collection consists of materials about Lambert and the San Gabriel Dude Ranch. Includes several pamphlets and promotional items about the ranch, as well as clippings of articles about Lambert and his experiences as a cowboy. Also in the collection are the lyrics to several cowboy songs.
Dates: 1920-1991

Jessie De Prado Farrington Manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: AC 081
Scope and Content Collection consists of the memoirs of Jessie de Prado Farrington written in 1935. The memoirs discuss Farrington's life and homesteading experiences in the early 1900s in Agua Chicquita Canyon in Otero County, New Mexico. Photographs of Weed, New Mexico, Glen-Eben (Farrington's homestead), and of various people are included. Farrington's memoirs have been published in the New Mexico Historical Review.
Dates: 1935

Notebook of Unknown Ranchwoman

 Collection
Identifier: AC 088-P
Scope and Content One notebook containing 16 handwritten pages describing the life of an unnamed rancher's wife in Texas and New Mexico. Includes a description of a trip to Columbus, New Mexico after Pancho Villa's raid there.
Dates: 1915-1925

Old Pigeon's Ranch Visitors Attendance Records

 Collection
Identifier: AC 276-p
Scope and Content Collection consists of a visitors log for Old Pigeon's Ranch near Glorieta, NM, along with description of the ranch and its location. Collection also contains a brief description of nearby Glorieta battlefield.
Dates: 1928-1930

Palo Blanco Ranch Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: AC 209
Scope and Content One photocopy of a ledger book from the Palo Blanco Ranch, New Mexico. Includes an extensive listing of properties owned by the Palo Blanco with brief descriptions; invoices of supplies; lists of property assets, cash, and liabilities; and a record of cattle owned. Some of the properties owned by the Palo Blanco include the Apache Ranch, Chico or Home Ranch, Chico Springs Ranch, Capulin Ranch, Gallegos Ranch, Kingman Ranch, and Kiowa Ranch. Photocopies.
Dates: 1885-1908