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A.A. Jones Papers,
Collection
Identifier: 1960-025
Scope and Content
Collection consists of the legal, personal, and political papers of A.A. Jones. The bulk of the collection consists of legal papers which include several land grant, business, and probate case records. Land grant case records pertain to the Maxwell, Preston Beck, Mora, Las Vegas, and Eaton land grants. Included in the land grant case records are the papers of James and Helen Beck and New Mexico Chief Justice Elisha V. Long's opinion on the Las Vegas Land Grant. Companies involved in the...
Dates:
1862-1927
Amado Chaves Papers,
Collection
Identifier: 1963-001
Scope and Content
Collection consists of correspondence, personal papers, manuscripts, genealogies, and clippings. Subjects include New Mexican customs and folklore, land grants and titles, and prominent figures in New Mexico history. Other topics include Chaves and Ortiz family histories, the 1680 Pueblo Revolt, and New Mexicos school system. Notable correspondents are Charles F. Lummis, B.W. "Win Page, Katharine Chaves Page, and Stephen B. Elkins. This collection was transferred from the Museum of New...
Dates:
1698-1931
Bernalillo County, N.M. Records,
Collection
Identifier: 1974-034
Scope and Content
Holdings consist of records of the county clerk (1848-1920), assessor (1870-1912), sheriff (1856, 1889-1899), county commission (1876-1889, 1927), justice of the peace (1854-1899), probate court (1849-1927), and school superintendent (1858-1887). Clerks records include registers of deeds, mines, licenses, brands, oaths and bonds, mortgages, chattel mortgages, liens, and notarial records; election results, abstracts of deeds; and various other documents. Probate records include adoptions...
Dates:
1849-1927 (Bulk 1849-1900)
Carmen Quintana Collection,
Collection
Identifier: 1981-001
Scope and Content
Collection consists primarily of records from the Avery-Bowman Co., a real estate business in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Series I includes an abstract of title involving the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Co., and an abstract of title of the Roque Lovato Land Grant. Series II includes a patent conveying a tract of land adjacent to the plaza in Santa Fe from the U.S. Government to the City of Santa Fe. Series III includes the wills of many Santa Fe citizens, including Clara H. Olsen and...
Dates:
1782-1958 (bulk 1860-1933)
Chaves County, N.M. Records,
Collection
Identifier: 1959-237
Scope and Content
Collection consists of the records of Chaves County, New Mexico (1870-1935). The bulk of the records cover the years, 1881-1935. Included are copies of the county clerks deed indexes that include entries that date to before the creation of Chaves County (1870-1935); a county sheriffs bond (1896); and assessment records (1891-1912). The assessment records have been microfilmed.
Dates:
1870-1935 (bulk 1882-1935)
Colfax County, N.M. Records,
Collection
Identifier: 1973-025
Scope and Content
Collection consists of the records of the county clerk (1867-1933), county assessor (1870-1892, 1917, 1924), county treasurer (1869-1927), county commission (1876-1927), superintendent of schools (1907-1908), county surveyor (1898), justice of the peace (1887-1925), sheriff (1869-1884), and probate court (1892-1929). Clerk's records include notary records, poll and tally books, voter lists, election returns, abstracts of titles, articles of incorporation, registers of licenses and brands,...
Dates:
1867-1929
Conaiegerine Marie Conver Deed Book of Rio Arriba County
Collection
Identifier: AC-049
Scope and Content
Collection consists of loose photostat copies of a 446 page deed book recording land conveyances in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico from approximately 1830 to 1860. The copies of this legal journal are best described as the Rio Arriba County, Territory of New Mexico, Deed Book No. 2. Photocopies.
Dates:
1830-1860
Found in:
Fray Angélico Chávez History Library
Dona Ana County, N.M. Records,
Collection
Identifier: 1974-017
Scope and Content
Collection consists of the records of Dona Ana County, New Mexico (1852-1946). Included are the records of the county clerk (1852-1935), assessor (1870-1912), sheriff (1854-1923), county commission (1885-1916), justice of the peace (1863-1946), probate court (1859-1912), coroner (1864-1900), school superintendent (1876-1877), treasurer (1864-1913), road supervisor (1896, 1902), and the board of horticultural commissioners (1892). County Clerk's records include registers of deeds, brands,...
Dates:
1852-1946
Edward Yrisarri Collection of Jacobo Yrisarri Papers,
Collection
Identifier: 1997-040
Scope and Content
Collection consists of the papers of Jacobo Yrisarri. Includes land records, estate records for various persons, financial records, and photographs. Land records include mining and warranty deeds, an abstract of title to land in Ranchos de Albuquerque, one map of land divisions in Candelaria, New Mexico, and copies of maps of the Atrisco and Elena Gallegos land grants. Financial records include tax receipts and assessments. Photographs include black and white images of Jacobo Yrisarri and...
Dates:
1870-1947
Emiterio Rivera Papers,
Collection
Identifier: 1988-099
Scope and Content
Collection consists of professional and personal papers of Emiterio Rivera. Professional papers include promissory notes, coupons, advertisements, and receipts from several businesses in Santa Fe. Personal papers include deeds and land conveyances for properties in Santa Fe, and three financial documents of Asociacion Confraterny de la Santisima Trenidad recording costs and payments in 1893, 1894, and 1898.
Some materials are in Spanish.
Dates:
1884-1934
Eugene A. Fiske Papers,
Collection
Identifier: 1960-017
Scope and Content
Collection consists primarily of Fiske's professional papers. Series I consists of various legal documents, including a contract retaining Fiske as defense attorney in the trial of James G. Whitney for the murder of Manuel B. Otero, and 67 pages of testimony from the case of Edward Miller v. Alphonso Dockweiler over water rights involving the Rio Tesuque, Acequia Madre, and Acequia del Medio in northern New Mexico. Series II consists of legal documents, deeds, land conveyances, and other...
Dates:
1840-1968 (bulk 1840-1909)
Grant County, N.M. Records,
Collection
Identifier: 1974-019
Scope and Content
Collection consists of the records of Grant County, New Mexico (1868-1983). The bulk of the materials cover the years 1868 to 1914. Included are records of the county clerk (1868-1928), assessor (1871-1918), sheriff (1877-1916), county commissioners (1889-1896), county superintendent of schools (18895-1900), justice of the peace (1869-1917), treasurer (1888-1902), probate court (1883-1915), and photocopies or typescripts of obituaries and cemetery records. Clerks records include mining...
Dates:
1868-1983 (bulk 1868-1914)
Guadalupe County, N.M. Records,
Collection
Identifier: 1974-020
Scope and Content
Collection consists of the records of Guadalupe County, New Mexico (1893-1942). Included are records of the county clerk (1893-1930), assessor (1893-1923), sheriff (1912-1931), county commissioners (1893-1928), justice of the peace (1902-1946), probate court (1893-1928), superintendent of schools and board of education (1910-1925), and miscellaneous records (1911-1942). Clerk's records include license registers, oaths and bonds, poll books, articles of incorporation, chattel mortgages, and...
Dates:
1893-1942 (Bulk, 1893-1923)
Hubbell Family Papers,
Collection
Identifier: 1975-045
Scope and Content
Collection consists of Santiago L. Hubbell's papers, deeds to the Pajarito property, Philip Hubbell's papers, and miscellaneous family papers. Santiago's papers include correspondence, business records, military orders, and sutler records. Items included are a muster roll for Hubbell's Company of New Mexican Mounted Volunteers (1861) and a 1859 translation of Juan Jose Lucero's account of his 1847 campaign against the Navajos. Philip's papers include personal and business records. Included...
Dates:
1848-1972
Jennie M. Avery Papers,
Collection
Identifier: 1959-013
Scope and Content
Collection consists of records of the Avery-Bowman Co. of Santa Fe, New Mexico, and the personal papers of Jennie M. Avery and Grace Bowman. Avery-Bowman Co. records include records of its predecessors the Santa Fe Abstract, Realty and Insurance Agency and the Joseph B. Hayward Agency. These records include land conveyances, deeds, titles, surveys, appraisals, abstracts, and various legal documents, most of which involve property in the vicinity of Santa Fe. The personal papers of Grace...
Dates:
1836-1950
Jesus Maria Baca Papers,
Collection
Identifier: 1984-025
Scope and Content
Collection consists primarily of materials relating to land and property in Santa Fe and northern New Mexico owned by Jesus Maria Baca. Includes materials on the City Ice and Storage Co. of Santa Fe and several New Mexico ranches. Materials concerning Senator Cutting deal only with real estate transactions in Santa Fe. Includes transcript of Santa Fe County District Court Civil Case # 19438, Baca vs. Baca et al., in which Julia S. Baca received authorization as administrator of Jesus Maria...
Dates:
1939-1953
Judge David Chavez Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: AC-041-p
Scope and Content
Collection consists of the papers of David Chavez Jr., 1890-1960. Included are: political correspondence, 1926-1955; land records for land in Santa Fe, New Mexico owned by Benjamin M. Read and his heirs, 1890-1931; and a copy of a final decree, heard in Santa Fe, New Mexico, concerning the ownership of a parcel of land on Cerrillos Road, 1960. Political correspondence pertains to various subjects including an allegation of bribery brought against Bronson M. Cutting. Land records for the Read...
Dates:
1890-1960
Found in:
Fray Angélico Chávez History Library
Lincoln County, N.M. Records,
Collection
Identifier: 1974-022
Scope and Content
Collection consists of the records of Lincoln County, New Mexico (1869-1932). Included are records of the county clerk (1869-1912), assessor (1870-1912), auditor (1875), treasurer (1883-1932), sheriff (1875-1897), county commissioners (1889-1912), justice of the peace (1876-1904), probate court (1870-1920), and miscellaneous records. Clerks records include poll and tally books, voter lists, election records, mining records, and registers of bonds, deeds, and marriages. Miscellaneous records...
Dates:
1869-1932
Lobato Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: AC-135-p
Scope and Content
Receipts and legal documents involving various members of the Lobato Family of Albuquerque.
Dates:
1879-1927
Found in:
Fray Angélico Chávez History Library
Louis William Geck Papers,
Collection
Identifier: 1986-032
Scope and Content
Collection consists of the papers of Louis William Geck. Included are military service records, land records, district court case records, records pertaining to the Civil War and the occupation of Mesilla, records pertaining to Geck's pension, guardianship records, and family papers and photographs. Military service records include his military bounty claims. Land records include conveyances and deeds for land in Dona Ana County and Mesilla, New Mexico. District court records pertain to...
Dates:
1846-1985 (bulk 1846-1892)
Luis E. Armijo Papers,
Collection
Identifier: 1959-011
Scope and Content
Collection consists of Armijo's business and personal papers. Correspondence primarily concerns legal matters and includes letters to Armijo from Elisha V. Long; letters sent and received by Octaviano A. Larrazolo, a business associate of Armijo who later served as Governor of New Mexico from 1919 to 1920; and Armijo's correspondence with Harry S. Bowman, Attorney General of New Mexico. Other documents include Armijo's expense statements as District Court Judge; his correspondence as Las...
Dates:
1869-1938
Mauro Montoya Collection
Collection
Identifier: AC-152
Scope and Content
Mauro Montoya Collection documents significant episodes of New Mexico history during the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The documents are divided into the four main periods: Spanish period, The Mexican period, U.S. Territorial period (incl. U.S. military occupation), New Mexico Statehood period.
Dates:
1709-1949
Found in:
Fray Angélico Chávez History Library
Mora County, N.M. Records,
Collection
Identifier: 1974-036
Scope and Content
Collection consists of the records of Mora County, New Mexico (1850-1922). The bulk of the material covers the dates 1870 to 1911. Included are records of the county clerk (1850-1918), assessor (1871-1912), sheriff (1879-1884), treasurer (1924), county commissioners (1880-1921), justice of the peace (1856-1910), probate court (1871-1890), superintendent of schools/board of education (1915-1922), and miscellaneous tax records (1903, 1917). Clerks records include registers of licenses, brands,...
Dates:
1850-1930 (Bulk 1870-1911)
Napoleon B. Laughlin Papers,
Collection
Identifier: 1959-134
Scope and Content
Collection consists of case files and a variety of documents such as wills, deeds, and estate records from legal cases handled by Laughlin. Series I includes materials on homestead claims and businesses such as the Globe Land Co. and the La Fonda Hotel. Series II includes materials on acequias and water rights, banks (including the First National Bank of Santa Fe and the Santa Fe Bank), mining companies (including the Rio Arriba Coal Co.), and the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Co. Series...
Dates:
1740-1933
New Mexico Capitol Buildings Improvement Commission Records,
Collection
Identifier: 1972-004
Scope and Content
Collection consists of records of the New Mexico Capitol Buildings Improvement Commission and other territorial and state agencies charged with the duties of construction, maintenance, improvement, and supervision of territorial and state government buildings and lands, particularly those located in the state capital of Santa Fe (1853-1968). Includes records of the New Mexico Public Buildings Commission (1853-1873); Capitol Rebuilding Commission (1892-1901); Capitol Custodian Committee...
Dates:
1853-1968