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New Mexico Land Documents and Marriage Authorization

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-106-SC
Abstract

This collection is comprised of documentation of land sales or transfers from 1811-1887 and one letter from a Bishop authorizing a particular marriage. All documents pertain to the Mexican and Territorial periods in New Mexico.

Dates: 1791-1887 (bulk 1826-1887)
Found in: UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections

Noe Tijerina Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-859-SC
Abstract

This small collection contains the papers of Noe Tijerina, son of Reies Lopez Tijerina, Chicano land grant activist and founder of Alianza Federal de Mercedes. The papers relate to land grant activism and the Tijerina family.

Dates: 1958-2007
Found in: UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections

Ojo de Espiritu Santo Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-42-BC
Scope and Content This collection contains correspondence, leases, reports, and legal proceedings for the Ojo de Espiritu Santo Company from 1899-1935. The bulk of the records date from 1916-1934. There is correspondence to and from the company's general managers, Leo Garcia, before 1919 and Ted Sparr, from 1919 to 1934; the company agent, Charles F. Lambert; owners, C. C. Catron, Fletcher A. Catron, Thomas B. Catron, and others. The correspondence deals with sheep and cattle grazing leases and fees, oil and...
Dates: 1889-1935 (bulk 1916-1934)
Found in: UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections

Paul Kutsche papers from the Cañones ethnographic field research project

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-737-BC
Abstract This collection consists primarily of ethnographic data collected in Cañones, New Mexico in the mid-late 1960s. The fieldwork resulted in the several publications, including Survival of Spanish American Villages by Kutsche (1979), Cañones: Values, Crisis, and Survival in a Northern New Mexico Village by Paul Kutsche and John Van Ness (1981), and Hispanos in Northern New Mexico: The Development of...
Dates: 1888-2010; Majority of material found within 1966-1968
Found in: UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections

Peter Nabokov Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-93-BC
Scope and Content The papers of Peter Nabokov, writer and newspaperman, contain manuscripts, notes, recorded interviews and newspaper articles. The bulk of the collection relates to research and writings about Reies Lopez Tijerina and the Tierra Amarilla land grant. The collection contains articles from the Santa Fe New Mexican, The Albuquerque Journal, The Albuquerque Tribune, and various other newspapers...
Dates: 1939-2018
Found in: UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections

Petition of City of Santa Fe, N.M.

 Collection
Identifier: AC-257-p
Scope and Content

Petition of City of Santa Fe to the United States in Court of Private Land Claims to receive 4 square leagues in square form with then present plaza or public square.

Dates: 1894
Found in: Fray Angélico Chávez History Library

Pitt Ross and Edmund Ross family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-786-BC
Abstract

This collection contains personal papers and correspondence of Pitt Ross, his son, Edmund, Edmund's wife, Evelyn Everitt Ross and various members of the Everitt family. There are also records from their surveying and engineering business, the Ross Engineering Company. The photographs in the collection are personal as well as company related.

Dates: 1832-1954; Majority of material found within 1880-1940
Found in: UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections

Ramona Caplan Collection of Lee Marmon Oral Histories and Other American West History Research

 Collection
Identifier: MSS -1115-BC
Abstract

The collection contains recorded oral history interviews, transcriptions, information about her career in history, academic research, writings, and some photographs.

Dates: 1995-2018
Found in: UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections

Red River Valley Company Records

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Identifier: MSS-86-BC
Scope and Content The Red River Valley Company collection contains the records of the daily activities of the Bell Ranch. It contains the legal records of the Pablo Montoya Grant, and the correspondence of Bell Ranch managers Arthur J. Tisdall, Charles M. O'Donel, and Albert K. Mitchell, covering the years 1894 to 1943. There are monthly employee lists, payrolls, business books and annual reports, tax records, receipts for equipment and supplies, maps, surveys, cattle and horse breeding records, marketing and...
Dates: 1865-1947
Found in: UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections

Reies Tijerina Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-654-BC
Abstract

The collection contains the papers of New Mexico land grant activist Reies Lopez Tijerina, best known for founding the Alianza Federal de Mercedes. The group organized heirs seeking to regain Spanish and Mexican land grants protected under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, an important component of the Chicano Movement.

Dates: 1888-2003; Majority of material found within 1963-1978
Found in: UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections

Reies Tijerina Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: PICT-000-654
Abstract

The photos in this collection relate to the and other events in the life of land grant activist, Reis Lopez Tijerina.Alianza Federal de Pueblos Libres and other events in the life of land grant activist, Reis Lopez Tijerina.

Dates: 1944-2000
Found in: UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections

Richard H. Hanna Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-762-BC
Abstract

This collection documents Richard E. Hanna's personal life, political connections, and legal activities relating to property, Indian affairs, natural resources, and administration of L. Bradford Prince's estate.

Dates: 1859-1963; Majority of material found within 1929-1946
Found in: UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections

Richard W. D. Bryan Family Papers, 1844-1939

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1-BC
Scope and Content The collection contains miscellaneous Albuquerque Indian School documents and a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings concerning the institution. There is an assortment of legal records dealing with New Mexico land grants and property transfer for the Robert H. Longwell Land Case, 1909-1912, regarding the Antonio Baca Grant and Borrego Springs Grant and the Cazin Property Case, 1844-1908. There is a wide variety of printed ephemera dealing with schools, churches and civic organizations,...
Dates: 1844-1939
Found in: UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections

Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-832-BC
Abstract

The collection contains land documents, photographs of New Mexico, maps, plats, blueprints, McMurdo Estate papers and other documents from the law firm of Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb.

Dates: 1862-1983; Majority of material found within 1917-1975
Found in: UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections

Santa Fe Gold and Copper Mine Field Book

 Collection
Identifier: AC-529-p
Scope and Content

Collection contains one field book (No. 2) of the Santa Fe Gold and Copper Mining Company. Notes, dated 1916, are land and encroachment surveys for the San Pedro Grant [granted 1820 near Placitas], San Pedro Placer Mining Claim, and Cañon del Agua Grant [granted 1844 near Placitas]. Book also includes notes for work done for A. E. Marsh.

Dates: 1916; Majority of material found in Placeholder Unit Date Text
Found in: Fray Angélico Chávez History Library

Santo Domingo Pueblo Documents

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-78-SC
Abstract

This collection contains 15 photoprints of documents housed in the archives of Santo Domingo Pueblo regarding the boundaries of Santo Domingo lands.

Dates: 1689-1907
Found in: UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections

Solomon Luna Family Album

 Collection
Identifier: PICT-989-004
Abstract

Collection consists of photographs copied from the Luna Family album.

Dates: 1890-1929
Found in: UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections

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
Found in: UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections

Spanish Archives of New Mexico I,

 Collection
Identifier: 1972-002
Scope and Content Collection consists of civil land records of the Spanish and Mexican period governments of New Mexico, and materials created by the Surveyor General and Court of Private Land Claims during the process of adjudication. Includes petitions for land grants, land conveyances, wills, mine registers, records books, journals, dockets, reports, minutes, letters, and a variety of legal documents. Also within the collection is the Vigil Index, an inventory of the documents in the custody of Donaciano...
Dates: 1685-1912
Found in: New Mexico State Records Center and Archives

Spanish Archives of New Mexico Translations

 Collection
Identifier: AC-229
Scope and Content

Collection consists of typed English translations of selected documents from Series I and II of the Spanish Archives of New Mexico. Series I consists of land records, and Series II consists of government documents. For most of the documents, the W.P.A. translator is not identified.

Dates: n.d.
Found in: Fray Angélico Chávez History Library

Spanish Land Grant Claims

 Collection
Identifier: AC-565
Scope and Content

This collection contains published United States Senate documents concerning land grant claims from Spanish settlers, their heirs or descendants that were established when Spain held the land. After New Mexico became part of the United States, the Surveyor-General of the United States was responsible for reviewing claims and forwarding recommendations to the U. S. Senate. Cases in the collection only address a limited number of New Mexico claims from the 1880s.

Dates: 1881-1888
Found in: Fray Angélico Chávez History Library

Taos Land Records

 Collection
Identifier: AC632p
Scope and Content Collection consists of six documents dealing with land use in Taos County. Two documents are Spanish-language property deeds dating from 1770 and 1804, along with English-language translations. Four documents are English translations of original Spanish-language documents: a property deed dated April, 1818; a judicial decree amending a disputed boundary line dated July 1831; a petition to present a land-use dispute case in Circuit Court dated April 1850; and the petition for a land grant...
Dates: 1745-1875
Found in: Fray Angélico Chávez History Library

Thomas B. Catron Papers

 Collection
Identifier: AC-037
Scope and Content Collection consists of the professional papers of the Catron and Catron law firm, Santa Fe, New Mexico, and the personal papers of the Catron family, 1883- 1917. The professional papers of the Catron and Catron firm include delinquent tax statements, debt collection papers, business correspondence, Reed Holloman correspondence, court cases, land grant materials, legal materials and office supplies correspondence and pension documents. Correspondence between Thomas B. Catron and the firm was...
Dates: 1883-1930
Found in: Fray Angélico Chávez History Library

Thomas B. Catron Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-29-BC
Scope and Content The collection contains personal, business, political and legal papers of Thomas B. Catron, 1723-1930. Included is correspondence, legal documents, case records, maps, deeds, campaign literature, newspaper clippings, ledgers, reports and printed material. The collection contains records of 282 cases of the U. S. Court of Private Land Claims, Santa Fe District, 1891-1903, with considerable material on the Anton Chico Grant, Tierra Amarilla Grant, Maxwell Land Grant, and La Bajada Grant. The...
Dates: 1692-1934
Found in: UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections

Thomas D. Campbell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-566-BC
Scope and Content The majority of this collection represents Thomas Campbell's activities in New Mexico. However, series I contains some military and political items not directly related to New Mexico. The collection is divided into 5 overlapping series. Series I primarily consists of documents (correspondence, government publications, etc.) relating to Campbell's military and political activities. U.S. federal government related documents include: U.S. Department of Agriculture publications and...
Dates: 1874-1984
Found in: UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections

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Tijerina, Reies 9
Alianza Federal de las Mercedes 8
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Catron, Thomas Benton, 1840-1921 5
Catron, C. C. 3
Fall, Albert B. (Albert Bacon), 1861-1944 3
Luna family 3
Prince, L. Bradford (Le Baron Bradford), 1840-1922 3
University of New Mexico. Center for Southwest Research 3
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company 2
Baca, Elfego, 1864-1945 2
Bartlett, Edward L. 2
Catron & Catron 2
Catron, Fletcher A. (Fletcher Arthur), b. 1890 2
Cutting, Bronson M., 1888-1935 2
Democratic Party (N.M.). State Central Committee 2
Elkins, Stephen B. (Stephen Benton), 1841-1911 2
Luna, Solomon, 1858-1912 2
Maxwell, Lucien Bonaparte, 1818-1875 2
Mitchell, Albert K., b. 1894 2
New Mexico. Solicitor General 2
Otero family 2
Otero, Miguel Antonio, 1859-1944 2
Otero-Warren, Nina, 1881-1965 2
Republican Party (N.M.). Central Committee 2
Ross, Edmund G. (Edmund Gibson), 1826-1907 2
Santa Fe Pacific Railroad Company 2
Tingley, Clyde 2
Tisdall, Arthur J., 1856-1898 2
Tonantzin Land Institute 2
Twitchell, Ralph Emerson, 1859-1925 2
Vargas, Diego de, 1643-1704 2
Academia de la Nueva Raza (U.S.) 1
Air Force Association 1
Albuquerque (N.M.). City Engineer 1
Albuquerque Abstract Company 1
Albuquerque Abstract and Title Company 1
Albuquerque Gas and Electric Company 1
Albuquerque High School (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1
Albuquerque Indian School 1
Albuquerque Museum 1
Albuquerque Title Guaranty Company 1
Allen Abstract and Title Company 1
American Association of Engineers. Albuquerque Chapter 1
American Valley Company 1
Archuleta, Pedro 1
Armijo family 1
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company 1
Atencio, Tomás, 1932-2014 1
Aubry, François Xavier, 1824-1854 1
Axtell, Samuel B. (Samuel Beach), 1819-1891 1
Bandelier, Adolph Francis Alphonse, 1840-1914 1
Belen Land Grant (NM) 1
Bergan, Dalton C. 1
Bernalillo County Abstract & Title Company 1
Bibo famiy 1
Billy, the Kid 1
Board of Trustees of the Sevilleta Grant 1
Bryan, George S. (George Steinman), 1906-1970 1
Bryan, Richard W. D., 1849-1913 1
Burg, Dolores Otero 1
Burg, John Baron, 1878-1943 1
Burrola, Ray 1
Bursum, Holm Olaf, 1867-1953 1
Campbell, Thomas D. (Thomas Donald), 1882-1966 1
Caplan, Ramona 1
Catron, Julia A., 1857-1909 1
Chaves County Primary Health Care Planning Committee 1
Chavez, Dennis, 1888-1962 1
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) 1
Collier, John, 1884-1968 1
Contreras, Pedro S. 1
Coordinación de Organizaciones y Naciones Indigenas del Continente 1
Coronado, Francisco Vásquez de, 1510-1554 1
Correia, David, 1968- 1
Cuba Extension Railroad Company 1
Dempsey, John J., 1879-1958 1
Eastern New Mexico University (Portales, N.M.) 1
Everitt family 1
Fergusson, Erna, 1888-1964 1
First National Bank of Santa Fe 1
First Title Guarantee and Trust Company 1
Flores, Rafael 1
Gandert, Miguel A. 1
Gonzales, Rodolfo, 1928-2005 1
Gortner, Robert C 1
Gutiérrez, José Angel 1
Hall, Douglas Kent, 1938-2008 1
Hanna, Richard H 1
Hanna, Wilson, and Brophy 1
Hatch, Carl Atwood, 1889-1963 1
Hermanos Penitentes 1
Home Education Livelihood Program 1
Hunt family 1
Hunt, Edward Proctor, 1861-1948 1
Indigenous Environmental Network 1
Indigenous Peoples Alliance 1
Indigenous Women's Network 1
Interstate Oil Compact Commission 1
Jones, Andrieus Aristieus, 1862-1927 1

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