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Agnes Morley Cleaveland Papers

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Identifier: MSS-256-SC
Scope and Content This is a small collection containing letters and manuscripts, including correspondence between Agnes Morley Cleaveland and Gertrude Hill about a "strange man," and a letter to George Stevens. The typed manuscripts, some of which are edited, are: "The Vanished American," which is about pioneers; "A Peculiar People: Tenderfeet;" "Incredible Montague," a story about an early pioneer, Montague Stevens of Silver City; and "Stories of Montague Stevens," as told by George Stevens. The collection also...
Dates: 1955-1958

Albert Jennings Fountain Document

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-8-SC
Abstract This collection consists of one photoprint of a handwritten document, entitled "Confundis de la Historia del Pintoresco Pueblo de la Mesilla," by Colonel Albert Jennings Fountain. The document outlines the role of the town of la Mesilla in the history of New Mexico, with regard to the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the Gadsden Purchase, and the Civil War.
Dates: 1838-1896

Albert W. Thompson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-79-BC
Scope and Content The Albert W. Thompson Papers contain news clippings, articles, and manuscripts about the early days in the West, specifically, Clayton, Union County, and northeastern New Mexico. Most of the materials were written by Thompson, however, some of the newspaper columns were written by others. Black Jack Ketchem is a prominent subject within the collection. Miscellaneous materials include flyers, correspondence, a map, and notes.
Dates: 1893-1948

Alice Bullock Pictorial Collection

 Collection
Identifier: PICT-000-478
Abstract Most of the photographs in this collection were taken by Alice Bullock and record the places she visited and wrote about and the people she met.
Dates: 1880-1979

Bertha Sanford Dodge Manuscript

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Identifier: MSS-357-SC
Abstract This collection is comprised of the manuscript titled, "The Deserving and the Lucky" by Bertha S. Dodge. Following minimal changes, this manuscript was published by the University of New Mexico Press in 1980 under the title, The Road West, Saga of the 35th Parallel, which recounts reports of those who have passed by what is now El Morro National Monument.
Dates: 1980

Blazer's Mill Records, 1835-1902 (bulk 1870-1899)

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Identifier: MSS-50-BC
Scope and Content The collection contains miscellaneous business records of Blazer's Mill as well as J. H. Blazer's general merchandising business. Joseph H. Blazer operated the mill during most of the period that these records encompass. His son, A. N. Blazer, later operated it. The records include correspondence, time books, blotters, logbooks, sales books, grist mill accounts, and journals. Some records refer to the company as "Tularosa Mills." The correspondence covers business deals and finances of J.H....
Dates: March 19, 1871 - Aug. 26, 1873

C. A. Brown Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-277-BC
Abstract This collection contains correspondence, business records, and other assorted items pertaining to Dr. Charles A. Brown and family, who resided in Colorado and New Mexico in the late 1800s.
Dates: 1827-1958

Caprock Oral History Project,

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Identifier: MSS -637-BC
Scope and Content The project consists of thirteen oral history interviews from eleven different people living in New Mexicos East-Central Caprock region. All interviews were conducted by Craig Newbill during the Summer of 1992, except for Bernice and Pete Newbill who were initially interviewed in November of 1988, and subsequently in February and August of 1990, respectively. Pete and Bernice Newbill are the only interviewees who were interviewed twice. The collection contains twelve ninety minute audio...
Dates: 1988-1992

Dolores Goddard Collection of Elfego Baca

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Identifier: MSS-802-BC
Abstract This is a collection of correspondence, photos, newspaper clippings and articles about Elfego Baca as retained by his family after his death and collected in subsequent years. They provide a view of Baca’s political, business and family life beyond the well-known 1884 gunfight in Socorro County.
Dates: 1884-1961

E. Meek Diary

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Identifier: MSS -221 -SC
Scope and Content The collection consists of one diary which covers 8 months of E. Meek's life in Raton, N. M., 1892-1893. The entries include daily observations on the local weather, railroad trains coming into the depot, train destinations, co-workers, train wrecks, strikes and, train orders. Meek records town shootings, thefts, local fights, and the arrival of the Circuit Court. The diary has many entries about boxing, both professional and his own amateur endeavors. He writes of gambling at the Crystal...
Dates: 1892 May 27 - 1983 Jan. 28

Ealy Family Papers

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Identifier: MSS-443-BC
Scope and Content The Ealy Family Papers at the University of New Mexico consist of a small number of diverse documents collected by Taylor F. Ealy's grandson, Lawrence O. Ealy. Supplementing the letters and memoirs in the Lawrence Ealy Collection of the University of Arizona, UNM's miscellany is most notable for the various items relating to the Lincoln County War, especially the first edition of Pat Garrett's The Authentic Life of Billy, the Kid, published in 1882. Ealy, who...
Dates: 1873-1984

East Mountain Historical Society Oral History Project

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Identifier: MSS-597-BC
Scope and Content The East Mountain Oral History Project collection consists of interviews conducted by Joyce Mendel with the following residents: Jose Candelaria, Bob Cooper, Adilia Garcia, Leandro Garcia, Barbara Herrera, Tom Herrera, Bill Loudon, Andres Mora, Antonia Mora, Dorela Perea, David Salazar, Jacquelyn Schaefer, M. Zanettie and Vicki Scoresone. The interviews are in a combination of English and Spanish languages. The collection also includes a tape of reminiscences from Alejandro Herrera, recorded in...
Dates: 1908-2001 (bulk, 1989-1996)

Elfego Baca Collection

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Identifier: MSS -249-SC
Scope and Content Elfego Baca's campaign brochures make up the bulk of this small collection. The brochures contain a brief history of Baca's life, including stories of gunfights, Billy the Kid, and dealings with the law, while also outlining his political ambitions. Additionally, the collection contains two pieces of correspondence written by Baca, an open letter written by Baca about the 1940 election, a letter from Mrs. Elfego Baca to Clinton P. Anderson informing him of Baca's death, and Baca's memorial...
Dates: 1904-1945 (bulk 1934-1945)

Erna Fergusson Papers

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Identifier: MSS-45-BC
Scope and Content The Erna Fergusson Papers consist of personal papers, including journals, notebooks, scrapbooks, correspondence, and business and family records; literary and professional correspondence (correspondence is also found with related manuscript materials); lectures and travel notes; manuscript and published materials; research materials; and scrapbooks. Of particular interest are the research materials relevant to Albuquerque and New Mexico, particularly concerning individuals and families as well...
Dates: 1846-1964

Fabiola Cabeza de Baca Gilbert Papers

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Identifier: MSS-603-BC
Scope and Content This collection is divided into three series: Genealogy, Folklore and History, and Personal. The genealogy series contains notes, narratives, charts, last wills and testaments, correspondence, and other documents pertaining to the Baca and Delgado families and their relations. The Folklore and History series primarily contains narratives and notes, written by Fabiola Cabeza de Baca Gilbert. Her writings combine historical research with local folklore and tradition in topics relating...
Dates: 1602-1996

Fabiola Cabeza de Baca Gilbert Photograph Collection

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Identifier: PICT-000-603
Abstract Collection contains photographs from Fabiola Cabeza de Baca Gilbert's childhood and work as a school teacher.
Dates: 1916-1940

F.E. Kavanaugh Papers

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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

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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

Henry O'Neill Ledger

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Identifier: MSS-706-SC
Abstract Ledger for Henry O'Neill's mercantile in Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1854-1860.
Dates: 1854-1860

Hispanic Rural Teachers Oral History Project,

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Identifier: MSS -634-BC
Scope and Content The collection consists of a bound volume, which contains a project history and transcripts for 9 of the 10 interviews. There are 10 audio cassette tapes (60 minute) containing interviews with 8 individuals. There are 6 DVDs, each containing a single interview. Audio recordings are audio versions of the video recordings. Not all interviews have a transcript, an audiotape, and a DVD. For example, there is only an audiotape of the Elba C. De Baca interview; the Carlota Gonzales interview consists...
Dates: 1989-1997 (bulk 1992)

James Gillespie Hamilton Papers

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Identifier: MSS-407-SC
Abstract This collection is comprised of the typed transcription of a series of letters written by James Gillespie Hamilton to his wife, Cornelia Bernard Hamilton during an overland trip from Westport, Missouri to California; August 26, 1857-April 15, 1858. Letters are copied and typed by his granddaughter, Katherine Jones Moore, and prefaced with a brief family history.
Dates: 1857 August 26-1858 April 15

James Josiah Webb Correspondence

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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

Jerry L. Williams Papers

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Identifier: MSS-1124-BC
Abstract The collection documents Jerry Williams’ curriculum for the Southwest Institute and research for his homestead land survey in eastern New Mexico.
Dates: 1909-2004; Majority of material found in 1980-2004

John Angus MacDonald Memoirs

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Identifier: MSS-485-BC
Scope and Content The manuscript, handwritten by John Angus MacDonald, describes five decades of his life in Colorado and New Mexico from the 1870s to the 1920s. It is not a detailed autobiography and is not in chronological order. There is a brief family history beginning on page 240. MacDonald reminisces about his boyhood in the San Luis Valley in Colorado, describing the customs of the Indians, the different ethnic groups that settled the area and the coming of the railroad. The manuscript contains...
Dates: 1917-1954

John S. Clack Family Papers

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Identifier: MSS-388-BC
Abstract The collection contains the personal and business papers of Tajique, N.M. homestead ranchers, John S. and Jane Clack.
Dates: 1889-1926

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Blachly, Lou 2
Garrett, Pat F. (Pat Floyd), 1850-1908 2
Gilbert, Fabiola Cabeza de Baca, 1894-1991 2
Keleher family 2
Keleher, Loretta Barrett, d. 2000 2
Keleher, William A. (William Aloysius), 1886-1972 2
Wetherill, Marietta, 1876-1954 2
Armijo family 1
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company 1
Axtell, Samuel B. (Samuel Beach), 1819-1891 1
Baley, John B., 1851- 1
Blazer, Joseph H. 1
Brown, C. A. (Charles A.), 1848-1930 1
Bullock, Alice, 1904-1986 1
Burris, Frank -- Interviews 1
Carson, Kit, 1809-1868 1
Chisum, John Simpson, 1824-1884 1
Clack, Jane 1
Clack, John S. 1
Cleaveland, Agnes Morley, 1874-1958 1
Dick Kent Photography (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1
Ealy, Mary Ramsey 1
Ealy, Ruth Rea, 1877- 1
Ellison, Samuel, 1817-1889 1
Fountain, Albert Jennings, 1838-1896 1
George Hight Studios (Gallup, N.M.) 1
Gonzales Velasquez, Maria Dolores-- interviewer 1
Gonzales-Berry, Erlinda, 1942- 1
Harman, Fred, 1902-1982 1
Herlihy, Barry Herbert (1939-2016) 1
Herlihy, Frank George (1898-1989) 1
Herlihy, Jenny Martha Schultz (1860-1953) 1
Herlihy, Lester B. (Lester Barry), 1891-1974 1
Herlihy, Richard 1
Jones, Andrieus Aristieus, 1862-1927 1
Ketchum, Black Jack, 1863-1901 1
Landon, Mary Grossetete 1
Mitchell, Albert K., b. 1894 1
Mossman, Burton C., 1867-1956 1
Newbill, Craig L., interviewer 1
Owen, Albert Kimsey 1
Pioneers Foundation (New Mexico) 1
Poe, John William, 1850-1923 1
Poe, Sophie A. (Sophie Alberding), 1862- 1
Powe, Marvin, 1875- 1
Pyle, Ernie, 1900-1945 1
Sandlin, Richard, interviewer 1
Snider, Agnes Meader 1
Southwest Institute 1
Spiegelberg family, 1
Spiegelberg, Flora 1
Stevens, George Richard Montague 1
Stockbridge, Jack, 1873- 1
Thompson, Albert W., 1864-1951 1
University of New Mexico 1
University of New Mexico. Center for Regional Studies 1
Wetherill, Richard, 1898-1984 1
Whitehill, Wayne, 1872- 1
Williams, Jerry L., 1940- 1
Wilson, Wayne 1
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