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Alfonso Sanchez papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-803-BC
Abstract Alfonso Sanchez was the District Attorney for Rio Arriba County during the land struggle of Reies Lopez Tijerina and the Alianza Federal de las Mercedes. The collection consists of biographical materials pertaining to Alfonso Sanchez, as well as materials pertaining to the Tierra Amarillo land grant and Reies Lopez Tijerina.
Dates: 1856-2004; Majority of material found within 1955-1970

Alianza Federal de Pueblos Libres Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-628-BC
Scope and Content This collection contains newspaper clippings, magazine articles, pamphlets, flyers, press releases, and broadsides relating to Alianza Federal de las Mercedes, Alianza Federal de Pueblos Libres, Reies Lopez Tijerina, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, land grants, education, employment, and discrimination. The Alianza constitution is also included in the collection. An oversized folder contains broadsides, reprints and a map. This collection is composed of materials that were formerly housed in...
Dates: 1963-1997 (bulk 1967-1979)

Bell Ranch Photograph Collection

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Identifier: PICT-989-002
Abstract This collection contains photographs relating to the history of the Bell Ranch.
Dates: 1896, 1984

Board of Trustees of the Sevilleta Grant Records

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Identifier: MSS-688-BC
Abstract Collection contains various legal documents such as leases, options to buy land, quitclaim deeds, warranty deeds, tax receipts, etc. from the Spanish land grant, Sevilleta, located in Socorro County, New Mexico. Also includes minute book, June 15, 1921-September 14, 1938, of meetings held by the Trustees of the land grant community.
Dates: 1887-1939

Bosque del Apache Land Grant records

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Identifier: Ms-0099-SC
Abstract Documents relating to a land grant of 67,017 acres in Socorro County.
Dates: 1859-1877

Dalton C. Bergan research materials on Lucien Bonaparte Maxwell and François Xavier Aubry

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Identifier: MSS-765-BC
Abstract This collection is composed of Dalton C. Bergan's research notebooks, photocopied material and note cards on Lucien Bonaparte Maxwell and François Xavier Aubry. Bergan used some of this material to write a book on Aubry.
Dates: 1852-1978

Edward L. Bartlett Papers

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Identifier: MSS-153-BC
Abstract The collection consists of the general correspondence of Edward L. Bartlett in his positions as Adjutant General of the Territory of New Mexico, private attorney, and Solicitor General of the Territory of New Mexico, 1882/83-1885, 1896 and 1903
Dates: 1882-1903

Frances Léon Quintana Papers

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Identifier: MSS-768-BC
Abstract This collection documents the life and career of anthropologist, Frances Léon Quintana, in the Southwest, mainly between 1960 and 1999. The collection consists of published and unpublished works, field notes, lecture notes, project proposals and reports, general and project correspondence, biographical and job-related materials, political petitions, statements, testimonies, and some news clippings.
Dates: 1705-2012; Majority of material found within 1960-1999

Frank Springer Papers

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Identifier: MSS -222-BC
Abstract This collection consists of a bound copy of "Notes and Memoranda Concerning the Legal, Literary, and Scientific Activities of Mr. Frank Springer as a Citizen of New Mexico," compiled from original sources by Ralph Emerson Twitchell, Sante Fe, New Mexico. The collection also contains a bibliography of Frank Springer, correspondence, and clippings.
Dates: 1867-1926

Phillip (Felipe) B. Gonzales Papers

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Identifier: MSS-1099-BC
Scope and Contents The Phillip (Felipe) B. Gonzales papers contain institutional documents, letters, and press publications. Its main area focus involves historical aspects of the Hispanic experience in New Mexico and the Southwest. Included are Spanish-language articles dating from the mid-late 19th century and early-mid 20th century, including popular political poetry, partisan political contention, and public discourse. Another series touches on controversial Nuevomexicano ethnic identity. Data on the...
Dates: 1883 - 2020

Maxwell Land Grant Company Records

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Identifier: MSS-147-BC
Scope and Content This collection documents the operations of the Maxwell Land Grant Company, primarily in New Mexico. It contains 75 bound volumes of letters; 83 bound volumes of ledgers, cash books, journals, etc., and 2 scrapbooks. There are 85 archival boxes containing bank statements, cancelled checks, land contracts, financial statements, correspondence, maps, leases, legal documents, vouchers, receipts, and annual reports of the Maxwell Land Grant Co. and its related business enterprises. The Maxwell...
Dates: 1872-1966

Miguel Antonio Lovato Papers,

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Identifier: MSS-137-SC
Abstract This collection contains seven Spanish documents, written by or related to Miguel Antonio Lovato, resident of Galisteo and Santa Fe, New Mexico in the late eighteenth century to the mid-nineteenth century.
Dates: 1790-1849

New Mexico Land Documents and Marriage Authorization

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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)

Pitt Ross and Edmund Ross family papers

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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

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

Reies Tijerina Papers

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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

Santo Domingo Pueblo Documents

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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

Solomon Luna Family Album

 Collection
Identifier: PICT-989-004
Abstract Collection consists of photographs copied from the Luna Family album.
Dates: 1890-1929

Solomon Luna Papers

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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

Spanish Archives of New Mexico I,

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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

Spanish Archives of New Mexico Translations

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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.

Spanish Land Grant Claims

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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

Tomas Atencio Papers and Academia de la Nueva Raza / Rio Grande Institute Records

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Identifier: MSS-827-BC
Abstract The collection contains administrative documents, correspondence, photographs, audio recordings, articles and research files of La Academia de la Nueva Raza, and the Rio Grande Institute, organizations dedicated to political, social, and cultural change. It also contains the files of Tomas Atencio related to his personal research and work on his many projects.
Dates: 1923-2013; Majority of material found in 1965-1999

William A. Keleher Papers

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Identifier: MSS-742-BC
Abstract The William A. Keleher collection contains a variety of materials pertaining to the history of New Mexico. As a historian, Keleher conducted thorough research on the territorial era of the State. As a prominent lawyer and citizen of the State in the 1900's, Keleher's legal work and volunteer efforts helped shape the modern condition of New Mexico. Many of the documents related to his research, career and other interests are included in this collection.
Dates: 1714-1999; Majority of material found within 1915-1972

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UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections 20
Fray Angélico Chávez History Library 2
New Mexico State Records Center and Archives 1
New Mexico State University Library Archives and Special Collections 1
 
Subject
Land grants -- New Mexico 10
New Mexico -- History -- To 1848 5
Land grants -- New Mexico -- History 4
Land tenure -- New Mexico 4
New Mexico -- History -- 1848- 4
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Photographs 4
Letters 3
Maxwell Land Grant (N.M. and Colo.) 3
Sound recordings 3
Diaries 2
Land grants --New Mexico 2
Land titles -- New Mexico 2
Land use -- New Mexico 2
Mural painting and decoration 2
New Mexico -- History 2
New Mexico -- Politics and government -- 1951- 2
New Mexico--Ethnic relations 2
Oral histories 2
Petitions 2
Tierra Amarilla (N.M.) 2
Water rights -- New Mexico 2
Academia de la Nueva Raza and Rio Grande Institute Records 1
Account books 1
Adobe houses -- New Mexico -- 19th century -- Pictorial works 1
Alabados 1
Albuquerque (N.M.) -- Centennial celebrations, etc 1
Albuquerque (N.M.) -- History 1
Albuquerque (N.M.) -- Social life and customs 1
Albuquerque -- New Mexico -- History -- 20th century 1
Americans -- Mexico 1
Archaeology -- Southwest, New 1
Architecture, Victorian -- New Mexico -- Pictorial works 1
Archives --New Mexico--Catalogs 1
Art--Slides 1
Attitude (Psychology) - - Testing 1
Automobiles -- 20th century -- Pictorial works 1
Bar associations -- New Mexico 1
Bell Ranch (N.M.) 1
Bilingualism 1
Bosque del Apache Land Grant (N.M.)--History--Sources. 1
Business enterprises--New Mexico--History 1
Cattle herding -- New Mexico -- Pictorial works 1
Cattle trade -- New Mexico -- History 1
Chicano Civil Rights Movement -- New Mexico -- 20th Century 1
Chicano Movement--History--20th century. 1
Church and state -- Mexico -- History 1
Civil Rights Movements 1
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century 1
Clippings 1
Coal Strike, Gallup, N.M., 1933 1
Collinson, John. 1
Contact prints 1
Conveyances 1
Cowboys -- New Mexico -- 20th century -- Pictorial works 1
Cowboys New Mexico -- 19th century -- Pictorial works 1
Cuaderno 1
Decrees 1
Dockets 1
Don Juan Oñate 1
Education -- Speeches, addresses, etc. 1
Estate inventories 1
Ethnic art 1
Ethnohistory -- Southwest, New 1
Ethnology -- Southwest, New 1
Franciscans --Missions--New Mexico 1
Frontier and pioneer life -- New Mexico 1
Government records 1
Haciendas -- New Mexico -- 19th century -- Pictorial works 1
Hides and skins industry--New Mexico--History 1
Hispanic American pioneers -- New Mexico -- Pictorial works 1
Hispanic Americans -- 19th century -- Pictorial works 1
Hispanic Americans -- 20th century -- Pictorial works 1
Hispanic Americans -- New Mexico -- History 1
Hispanic Americans -- New Mexico -- Land tenure -- History -- 20th century. 1
Historians -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque 1
Homestead law -- United States 1
Horses -- New Mexico -- Pictorial works 1
Indians of North America -- New Mexico 1
Indians of North America -- New Mexico -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Pictorial works 1
Indians of North America -- New Mexico -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Pictorial works 1
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- History 1
Indians of North America--Land tenure 1
Interviews -- Sound recordings 1
Land Grants -- New Mexico 1
Land Grants--New Mexico 1
Land grants -- Colorado -- History 1
Land grants -- Law and legislation -- New Mexico -- History 1
Land grants -- New Mexico -- History -- Pictorial works 1
Land grants -- New Mexico -- Tierra Amarilla -- History -- 20th century. 1
Land grants -- New Mexico -- Tierra Amarilla -- Sources. 1
Land grants -- New Mexico--History 1
Land grants--New Mexico--History--Sources. 1
Land grants--New Mexico--Los Lunas 1
Land grants--New Mexico--Santo Domingo Pueblo 1
Land settlement -- Southwest, New 1
Land tenure--New Mexico 1
Land tenure--New Mexico--Santo Domingo Pueblo 1
Land titles -- New Mexico -- Tierra Amarilla Region -- History. 1
Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- New Mexico 1
Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- New Mexico -- Socorro County 1
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Language
Spanish; Castilian 5
Undetermined 3
 
Names
Alianza Federal de Pueblos Libres (U.S.) 4
Tijerina, Reies 4
Alianza Federal de las Mercedes 3
University of New Mexico. Center for Southwest Research 3
Mitchell, Albert K., b. 1894 2