Land grants -- New Mexico
Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:
Alianza Federal de Pueblos Libres Collection
Amado Chaves Papers,
Bell Ranch Photograph Collection
This collection contains photographs relating to the history of the Bell Ranch.
Bureau of Indian Affairs Collection
Photocopies of various Spanish and Mexican documents related to Pueblo tribes of New Mexico. Land titles and land grants are the subject of the bulk of these materials, although some relate to intra-tribal affairs. Among the Pueblos mentioned are Laguna, Isleta, Santa Clara, Santo Domingo, Zia, Santa Ana, Jemez and Taos. All documents are in Spanish, some have attached English translations.
Caja del Rio Grant Testimony
This collection contains testimony from the U.S. Court of Private Land Claims regarding the legitimacy of the Caja del Rio grant involving a legal dispute between the descendants of Nicolas Ortiz, Niño Ladrón de Guebara (the original grantee) and Willi Spiegelberg. It also includes legal documents confirming genealogy of the Ortiz family and records of sales of this land in 1860 from the Ortiz family through various owners, to Thomas B. Catron in 1909.
Clark S. Knowlton Collection,
Dalton C. Bergan research materials on Lucien Bonaparte Maxwell and François Xavier Aubry
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.
Frances Léon Quintana Papers
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 The collection consists of published and unpublished works, field notes, lecture notes, project proposals and reports, general and project correspondence, biographical and job-related materials, political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.
Frank I. Sanchez Papers
John Baron Burg Papers
Julian Tafoya - Belen, New Mexico Land Records
Land records for Belen, New Mexico inherited, purchased, or sold by Julian Tafoya family.
Land Grant Collection,
Collection consists of a broad range of documents (originals and copies) pertaining to land grants in New Mexico, Arizona, Arkansas, and Texas. The bulk of the documents pertain to Pueblo Indian and individual land grants in New Mexico (1700-1933). Collection was created by the New Mexico State Records Center and Archives.
Some materials are in Spanish.
Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation
This collection consists of title abstracts (often including maps) from many parts of New Mexico, particularly Bernalillo County, dating from the late 1800's through the 1970's. Title records are primarily from the additions and subdivisions of the city of Albuquerque, as well as from rural tracts of land, including land grants, throughout the State of New Mexico.
Mariano Chavez Family Papers,
Napoleon B. Laughlin Papers,
New Mexico Land Documents and Marriage Authorization
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.
Peter Nabokov Papers
Pitt Ross and Edmund Ross family papers
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.
Reies Tijerina Papers
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.
Richard H. Hanna Papers
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.
Richard W. D. Bryan Family Papers, 1844-1939
Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb records
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.
Spanish Archives of New Mexico Translations
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.