Includes bank statements for Exchange Bank of Carrizozo New Mexico for John M. Penfield “administrator” 1915-1917; news clipping of Legal notice for the estate of Willie Fritz; letter from George B Barber to John M. Penfield, Mar 5, 1917; various bills and letters in the matter of the estate of Wille Fritz

Papers of John M. and Ruth Tompkins Penfield and records of the Penfield Store of Lincoln, New Mexico. The Penfield Store was formerly the Tunstall-McSween store of Lincoln County War fame. John Penfied bought the store around 1900 and it was run by the Penfield family until being sold to the state of New Mexico around 1957. Also included are papers Ruth Tompkins Penfield's family, who were involved in mining in the White Oaks area in the latter 19th century.

The Lincoln County Collection consists of approximately ten feet of business, financial, and personal documents arranged topically and then chronologically after their transfer to the Museum of New Mexico from the Lincoln County, New Mexico Courthouse.