Grant County (N.M.) -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Grant County, N.M. Records,
Collection
Identifier: 1974-019
Scope and Content
Collection consists of the records of Grant County, New Mexico (1868-1983). The bulk of the materials cover the years 1868 to 1914. Included are records of the county clerk (1868-1928), assessor (1871-1918), sheriff (1877-1916), county commissioners (1889-1896), county superintendent of schools (18895-1900), justice of the peace (1869-1917), treasurer (1888-1902), probate court (1883-1915), and photocopies or typescripts of obituaries and cemetery records. Clerks records include mining claims,...
Dates:
1868-1983 (bulk 1868-1914)
Leslie K. Goforth photographs
Collection
Identifier: Ms-0194
Abstract
Photographs of the southwest, Grant County, and Goforth family photographs.
Dates:
1917 - 1945
Naturalization Records by New Mexico Courts,
Collection
Identifier: 1959-281
Scope and Content
Collection consists of naturalization records from New Mexico courts in the form of loose documents and docket books. Records include Declarations of Intent, Petitions for Naturalization, and Certificates of Naturalization. Loose documents also contain some correspondence of district court clerks concerning naturalization.
Dates:
1852-1960
Pioneers Foundation (New Mexico) Oral History Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-123-BC
Scope and Content
The collection consists of oral history interviews with nineteenth century settlers of New Mexico. It includes 520 reel-to-reel audiotapes and 385 typed transcripts of interviews with ranchers, miners, hunters, sheriffs, naturalists, archeologists and journalists, mostly from the Silver City area. Interviewees recall everyday life and important events from the 1860s to the 1950s. Interviews were conducted by Lou Blachly, a founding member of the Pioneers Foundation. The collection includes...
Dates:
1952-1960
Records of the United States Territorial and New Mexico District Court Clerks,
Collection
Identifier: 1974-033
Scope and Content
Collection consists of the court clerk correspondence for the 1st Judicial District Court, the 3rd Judicial District Court, the 4th Judicial District Court, the 6th Judicial District Court, and the 8th Judicial District Court (1879-1970). The bulk of correspondence covers the years 1879-1912 and 1960-1970. Some correspondence for the 1st and 4th Judicial District Courts is located in letterpress books (1897-1911). Collection also includes criminal and civil cases for Bernalillo, Chavez, Colfax,...
Dates:
1853-1970 (Bulk 1882-1960)
Records of the United States Territorial and New Mexico District Courts for Grant County,
Collection
Identifier: 1974-038
Scope and Content
Collection consists of the territorial and New Mexico district court records for Grant County, New Mexico (1868-1937). The bulk of the material covers the years 1874-1912. Included are record books (1868-1919), case files (1868-1937), and other court material. Record books consist of various dockets (1874-1919), court proceedings record books (1868-1912), a jurors record book (1893-1896), cash receipt books (1889-1904), and a record assignment book of bonds (1894-1904). Dockets include criminal...
Dates:
1868-1937 (bulk 1874-1912)