Indian agents -- New Mexico
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Benjamin Morris Thomas Collection
Collection
Identifier: AC 221
Scope and Content
- Misc. newspapers and clippings.
- Misc. correspondence, typed and handwritten.
- Annual reports, diairies, account books, scrapbooks, checkbooks, checks, manuals, notebooks, map of Europe after WW I.
- Government documents (Federal and territorial).
- Deeds, property assessments.
- Various and sundry items.
Dates:
1863-1928
Chester E. Faris Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS -229 -BC
Scope and Content
This collection consists of 131 items in three folders. The first folder contains printed material including Christmas cards and postcards, resort and publicity brochures from New Mexico, Arizona, Indiana and Florida, as well as miscellaneous programs. Most of the correspondence, articles and other papers in the second folder relate to Faris' career with the United States Office of Indian Affairs and the Indian Rights Association. There is also material about Chief Washakie and Sacajawea, whom...
Dates:
1860-1956
Elizabeth Kohler: copy photo of Michael Steck, ca. 1860
Unprocessed
Identifier: HP.2006.17-NMHM.2005.13.01
Dates:
ca.2000s copy of original ca. 1860
Kit Carson Papers,
Collection
Identifier: 1960-005
Scope and Content
Collection consists of photocopies of both Carson's will and his certificate of appointment as an Indian agent; the original of his oath of allegiance to the U.S. as a Lt. Colonel; newspaper clippings on Carson. Also included is a photocopy of A.W. Thompson's essay "The Story of Camp Nichols." Carson established Camp Nichols in the Oklahoma panhandle to protect travelers on the Santa Fe Trail.
Dates:
1847-1923
Michael Steck Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-134-BC
Abstract
The Steck Papers contain correspondence and business records relating to Steck's tenure as Indian Agent and Superintendent of Indian Affairs for New Mexico. Also contains records of his involvement with the New Mexico Mining Company and with railroad operations in Pennsylvania.
Dates:
1839-1933 (bulk 1852-1880)
Stacher Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-382-BC
Scope and Content
Included are ten photocopied volumes, all prepared by Herbert C. Stacher around a specific theme. Most of the volumes are either autobiographical, or contain information about his father, Samuel Franklin Stacher. They include family recollections, photographs, genealogical information, and copies of original documents relating to the Stacher family. Three of the volumes relate to coal mining in the Gallup, New Mexico area. Included is a history of the Gallup Southwestern Coal...
Dates:
1940-1982; Majority of material found in 1980-1982