Merchants -- New Mexico

Abstract The collection contains photographs of the Ilfeld family.

Scope and Content The collection contains records of the Charles Ilfeld Company including correspondence, ledgers, receipts and invoices, inventories, and advertisements. It is divided into three series: correspondence, account books and ledgers, and records of other businesses. The correspondence, 1867-1903, contains letters received and letters sent, both arranged chronologically, and consisting mostly of orders placed with the company. These are followed by copies (Copy Books) of remittance letters and...

Scope and Content The Spiegelberg Ilfeld family papers consist of 9 parts: I. An address book and wallet size account booklets; II. Personal letters; III. Personal letters of Herman Ilfeld to his wife Henriette, 1876-1883; IV. Legal documents; V. Business Documents; VI. Magazine and newspaper clippings; VII. Masonic documents; VIII. Miscellaneous; IX. A Grand Army of the Republic ribbon.

Materials are in English and German.

Scope and Content Collection consists of papers of individuals associated with the Charles Ilfeld Co., a mercantile company which operated in Las Vegas, Santa Fe, and other parts of northern New Mexico. Series I consists of the business and personal papers of Charles Ilfeld. Business papers include deeds, certificates, licenses, conveyances, blueprints, correspondence, contracts, notebooks, receipts, invoices, and other materials from the Charles Ilfeld Co. Personal papers include correspondence, notebooks, an...