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Three typed and signed letters dated August/Sept. 1931. These items are addressed to the Associated Press in Santa Fe, New Mexico and discuss findings and research by Fulton about Billy the Kid (William H. Bonney). Included in the letters are typescripts of materials from newspapers and letters concerning the Kid.

Scope and Contents Handwritten copy of a letter which was furnished to Professor Horatio O. Ladd of the University of New Mexico by the authority of General Grierson. Includes correspondence between the Secretaries of War and Interior and three endorsements requesting appropriate action in regard to problems between settlers on Navaho reservation land on the San Juan River, New Mexico, and the Navaho. This correspondence includes a letter from W.C. Endicott, Secretary of Interior and a letter from Lamar to...

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Primary source materials relating to the New Southwest part of the United States including the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Louisiana, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah. Also included are materials on Mexico. The materials are in English and Spanish, and many relate to the settlement of the area by people of European descent and to the Indians.

Scope and Contents This document is a handwritten account of an incident which probably happened in 1912. Harris had been hired by a cattleman named Bill McNew to dig two large holes on his ranch roughly sixty miles northeast of El Paso, Texas to catch rainwater to water his cattle. Harris received word that a man who herded goats would kill both him and McNew if the "tank" were excavated.The two men were later confronted by Bob Waley and his wife who were both armed. The action of the incident...

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Series I: The Henry Schnautz letters and correspondence collection includes one archival series, “Henry Schnautz Incoming letters from Eve Ball.” Materials found in Series 1 include seventy-six (76) letters, as well as photographs and newspaper clippings, from Eve Ball to Henry Schnautz. Letters discuss Schnautz’s art work, life on the Apache reservation, activities in New Mexico, and Eve Ball’s work.

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Handwritten and signed letter and diary. This letter is addressed to Captain Edward L. Hartz and is dated April 17, 1856. It discusses a military march through the Rio Grande Valley and life in and around Fort Union, New Mexico. The diary, kept from 1855-1856, records Irwin's journey from New York to Corpus Christi, Texas, abroad the steamship Prometheus and his overland march to Fort Filmore via a number of military forts.

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Contains miscellaneous newspaper clippings and newspapers, and photocopies of clippings. Most relate to the history of New Mexico or the western United States. Dated 1919 to 1945.

Scope and Contents note From the Collection: From Lucille Pratt's report: Most of the documents in this register are dated within the 19th century, with a substantial portion from the 17th and 18th centuries, and a small portion from the 20th century. The documents pertain to the area now known as the state of New Mexico of the United States of America. Many of the documents were created when this area was part of the Presidencia of Nueva Galicia under the Viceroyalty of New Spain, as a part of the overseas empire of the European...

Scope and Contents note From the Collection: From Lucille Pratt's report: Most of the documents in this register are dated within the 19th century, with a substantial portion from the 17th and 18th centuries, and a small portion from the 20th century. The documents pertain to the area now known as the state of New Mexico of the United States of America. Many of the documents were created when this area was part of the Presidencia of Nueva Galicia under the Viceroyalty of New Spain, as a part of the overseas empire of the European...

Scope and Contents note From the Collection: From Lucille Pratt's report: Most of the documents in this register are dated within the 19th century, with a substantial portion from the 17th and 18th centuries, and a small portion from the 20th century. The documents pertain to the area now known as the state of New Mexico of the United States of America. Many of the documents were created when this area was part of the Presidencia of Nueva Galicia under the Viceroyalty of New Spain, as a part of the overseas empire of the European...