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Smith Mercantile Company (Santa Rosa, N.M.). Records, 1901-1948, (bulk 1901-1904, 1946-1948).

Title: Records, 1901-1948, (bulk 1901-1904, 1946-1948).

The collection contains financial ledgers and invoices of the Smith Mercantile Company. The general ledger, 1911-1942, records the names and accounts of Smith's customers. Invoices, mostly from the Charles Ilfeld Company indicate the groceries and supplies carried in the store. Most of the ledgers cover the earliest and latest years of operation, 1901-1904 and 1946-1948.

ArchivalResource: 4 boxes (1.3 cu. ft.) + 10 v.

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Contreras family. Papers, 1820-1944.

Title: Papers, 1820-1944.

This collection contains the miscellaneous business and private papers of Felipe Peralta, Abram Contreras, and Emiliano Contreras. These papers reflect the social, political, and economic circumstances of the era in Socorro County, county seat and trading center located 72 miles south of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Among these documents are commercial licenses and Felipe Peralta's oath of loyalty to the United States during the time in which New Mexico's political status was that of "territory." This oath is the same as that now given to individuals seeking citizenship in the United States. Other records reflect land transfers, post office transactions, and letters of courtship (and negotiation) between Emiliano Contreras and his betrothed, Sofia Chavez. These letters reflect the social customs surrounding courtship and marriage as well as the gender relations of the time. Other documents relate to a homestead application, certificates (registrations) of cattle brands, receipts, a pamphlet regarding a soil survey of the Socorro and Rio Puerco areas of New Mexico (1929), and general correspondence. Of particular interest are four letters from Elfego Baca, noted New Mexican historical figure, then attorney, to Emiliano Contreras. Record books from local businesses, including the Charles Ilfeld Company, and other general store tabs are also housed in this collection. The collection also contains six unidentified photographic portraits.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.38 cu. ft.)

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Huntington Free Library. Catalogs and advertisements for Indian traders [ca.1900].

Title: Catalogs and advertisements for Indian traders [ca.1900].

Collection of catalogs, auction listings, and brochures for Indian curios. Some of the catalogs list prices for items including jewelry, blankets, clothing, baskets, and pottery. Some of the shops appear to have specialized in excavated items, while others contracted with tribes and reservations to have items made for their shops. Auction catalogs list items from estates of Indian collectors. Collection has a focus on Navajo textiles, but includes information on other items from Alaska to New York. Brochures include: Hotel Astor Indian Hall; Exhibition and Sale of the Riggs collection of Navajo Indian Rugs and curios, John Wanamaker; Rough Rider robes of the Wild West; Gross Kelly & Co. genuine reservation Indian handmade rugs, jewelry, novelties; Popular presents, Benham Indian Trading Company; Alaska Indian basketry, Alaska Steamship Company; Candelario, the Curio Man, genuine Indian and Mexican Curios; Et-Sity-Tsosie, Little Silver Smith of the Noschiti trading post; Inklings apropos Pre-Columbian relics and the ruins wherein found, Reamer Ling Collector; Catalogue of a unique collection of Cliff Dweller relics taken from the lately discovered ruins of southwestern Colorado and adjacent parts of Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona, Art Institute Building, Chicago, C. H. Green proprietor; The Navajo, weaving and blankets, Crystal Navajo Reservation, C. G. Newcomb and J. B. Moore Indian traders, 2 copies; Good Things from the West, Navajo blankets from the collection of Herbert A. Coffeen; Charles Ilfeld Company, genuine Southwest Indian artcraft, Mexican imports, and novelties, with price list and weaving sample; A Modern Navajo blanket, four plates from Indian Print Shop Indian School Journal The Navajo, fine Navajo blankets, rugs, ceremonial baskets, silverware, jewelry, curios, etc., C. G. Newcomb, J. B. Moore; The use of Navajo blankets as a home decoration, C. N. Cotton Co.; Catalogue and price list Navajo blankets and Indian curios, J. L. Hubbell Indian trader, 2 copies; Ye Olde Curiosity Shop, Alaska Eskimo and Indian relics, J. E. "Daddy" Standley, includes post card with quote from George Heye; Indian Baskets of the Hupa and Klamath Tribes, A. Brizard; Collection of curios from the ancient mounds and ruins in the Salt River Valley, Arizona, C. J. Dyer; Catalogue of the celebrated Indian collection of the late Mr. John H. McIlvain of Philadelphia comprising an extraordinary large number of specimens of the handicraft of the American Indians, Thomas Birch's Sons; Maisel's Indian Trading post catalog, jewelry, metalwork, gold, silver, rugs and Navajo blankets.

ArchivalResource: 28 items.

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Contreras Family Papers, 1820-1944

Title: Contreras Family Papers 1820-1944

This collection is comprised of business and private papers pertaining to AbramContreras, Felipe Peralta, Emiliano Contreras and their relatives who resided in Socorro County,central New Mexico, in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.38 cu. ft.)

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United States Army Quartermaster Corps Contracts, 1860-1886

Title: United States Army Quartermaster Corps Contracts 1860-1886

The collection consists of photocopies of contracts between the U.S. War Departmentand New Mexico businesses to supply feed to U.S. Army forts in New Mexico and Texas.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (1 cu. ft.)

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Elsberg, Gustave. Papers, 1869-1897.

Title: Papers, 1869-1897.

The Elsberg papers consist of court documents related to Elsberg's complaint against his business partner Jacob Amberg and other New Mexico merchants in 1869. In the collection are transcripts of the original complaint and responses to the complaint by Herman Ilfeld, Samuel B. Wheelock, Adolph Letcher and Charles Ilfeld. In addition to these papers, several documents related to the establishment of a business by Charles Ilfeld in Tecolote, New Mexico, and his hiring of David Winternitz to run the business are included. One copy of a periodical, The Wool record, is also included. Items are handwritten and typed.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

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Charles Ilfeld Company. Records, 1865-1929.

Title: Records, 1865-1929.

This collection contains records of the Charles Ilfeld Company including correspondence, ledgers, receipts and invoices, inventories, and advertisements. 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 letters specific to sheep raising, wool, and mail contracts. The account books and ledgers, 1865-1916, begin with the first cash book of A. Letcher, whose business was the predecessor to the Charles Ilfeld Company. These records of the company's financial transactions are arranged chronologically by type of record: cash books, journals, and ledgers. The last part of the collection consists of other businesses associated with the Ilfeld Company. These include Rancho Pajarito, Waddingham Ranch, Marcus Brunswick, Solomon Floersheim, Ilfeld Brothers (Noa and Louis Ilfeld, partners), and Louis Ilfeld Company.

ArchivalResource: 42 boxes (20.55 cu. ft.) + 234 v. + 1 oversize folder

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Charles Ilfeld Company Records, 1865-1929

Title: Charles Ilfeld Company Records 1865-1929

ArchivalResource: 42 boxes (20.55 cu. ft.), plus 235 volumes, plus oversize folder

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William Jackson Parish Papers, 1700-1964, 1945-1963

Title: William Jackson Parish Papers 1700-1964 1945-1963

ArchivalResource: 4 boxes (3.25 cu. ft.)

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Ilfeld Family Letters, 1840-1928

Title: Ilfeld Family Letters, 1840-1928

ArchivalResource: 1 Folder

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Smith Mercantile Company (Santa Rosa, N.M.) Records, 1901-1948, 1901-1904, 1946-1948

Title: Smith Mercantile Company (Santa Rosa, N.M.) Records 1901-1948 1901-1904 1946-1948

The collection contains financial records of the Smith Mercantile Company, alsoknown as the Santa Rosa Mercantile Company. The business, located in Santa Rosa, NewMexico, was owned and operated by George H. Smith, Jr.

ArchivalResource: 4 boxes (1.3 cu. ft.) + 10 volumes

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Gustave Elsberg Papers, 1869-1897

Title: Gustave Elsberg Papers 1869-1897

The Gustave Elsberg papers relate to a suit levied by Elsberg against his former businesspartner Jacob Amberg in 1869.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder

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Spitz family. Spitz family business papers, 1888-1975.

Title: Spitz family business papers, 1888-1975.

Summary: Collection consists mainly of the various business records of the Spitz Jewelry Store of Santa Fe, N.M. The business was founded in 1881 and closed in 1974. The business was started by Solomon Spitz and then carried on by his son, Bernard. Initially the business was involved in the manufacture, importation, and sale of jewelry. There is a significant collection of letters from the Fred Harvey Enterprise ordering jewelry over the period 1905-1921. The family was involved in financial and real estate ventures through-out the state in addition to the jewelry business. May Spitz, daughter of Solomon, was primarily involved in local Santa Fe real estate. Additional business papers generated by Martin Gardesky and Florence Spitz Gardesky are also included in the collection. The collection contains numerous personal papers. The collection includes letters on an oil discovery near Clovis, N.M., and Gorham Co. and Reed & Barton Silversmiths related to the silver service for the U.S.S. New Mexico. A number of records are included involving the import of filigree jewelry from Italy during the 1905-1920 period. Prominent local names include G.W. Bond, Alex and Gerson Gusdorf, Charles Ilfeld & Co., Phelps Dodge Co., Edgar L. Hewett, and Albert Fall. Personal records include tax returns, investment records and miscellaneous personal material. The majority of the collection is arranged chronologically with letters from selected people, businesses, and topics collected separately.

ArchivalResource: 15 linear feet.

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Azar, R. H. (Richard H.). Raton grocery store records, 1907-1938.

Title: Raton grocery store records, 1907-1938.

The Raton Grocery Store Records include fifteen items, mainly ledger and invoice books, related to the running of a mercantile outfit. Five of the ledger books show transactions for R.H. Azar of Raton, N.M., between 1907 and 1911. One ledger book from 1914 lists J.U. Miryasaki as 'owner'. Three notebooks and ledger books track invoices, and accounts between 1914 and 1920. And, six ledger books track accounts, debtors, and feed lot sales between 1929 and 1935. It is possible that these books represent records from three different eras or generations in the history of the store. The final item is an undated Charles Ilfeld and Company catalog. A piece of scrap paper in item 13 also mentions a meeting at the home of E.H. Azar in 1936 and an inscription in the front of the book names Elias Azar as the book's owner.

ArchivalResource: 15 v.

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Moulton, E. L. (Earl Lake), 1878-. Papers, 1910-1965, (bulk 1912-1958).

Title: Papers, 1910-1965, (bulk 1912-1958).

The majority of this collection is E.L Moulton's correspondence concerning his business affairs with the Lucia Cash Store in Lucy, New Mexico (1910), Corona Trading Company in Lincoln County, a subsidiary of Ilfeld Company (1912), and Ilfeld Company in Albuquerque (1920-1952), which includes correspondence with Max Nordhaus. There is correspondence generated from Moulton's civic obligations with the Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce, New Mexico Parking Authority, Rotary Club, etc. Letters (1943-1958) from Dr. Everett B. King of the First Presbyterian Church in Albuquerque, discuss financial matters of the church. Other correspondence, postcards, birthday and holiday cards are from his sister and brothers. Clippings, publications, and pamphlets from the late 1940's concern Native American, particularly Navajo social and economic conditions. The collection includes various writings and speeches of Moulton. These include papers he presented at the Ten Dons meetings, his pamphlet on the founding and development of Charles Ilfeld Company, Seventy years of progress; his book, New Mexico's future, an economic and employment appraisal, biographical materials, notes on sheep herding activities, and "the plight of the Navajos."

ArchivalResource: 3 boxes (1.5 cu. ft.)

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Parish, William Jackson, 1907-1965. Papers, 1700-1964, (bulk 1945-1963).

Title: Papers, 1700-1964, (bulk 1945-1963).

The bulk of the William Jackson Parish collection is made up of research material for Parish's Harvard dissertation and 1961 Harvard University Press publication, The Charles Ilfeld Company: A Study of the Rise and Decline of Mercantile Capitalism in New Mexico. This material consists of correspondence, notes, manuscripts, business reports, an editor's copy of The Charles Ilfeld Company ..., as well as the bound dissertation. Also included is correspondence with Harvard University concerning Parish's graduate work (D.C.S.), 1945-1950, and research concerning the history of the First National Bank of Santa Fe. Included in the First National Bank of Santa Fe material is correspondence, research notes, loan records, ledgers, letter books, statements, and minutes. The collection also includes administrative correspondence between Parish and various businessmen concerning donations and transfer of company records to the University of New Mexico Library Special Collections, now known as the Center for Southwest Research.

ArchivalResource: 4 boxes (3.25 cu. ft.)

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Conley, Zeb. Zeb Conley collection of Charles Ilfeld papers, 1904-1927.

Title: Zeb Conley collection of Charles Ilfeld papers, 1904-1927.

Summary: Collection consists of materials concerning Charles Ilfeld and the Charles Ilfeld Company, a New Mexican mercantile business with headquarters in Las Vegas, New Mexico. Includes one 1904 letter to Arthur Ilfeld from Max Nordhaus of the Charles Ilfeld Company concerning a flood of the Gallinas River and its impact on business; one program from a 1924 conference of salesmen from the Charles Ilfeld Company (featuring photographs of Charles Ilfeld and Max Nordhaus on the cover); and the texts of seven speeches given by Charles Ilfeld. Three of the speeches were given at meetings of Ilfeld Company employees (two of which are handwritten). The other speeches are typescripts of two presentations to Ilfeld's Masonic Lodge, one presentation at New Mexico Normal University (now New Mexico Highlands University), and one presentation at the Las Vegas Women's Club.

ArchivalResource: .1 linear feet.

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E. L. Moulton Papers, 1910-1965, 1912-1958

Title: E. L. Moulton Papers 1910-1965 1912-1958

The majority of this collection is the business, legal, and personal correspondence ofE. L. Moulton from 1910-1958.

ArchivalResource: 3 boxes (1.5 cu. .ft.)

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Charles Ilfeld Company Photograph Collection, 1900-1910

Title: Charles Ilfeld Company Photograph Collection 1900-1910

The collection contains photographs of the Ilfeld family.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder (3 photographic prints)

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United States. Army. Quartermaster Corps. Contracts, 1860-1886.

Title: Contracts, 1860-1886.

The collection contains photocopies of records of the U.S. War Department, Office of the Quartermaster. The contracts are between local businesses and the U.S. Army to supply feed to various army forts in New Mexico and Texas. Among the New Mexico merchants doing business with the army were Marcus Brunswick and Charles Ilfeld. The detailed contracts stipulate the amount of feed to be supplied, the quality and condition, and the delivery schedule of the feed. Four of the forty contracts in the collection name provisions other than oats, bran or hay. Only two of the contracts supply forts outside of New Mexico.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (1 cu. ft.)

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Charles Ilfeld Company. Charles Ilfeld Company Photograph Collection [Picture]

Title: Charles Ilfeld Company Photograph Collection [Picture] [1900-1910]

ArchivalResource: 3 Photographic prints.

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Raton Grocery Store Records, 1907-1938

Title: Raton Grocery Store Records 1907-1938

The Raton Grocery Store Records consist of fifteen ledgers and notebooks pertaining to the operations of a grocery and mercantile business in Raton, New Mexico, 1907-1938.

ArchivalResource: 15 volumes

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Ilfeld family. Ilfeld family letters, 1840-1928.

Title: Ilfeld family letters, 1840-1928.

Summary: Collection consists primarily of letters received by Charles or Louis Ilfeld from family members and business associates. The letters primarily concern either family matters or the activities of the Charles Ilfeld Company. A few business documents are also in the collection.

ArchivalResource: .1 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37434944 View