Balsas Valley Navigation and Improvement Company. Documents, 1904 - 1932

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Balsas Valley Navigation and Improvement Company. Documents, 1904 - 1932

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Documents related to the Balsas Valley Navigation and Improvement Company (Compania de Navegacio y Mejoras del Valle y Rio Balsas Mexico) that operated a navigation concession on the Balsas River in the Mexican states of Michoacan and Guerrero from 1909 to 1921. The main partners in the company were Luis Terrazas, Jr. and Frank S. Kirkland. Materials include documents and newspaper clippings related to the company and to other enterprises in northern Mexico. The collection contains some personal correspondence and items belonging to the company's last proprietor, William C. Ammerman. Also included is a typescript by N. Johnson entitled "A Study in Mexican Entrepreneurship by Two North Americans in the Early 20th Century: Rio Balsas Company and Related Enterprises." The material is arranged in four series: 1) BALSAS COMPANY DOCUMENTS, 2) RELATED HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS, 3) MISCELLANEOUS, and 4) ORIGINALS OF PRESERVATION PHOTOCOPIES.

0.20 linear feet; (1 archives box)

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University of California, San Diego. Geisel Library. Mandeville Special Collections Library.

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Kirkland, Frank S

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Johnson, Nicholas

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Ammerman, William C

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Balsas Valley Navigation and Improvement Company.

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Navigation concession that operated on the Balsas River in the Mexican states of Michoacan and Guerrero. Primary partners in the concession were Luis Terrazas, Jr. and Frank S. Kirkland. The company eventually passed to the custody of William C. Ammerman. From the description of Balsas Valley Navigation and Improvement Company documents, 1904-1932. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 48635350 Historical Background ...

Terrazas, Luis, 1829-1923

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