Papers, 1580-1989 (bulks 1886-1989).

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Papers, 1580-1989 (bulks 1886-1989).

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Bulks with personal and business correspondence and printed materials relating to Nelson's involvement in the cotton industry and various cotton organizations, as well as newsclippings and other printed items relating to water conservation and development and to the history of New Mexico and the Southwest. In the family papers, also, are materials relating to Joyce Morgan (his wife) and her involvement in the Social Order of the Beauceant in which she held the office of National president form 1986 to 1987 and Florace Nelson's (his mother) scrapbook materials and items relating to the Eastern Star.

59 microfilm reels : negative

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Southwestern Irrigated Cotton Growers' Association.

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Social Order of the Beauceant.

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National Cotton Council of America

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New Mexico State University

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The New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts was established by a legislative act in 1889 (1889 Laws of N.M., Chp. 138, Sec. 2). In 1959 a constitutional amendment changed the name to New Mexico State University (1959 Laws of N.M., Constitutional Amendment No. 7). The University is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico. From the description of New Mexico State University records, 1890-[ongoing]. (Santa Fe Public Library). WorldCat record id: 37786743 ...

Nelson, Morgan, 1920-

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Son of Fred and Florace (Morgan) Nelson, followed his father in promoting the cotton industry in New Mexico's Pecos Valley. After graduating from New Mexico State University in 1941 and serving in the Air Force during World War II, Nelson returned to the family farm near Roswell. He was elected to the New Mexico State Legislature in 1949 and served six consecutive terms during which sponsered the bill establishing the State's Board of Educational Finance and served as its chairman. He also serve...

Cotton Incorporated

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Nelson, Joyce Walsh.

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Nelson, Florace Morgan.

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