William G. Ritch collection 1875-1952

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William G. Ritch collection 1875-1952

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Collection consists of William G. Ritch's personal and family correspondence, correspondence while serving as Secretary of the New Mexico Territory, financial and legal records of the Ritch family, the Ritch Cattle Company records, research notes on various topics, land dealings with the Bureau of Land Management, White Sands Missile Range (N.M.), and history of Holloman Air Development Center.

3.75 linear ft.

Museum of New Mexico Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7283835

Museum of New Mexico Library

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Ritch family.

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New Mexico. Secretary of the Territory

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J.W. (James Wallace) Raynolds was born in Pueblo, Colo., 1873. The family relocated to Las Vegas, New Mexico. J.W. Raynolds graduated from MIT in 1896 and returned to New Mexico. He was appointed assistant secretary of the territory under George H. Wallace. When Wallace died in 1901, Raynolds was appointed secretary by President McKinley. Later he was reappointed by Theodore Roosevelt, serving in the position through 1907. Raynolds, a leader in the New Mexico Republican party, died of illness in...

Ritch, W. G. (William Gillet), 1830-1904

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William Gillet Ritch was territorial secretary of New Mexico from 1873 to 1885 and author of several books about New Mexico history. Ritch also served as acting territorial governor of New Mexico in 1875. He developed an interest in the history of New Mexico and collected historical documents in hopes of circumventing their destruction or dispersal. In 1880, he was elected as the first president of the New Mexico Historical Society. From the description of Papers of William Gillet Ri...