Catron collection, 1883-1917.

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Catron collection, 1883-1917.

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Summary: Collection consists of the professional papers of the Catron and Catron firm and the personal papers of the Catron family, 1883- 1917. The professional papers of the Catron and Catron firm include delinquent tax statements, debt collection papers, business correspondence, Reed Holloman correspondence, court cases, land grant materials, legal materials and office supplies correspondence, and pension documents. Correspondence between Thomas B. Catron and the firm was handled by William A. Bayer, Catron's secretary, and is included. Court cases consist of copies of three proceedings pertaining to theft, promissory notes, and deeds, 1899-1909. Albert B. Fall was the trial lawyer in the 1899 court case. Books include: a calendar of court cases, 1883- 1893; a daybook of offices, minutes, committees, and resolutions for the Republican Central Committee, 1914, 1918; and a book of invoices, 1916. Land grant materials include documentation pertaining to various New Mexico land grants. Documentation on the Mora land grant is especially rich and contains litigation involving the Tularosa Community Ditch Corporation and the Tularosa Land and Cattle Company, 1913-1916. Also included is a map of the Nutrias Tract in the Tierra Amarilla Land Grant, 1913. Legal materials include documentation on: the New Mexico-Texas border, 1912 and 1916; Cliff Cities National Park on the Pajarito Plateau (which became Bandelier National Monument); Cochiti land claims; and Dr. David Knapp's role in the Zuni small pox epidemic, 1889-1902; and pensions. Catron family papers include, family correspondence, family bills, and miscellaneous political materials.

17.5 linear feet.

Museum of New Mexico Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7391367

Museum of New Mexico Library

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Fall, Albert B. (Albert Bacon), 1861-1944

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Albert B. Fall arrived in N.M. in 1883, and began prospecting at Kingston. He moved to Las Cruces to practice law and became active in Democratic politics. In 1902, he switched his affiliation to the Republican party and continued his climb through various elective and appointive offices. In 1921, Fall was appointed Secretary of the Interior. While in this position Fall was instrumental in transferring the Navy oil reserves at Teapot Dome, Wyo. and Elk Hills, Calif. from the Navy Dept. to the In...

Fall, Albert B. 1801-1944.

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Catron, Charles C.

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Catron, Fletcher A.

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Bayer, William A.

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Holloman, Reed.

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Catron and Catron.

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Catron and Catron was a prominent law firm in Santa Fe, New Mexico, established by Thomas B. Catron in the latter part of the nineteeth century. Charles C. Catron took over the leadership of the firm when his father, Thomas B. Catron, became a United State Senator. Two of Thomas B. Catron's relatives joined the firm: Frank Lavan (nephew) in 1912; and Fletcher A. Catron (youngest son) in 1914. Reed Hollman, a lawyer from Tucumacari, New Mexico, also joined the firm in 1914. From the d...

Lavan, Frank.

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Tularosa Land and Cattle Company.

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Catron, Thomas Benton, 1840-1921

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Thomas B. Catron, lawyer and politician, was born on October 6, 1840 in Lafayette County, Missouri. He arrived in New Mexico, 1866 and began a controversial career as lawyer, land speculator, and politician. Catron served in the New Mexico Legislative Assembly seven times between 1868-1910, in the U. S. House of Representatives, 1894-1896 and the U. S. Senate, 1912-1918. He died on May 15, 1921 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. From the guide to the Thomas B. Catron Papers, 1692-1934, (Univer...

Republican Party (N.M.). Central Committee.

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Tularosa Community Ditch Corporation.

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