Lincoln County, New Mexico collection, 1865-1976.

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Lincoln County, New Mexico collection, 1865-1976.

Summary: Collection consists of a broad range of materials concerning government, people, and businesses in Lincoln County, New Mexico. Includes letters, business documents, ledgers, scrapbooks, and financial documents. Lincoln County businessmen with materials in the collection include Melvin G. Paden, George A. Titsworth, and Edward R. Bonnell. Some of the businesses and organizations with materials in the collection include the Old Abe Mining Company, the White Oaks Mines Consolidated, the White Oaks Academy Association, the Exchange Bank of White Oaks, the Titsworth Company, and the law firms of Hewitt and Hudspeth, and Cockrell and Thornton. Collection also includes personal and business papers of George Curry, who served as New Mexico's last territorial Governor, and William C. McDonald, who served as New Mexico's first state Governor. Photostats of several letters and documents concerning Billy the Kid are also present.

12 linear feet.

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Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7392886

Museum of New Mexico Library

Related Entities

There are 18 Entities related to this resource.

Cockrell, John T.

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Cockrell was an attorney in Johnson County, Missouri before moving his practice to Lincoln County, New Mexico in 1885. From the description of John H. Cockrell papers, 1856-1919. (Santa Fe Public Library). WorldCat record id: 37653475 ...

Bonnell, Edward R.

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Curry, George, 1861-1947

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George Curry was Territorial Governor of New Mexico 1909-1911. Toward the end of his career he occupied the Office of State Historian of New Mexico. From the description of George Curry collection, 1910-1947. (Museum of New Mexico Library). WorldCat record id: 47958694 ...

Paden, Melvin G.

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Titsworth Company.

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White Oaks Academy Association.

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Cockrell and Thornton.

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Titsworth, George A.

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McDonald, William Jesse, 1852-1918

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William C. McDonald served as Governor of New Mexico, 1912-1916. From the description of William C. McDonald photograph collection [graphic]. 1911-1917. (Santa Fe Public Library). WorldCat record id: 38000617 ...

MacDonald, William C., 1858-1918.

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White Oaks Mines Consolidated.

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Hudspeth, Andrew H.

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Billy the Kid (Singer)

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Desperado. From the description of Collection concerning Billy, the Kid, 1881. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450989 ...

Exchange Bank of White Oaks (N.M.)

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Old Abe Co.

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Hewitt and Hudspeth.

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Hewitt, John H., 1924-

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Born in 1924 in New York City, John H. Hewitt is a writer, editor, instructor and a collector of black art. From the description of John H. Hewitt Writings, 1982-1997. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122608392 ...