New Mexico State Corporation Commission records, 1870-[ongoing].

ArchivalResource

New Mexico State Corporation Commission records, 1870-[ongoing].

Summary: As of 1997 collection consists of records of the New Mexico State Corporation Commission, and records of the Secretary of the Territory of New Mexico that involve corporations (1870-1988). State Corporation Commission records include annual reports, administrative correspondence, minutes, certificates, and a variety of reports and legal documents. Tax statements of the Superintendent of Insurance, which is a subagency of the State Corporation Commission, are also in this collection. Records of the Secretary of the Territory of New Mexico date from 1870 to 1911 and include annual reports filed by New Mexico corporations, letterpress copybooks of letters sent to New Mexico corporations, and ledger books documenting incorporations. Many of the records in this collection concern transportation, railroad, telephone, and insurance companies in New Mexico.

<180> linear feet.

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7396699

Related Entities

There are 3 Entities related to this resource.

New Mexico. State Corporation Commission

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6575cvf (corporateBody)

Prior to the establishment of the State Corporation Commission, the Secretary of the Territory of New Mexico was responsible for monitoring and regulating corporations in New Mexico. The State Corporation Commission was established by the New Mexico State Constitution in 1912 (N.M. State Constitution, Art. 11, Sec. 1). The State Corporation Commission is composed of three commissioners, each elected to staggered six-year terms. As of 1997, the State Corporation Commission consisted of seven majo...

New Mexico. Superintendent of Insurance.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6381jw5 (corporateBody)

New Mexico. Secretary of the Territory

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nk7pst (corporateBody)

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...