Governor John Burroughs papers, 1959-1960.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Governor John Burroughs papers, 1959-1960.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37842178

Summary: Collection consists of official and personal papers of Governor Burroughs. The bulk of the collection consists of his official papers. Correspondence discusses various legislative bills, including a senate bill from 1957 involving peyote. Also included is Burrough's correspondence with the U.S. congressional delegation from New Mexico. Petitions concern the closing of Lincoln school and the Anapra Race Track. Appointments, proclamations, resignations and reports involve various state agencies. Legislative papers include veto messages, case reports, House and Senate bills, the New Mexico State Budget, and the School Finance problem. Special reports discuss mine safety, soil conservation, the creation of the State Library, the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, and taxes. Civil defense series contains the New Mexico Operational Survival Plan. News releases and clippings pertain primarily to Burrough's speeches. Governors' Conference materials concern the Arkansas- White-Red Basin and the Interstate Oil Compact Commission. Penal papers contain pardons and extraditions. Personal papers include campaign materials, correspondence, business papers, miscellaneous biographical and political documents, and memorabilia.

20 linear feet.

New Mexico State Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7397262

Related Entities

There are 9 Entities related to this resource.

New Mexico State Library

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j49jsh (corporateBody)

The State Library Extension Service was established by a legislative act in 1929 that also gave the Board of Regents of the Museum of New Mexico authority to appoint the Service's director (1929 Laws of N.M., Chp. 199, Sec. 1-6). In 1941 a legislative act established the State Library Commission and gave it authority to appoint the Service's director and coordinate library services in communities throughout the state (1941 Laws of N.M., Chp. 129, Sec. 1-6). In 1961 a legislative act replaced the...

Montoya, Joseph Manuel, 1915-1978

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ch0frn (person)

Joseph Manuel Montoya (September 24, 1915 – June 5, 1978) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party who served as the lieutenant governor of New Mexico (1947–1951 and 1955–1957), in the U.S. House of Representatives (1957–1964) and as a U.S. Senator from New Mexico (1964–1977). Born in Peña Blanca, New Mexico, he received his early education in public schools in Sandoval County and graduated from Bernalillo High School before continuing his education at Regis College in Den...

Chavez, Dennis, 1888-1962

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wf4r6p (person)

Dionisio "Dennis" Chávez (April 8, 1888 – November 18, 1962) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the United States House of Representatives from 1931 to 1935, and in the United States Senate from 1935 to 1962. He was the first Hispanic person elected to a full term in the U.S. Senate and the first U.S. Senator to be born in New Mexico. Born in Los Chavez in the New Mexico Territory, his family moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1895; Chávez attended sch...

Anderson, Clinton Presba, 1895-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w669770b (person)

Businessman, secretary of agriculture, and U.S. senator from New Mexico; d. 1975 From the description of Papers, 1945-1948. (Harry S Truman Library). WorldCat record id: 70939630 Clinton P. Anderson, politician, business proprietor and collector of rare books and documents, born 1895, Centerville, South Dakota, died 1975, Albuquerque, New Mexico. U.S. Representative from New Mexico, 1941-45, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, 1945-48, U.S. Senator from New Mexico, 1949-71. ...

Interstate Oil Compact Commission

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wq4tz4 (corporateBody)

Morris, Thomas Gayle, 1919-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gr140s (person)

Tucumcari, New Mexico, Democrat who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1958-1968. Member of the House Committee on Appropriations, assigned to the Subcommittee on Agriculture; and Member of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, Chairman of Subcommittee on Communities. From the description of Thomas Gayle Morris Congressional Papers, 1954-1969 (bulk 1958-1968). (New Mexico State University). WorldCat record id: 45912940 Thomas Gayle Morris,...

New Mexico. Governor (1959-1960 : Burroughs)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rv7bnk (corporateBody)

John Burroughs was born in Robert Lee, Texas, in 1907. He completed his graduate studies at New Mexico A & M and taught in Clovis and Los Lunas. He served as a member of the State legislative, and as Governor of New Mexico, 1959-1960. From the description of Governor John Burroughs papers, 1959-1960. (Santa Fe Public Library). WorldCat record id: 37842178 ...

Arkansas-White-Red Basins Inter-Agency Committee

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69h0c27 (corporateBody)

Burroughs, John Coleman, 1913-1979

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qj874k (person)