Governor Washington E. Lindsey papers, 1917-1918.

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Governor Washington E. Lindsey papers, 1917-1918.

Summary: Collection consists of official papers of Governor Lindsey. Correspondence, appointments, resignations, proclamations, and executive orders involve various state agencies and institutions. Oaths consist of Lindsey's oath of office. Reports concern the New Mexico Land Office and several New Mexico counties. Special reports and investigations include documentation on labor disputes in the Gallup area, a threatened strike in the Madrid mining district, the influenza outbreak in Rio Arriba County, general health conditions in New Mexico, and various other subjects. Petitions pertain to the price of coal and the construction of the Hondo-Mogollon road in Socorro County. Reports to the governor on World War I include documentation on the war effort and documentation from several administrative agencies of the war effort. Pardons and penal papers contain paroles, requisitions for extraditions, and reprieves from sentences. Some penal papers relate to Villistas involved in the raid on Columbus, New Mexico.

11 linear feet.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7397280

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New Mexico. Governor (1917-1918 : Lindsey)

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Washington E. Lindsey was born near Armstrong, Ohio in 1862. He moved to Portales, New Mexico around the turn of the century. He served as United States Commissioner, County Clerk of Roosevelt County (1905-1909), Mayor of Portales (1909-1910), Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico (1916), and became Governor of New Mexico on the death of Governor C. de Baca. From the description of Governor Washington E. Lindsey papers, 1917-1918. (Santa Fe Public Library). WorldCat record id: 37842225 ...

American Red Cross

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On December 2, 1905, Mrs. Tunis G. Bergen brought together a group of Brooklyn residents at the Barnard Club House on Remsen Street to form New York City's first borough-based Red Cross organization. With an initial membership roster of 300, the Brooklyn Chapter of the American Red Cross embarked on its first major campaign to aid victims of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, collecting over $100,000 and thousands of articles of clothing to contribute to the relief effort. From this point on, th...

Industrial Workers of the World

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The IWW is a labor organization dedicated to uniting laborers around the world into a single large union. From the description of Collection 1916-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 778701431 Established in Chicago in 1905 by sponsors of socialism and the remnants of previous labor unions, including the Knights of Labor, Western Federation of Miners and the American Labor Union, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), or "Wobblies", evolved into a radical industrial unio...

United States. Selective Service System

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Huey Pierce Long was born on August 30, 1893, in Winnfield, La. He briefly attended the University of Oklahoma School of Law in Norman, Okla., and later Tulane University Law School in New Orleans, La. He practiced law in Winnfield and later in Shreveport, La. Long was a member of the Louisiana Railroad Commission (later the Louisiana Public Service Commission) (1918-1928), governor of Louisiana (1928-1932), and U.S. Senator from Louisiana (1932-1935). Charismatic and immensely popular for his s...

New Mexico. Council of Defense.

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Lindsey, Washington E.

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American Protective League

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