Amado Chaves papers, 1698-1931.

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Amado Chaves papers, 1698-1931.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37896300

Collection consists of correspondence, official appointments, personal papers, manuscript histories, genealogies, and clippings. Subjects are New Mexican customs and folklore (Dona Tules, Legend of Padre Juan de Padilla, Legend of La Lucera), the effect of foreigners on the people of New Mexico, land grants (including the Maxwell Land Grant), land titles, Stephen W. Kearny, Pancho Villa, Lucien B. Maxwell, and Fort Marcy (Santa Fe, N.M.). Noted correspondents are Charles F. Lummis, B.W. (Win) Page, Katharine Chaves Page, and Stephen B. Elkins. Also included are the Chaves and Ortiz family genealogies, Cuerno Verde's canto (handwritten copy), manuscript histories of the Pueblo Revolt (1680) and of the New Mexico school system, and a land grant map for La Majada (1698-1791).

1.5 linear feet.

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New Mexico State Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7398088

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Page, B. W.

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Maxwell, Lucien Bonaparte, 1818-1875

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Lucien Bonaparte Maxwell (1818-1875), explorer and rancher. He was at one time the largest landowner in the United States. From the description of Indenture, 1868. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122461533 From the guide to the Lucien Bonaparte Maxwell indenture, 1868, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

Kearny, Stephen Watts, 1794-1848

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Army officer. From the description of Proclamation of Stephen Watts Kearny, 1846. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79423835 Army officer; Kearny became a Brigadier General in 1846, and was assigned to command the Army of the West in the Mexican War. He led his men to Santa Fe which was entered without opposition and served as military governor of New Mexico for a month until a civil government was organized. From the description of Kearny proclamation, 1846 Aug. 22...

Villa, Pancho, 1878-1923

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Revolutionary leader in Mexico. From the description of Pancho Villa letter, 1921. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122536890 From the guide to the Pancho Villa letter, 1921, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

Chaves, Amado, 1851-

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Amado Chaves served as the first New Mexico Territorial Superintendent of Public Instruction, as mayor of Santa Fe, New Mexico and as a Senator to the Territorial Council in 1903. He was a friend of Charles F. Lummis. From the description of Amado Chaves photograph collection [graphic]. 1888-1929. (Santa Fe Public Library). WorldCat record id: 37995480 Amado Chaves was the son of Manuel Chaves, a prominent statesman. He served as the first Superintendent of Public Instructio...

Lummis, Charles Fletcher, 1859-1928

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Charles F. Lummis (1859-1928) was born in Lynn, Massachusettts. He became an editor for the Los Angeles Times on February 1, 1884, working for Harrison Gray Otis. He promoted interest in the American Southwest with his photography and articles. Lummis helped found the Southwest Museum in Los Angeles and the School of American Research in Santa Fe. The items from librarian Mary Sarber concern her research of Mr. Lummis' writings. From the guide to the Charles F. Lummis Collection, S27...

Cuerno Verde, d. 1779.

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Elkins, Stephen B. (Stephen Benton), 1841-1911

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Stephen B. Elkins was a territorial legislator in New Mexico and later U. S. Senator from West Virginia. From the description of Stephen B. Elkins papers, 1869-1910. (New Mexico State University). WorldCat record id: 501085916 U.S. Senator and Sec. of War. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Elkins, West Virginia, to Harper & Brothers, 1891 Nov. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270613971 U.S. senator from West Virginia, U.S. represent...

Page, Katherine Chaves.

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