Records, 1872-1966.

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Records, 1872-1966.

This collection documents the operations of the Maxwell Land Grant Company, primarily in N.M. It contains 75 bound volumes of letters; 83 bound volumes of ledgers, cash books, journals, etc., and 2 scrapbooks. There are 85 archival boxes containing bank statements, cancelled checks, land contracts, financial statements, correspondence, maps, leases, legal documents, vouchers, receipts, and annual reports of the Company and its related business enterprises. Other business ventures are documented in the collection such as Cimarron Lumber Co. and Aztec Mining Company. Most of the material in the collection was generated in N.M., however, there are items from New York and the Netherlands. The bound volumes, followed by the boxes, are arranged chronologically, by genre. Genres are arranged alphabetically. Miscellaneous items, including other ventures are last. Two scrapbooks, both of which focus predominately on World War II, will be found at the end of the bound volumes. A third scrapbook has been disassembled; the contents are now located in Box 45. Oversized folders contain maps, newspapers, contracts, bonds.

160 bound volumes85 boxes (70 cu. ft. ) + 1 oversize folder

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SNAC Resource ID: 7408571

University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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Maxwell Land Grant Company

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Commercial association with headquarters in Amsterdam and offices in New Mexico and Colorado. Involved in mining, timber, coal, farming, irrigation projects. From the description of Coal reports, 1891-1901. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 54053445 On January 8, 1841, Guadalupe Miranda and Charles Hipolite Trotier de Beaubien petitioned Governor Manuel Armijo for a tract of land, which Armijo granted two years later. Miranda moved to Mexico and offered Beaubien h...

Maxwell Land Grant and Railway Co.

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