Records, 1863-1996.

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Records, 1863-1996.

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This collection contains business records of the commercial firm Gross, Kelly & Co., 1902-1954, and its predessors, Otero, Sellar & Co., 1867-1882, and Gross, Blackwell & Co., 1882-1902. Records include correspondence, ledgers, account books, stock books, invoices, receipts, deeds, legal documents, and stock certificates. The collection is divided into five series. There is some overlap of material within each series. The largest series, Gross, Kelly & Co. records, is divided into the following subseries: Administrative records; General accounts; Production; Wool business; Sheep and lamb business; Timber and lumber business; Produce business; Miscellaneous and Mixed records. Gross, Kelly & Co. acted as receiver or trustee for a number of New Mexico companies that ran into financial difficulties during the years of the Great Depression. The records of some of these companies are in this collection. A 2003 addition contains business, family and Santa Fe related materials.

125 linear ft. 124 bound vols. 65 packages 77 boxes + 2 oversize foldersLedger; 1 microfilm reel

University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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Gross, Blackwell & Company.

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Gross, Kelly & Company, Inc.

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Gross, Kelly & Company, with its predecessor firms of Otero, Sellar & Company, and Gross, Blackwell and Company, was one of the pioneer wholesale and retail mercantile companies in the Southwest. Otero, Sellar & Co. began operations in New Mexico before the railroads reached the area, making freight hauls by wagon from the end of the Kansas Pacific and Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe, as they were built west through Kansas. When the Santa Fe Railroad reached Las Vegas, N.M. in 1879, Ote...

Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company

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U.S. railroad, primarily in the Midwest and West; headquarters: Chicago, Ill. Name changed from Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad to Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway after bankruptcy reorganization in 1895. From the description of Santa Fé train robberies, 1890-1895. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 228418621 The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company (AT&SF) was founded by Cyrus K. Holiday in Kansas in 1859. By 1888 the railroad s...

Otero, Sellar & Company.

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