Huning-Fergusson family papers, 1812-1950 (bulk 1861-1911).

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Huning-Fergusson family papers, 1812-1950 (bulk 1861-1911).

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The Huning-Fergusson family papers primarily pertain to Clara Huning Fergusson, Harvey Butler Fergusson, and Franz Huning. Correspondence, diaries, manuscripts, news clippings, legal documents, tax receipts, genealogical information, and memorabilia make up the bulk of this collection. Clara Huning Fergusson's materials include 2 editions of her memoirs relating to her family and Albuquerque history; personal correspondence and 17 small diaries or yearbooks of hers, 1834-1950. The Harvey B. Fergusson component includes correspondence, mostly copies of letters sent, from his private legal practice, 1905-1911, which dealt with numerous prominent New Mexicans, mining interests (particularly in White Oaks, N.M.), and railroad companies. Franz Huning materials include land title and indenture records, 1812-1918 (bulk 1870-1891), pertaining to individuals and to the New Mexico Town Company. Other documents include his memoirs (published by Lina Fergusson Browne as Trader on the Santa Fe Trail), his will, some early personal correspondence, and information about the building of his residence, Castle Huning. The collection also contains a small amount of material by Ernestine Huning, Erna Fergusson, and Lina Fergusson Browne, as well as Sampson-Fergusson family histories. Several items relate to the Louis and Franz Huning families. There is a small amount of miscellaneous correspondence between Huning family members beginning with Franz' mother and extending to his grandchildren's generation.

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University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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SNAC Resource ID: 7413027

University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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Ferguson family.

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Fergusson, Clara Huning, 1865-1950.

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Fergusson, Erna, 1888-1964

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Journalist, author, lecturer, and teacher. A native of New Mexico she wrote a number of books reflecting her travels in the American Southwest and in Latin America covering a wide range of subjects. From the description of Papers, 1846-1964. (University of New Mexico-Main Campus). WorldCat record id: 32753113 Photo of Erna Fergusson. Part of Erna Fergusson Photograph Collection, PICT 000-045-0001-0179 (Box 5, Folder 1). Erna Fergusson, noted journali...

Huning family.

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Huning, Franz, 1827-1905

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Fergusson, H. B. (Harvey Butler), 1848-1915

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Harvey Butler Fergusson was born in Alabama on September 9, 1848. He was admitted to the bar in 1875. In 1882 he came to New Mexico. Fergusson, a leader in the New Mexico Democratic Party, served in the 55th, 62nd and 63rd U.S. Congresses. In 1898, during his first term, he pushed through the Fergusson Act, which gave millions of acres of the public domain to New Mexico for funding public schools, thus providing the foundation of a public school system in the territory. Fergusson was a delegate ...