Scrapbook, 1932.

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Scrapbook, 1932.

A scrapbook containing clippings from a series of articles about Black Jack Ketchum written by George Fitzpatrick and Joe Bursey for the New Mexico State Tribune, 1932. Thomas E. "Black Jack" Ketchum was the leader of a notorious band of train robbers in the Southwest. He was hanged in Clayton, N.M. on April 26, 1901. The series of articles constitutes a biographical sketch of Ketchum from childhood through his death.

1 box (.25 cu. ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7449418

University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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Fitzpatrick, George, 1904-

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George Fitzpatrick was the editor of the New Mexico Magazine from 1935 to 1967. From the description of George Fitzpatrick collection, 1928-1982. (Museum of New Mexico Library). WorldCat record id: 37288677 Born in Erie, Penn. on May 19, 1904, George Michael "Fitz" Fitzpatrick chose a career in journalism. Fitz moved to New Mexico and was the captiol correspondent for the New Mexico State Tribune, 1927-1935. In January 1935, he moved to Santa Fe to take over the editorship o...

Ketchum, Black Jack, 1863-1901

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Bursey, Joe.

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