Family papers, 1894-1940.

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Family papers, 1894-1940.

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Boxes 1-8 of this collection contain George W. Prichard's personal, business and legal correspondence, arranged by date 1894-1940. The letters concern New Mexico politics, including the Progressive Party in San Miguel County, land issues, mining concerns, and Prichard's time as district attorney for southern New Mexico. This part of the collection also contains legal papers for the Santa Fe Dredging and Mining Trust and other mining corporations. Box 9 contains miscellaneous clippings, leaflets, and reports about women and the war effort, the U.S. Food Administration program for New Mexico, and other women's activities of the times. Box 11 contains materials on mining, law, New Mexico health, women's meetings, legal and political mining concerns, the New Mexico constitution, and 2 letterbooks with George Prichard's personal letters. Boxes 12 and 13 consist of Maude Hancock Prichard's materials. This includes information on women's activities, such as the Mother-Daughter Congress of June 24th-29th, 1918 held in Albuquerque, N.M.; the New Mexico Federation of Women's Clubs; child welfare materials (including the United States Children's Bureau), 1918-1940; and food administration/preservation and home economics, 1918. Speeches, memorandums concerning home and foreign relief, materials from local boards of various women's committees, the Women's Committee of the National Council of Defense (WCCND), and various committee reports are also in these boxes, as are her personal letters. Boxes 14-16 document Prichard's legal cases. Cases include divorce, land, mining, bankruptcy, land grants, water rights, murder, property settlement, etc.

16 boxes (6 cu. ft.)

University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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United States. Children's Bureau

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New Mexico Federation of Women's Clubs.

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United States Food Administration

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American food regulatory agency. From the description of Food Administration records, 1917-1919. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754866949 Organized in 1917; managed civilian food production, distribution, conservation and pricing during World War I; using both volunteers and a paid staff, accomplished its work in New Jersey through an enforcement division, through committees representing different food trades, through county-level food administrators and through publicity ef...

Prichard, Maude Hancock.

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Prichard, George W., 1850-1935.

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George W. Prichard was born on August 5, 1850 in New Harmony, Indiana. He received his law degree from the University of Michigan in 1872. In 1879 he moved to New Mexico, making Las Vegas his home. He served as senator from San Miguel County (1887-1889). In 1902, he became district attorney for Socorro, Lincoln, Chaves and Eddy counties. He was appointed United States Attorney for the Territory, 1904-1907. In November 1918, Prichard married Maude H. Hancock from Neoga, Illinois. She taught in th...

United States. Council of National Defense. Women's Committee

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Santa Fe Dredging and Mining Trust.

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