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| Genre/Form: | Manuscripts (for publication) Articles Land claims Diaries Dictionaries |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Joseph Hoy Blazer; William Robinson Leigh; Emma Thompson; John Howard Thompson; Billy, the Kid. |
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Internet Resource, Archival Material |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Blazer family.; Almer Newton Blazer; Paul Blazer |
| OCLC Number: | 29452095 |
| Notes: | Originals of the collection in possession of the family. Financial records of Blazer's Mill, 1871-1908, and photographs available on Microfilm 1572. |
| Description: | 1.6 ft. |
Abstract:
Photographs include Blazer family members; the mill and homestead; views of the reservation, depicting Mescalero Indians, their homes, agency buildings and employees; and other individuals, families, and social groups in the Mescalero area. Most of the original images dated from 1870 to 1914. Miscellaneous documents include some of J.H. Blazer's business correspondence, and legal papers regarding stolen cattle and a shoot-out at Blazer's Mill. Also, Emma Thompson's 1900 diary of Mexico and 1908 diary of Europe. Among materials on New Mexico is William V. Morrison's file of newspapers articles and correspondence about Billy the Kid; newspaper articles about Lincoln County pioneers; and a Mescalero vocabulary, as given by Percy Bigmouth in 1932.
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- Blazer, Joseph Hoy, -- 1828-1898.
- Leigh, William Robinson, -- 1866-1955.
- Thompson, Emma -- Diaries.
- Thompson, John Howard, -- 1851-1930.
- Billy, -- the Kid.
- United States. -- Bureau of Indian Affairs. -- Mescalero Agency.
- Pioneers -- New Mexico.
- Pioneers -- Texas.
- Frontier and pioneer life -- New Mexico.
- Apache Indians -- History.
- Mescalero language -- Dictionaries -- English.
- English language -- Dictionaries -- Mescalero.
- Indian reservations -- New Mexico -- History.
- Lincoln County War, 1878.
- Otero County (N.M.) -- History.
- Lincoln County (N.M.) -- History.
- Blazer's Mill (N.M.)
- Mescalero Indian Reservation (N.M.) -- History -- 19th century.
- El Paso (Tex.) -- History.
- Tularosa (N.M.) -- History.
