Block Ranch:
An Inventory of Its Papers, 1885-1994 and undated, at the
Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
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| Creator | Block Ranch
(N.M.) |
| Title: | Block Ranch Papers,
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| Dates: | 1885-1994 and undated |
| Abstract: | Research materials
concerning the Block Ranch in central New Mexico. |
| Collection # | S 1262.1 |
| Quantity: | 1 wallet (0.1 linear
feet) |
| Language | English. |
| Repository: | Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library, Texas Tech University |
Diana Richardson Chapa is the great-granddaughter of Andrew
Richardson, one of the founders of El Capitan Land and Cattle Company, later
known as the Block Ranch, in central New Mexico in 1885.
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The collection consists of photocopied research materials on the Block
Ranch such as correspondence, a small map, and other historical facts.
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Access Restrictions
Open for research
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| The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally
developed. |
| Subjects (Persons) |
| | Richardson, Melvin (M.
E.) |
| | DeLany, John
C. |
| | Richardson,
Andrew |
| | Thurber, Charles
S. |
| | Thurber, Horace
K. |
| | Chapa, Diana
Richardson |
| Subjects (Organizations) |
| | El Capitan Land and
Cattle Company (N.M.) |
| Places |
| | Block Ranch
(N.M.) |
| | Lincoln County,
(N.M.) |
| | Richardson
(N.M.) |
| Subjects |
| | Ranching--New
Mexico |
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For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library, see the following collections:
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- Lincoln County, New Mexico, Photograph Collection, 1980-1990, SWCPC 298
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Block Ranch Papers, 1885-1994 and undated, Southwest
Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock,
Texas
Collection Accession number(s):
94-0058-B and 94-0080-B
Gifts, 1994
Abel Ramirez, September 1996
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Coe, Wilbur. Ranch on the Ruidoso: the
Story of a Pioneer Family in New Mexico, 1871-1968. New York: Knopf,
1968.
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Ellis, Richard N. New Mexico, Past and
Present: a Historical Reader. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico
Press, 1971.
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Manuscript Files
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| wallet | folder |
| 1 | 1 | | Correspondence,
1991-1994 |
| 2 | | Photocopied photographs of the Richardsons,
undated |
| 3 | | El Capitan Land and Cattle Company brand placement,
undated |
| 4 | | News articles,
1890-1923 and undated |
| 5 | | Obituary,
1923 |
| 6 | | El Capitan Land and Cattle Company incorporation
records,
1885-1910 |
| 7 | | Lincoln County, New Mexico court records,
1940s |
| 8 | | Block Ranch map,
undated |
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