Records of the territorial governors : Edmund G. Ross
Creator: Ross, Edmund G. (Edmund Gibson), 1826-1907
Date: 1885-1889
Level of Description: Sub-collection/group
Material Type: Manuscripts
Call Number:
MICROFILM: MS 794-MS 796
Unit ID: 48828
Biographical sketch:
U.S. senator from Kansas, 1866-71 (Republican), best remembered for his deciding vote against the removal of President Andrew Johnson from office; writer; New Mexico territorial governor, 1885-89. Of Topeka, Kan.; Albuquerque, Santa Fe, N.M.
Abstract: Collection, 8 linear ft., consists of official and personal papers of Governor Ross. Includes letters sent and received, a letterpress book, appointments, proclamations and circulars, legislative papers, reports to the Governor, reports from the Governor to the U.S. Secretary of the Interior, expense reports, and penal papers. Materials relating to public lands in New Mexico; taxation of Pueblo Indian lands; conflicts between cattle and sheep interests in Rio Arriba County, N.M.; construction of a new state capitol in New Mexico; and other issues are also part of the collection. The personal papers of Edmund Gibson Ross are divided into three groups: (1) those relating to his career in Kansas prior to 1882 when he moved to New Mexico, especially his role in the Andrew Johnson impeachment proceedings of 1868; (2) those concerning his activities in New Mexico, 1882-1907, exclusive of his official governor's records; (3) biographical and family papers.
Space Required/Quantity: 0.06 cubic feet
Title (Main title): Records of the territorial governors : Edmund G. Ross
Titles (Other):
- Official papers
- Governor Edmund Ross papers
- Edmund G. Ross
- Territorial archives of New Mexico
Scope and Content
Contents: Roll 1 (MS 794). Official papers, 1885-1889: letters received, 1885-1889 ; letters sent: 1885-1886 -- roll 2 (MS 795). Official papers, 1885-1889: letters sent, 1887-1889 ; appointments ; circulars and proclamations ; legislative papers, 1887-1889 ; annual reports of the governor to the secretary of the interior, 1885-1887 ; contingent expenses, 1886-1889 ; reports to the governor, 1885-1887 ; special reports, 1885-1888 ; special issues, 1885-1889 ; penal issues, 1885-1887 -- roll 3 (MS 796). Personal papers, 1868-1907.
Locators:
No Locators Identified
Microfilm:
- MS 794: Official papers: letters received, 1885-1889 ; letters sent, 1885-1886 1885-1889
- MS 795: Official: ls. sent 1887-89, app'ts, circulars, proc.; legislative; reports; expenses; issues 1885-1889
- MS 796: Personal papers 1868-1907
Related Records or Collections
Other Finding Aid/Index: Finding aids available from the New Mexico State Records Center and Archives (Santa Fe) and for purchase from them (Calendar to the microfilm edition of the territorial archives of New Mexico).
Index Terms
Subjects
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New Mexico. Governor (1885-1889 : Ross)
United States. Court of Private Land Claims.
Addresses
Annual reports
Circulars
Letterpress copybooks
Proclamations
Reports
Territorial records
New Mexico -- Capital and capitol
New Mexico -- Officials and employees
New Mexico -- Politics and government -- 1848-1950
Rio Arriba County (N.M.)
Ranching -- New Mexico -- Rio Arriba County
Ross, Edmund G. (Edmund Gibson), 1826-1907
Governors -- New Mexico
Administrative agencies -- New Mexico
Extradition -- New Mexico
Pardon -- New Mexico
Public lands -- New Mexico
Pueblo Indians -- Taxation -- New Mexico
Creators and Contributors
Additional Information for Researchers
Reproduction: Microfilm. Santa Fe, N.M. : State of New Mexico Records Center, 1972. Kansas Historical Society (Topeka) microfilm rolls MS 794-MS 796.
Cite as: Governor Edmund Ross papers. State Records Center and Archives, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Holder of originals: Originals at the New Mexico State Records Center and Archives (Santa Fe): Territorial Archives of New Mexico (Collection 1959-283): Records of the Territorial Governors (Ser. XI): Edmund G. Ross (Sub-ser. 11.8).
Notes
General Note: Film title.
General Note: Includes records from the Territorial Archives of New Mexico, microfilm reels 101-2.
