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Inventory of the Bloom Cattle Company Records, 1872-1912.Archives and Special Collections, New Mexico State University LibraryEmail: archives@lib.nmsu.eduURL: http://archives.nmsu.edu © 2000 The Board of Regents. New Mexico State University.
Historical SketchThe Bloom Cattle Company was a Trinidad, Colorado, cattle firm which operated the Diamond A ranch on the Rio Hondo in Lincoln County, New Mexico. In addition to the New Mexico ranch, the company had horse and steer ranges near Apishapa Temp Creek and Bent and Lockwood Canons near Thatcher, Colorado. John A. Thatcher served as the companys president, M. D. Thatcher acted as secretary/treasurer, and Frank G. Bloom was the general manager. Scope and ContentThe records of the Bloom Cattle Company date from 1872-1912. Additional materials concern James Sutherland and W. E. Anderson, who were involved in cattle operations for the Bloom Cattle Company and the Anderson Cattle Company. The bulk of the collection consists of financial records. These include journals, ledgers, daybooks, bank statements, canceled checks, bills and receipts, cattle and corn tallies, and deposit books. Legal documents include agreements of sale and other contracts. Correspondence consists primarily of letters received by James Sutherland, manager of New Mexico operations, from the Bloom Cattle Company headquarters in Colorado. The series also includes personal correspondence to James and Pearl Sutherland and letters to and from Gertrude Johnson, James Sutherlands sister. Also included in the collection are unbound sheets of abstracts of certificates and registers of certificates for Lincoln County, New Mexico. RestrictionsAccess and Use RestrictionsThis material may be examined by researchers under supervised conditions in the Search Room. Copy RestrictionsLimited duplication is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for compliance with all copyright and other applicable statutes. The copyrights associated with this collection have not been assigned to New Mexico State University. Administrative InformationPreferred CitationBloom Cattle Company Records. Ms 141. Archives and Special Collections. New Mexico State University Library. AcquisitionRG80-49 Gift of J. Phelps White III, April 1980 Preferred CitationBloom Cattle Company Records, Archives and Special Collections, New Mexico State University Library Related MaterialAnderson Cattle Company Records. Ms 239. Archives and Special Collections, New Mexico State University. Description of Series/Container ListCorrespondence, 1888-1893, 1899-1901, 1903, 1904
(6 folders)
Legal documents, 1883, 1885, 1887, 1890, 1902, n.d.
(1 folder) Arranged chronologically
Financial Records, 1880-1893, 1897, 1898, 1900-1912
(14 folders) Contains bills, receipts, cattle tallies, corn records, bank statements, canceled checks, checkbooks, deposit books, daybook, journals, ledger and other record books.
Miscellany, 1872, 1873, 1877-1885, 1891
(4 folders) Contains brand certificates, notes, printed materials, and abstracts and registers of certificates.
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