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Guide to the Francis C. Wilson Files, 1927-1949

School for Advanced Research

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Collection Summary

Title Francis C. Wilson Files
Dates (Inclusive) 1927-1962
Dates 1927-1949
Dates (Bulk) 1927-1949
Creator Wilson, Francis C.
Abstract Papers include correspondence re the Laboratory of Anthropology, Inc., 1927-1949.
Collection Number AC 06
Size 7 file folders in ½ document box (.5 lin.ft.)
Repository School for Advanced Research
Languages English

Biography or History

Francis C. Wilson (1876-1952) moved to Santa Fe in 1907, practicing law from 1907-1942. Throughout his career he served on numerous government boards and commissions related to interstate water compacts, public domain, and Pueblo Indian interests, helping to defeat the Bursum Bill among other efforts. He was one of the organizers of the Indian Arts Fund in 1925. Wilson was attorney for Martha and Amelia E. White and, as a partner of the DeVargas Development Company, donated land for the Laboratory of Anthropology, Inc., the Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art (Wheelwright Museum), and the National Park Service building on Old Santa Fe Trail. He was on the boards of the Laboratory of Anthropology and the School of American Research. In addition to his law practice, Wilson had extensive oil interests in the area around Hobbs, NM, through the Wilson Oil Co.

Scope and Content

Papers include correspondence re the lab of Anthropology, 1927-1949. Correspondence covers the arrangements for establishing the Lab, donation of property to and financial support for the Lab, coordination with the University of New Mexico regarding the Lab's establishment, donation of Lab land to the U.S. National Park Service, and other miscellaneous legal matters. Included are various documents re land, finances, and contracts concerning the Indian Arts Fund collections and their commingling with Lab collections, and Museum of New Mexico and School of American Research correspondence.

Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Open for research by appointment

Copy Restrictions

Limited duplication allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.

Preferred Citation

Francis C. Wilson Files, School for Advanced Research

Related Material

SAR Library: Parker Wilson Files (AC06); DeVargas Development Corporation Records (AC19); Amelia Elizabeth White Papers (AC18). Other repositories: New Mexico State Records Center and Archives; University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research.

Access Terms

Bumpus, Hermon C.

Chapman, Kenneth M.

Clark, Herbert

Dixon, Roland B.

Guthe, Carl E.

Indian Arts Fund

Kidder, A.V.

Laboratory of Anthropology, Inc.

Morley, Sylvanus G.

Museum of New Mexico

Nusbaum, Jesse L.

School of American Research

U.S. National Part Service

University of New Mexico

White, Martha Root, 1881-1937

Wilson, Francis C., 1876-1952

Wissler, Clark

Zimmerman, James F.

Contents List

Description Container

Francis C. Wilson file: Correspondence re Laboratory of Anthropology, Inc.  1927-1928
Box 1 Folder AC06.01.1

Francis C. Wilson file: Correspondence re Laboratory of Anthropology, Inc.  1929-1931
Box 1 Folder AC06.01.2

Francis C. Wilson file: Correspondence re Laboratory of Anthropology, Inc.  1934-1942
Box 1 Folder AC06.01.3

Francis C. Wilson file: Correspondence re Laboratory of Anthropology, Inc.  1943-1949
Box 1 Folder AC06.01.4

Francis C. Wilson file: Misc. Legal documents re Laboratory of Anthropology, Inc.  1928-1947
Box 1 Folder AC06.2

Francis C. Wilson file: Correspondence with Martha White,  1924-1937
Box 1 Folder AC06:3

“The Recovery Act / Its application and implications” 

Box 1 Folder AC06:4
 
 
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