United States Army Quartermaster Corps Contracts
Scope and Content
The collection contains photocopies of records of the U.S. War Department, Office of the Quartermaster. The contracts are between local businesses and the U.S. Army to supply feed to various army forts in New Mexico and Texas. Among the New Mexico merchants doing business with the army were Marcus Brunswick and Charles Ilfeld. The detailed contracts stipulate the amount of feed to be supplied, the quality and condition, and the delivery schedule of the feed. Four of the forty contracts in the collection name provisions other than oats, bran or hay. Only two of the contracts supply forts outside of New Mexico.
This collection was formerly known as the U.S. War Department Records. The original records are housed at the National Archives.
Dates
- Creation: 1860-1886
Language of Materials
English.
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Limited duplication of print and photographic material is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for compliance with all copyright, privacy, and libel laws. Permission is required for publications or distribution.
Historical Information
The U.S. Army maintained a number of forts in the Southwest during the nineteenth-century. Critical to the survival of these outposts was the regular supply of provisions both for the troops and their livestock. Contracts for such supplies were arranged by a U.S. Army quartermaster in each particular district. Signed contracts between the quartermaster and local businesses were sent to U.S. War Department offices in Washington, D.C.
Extent
1 box (1 cu. ft.)
Abstract
The collection consists of photocopies of contracts between the U.S. War Department and New Mexico businesses to supply feed to U.S. Army forts in New Mexico and Texas.
General
Contact Information
- Center for Southwest Research
- Zimmerman Library
- University of New Mexico
- Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-1466
- Phone: 505-277-6451
- Fax: 505-277-0530
- Email: cswrref@unm.edu
- URL: http://www.unm.edu/~cswrref/
General
- Title
- Finding Aid of the United States Army Quartermaster Corps Contracts, 1860-1886
- Status
- Approved
- Author
- Processed by Lincoln Bramwell
- Date
- ©2000
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
- June 28, 2004: PUBLIC "-//University of New Mexico::Center for Southwest Research//TEXT (US::NmU::MSS 111 BC::United States Army Quartermaster Corps Contracts)//EN" "nmu1mss111bc.sgml" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15).
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Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
cswrref@unm.edu