Carl C. Magee Papers
Scope and Content
The Carl C. Magee Papers contain newspaper clippings, legal documents, correspondence, published materials and photographs of Carl Magee. The collection includes materials relating to the shooting death of Gerald C. Lassetter; contempt charges against Magee by Judge David J. Leahy; materials pertaining to Magee's Albuquerque newspaper business; and his invention of the parking meter.
Dates
- Creation: 1923-1946
- Creation: June 22, 1922,
Language of Materials
English
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Limited duplication of CSWR 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.
Biography
Carl C. Magee. Part of the Carl C. Magee Pictorial Collection PICT 000-284.
Carl C. Magee, lawyer, newspaper editor, and inventor, was born in 1873 in Fayette, Iowa. He died in 1946 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Magee lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico from 1919-1927. As owner and editor of an Albuquerque newspaper, he helped uncover and implicate Albert B. Fall in the Teapot Dome scandal.
Extent
1 box ( .25 cu. ft. )
Separated Material
Photographs have been transferred to the Carl C. Magee Photograph Collection.
Original Magee's Independent, June 22, 1922, has been catalogued for CSWR general collection.
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://eLibrary.unm.edu/cswr
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Carl C. Magee Papers, 1923-1946
- Status
- For Approval
- Author
- Processed by CSWR staff
- 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 284 BC::Carl C. Magee Papers)//EN" "nmu1mss284bc.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