Collection of publications from the State of New Mexico Department of Education such as handbooks to secondary and primary schools, handbooks for administrators and teachers, manuals for improving instructions, regulation booklets for school bus drivers, and public education awareness.

New Mexico. State Engineer Office
Collection, 1888-1975
7,250 leaves

    The collection consists entirely of printed material dealing with New Mexico's natural resources, and bulks (1951-1975) with catalogs describing New Mexico's water resources.
    This office is responsible for producing studies on ground water levels and water quality issues for the state of New Mexico.
 

New Mexico. Territorial Irrigation Engineer
Records, 1897-1911
2 microfilm reels : positive

    Contains correspondence and technical reports of the New Mexico Territorial Irrigation Engineer.  The New Mexico Commission of Irrigation and Water Rights was created by the Territorial Legislature on March 18, 1897, for the purpose of investigating irrigation and water rights throughout New Mexico and recommending legislation for the state.   This resulted in the 1899 Board of Public Lands Act, to which an Irrigation Commission was attached, and the creation of the office of Territorial Irrigation Engineer. The 1899 act was repealed by the 1907 Legislature, which passed the basic water rights legislation that still governs use and appropriation of public waters in New Mexico. The Territorial Engineer was retained to supervise the control, appropriation, and distribution of water, aided by a Board of Water Commissioners.
 
Newcomb, Samuel P.
Papers, 1865-1873
600 leaves

    Consists of photocopies of typescripts of four diaries: Samuel Newcomb, January 1 - December 21, 1865, and January 1 - August 26, 1866; and Susan Newcomb, August 1, 1865 - May 16, 1869, and January 1, 1871 - June 1, 1873. These diaries are also available on microfilm; the originals are contained in the Anne Watts Baker collection.
    Samuel P. and Susan E. Newcomb were pioneers of Shackelford County, Texas, who were among those who "forted up" at Fort Davis, near the Stevens County, Texas, line during the Civil War. They kept diaries during the 1860s and 1870s. Sanuel Newcomb died on April 23, 1870, a vvictim of a measles epidemic.
 
Newcomen Society
Collection, 1960-1977
4 wallets (0.4 linear feet)

    The collection bulks with printed material that pertain to the society. Of particular interest are essays pertaining to U.S. corporations.
    Founded in 1923 by L. F. Loree and chartered as a non-profit organization in 1961, the society was named for Thomas Newcomen (1663-1729), who was a pioneer in developing the steam engine. The organization's primary interest is business history.
 
Nichols, Murray D.
Papers, 1931-1945
40 leaves

    Consists of a scrapbook dealing with the Texas Technological College football teams of 1931 and 1932.  Nichols was a college student and athlete who lettered in football at Texas Technological College.
 
Nicklaus, Winfield W.
Papers, 1925-1978
73 leaves

    Includes newsclippings, photographs, and scrapbook material concerning Nicklaus' career as coach and football player. The collection bulks (1925-1928) with newsclippings and photographs from the first three football seasons at Texas Technological College.
    Captain of Texas Technological College's first football team in 1925, Nicklaus graduated from Texas Technological College in 1928. He was associated as a coach, teacher, and administrator with school systems in the Texas towns of Tahoka, Amarillo, and Borger, and also with Altus, Oklahoma, Junior College, Amarillo Junior College, and West Texas State University. Nicklaus also served on the Amarillo City Commission. He died in 1991.

Nicolett Hotel
Records, 1889-1893
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)

    Contains a hotel register dating from 1889-1893.  The register in its entirety can be viewed among the Southwest Collection's digital collections.
     The Nicolett Hotel, constructed in 1888 and 1889, was one of the earliest structures in the city of Lubbock. Two prominent ranchers from the IOA Ranch and founders of North Lubbock, Frank Emerson Wheelock and Rollie Clyde Burns, purchased the materials for the hotel and had them shipped into Amarillo via train and then brought south to Lubbock County by wagon. The building was an early meeting place for regional pioneers, and it even served as the location where rivals from two early Lubbock County communities, North Lubbock and South Lubbock, met to determine the final location of the city of Lubbock in late-1890. Located initially at the townsite of North Lubbock, the Nicolett Hotel was moved in 1891 to its final location in modern downtown Lubbock where it stood until being demolished most likely sometime in the 1940s. The register features patrons from across the Texas South Plains and Panhandle, as well as some from other parts of the United States and at least one international visitor.

Nimitz, Helene
Papers, 1930-1954
1 microfilm reel (20 ft.) : negative

    Contains five scrapbooks filled with newspaper clippings concerning San Angelo, Texas, Fort Concho, cattle brands and trails, Texas governors, and Texas history.
 
Nixon, Texas
Collection, 1912-1935
1 microfilm reel (90 ft.) : negative

    Contains a tax roll for the city of Nixon, the City of Nixon Criminal Docket, Corporation Court, and the Justice of the Peace Criminal Docket for Gonzales County (Nixon).
    Nixon, in Gonzalez County, Texas, near the Wilson County line, was founded in 1906 with the building of the San Antonio and Gulf Railroad. It is named for John T. Nixon, on whose ranch land the town was built.
 
Noble Brothers Grocery Company (Plainview, Texas)
Records, 1912
3 microfilm reels : negative

    Consists of a 1912 accounts receivable ledger used by the Noble Brothers Grocery in Plainview, Texas.

Nolan, Nicholas Merrick
See Nash, Robert A., Papers

 
Nordyke, Lewis Thaddeus
Papers, 1951
1 microfilm reel (2 ft.) : negative

    Consists of Nordyke's article on the closure of the Matador Land and Cattle Company and the breakup of the ranch. The article was clipped from the Amarillo Daily News, July 25, 1951.
    Lewis Thaddeus Nordyke, born December 25, 1905, in Callahan County, Texas, received his formal education at John Tarleton Junior College in Stephenville and later at the University of Missouri School of Journalism. He launched his newspaper career at Stephenville and later joined the Amarillo Globe-News staff as a journalist-historian and political editor. In 1935 he married Dorothy Beeman, and they had two daughters. During his career, Nordyke published several works on the history of West Texas, including Cattle Empire (1949), Great Roundup (1956), John Wesley Hardin (1957), and The Truth About Texas (1957). After leaving the Amarillo paper in 1951, he served on the Texas Youth Development Council and the State Prison and Paroles Board. His last book, Nubbin Ridge (1960), describes his boyhood on the farm in Callahan County. Nordyke died in Marfa on July 8, 1960.
 
Norfleet, J. Frank
Papers, ca. 1925-1971
51 leaves

    Consists of newsclippings and scrapbook material.   Pioneer rancher and horseman, Norfleet was born in Lampasas, Texas, in 1865. He worked as the first foreman of the Spade Ranch until he saved enough money to start his own ranch in 1904. Norfleet was swindled out of $30,000 in 1919, and began a 15-year manhunt that resulted in the capture of an estimated 100 men, and Norfleet being nicknamed "The Little Tiger" by a national magazine that covered the story. His experiences are outlined in an autobiography, entitled "Norfleet." Married to Elza Huggins in 1894, the couple had 3 children. He retired to Hale Center, Texas, in 1954.  Norfleet died in 1967.

Northcutt Family
Collection, 1863-1938
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)

    Items include a letter written in 1863 by A. E. Northcutt to his father John Robinson Northcutt of Alabama during the Civil War. A news clipping accompanies the letter discussing the Northcutt family and the Civil War letter:  "Last Letter Home From Trooper in Civil War Now a Prized Possession" Lubbock Avalanche-Journal (Jan. 5, 1936).  Also includes a photocopied 30-page genealogy entitled "Northcutt and Allied Families" by Dolly Northcutt and Amelia Sparkman Castleberry (Morris Publishing Company, Longview, Texas, 1938).
    A. E. Northcutt was a member of the Alabama 22nd Regiment.  He describes his camping experience through fifteen days of rainy weather.  He wrote the letter while near Chattanooga, Tennessee.  This letter was given to John Robinson Northcutt's daughter, Mary Anna Northcutt Pool, who was the niece of A. E. Northcutt.

Norris, J. Frank
Papers, 1939-1941
1 scrapbook (1.0 linear feet)

     The item is a scrapbook full of news clippings, cards, and articles concerning the missionary efforts of Dr. J. Frank Norris a noted Baptist minister.  Some of the clippings concern Homer Duncan’s missionary outreach.
     Dr. John Franklyn Norris was a well-known Baptist minister who evangelized throughout the world as well as the U. S.  He was pastor of the First Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas and Temple Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan.  His home town was Fort Worth, where he was known as “The Fighting Parson.”

Nuclear Waste Management
Records, 1972-1990
73 boxes (73 linear feet)