6/1: Notebook containing an index to the materials kept in the "Big Iron Safe." Some of the materials indexed in this notebook are found in Boxes 6-11.

6/2: Notebook No. 1 describing papers once stored in a safe and steel cabinet of Mercurio Martinez with notes on contents of deeds. Some of the materials indexed in this notebook are found in Boxes 13-19.

6/3: Notebook No. 2, describing papers once stored in a steel cabinet. Some of the materials indexed in this notebook are found in Boxes 19-28.

6/4: List and short description of old files and papers of Robert Lee Bobbitt, attorney, which were stored in Mercurio Martinez's Big Iron Safe at 416 Lincoln Street, Laredo, Texas, 1963.

6/5: Notes and copies of documents related to a dispute over the Dolores Ranch site between Enrique Martinez et. al. and Antonia Martinez de Vidaurri, A copy of a statement made by Ramon Arrendondo, contains the story of a family of refugees from the Mexican Revolution. 1960-1962. December 11, 1961,

6/6: Notes, family trees, and copies of documents related to Dolores Ranch site in dispute between the Martinez and Vidaurri families, 1884-1961.

6/7: More papers and maps related to the Dolores Ranch site in dispute between the Martinez and Vidaurri families, 1956-1961.

6/8: Correspondence, maps and additional papers related to the Dolores Ranch Site in dispute between the Martinez and Vidaurri families, including a December 23, 1961, sketch map showing dates of surveys of Webb, Encinal, Duval, Zapata and Starr counties.

7/1: Papers and maps containing "Information which may be used to file suit against Vidaurri trying to recover 300 acres around the Dolores Ranch, Zapata County, Texas", 1916-1960.

7/2: Same as No. 6 A and including an August 29, 1961, history of the Dolores Ranch founded by Cosme Martinez, 1961-1963.

7/3: Oral Deposition and answers of Mercurio Martinez in connection with the case of Enrique Martinez et. al., vs. Maria Vidaurri de Herbst, et. al., December 7, 1961.

7/4: Papers, maps and correspondence related to the new case of Martinez vs. Vidaurri, 1927-1962.

7/5: Accounts of episodes in the Laredo custom's district by Mercurio Martinez, 1959.

7/6: Copies of "Magazin de La Prensa", 1941.

7/7: Picture of Mercurio Martinez pointing at the two stones placed at Canada de San Andres by Spanish surveyors and picture of the stone house built by Cosme Martinez at Dolores Ranch in 1860.

7/8: Correspondence and papers related to the Dolores settlement road case, 1961-1962.

7/9: Copies of deeds, notes and other records related to the Martinez-Vidaurri land controversy.

7/10: Primarily correspondence between Mercurio Martinez and his son, Mercurio Martinez, Jr., and nephew, Antonio Martinez, 1956-1958.

23/1
Map of tracts near Dolores and copy of letter to R. L. Bobbitt, 1959.

23/2
Time books with hours Mercurio Martinez worked for the International Boundary and Water Commission beginning in 1951.

23/3
Pocket guide of human anatomy.

23/4
Inventory of Estate of Adela Uribe de Martinez, 1959.

23/5
Chain of Title of Josefa Martinez de Gutierrez, 100 acre tract known as Share No. 2, Comunidad de Dolores, Zapata County, 1959.

23/6
A map of 61.6 acres on which Dolores settlement is situated, 1951.

23/7
Field notes of La Selva and Casa Verde Pastures.

23/8
Blue Cross and Blue Shield identification cards of Mercurio Martinez, 1959.

23/9
Note concerning the will of Adolfo Martinez, filed and recorded in Zapata County Clerks Office, 1959.

23/10
Note concerning a certified copy of will and testament of Ignacio Uribe, including order of probate, filed and recorded in Zapata County Clerk Office, 1959.

23/11
Reports, maps, sketches, in reference to Partition of Porciónes 1, 2 and 3, Zapata County, 1954.

23/12
Certified copy of will and testament of Adolfo Martinez with order probating same, Also will and testament of Ignacio Uribe, 1916. 1934.

23/13
Declaration of U. S. District Court taking Parcels Z-515-B and Z-515-F, Dolores Land, 1959.

23/14
Form of affidavit for adoption of Santiago Hector Arredondo by his maternal grandparents, 1959.

23/15
Affidavit of Mercurio Martinez in reference to descendents of Jesus Trevino and Blas Maria Uribe, 1957.

23/16
Verses composed by Mercurio Martinez for the marriage of his son to Rosa Ancira, 1959.

23/17
Short biography of Don Proceso Martinez by Mercurio Martinez.

23/18
Affidavit of Jean Bustamante Montalvo that he is familiar with La Selva and Casa Verde Ranches, 1959.

23/19
Brief abstract of Jose Vasquez Borrego Grant, including San Ygnacio, Corralitos, and Dolores Subdivisions.

23/20
A poetic eulogy to the French people by Mercurio Martinez, 1959.

23/21
Last will and testament of Leonor Uribe de Martinez, widow of Adolfo Martinez, 1941.

23/22
The Ballad of Wilfido Fuentes.

23/23
Duplicate of an affidavit by Mercurio Martinez in reference to the chain of title to La Trinidad Ranch, situated in San Ygnacio Subdivision of the Borrego Grant, 1959.

23/24
Field notes of Lot 11, Block 47, San Ygnacio, Zapata County, with sketch attached, 1954.

23/25
Duplicate of an affidavit by Mercurio Martinez in reference to the chain of title to La Selva Ranch Farm, situated in San Ygnacio Subdivision, Borrego Grant, 1959.

23/26
Copy of an affidavit by Mercurio Martinez in reference to Share No. 9, known as Bracilito Ranch, owned by J. M. Sanchez, 1944.

30/1
Notes concerning the life of John A. Valls, 1941.

30/2
Correspondence, notes and copies of documents related to property owned by P. Villarreal, 1936.

30/3
Notes and sketch maps describing property of T. J. Benavides, 1927.

30/4
Newspaper articles and correspondence concerning the attempt to save town of Zapata, Texas from inundation as a consequence building Falcon Dam, 1946.

30/5
Correspondence and sales records of a cotton farm owned by Mercurio Martinez, 1934-1936.

30/6
Sales records and figures on the building of a drive-way fence by Yale Hicks, 1946.

30/7
Financial records concerning land leased by Mercurio Martinez to Filberto Gutierrez, 1934.

30/8
Correspondence and copies of documents concerning San Ygnacio lands, including the will Fernando Uribe, 1887.

30/9
Receipts and records of farm product returns, including gin tickets, 1931-1945.

30/10
Papers concerning the Corralitos Sub-Division and a case involving L. Vidaurri A. H. Bruni, including" Analysis Distribution of Lands in Jose Vasquez Borrego Grant, Lying Between Being Situated Counties Webb Zapata, State Texas, " 1831-1944.

30/11
Correspondence relating to the case of A. P. Ayala vs. Uribe, 1906-1947.

30/12
Records of life insurance policy for Mercurio Martinez, 1928-1936.

30/13
Insurance correspondence records and policies, 1931-1941.

30/14
Agricultural records and seed catalogs, 1942-1948.

30/15
Correspondence and legal papers related to the case of U. S. Immigration vs. Miguel Ortegon, 1938-1939. Ortegon, a Zapata County Deputy Sheriff was accused not being an American citizen apparently for political reasons.

31/1
Records, correspondence, sketch maps, and copies of documents concerning La Selva Farm, Zapata County. 1914-1941

31/2
Records, correspondence, and copies of documents related to land owned by Benita Martinez de Uribe, 1922-1943.

31/3
Correspondence and notes concerning the divorce of Lorenza R. de Botello Faustino other matters Mercurio Martinez 's renters, 1948.

31/4
Newspaper clippings and maps about World War II, 1942.

31/5
Bank statements of Mercurio Martinez, 1929.

31/6
Department of Agriculture circulars and forms correspondence between Mercurio Martinez County Agents, 1939-1941.

31/7
Forms, notes, and a letter about tax problems, 1944-1947.

31/8
Record book entitled" Estate of Rafael Sciaraffa, Deceased. Luis Executor, " 1927.

31/9
Correspondence, records, and copies of legal papers concerning the estate Rafael Sciaraffa property his heirs, 1925-1944.

33/1
Financial records, correspondence and copies of legal papers concerning the estate Salomon Benavides, a minor, whose guardian was Teodsio Gutierrez 1935-1941.

33/2
Oil statements from the Humble and Refining Company, Houston, Texas on a lease in Mirando district, Zapata County 1938-1941.

33/3
Correspondence and financial records concerning the property of Amalia Garcia de Barrera, 1933-1941.

33/4
Copies of legal papers, financial records and correspondence related to the estate Manuela Garcia de Gutierrez, 1930-1939.

33/5
Statements of profits and losses between Mr. Hicks Lange Hicks, Dickson, 1938-1941.

33/6
Financial records of the firm Hicks, Dickson, Bobbitt and Lange, 1938-1941.

33/7
Financial records of the estate Margarita de la Garza, 1935-1940.

33/8
Letters and a sketch map concerning Jesus B. Treviño 's attempt to take the homestead of widow, Juan García de Dominguez, 1941.

33/9
Correspondence, financial records and copies of legal papers Mercurio Martinez, 1924-1928.

33/10
Records and copies of documents related to the property of, Jesus María Martinez, 1912-1935.

33/11
Genealogies and notes concerning Porciónes 63-68 in the jurisdiction of Guerrero, Tamaulipas, 1929-1934.

33/12
Copies of legal papers and financial records concerning the estate Francisca Benavides, Uda. de Vela Ramirez Porción 20 Zapata County 1928-1929.

33/13
Copy of an oil and gas lease on lands the estate Margarita G. de la Garza, 1935.

33/14
Papers related to the Recuerdo road dispute, Juan Vidaurri vs. Mercurio Martinez, 1924-1944.

33/15
Sketch maps, copies of legal documents and other papers related to the Recuerdo road dispute between Martinez Vidaurri, 1926-1944.

34/1
Correspondence, genealogies and family histories of Jacinto Pena, Joaquin Juan Jose Benavides relating to ownership land in Porción 22 Zapata County Texas, 1925-1927.

34/2
Petty cash records, Hicks, Dickson and Bobbitt, 1930-1931.

34/3
Descendants of Jacinto de la Peña, original grantee Porción 25 Zapata County and other papers related to the Serna Alexander Partition, 1927.

34/4
Sketch maps, copies of legal papers and notes relating to a lane near La Selva Farm other matters, 1941-1944.

34/5
Genealogy of Mercurio Martinez from Jesus Treviño and Bartólome, 1946-1947.

34/6
Papers about leasing the old stone house in Dolores built by Cosme Martinez, 1947, and a 1901 letter from C. Villareal to F.

34/7
Maps of Porción 28, Webb County property Estefand S. de Martinez 1923.

34/8
Miscellaneous correspondence of Mercurio Martinez, 1921-1929.

34/9
Miscellaneous papers including copies of old documents concerning Porción 5 , Webb County and a paper signed by Blas María Uribe San Ygnacio 1795-1941.

34/10
Notes, copies of legal papers and other materials related to the Recuerdo Road dispute between Martinez Vidaurri, 1929-1944.

34/11
Letters, notes, a map of part Webb County showing land divisions and copies legal papers mostly concerning the establishment boundary between Zapata Counties.

34/12
Receipts for payments made by Mercurio Martinez to Serafin Uribe and others, 1930-1937.

34/13
Notes, sketch maps, and copies of legal papers including a character reference for Antonio Cantu, partition property involving 1943-1945.

34/14
Certificate of Selective Service awarded to Mercurio Martinez, 1941.

34/15
Records concerning land ownership in the José Vasquez Borrego Grant including a legal brief on case of Antonio H. Bruni, et. al., vs. Heirs 1931-1936.

34/16
Copies of legal papers related to lots in San Ygnacio, 1933-1941.

34/17
Correspondence and copies of lease agreements about Porción 29 in Zapata County, owned by H. L. Westbrook leased to Bocanegra Gonzales C. Martinez see Box 29-9, 1939-1944.

34/18
World War II Ration books and newspaper chart of values, 1943.

40/1
Proposed purchase of property by Antonio de los Santos, 1948.

40/2
General file, primarily free-lance legal work undertaken by Mercurio Martinez, 1943-1951.

40/3
Tax receipts and notes on Laredo property owned by Maria de Ponce up to 1948, then Mercurio Martinez.

40/4
Miscellaneous receipts of Mercurio and Rosa Cristina Martinez some elementary school matters, 1948-1951, unsorted.

40/5
Maps and letters notes relative to block owned by Florencis Benavides Petronila G. de, 1948.

40/6
Georga Martinez, partition of lot matter, 1947.

40/7
Immigration regulations and newspaper articles on immigration, 1939-1940.

40/8
Copies of papers relating to the case Antonia Martinez de Vidaurri vs. Refugio Gutierrez, 1936-1950.

40/9
Memos, clippings, and form letters relating to International Boundary Water Commission, U.S. Mexico during the building of Falcon Dam 1949-1954.

40/10
Field notes from which Mercurio Martinez made reports to the U. S. Boundary Commission on Zapata County lands taken for Falcon Reservoir, unsorted, 1951-1953.

43/1
Oil and gas lease receipts deposit slips, 1948.

43/2
Newspaper clippings of articles on health, social security and other matters, unsorted.

43/3
Copy of Deed, notes paid and other materials related to business between Mercurio Martinez Enrique, 1949-1951.

43/4
A form for Power of Attorney to pay Poll tax, 1948.

43/5
A newspaper article on Rodolfo L. Flores, founder of Mexican Confederation Customs Brokers 1949.

43/6
Correspondence concerning the Encyclopedia Britannica purchased by Mercurio Martinez, 1952-1954.

43/7
Correspondence with Century Metalcraft Corporation, 1953.

43/8
Copy of Power Attorney Isidora Martinez, et. al. Land sale document from Juan Gutierrez to Charles Alexander 1952.

43/9
Daily report of instruments filed for record in Webb County, April 29, 1941.

43/10
Records concerning Porciónes 1, 2, and 3 of Rafael Benavides Tract, Zapata County including letters to James F. Jackson Blas Cantu 1954.

43/11
More notes concerning Porciónes 1, 2, and 3, Zapata County, 1954.

43/12
Resolutions of State Association County Judges and Commissioners to be presented Legislature, 1955.

43/13
Trial balances and financial statements of Mercurio Martinez, unsorted, 1943-1955.

43/14
A variety of postcards, receipts, report cards, letters and other unsorted materials related to Rosa Mercurio Martinez, Jr., 1951-1955.

43/15
Clippings about Mercurio Martinez, Jr.`s activities, 1955.

43/16
Copy of will Maria Bertani Derteano, 1955. Two newspapers, in Spanish 1954.

44/1
Mercurio Martinez 's bills and receipts, unsorted.

44/2
Mercurio Martinez 's bills and receipts, unsorted.

44/3
Mercurio Martinez 's bills and receipts, unsorted.

44/4
Correspondence between Mercurio Martinez and tenants in his rental houses, 1949-1952.

44/5
Bill of sale and repair bills on a house Mendiola Street, Laredo, 1948.

44/6
Article on immigration, 1947.

44/7
Notes related to installing indoor bathrooms in Laredo rental houses, 1957.

44/8
Correspondence about the case of Francisco P. de la Garza vs. Piggle Wiggle (Arturo Ramirez ), 1954.

44/9
Papers concerning the real estate of Mrs. Carmen Carlos and copies legal papers related to case vs. Wilmer Threadgill, 1931-1956.

44/10
Newspaper clippings concerning Zapata County politics and correspondence about the Rufino Lopez estate, 1956.

45/1
Papers related to oil and gas leases concerning lands of Josefina Martinez de Proceso heirs, 1930-1955.

45/2
Field notes and sketches of Campo Verde farm, 1953.

45/3
Correspondences and documents relating to sale of land Robert L. Bobbitt from Juan Armando Vasquez McReeve, 1952-1956.

45/4
Bills and receipts, unsorted, 1957.

45/5
Bills and receipts, unsorted, 1957.

45/6
Bills and receipts, unsorted, 1957.

45/7
Field notes and sketches of San Ygnacio property. Agreements between Mercurio Martinez various parties including Cesar Gutierrez, Amador Perez Juan Antonio 1945.

45/8
Papers related to the breach of promise marry; case Lucrecia Uribe vs. Manuel F. Gutierrez, 1935.

45/9
Miscellaneous correspondence, copies of legal papers, affidavits, character references and so forth, 1953-1957.

45/10
Department of Agriculture memos, forms concerning erection an earthen dam, and correspondence with the local county agent, 1957-1958.

45/11
Bills and receipts, unsorted, 1957-1958.

45/12
Bills and receipts, unsorted, 1957-1958.

46/1
Correspondence between Mercurio Martinez and Catholic Accounts In., an income tax return, 1954.

46/2
Bills and receipts, unsorted, 1958.

46/3
Copies of rental agreements and correspondence between Mercurio Martinez his tenants, 1957-1959.

46/4
Miscellaneous correspondence, including circular letters from Lyndon Johnson, 1951-1958.

46/5
Copies of letters and legal papers concerning La Mangana Ranch, Webb County San Antonio Zapata Martinez family properties, 1925-1958.

46/6
Bills and receipts, 1956.

46/7
Bills and receipts, 1956.

46/8
Health advertisements, related letters from Mercurio Martinez, 1958.

46/9
Correspondence between Mercurio Martinez and his tenants, 1952-1957.

46/10
Affidavits and other papers related to establishing the U.S. Citizenship of Lucio Martinez, 1957-1959.

46/11
Correspondence between Mercurio Martinez and the Laredo Historical Survey Committee several handwritten episodes by concerning early history of U. S. Customs office at, 1959.

46/12
Field sketches of property Rosita Uribe and Isabel Angela de., Copy Jesús María will, 1953-1959.

47/1
Papers related to automobiles, including driver's licenses, insurance and information on education, 1939-1959.

47/2
Bills and receipts, unsorted, 1959.

47/3
Bills and receipts, unsorted, 1959.

47/4
Miscellaneous papers, including two autobiographies related to Mercurio Martinez 's years at St. Mary's University, 1957-1959.

47/5
Correspondence, brochures, and other papers related to Mercurio Martinez, Jr.'s years at St. Mary's University his explorations of post-graduate employment opportunities, 1957-1959.

47/6
Bills and receipts related to Mercurio Martinez, Jr.'s university attendance, unsorted, 1957-1959.

47/7
Copy of a will and other legal papers Juan Bustamante Montalvo his wife, 1959.

47/8
Notes, sketch maps, and other papers relating to the María Bertani Derteano lands, 1957.

47/9
Notes, financial records, sketch maps and letters about the María Bertaini Derteano lands, 1956-1957.

47/10
Notes and a copy of the will Herlinda Gutierrez de Martinez, widow Isidoro 1951-1955.

47/11
Copies of deeds and other legal papers, notes genealogical materials related to land owned by the heirs Antonio Martinez Gonzales in Dolores Subdivision, 1937-1955.

47/12
Oil and gas lease from Procesio Martinez to Clifton B. Lewis, 1954.

47/13
Papers related to oil and gas transactions between Mercurio Martinez G. Caballero, matters, 1954-1957.

47/14
Papers related to real estate insurance policies, 1957-1959.

61/21: Original map showing the subdivision of the José Vasquez Borrego Grant, ink, 1958.

61/22: Map of the José Vasquez Borrego Grant, whiteprint, 1962.

61/23: Genealogical chart showing the children and heirs of Estanislado Gutierrez and Josefa Gutierrez, descendants of Captain José Miguel de Cuellar, an early settler of Texas, ink original.

61/24: Whiteprint copy of No. 23.

62/25: Map of lands owned by Proceso Martinez in the José Vasquez Borrego Grant, blueprint with manuscript additions, 1931.

62/26: Map of the José Vasquez Borrego Grant, whiteprint, 1958.

62/27: Map of the José Vasquez Borrego Grant showing the north corner of the Vidaurri vs. Bruni judgment, blueprint, 1933.

62/28: Map of the José Vasquez Borrego Grant showing details in the Dolores settlement area, pencil on tracing paper.

62/29: Certificate of appointment of Miss Rosa Uribe Peña as vice-chairman of the San Ygnacio, Texas Committee for the Celebration of the President's Birthday for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, 1942.

62/30: Map showing Porciónes 12-19, Webb County, Texas, blueprint, 1934.

66/44: Genealogical chart showing descendants of Proceso Martinez and ancestors on the side of his mother, Magdalena Gonzales, wife of Cosme Martinez.

66/45: Map showing H. C. Yaegers' lands in La Salle, McMullen, Webb and Duval Counties, ink, 1912.

66/46: Map showing Rufino Lopez's Lands in Webb, Duval, Jim Hogg and Zapata Counties, blueprint, 1922.

72/68
Genealogical chart of the descendants of Domingo Gonzales, six sheets.

72/69
Map of South half of Webb County, whiteprint, 1920.

72/70
Contour map showing proposed road from Laredo to Beeville, blueprint.

81/102
Sketch map of landownership in the Cuellar Tract, Porciónes 1 and 2, Zapata County.

81/103
Map of Zapata County showing landownership, whiteprint, 1920.

81/104
Map of the Dolores lands owned by the heirs of Cosme Martinez and including the Dolores Settlement, Zapata County, blueprint, 1930.

81/105
Sketch map of land tracts near Dolores Settlement, Zapata County, pencil on tracing paper.

81/106
Map of lands and other natural and man-made features in and around the Dolores Settlement, Zapata County, ink on linen, 1927.