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Various Materials

54/1
Contract with Triangle Aluminum Industries to refinish house at 509 San Francisco Avenue, Webb County, 1962.

54/2
Analysis of lands Serafin Martinez and Alela Uribe de situated in San Ygnacio Subdivision, 1962.

54/3
Letters pertaining to lots in Eastern Division of Laredo belonging Juvenal Martinez, 1925-1963.

54/4
Field notes on lot owned by Ruben E. Salazar, 1962.

54/5
Correspondence, memos and brochures relating to the Laredo Historical Society, 1961-1963.

54/6
Newspaper clippings on historic subjects.

54/7
Letters and copies of letters concerning land Refugio Fernandez., Lease agreements with Eligio Resendez, 1961.

54/8
Correspondence concerning Geronimo Caballera, Oil and gas matters, 1962.

54/9
Field notes concerning part of Barranco Colorado Tract and Las Cabras pasture.,

54/10
Bills and receipts from Sears Three Sisters stores, unsorted, 1961.

54/11
Rules of election Production, Marketing, and Administration offices for Zapata County, Texas 1953.

54/12
Paperwork on the case of U.S.A. International Boundary and Water Commission vs. Flumencio Muñoz, et. al., 1955.

54/13
Papers and a map concerning lands in Zapata County, 1937.

54/14
Notes and a map concerning Rufino López mineral lands in Zapata County.,

54/15
Memorandum concerning Heziquio Cuellar, et. al., vs. Leopoldo Martinez about Porciónes 1 and 2 in Zapata County 1934.

54/16
Sketch map and notes concerning partition of lands María de Jesús Uribe, wife Proceso Martinez in the San Ygnacio subdivision Zapata County.,

54/17
Notes on genealogies of important Laredo families.

54/18
Genealogical notes concerning heirs of José Domingo Gonzales, 1936.

54/19
Sketch of subdivisions 3 and 24 in the San Ygnacio Subdivision, 1955; map Laredo showing industries on tracks Texas Mexican Railroad 1922; proposed Zapata Gas Line 1959; La Selva field nearby lands, County 1927.

Various Materials

42/1
Bills and receipts of Mercurio Martinez, unsorted, 1953-1954.

42/2
Bills and receipts of Mercurio Martinez, unsorted, 1953-1954.

42/3
Bills and receipts of Mercurio Martinez, unsorted, 1953-1954.

42/4
Bills and receipts of Mercurio Martinez, unsorted, 1950.

42/5
Bills and receipts of Mercurio Martinez, unsorted, 1950.

42/6
Bills and receipts of Mercurio Martinez, unsorted, 1949-1950.

42/7
Bills and receipts of Mercurio Martinez, unsorted, 1949-1950.

42/8
Correspondence about Zapata and Falcon Dam, 1947-1950.

42/9
Newspaper articles about Zapata and Falcon Dam, 1947-1951.

42/10
Correspondence between Mercurio Martinez and renters of Casa Verde Pasture, Amador Uribe J. M. Sanchez, 1942-1946.

Various Materials

49/1
Correspondence and copies of legal papers related to Cristina T. Martinez, guardian the estate Felicidad Sylvia Treviño 1954-1960.

49/2
Operating instructions for a Kenmore automatic washer.

49/3
Documents, correspondence, and field notes relating to the case of Maria Vidaurri de Herbst, et. al. vs. Enrique Martinez (Antonio), 1937-1960.

49/4
Papers concerning personal matters of Mercurio Martinez and his wife Cristina T. regarding social security, 1957.

49/5
Lease agreements between heirs of Proceso Martinez and Charles Flynn, 1952-1955. Copy cancellation Trusteeship conferred upon Robert Lee Bobbitt Mercurio Martinez, Jr., Copies map some farms owned by

49/6
Agricultural and Washington newsletters, 1956-1958, papers concerning Rancho San Andres Presa del Toro.,

49/7
U. S. Army recruiting booklets for high school students.

49/8
Copies of lands owned by A. M. Bruni, and breakdown land ownership the José Vasquez Borrego Grant.,

49/9
Lease agreement between H. P. Truke and Pablo Sepeda, 1948. Property appraisal of property Reyes Gutierrez wife, 1946. Several handwritten conveyance land titles.

49/10
Handwritten documents and statements pertinent to the estate of Primitivo Uribe, 1955.

49/11
Documents relating to U. S. Government purchase of 85.237 acres land in Zapata County from Mercurio Martinez, 1952.

49/12
Bill of sale two tracts land from Mercurio Martinez to Primitivo Uribe, 1942, and clippings other papers, 1932-1949.

49/13
Correspondence in Spanish with Luis Treviño, 1960.

49/14
Copy of case brief filed Derly Uribe vs. Zapata County Independent School Board contesting a bond election, 1952.

49/15
Automobile and house insurance policies premium statements, unsorted, 1954-1958.

49/16
Documents and legal instruments concerning the disposition of Las Ratones Ranch including the following parties, Camuto Pena, Victor María del Refugio de López 1955.

Various Materials

51/1
Legal statement and assorted notes of land descriptions pertaining to Antonio Martinez, son Emilio 1955-1959.

51/2
Power of attorney document for Primitivo Martinez to sell certain lands in Laredo, 1958.

51/3
Survey maps, various sketches and notes replot of Rosa Simona Uribe share San Ygnacio addition, 1934-1954.

51/4
Income tax records for 1953.

51/5
A review of some property by Mercurio Martinez for Minerva Salinas, 1959

51/6
Guarantee and operating instructions for a Coldspot refrigerator.

51/7
Copies of U.S. office Rent Stabilization statements and clippings, 1951-1952. Correspondence with tenants, 1953.

51/8
Deed records and correspondence of Primitivo Martinez also James Haynes, Jr., Attorney, 1961.

51/9
Report cards and correspondence certificate of St. Agustin School, Mercurio Martinez, Jr. 1956-1957.

51/10
Additional records of Mercurio Martinez, Jr., and Laredo Junior College.

51/11
Letters and school records of Rosa Martinez, daughter Mercurio 1956-1961. Also, unsorted bills receipts.

51/12
Bank records, repair bills, tax unsorted, 1950s.

51/13
Papers related to the property of Gonzala Martinez de Torres, 1947-1953.

51/14
A miscellaneous file containing personal letters, brochures, bills of sale, and announcements, 1959-1961.

Various Materials

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.

Various Materials

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.

Various Materials

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.

Various Materials

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.

Various Materials

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.

Dolores Settlement

55/1
Correspondence, maps, notes, and copies of legal papers concerning the Dolores Settlement, numbered 90-125 by Mercurio Martinez.

55/2
Correspondence, maps, notes and copies of legal papers concerning the Dolores Settlement numbered 126-159.

55/3
Correspondence, maps, notes and copies of legal papers concerning the Dolores Settlement numbered 160-190.

55/4
Correspondence, maps, notes and copies of legal papers concerning the Dolores Settlement, numbered 191-230.

55/5
Correspondence, maps, notes and copies of legal papers concerning the Dolores Settlement numbered 231-294.

55/6
A detailed history of the José Vasquez Borrego Grant by Mercurio Martinez apparently written during the first quarter of the 20th century.

55/7
A sketch map showing El Recuerdo Farm.

55/8
Two photographs of the old Dolores Settlement cemetery, Zapata County, Texas.

Oversize Materials

56/1: Heirship of Jesusa Vidaurri, wife of Victorino Dovalina.

56/2: Map of Laredo, Texas, blueprint, 1926.

56/3: Sketch map of share No. 9 out of San Andres Pasture, Zapata County, Texas, belonging to Mercurio Martinez.

56/4: Genealogical chart of the descendants of José Domingo Gonzalez, original grantee of four leagues of land.

Oversize Materials

59/12: Genealogical chart of the descendants of Bartolome Martinez, an original settler of Revilla (Guerrero) Tamaulipas, Mexico in 1750, December 30, 1963.

59/13: Sketch map of the Dolores Settlement and adjacent lands, Zapata County.

59/14: Genealogical chart showing the descendants of Lazaro Benavides and labeled "Family Tree of the principal families of Laredo, Texas. "

59/15: Replot of town lots in the north portion of San Ygnacio by the heirs of Trinidad Uribe, blueprint.

59/16: Certified copy of a map of the José Vasquez Borrego Grant showing Dolores, Corralitos, and San Ygnacio subdivisions, white print, 1958.

Oversize Materials

57/5: Genealogical chart of some descendants of José Domingo Gonzalez showing land sales.

57/6: Genealogical chart of some descendants of José Domingo Gonzalez showing land sales.

57/7: Map of Las Lajas Tract, Property of heirs of Juan Vidaurri in Zapata County, Texas, also showing the Rancho Dolores Settlement, E. J. Foster, surveyor, whiteprint, 1947.

57/8: Map of the town of San Ygnacio, Zapata County, Texas, inked copy showing a proposed paved loop past local landmarks.

Oversize Materials

60/17: Map of" La Volanta" Pasture, Webb County, Texas, blueprint, 1937.

60/18: Sketch map showing lands in and around the Dolores settlement, Zapata County, Texas, 1958.

60/19: Smith and Corkills' Solidad Ranches in Duval and Webb Counties, Texas, blueprint.

Oversize Materials

63/31: Sketch map of partition of lands in Porción 52, Webb County, between Felipe M. Gutierrez and others.

63/32: Photostat copy of a map attached to a Partition Deed of lands in the Dolores Subdivision by and between Proceso Martinez and others, 1918.

63/33: Map showing the Sauz Ranch Tract of Jesús María Martinez in the José Vasquez Borrego Grant, blueprint, 1940.

63/34: Map of La Volanta Pasture, Webb County, Texas, blueprint, 1937.

63/35: Map of the José Vasquez Borrego Grant, whiteprint, 1921.

Oversize Materials

58/9: Genealogical chart of the descendants of Jesus Treviño and Viviana Gutierrez, founders of San Ygnacio, Texas.

58/10: Map showing the subdivisions of the José Vasquez Borrego Grant in Zapata and Webb Counties, blueprint, 1921

58/11: Map of San Ygnacio, Zapata County, Texas, blueprint.

Oversize Materials

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.

Oversize Materials

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.

Oversize Materials

68/52: Map showing land ownership in Zavala County, Texas, whiteprint.

68/53: Amended Plat showing subdivision of survey 267, ABST 1134, C.C.S.D. and R.G.N.G.Ry. Webb County, 1922.

68/54: Map of blocks in Laredo belonging to Hicks, Hicks and Bobbitt, blueprint.

68/55: Map showing partition of lands in Porción 52,Webb County, between David, Felipe and Francisca Martinez, blueprint, 1938.

68/56: Copy of the J.J. Cox map of the José Vasquez Borrego Grant, blueprint, 1902.

Oversize Materials

74/75
Map showing the length of the Laredo-Zapata State Highway from San Francisco Hills to the line passing between the two Cerritos de Mendes and dividing the Dolores Ranch in two parts, pencil on tracing paper.

74/76
Plat of part of the tract of land in the Dolores Subdivision conveyed to Cosme Martinez in 1859 as surveyed by Martin von Merrick in 1870, and resurveyed by E. J. Foster, showing landownership, whiteprint, 1956, 1956.

74/77
Map showing the Laredo-Zapata Highway and certain tracts of land in the Dolores Subdivision, pencil on tracing paper.

74/78
Proposed layout for the new Zapata County cemetery, whiteprint with hand coloring and labeling, circa 1951.

74/79
Map representing fences and fields in the vicinity of Dolores Settlement, Zapata County, in 1910, pencil and colored pencil on tracing paper.

Oversize Materials

69/57: Dovalina Family [unkown].

69/59: Map of Texas showing different Railroad Companies, whiteprint.

69/60: Subdivision of Blocks 248-249-250, in Laredo, blueprint.

69/61: World map

Oversize Materials

75/80
Fransler's Map of the San Ygnacio Subdivision, Zapata County showing petition of lands, whiteprint.

75/81
Map showing land in the San Ygnacio Subdivision, Zapata County, taken by the U. S. government for Falcon Reservoir, 1954.

75/82
Map of the Dolores Subdivision, Zapata County, showing landownership, ink on tracing paper, 1936.

Oversize Materials

76/83
Map of Frio County showing landownership, blueprint, 1893.

76/84
Genealogical chart of the Cuellar family and other original settlers of Guerrero, Tamaulipas, Mexico with historical notes, whiteprint.

76/85
Map of Zapata County showing landownership, whiteprint on linen, 1920.

76/86
Map of the Las Lajas Tract, Zapata County, property of heirs of Juan Vidaurri, whiteprint, 1947.

76/87
Genealogical chart and land division and sales, Vidaurri family, pencil.

Oversize Materials

64/36: Map of roads and land holdings in the Dolores Subdivision, 1927.

64/37: Ink sketch map of Mercurio Martinez lands in Zapata County including Casa Verde and La Selva farms, 1936.

64/38: Land ownership map of Zapata County showing roads and ranches, ink on linen, 1919.

64/39: Contour map of property of the Cole Interests in Webb and Duval Counties.

64/40: Map of land in Webb and Zapata Counties showing conflict between the porciónes of Laredo and the José Vasquez Borrego Grant, blueprint, 1911.

Oversize Materials

65/41: Map showing partition of lands in the Dolores Subdivision of the José Vasquez Borrego Grant, Webb County, San Andres Pasture, blueprint, 1933.

65/42: Sectioned map of the Santo Tomás Tract, Webb County, blueprint, 1919.

65/43: Map showing partition of Zapata County land between the heirs of Trinidad Uribe, blueprint, 1915.

Oversize Materials

67/47: Duval County Sketch of Subdivision of survey's nos. 319 and 26, blueprint, 1924.

67/48: Map of the town of San Ygnacio, Zapata County, prepared by the International Boundary and Water Commission, whiteprint, 1949.

67/49: Pencil sketch of tracts of land in the Dolores Settlement, Zapata County.

67/50: Map of the San Ygnacio, Corralitos and Dolores Subdivisions, in pencil with numerous notes.

67/51: Fragments of a map of partition of San Ygnacio lands, blueprint, 1914.

Oversize Materials

70/62
Map of area near Dolores ranch showing landowners with a detail of Dolores Settlement, Zapata County, whiteprint, 1926.

70/63
Map showing lands owned by Mercurio Martinez, La Selva, Casa Verde and Las Cabras tracts, in the San Ygnacio Subdivision, Zapata County, whiteprint.

70/65
Landownership of Zavala County, whiteprint.

Oversize Materials

71/66
Duval County Sketch of Subdivision of Surveys' Nos. 319 and 26, blueprint, 1924.

71/67
Map of Mirando oil field area, blueprint.

Oversize Materials

73/71
Genealogical chart of the descendants of Jesusa Vidaurri and Victorino Dovalina.

73/72
Plan of New Zapata showing lots, whiteprint with color key, 1951.

73/73
Map showing Rufino Lopez's lands in Webb, Duval, Jim Hogg and Zapata Counties, whiteprint on linen, 1922.

73/74
Map of the José Vasquez Borrego Grant, Survey 197, in Zapata and Webb Counties, showing ownership of tracts of land, whiteprint.

Oversize Materials

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.

Oversize Materials

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.

Oversize Materials

82/107
Sketch map showing the length of the Laredo-Zapata Highway in the José Vasquez Borrego Grant, and other information, pencil and ink on tracing paper.

82/108
Plot of the New Town of Zapata, Zapata County, whiteprint, 1953.

82/109
Homemade map showing the 61-acre tract of the Dolores Ranch site and adjacent lands, Zapata County, pencil on tracing paper.

82/110
Map of San Ygnacio, Zapata County, blueprint.

82/111
Map of the Dolores Settlement, Zapata County, whiteprint, 1927.

82/112
Homemade map of Porciónes of the city of Laredo, including parts of Porciónes 51, 52, and 53, ink on tracing paper, 1962.

Oversize Materials

84/118
Map of the Mirando Oil District of Webb, Zapata and Jim Hogg Counties, Texas, whiteprint.

84/119
Old map of Zapata County showing Spanish Grants and lands slated to be given to railroads, blueprint, 1901.

84/120
Floorplan of a building.

Oversize Materials

77/88
Map of Zapata County showing oil wells and landownership, whiteprint.

77/89
Sketch showing lands owned by the heirs of José María Uribe in share 28 of the San Ygnacio Subdivision, Zapata County, blueprint, 1941.

77/90
Map of a portion of the Corralitos and Dolores Subdivisions, Zapata County, pencil on tracing paper, 1960.

Oversize Materials

78/92
Sketch map of Cuellar family lands, porciónes 1 and 2, Zapata County, pencil, 1935.

78/93
Map of Porciónes 36 and 37, Webb County, with developments, blueprint, 1915.

78/94
Map of Aviator Field, Webb County, whiteprint.

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