International Boundary and Water Commission records. 29 linear in. MS 42 Consists of selected records of the International Boundary and Water Commission relating to various projects and activities in the United States and Mexico. Materials include proceedings, journals, minutes, brochures, maps, reports, photographs, and press releases. Subjects covered include the Rio Grande, Tijuana, and Colorado Rivers, the Chamizal, the Amistad Dam, and water rights along the United States-Mexico border.
Some materials are in Spanish.
Record dates range from 1848 to 1976. Mescalero Apache Tribe Collection. 95 Consists of one typewritten letter and one pamphlet concerning a proposed transfer of National Forest lands to the Mescalero Apache Tribe. The Forest Service was opposed to this for ecological reasons and published the pamphlet inviting comments from the general public and several institutions. The geographical area in question was southern New Mexico near Ruidoso in Lincoln County.