Land Rights Council Records

 

Based in San Luis, Colorado, the Land Rights Council was formed in 1978 as a grassroots advocacy organization to protect the community's rights originally received under the Mexican land grant system. The Council has been committed not only to regaining historic rights to the mountain tract called La Sierra, but also to maintaining its ecological health. The collection documents the Council's activities, research conducted for the initial court case, Rael v. Taylor, and the series of resulting cases, including Lobato v. Taylor. The Council's activities are documented through meeting minutes, reports, letters, clippings, grant proposals, and legal documents. For more information see the finding aid, https://lib2.colostate.edu/archives/findingaids/water/wlrc.html.

This digital collection, with materials dated 1958 to 2009, comprises of the bulk of the collection with the exception of audio cassette tapes, duplicate paper documents, restricted attorney-client material, and materials determined to have copyright issues.

Recent Submissions

  • Misc. materials on Vega 

    Date:undated
    Miscellaneous materials on Vega includes documents related to the 1863 Deed signed by Carlos Beaubien; Case No. 15548, The Costilla Estates Development Company vs. S. N. Smit, et al.; a 1979 Notice to the heirs of the San ...

  • LRC research correspondence (1979-1980) 

    Author(s):Thomson, Thyra; Warren, George E.; Land Rights Council
    Date:1979-1980
    Land Rights Council research correspondence, 1979 to 1980 includes documentation of the Costilla Land Company, also called the Costilla Land and Investment Company; The Costilla Estates Development Company; and Costilla ...

  • Vega map 

    Author(s):Booe, Kurt A.
    Date:undated
    Vega map: Plat of Survey; A tract of land, located in sections 2, 11 8, 12, township 2 north, range 72 west and in section 35, township 3 north, range 72 west of the 6th principal meridian of the Costilla Estates Development ...

  • US Consulate General Book 7; pg. 28, 29, 30 

    Date:undated
    United States Consulate General, Book 7; pg. 28, 29, 30; typed and handwritten draft

  • Taylor vs. Ralph Maestas, District Court civil action no. 1586 

    Author(s):Conour, Richard E.
    Date:1970
    District Court for the County of Costilla, Civil Action No. 1586, Ralph Maestas, Petitioner, vs. Jack T. Taylor, Jr., Respondent: Findings of fact and conclusions of law; Judgment

  • Trinchera Estate Co. vs. J.C.L. Valdez et al. 

    Author(s):Holbrook, Chas C.
    Date:undated
    County of Costilla, District Court, No. 5042, The Trinchera Estate Company, Plaintiff vs. J. C. L. Valdez, et al., Defendants: Decree

  • List of defendants in Taylor vs. Pablita Jaquez 

    Date:1962
    List of defendants in Taylor vs. Pablita Jaquez: Complete and correct list of all original answers to interrogatories filed, as discovered on examination of court file on July 24, 1962 (2 copies, 1 is annotated); List of ...

  • Eugene Tepley correspondence 

    Author(s):Teplay, Eleanor; Seavy, V. G., Jr.; Gochnauer, H. Wallis
    Date:1966-1967
    Eugene Tepley correspondence includes letters by Eleanor Tepley and discussion of Jacob Sanchez et al. vs. J. T. Taylor, Jr., Judge Chilson, Beaubien, Gilpin, Costilla County, grazing, settlers rights, and a "Beaubien Deed"

  • Transcript: Taylor vs. Pablita Jaquez, et al. - official transcript vol. II, U.S. District Court no. 6904 

    Date:1966
    U.S. District Court, Civil Action No. 6904, J. T. Taylor, Jr., Plaintiff, vs. Pablita Jaquez, et al., Defendants: Official transcript of trial proceedings, volume II

  • Individuals who testified in the 1960's - Tepley notes 

    Date:undated
    Eugene Tepley notes of individuals who testified in the 1960's

  • Transcript: Taylor vs. Pablita Jaquez, et al. - official transcript vol. I, U.S. District Court no. 6904 

    Date:1966
    U.S. District Court, Civil Action No. 6904, J. T. Taylor, Jr., Plaintiff, vs. Pablita Jaquez, et al., Defendants: Official transcript of trial proceedings, volume I

  • Transcript of proceeding on appeal, U.S. District Court no. 6904 

    Author(s):Jones, Elvin V.; Scoggin, Charline K.
    Date:1966
    Official transcripts of proceedings on appeal for the U.S. District Court, Civil Action No. 6904, J. T. Taylor, Jr., plaintiff, vs. Pablita Jaquez, et al., defendants

  • Taylor vs. Jaquez, U.S. District Court no. 6904 

    Date:1961-1965
    U.S. District Court no. 6904: J. T. Taylor, Jr., Plaintiff vs. Pablita Jaquez, et al., Defendants: Answer; Motion for summary judgment; Affidavit; Supplemental findings of fact and conclusion of law; Order; Motion to amend ...

  • Eugene Tepley - Law notes 

    Author(s):Tepley, Eugene H.
    Date:undated
    Eugene Tepley - Law notes include multiple references of various cases and related history pertaining to Disturnell's map, Spain, Mexico, Beaubien, Maxwell land grant, Treaty of Velasco, the Kearny Code, New Mexico, land ...

  • Aspen Lake transaction 

    Date:undated
    Aspen Lake - Taylor Ranch transactions is a list of land track transactions from J. T. Taylor to various individuals

  • Tepley's trial notes 

    Author(s):Tepley, Eugene H.; Chilson, Hatfield
    Date:1961; undated
    Tepley's trial notes include: handwritten notes on the appeal summary judgement argument for June 22, 1964, pasture ground, testimony of Jacob Sanchez and Lucero, and roads; a copy of Civil Action No. 6904, Order, J. T. ...

  • LRC research 

    Author(s):Land Rights Council
    Date:1979; undated
    LRC [Land Rights Council] research includes: What has the Land Rights Council accomplished?, Historical and legal research, The Sangre De Cristo Grant, Brief bibliography, Weekly activity report submitted by Jonathan La ...

  • Tepley resource list 

    Author(s):Tepley, Eugene H.
    Date:undated
    Tepley resource annotated list of names

  • Local research outline 

    Date:undated
    Local research handwritten outline mentions Sangre de Cristo Grant, Narcisco Beaubien, San Luis de Cuelebra and Costilla Rivers, Costilla, Ferdinand Meyer, William Blackmore Papers, William Gilpin, and Faustin Medina

  • Sanchez vs. Taylor, U.S. Court of Appeals no. 8600 

    Author(s):Tepley, Eugene H.
    Date:1966
    U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, No. 8600, Jacob Sanchez, et al., Appellants, vs. J. T. Taylor, Jr., Appellee: Reply brief of Appellants Jacob Sanchez, et al., due and filed December 12, 1966

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