Grant County, NM in the 1940s
Documented people, places, organizations, events, and things active in this decade. Every entry cites primary sources from the corpus.
People (34)
Killed in action in the South Pacific on March 18, 1944, during the initial landing with the First Cavalry in the Admiralty Islands; a graduate of the class of …
a.k.a. Pudgy
Institute Chaplain who made the invocation at graduation.
a.k.a. Dr. Austin D. Crile
Veteran polo player from Roswell.
Charles E. Brown is a male veteran who served in the United States Navy during World War II, including in the Pacific Theater.
a.k.a. brown, charles e.
Superintendent of New Mexico Military Institute who announced honors and signed the alumni letter.
a.k.a. Colonel Pearson
First native-born Hispanic elected to the U.S. Senate, served from 1936 to 1962.
a.k.a. Dennis Chávez
Pioneer of southwestern New Mexico who helped organize a hospital in Silver City's mining camp and died at age 90.
a.k.a. Elizabeth C. L. Warren, Elizabeth von Wachenhusen, Elizabeth von achcnhuscn
Cadet Major who delivered the valedictory address.
a.k.a. Cadet Major F. H. H. King
Incumbent president defeated in the New Mexico Military Institute straw ballot by Thomas Dewey.
a.k.a. F. D. R., President
Presented the diplomas in the absence of Governor Dempsey.
Polled .1 per cent in the New Mexico Military Institute straw ballot.
a.k.a. Mr. Harry Byrd
Valedictorian of the graduating class in 1946.
a.k.a. Cadet Lieutenant Hilton Hatchett Howell
President of the Board of Regents who presented the honorary diploma to General Allen.
a.k.a. Mr. H. M. Dow
Judge from Portales who delivered an address at the graduation.
a.k.a. Judge J. C. Compton
Governor who sent a telegram expressing disappointment at not attending the ceremony.
a.k.a. Governor John J. Dempsey
Member of the N.M.M.I. polo team, son of Tom Mather.
a.k.a. young John Mather
Accompanist at the Baccalaureate service.
a.k.a. Sergeant Lee Henrichs
Author of a column titled 'To The Femmes' in the Pup Tent.
Pioneer and school superintendent in Silver City who used a masculine signature.
a.k.a. M. R. Koehler, Miss Koehler, Koehler Wright
Played Joan of Arc in the Maid of Orleans pageant and sang in the baccalaureate quartet.
a.k.a. Mrs. H. P. Saunders, Jr., Mrs. H. P. Saunders
Violin obbligato performer at the Baccalaureate service.
Cadet Captain from El Paso commanding G Troop.
a.k.a. Cadet Capt. O. E. Egbert
Ichthyologist who wrote a note in 1945 stating that three specimens were the types of Gila robusta.
A technical sergeant in the Army Air Forces/Corps during World War II, involved in Operation Overlord and stationed in multiple states.
Member of the N.M.M.I. polo team, son of General Allen.
a.k.a. young Terry Allen
Major General who delivered the commencement address and received an honorary diploma in 1946.
a.k.a. Major General Terry de la Mesa Allen, General Allen
Republican presidential candidate favored in a straw ballot by the cadets at New Mexico Military Institute.
a.k.a. Thos. E. Dewey
Colonel and commander of Boling Field, Washington, D.C., and veteran polo player.
a.k.a. Col. Tom Hastey
Member of the N.M.M.I. polo team, son of Col. Tom Hastey.
a.k.a. young Tom Hastey
Veteran polo player from Lubbock, Texas.
New president of the alumni association in 1946.
Captured 62.2 per cent of the vote in the 1940 New Mexico Military Institute straw ballot.
a.k.a. Wendell L. Willkie
Cadet organist who played at the Baccalaureate service and broadcast organ numbers.
a.k.a. Cadet W. P. Brown
Member of the N.M.M.I. polo team.
Places (2)
New Mexico is the state where Columbus and the Lower Mimbres Valley are located, and where the Panama-California Exposition features local agricultural achievem…
Pinos Altos is a mining area in southwestern New Mexico Territory, located east of the site where Bullard and Hudson discovered silver in 1870.
Organizations (3)
A newspaper published in Deming, New Mexico, with issues spanning from 1903 to 1948 and microfilm archives held by the Library of Congress.
a.k.a. Deming headlight (Deming, N.M. : 1881), Deming graphic and the Deming headlight
The Library of Congress (LoC) is an organization; available claims lack substantive information.
a.k.a. LoC
The New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell, New Mexico, is advertised as a military school established and supported by the territory.
a.k.a. THE NEW MEXICO Military Instituted, THE MILITARY SCHOOL OF NEW MEXICO
Events (1)
Things (6)
Bill introduced by Dennis Chavez in 1944 to prohibit employment discrimination.
a.k.a. bill to prohibit employment discrimination
Scholarship established by Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Allen in memory of their son Arthur Jr., valued at $200, awarded to a Fourth Class cadet at New Mexico Militar…
A handmade cheese press from the Mexican Period, associated with wood-carving traditions in New Mexico.
The Library of Congress holds a nitrate negative with identifier 2017742204. No further details about its content or provenance are provided.
a.k.a. nitrate negative, 35 mm nitrate negative
A safety film negative photograph from the United States, stored at the Library of Congress.
A flag with a white field and red border, bearing one gold star and one blue star, representing casualties and alumni in service.
a.k.a. service flag