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| The William Aloysisus Keleher Papers have, more | | | | The collection mainly includes documents |
| or less, covered almost all the memorable events | | | | engendered or gathered by William A. Keleher and |
| and celebrations of William Aloysius Keleher and | | | | his predecessors/successors. A big chunk of the |
| his family, ranging from 1714 to 1999. The main | | | | material belongs to his business and civil activities |
| source of this information was William himself. | | | | in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The W.A. Keleher |
| Therefore, it is pretty safe to opine that the | | | | collection is categorized into two series, 1) W.A. |
| papers are authentic, and does not contain any | | | | Keleher papers and 2) Keleher Family Papers. |
| false information whatsoever. | | | | The literary works within the William A. Keleher |
| The collection contained different kind of materials | | | | papers include edited manuscripts, related |
| belonging to the history of New Mexico. William A. | | | | materials, drafts/revisions and correspondence |
| Keleher, a historian himself, conducted extensive | | | | with publishers regarding editing tasks. The |
| research on the territorial era of the state and | | | | sub-series include documents like scrapbooks, |
| came up with impressive findings. As a high profile | | | | newspaper clippings, drafts, invoice etc. that were |
| citizen of the state in his time, William A. | | | | related to William A. Keleher’s literary |
| Keleher’s sincere efforts and deeds helped | | | | works. The files have important information from |
| shape the modern condition of the particular area. | | | | the highly acclaimed Keleher books (Violence in |
| A big chunk of the documents pertaining to his | | | | Lincoln County, Memoirs, The Fabulous Frontier |
| research, career and various interests have been | | | | etc). |
| included in this impressive collection. The collection | | | | There are also miscellaneous short writings and |
| is tagged as MSS 742 BC and it comes in 40 | | | | speeches in the collection: William A. Keleher not |
| boxes that are just over twenty five cubic feet. | | | | only made his point of view known through his full |
| The languages used were English and Spanish. | | | | length manuscripts, but also through the short |
| Regarding the restrictions, it has been mentioned | | | | writings and speeches. Being the golden son of |
| that the collection is open to all for research | | | | New Mexico, he used to speak for groups |
| purposes. However, the copy restrictions are a | | | | throughout the state on a regular basis. The |
| little stringent. Only limited duplication of the | | | | topics that were involved in the discourse ranged |
| manuscript and print materials are permitted for | | | | from historical issues to patriotism. His short-length |
| research. The Keleher family still owns every right | | | | writings included lengthier essays and newspaper |
| to the writings of W.A. Keleher and his | | | | articles, several of which were directly related to |
| successors. For all copyright compliance, the user | | | | New Mexico history. |