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Prieto and Maíz Family Business Records

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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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The Prieto and Maíz families developed business enterprises--mining and ranching--in northern Mexico (Chihuahua state) during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

The collection consists of the records of a large business conglomerate in northern Mexico founded by Pedro R. Prieto and owned by branches of the Prieto family, including Maíz family members, for three generations: financial and legal documents, maps, business and personal correspondence, and printed materials relating to their mining, urban, and rural properties. Extensive documentation of the mining industry in Mexico before, during, and after the Díaz Era (1876-1911) emphasizes how U.S. investment played an important role. Broad subject coverage focuses on the political and socioeconomic regional history of Mexico during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Prieto women demonstrate great acumen in managing the businesses of the Prieto Estate.

Organized into the following record groups: I. Mining--Financial Papers, Legal Papers, Maps; II. Urban--Legal Papers, Financial Papers, Maps, Miscellaneous; III. Rural--Legal and Financial Papers for Individual Properties; IV. The Prieto Estate (Intestamentaria)--Legal and Financial Papers; V. Miscellaneous--Personal Correspondence and General Financial Papers.

The collection comes from Pedro J. Maíz (Princeton Class of 1977), the great grandson of Pedro R. Prieto, founder of the Prieto Maíz business empire.

A checklist of the collection (including a genealogy of the Prieto family) is available in the Department.

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Folder inventory prepared by Peter Runfola '2012.

No appraisal information is available.

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2008
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Collection Inventory

Taxes, State, 1927-1943. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Taxes, Income, 1907- 1966. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Taxes, Mining, 1890-1974. 5 folders.
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5 folders

Receipts and Invoices, 1899-1968. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Expenditure Reports, 1903-1938. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Statements, Corporate, 1907-1964. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Statements, Settlement, 1908-1939. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Statements, Banking, 1899-1967. 2 folders.
Physical Description

2 folders

Loans, 1932-1942. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Coorespondence, 1898-1966. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Ore Tests and Rates, 1899-1908. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Royalties, 1934-1974. 7 folders.
Physical Description

7 folders

Affidavits, Contracts and Deeds, 1877-1928. 3 folders.
Physical Description

3 folders

Corporate Records (e.g. Minutes, Lists, and Notices), 1927-1961. 2 folders.
Physical Description

2 folders

Affidavits, Contracts and Deeds, 1930-1961. 3 folders.
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3 folders

Mining Titles, 1899-1927. 2 folders.
Physical Description

2 folders

Mining Claims, 1890-1903. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Litigations, 1897-1937. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Consultant Reports, 1900-1924. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Coorespondence, 1888-1969. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Maps, 1894-1945. 2 folders.
Physical Description

2 folders

Maps, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Contracts and Deeds, 1760-1954. 4 folders.
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4 folders

Affidavits, 1897-1945. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Litigations, 1911-1928. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Taxes, 1927-1951. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Receipts, 1896-1928. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Maps, 1918-1945. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Miscellaneous, 1891-1958. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Ojo de Federico, Legal, Inventory of Documents, 1934. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Ojo de Federico, Legal, Land Description and Title, 1886-1906. 3 folders.
Physical Description

3 folders

Ojo de Federico, Legal, Division of Property, 1941. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Ojo de Federico, Legal, Accounts, 1927-1943. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Ojo de Federico, Legal, Expropriation, 1921-1943. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Ojo de Federico, Legal, Land Rental, 1904-1928. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Ojo de Federico, Legal, Rental Agreement with Richard A. Morris, 1931-1936. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Ojo de Federico, Legal, Water Rights, Inventory of Documents, 1934. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Ojo de Federico, Legal, Water Rights, 1890-1936. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Ojo de Federico, Legal, Miscellaneous, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Ojo de Federico, Topographical Map, 1901. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Ojo de Federico, Financial, Tax, 1931-1932. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Ojo de Federico, Financial, Accounts, 1899-1960. 3 folders.
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3 folders

Colonia de la Ascensión, Financial, Tax Payments, 1902-1904. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

La Ascensión, Financial, Tax, 1937. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Colonia de la Ascensión, Legal, Land Description, 1880-1901. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

La Ascensión, Legal, Land Description and Title, 1928. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Colonia de la Ascensión, Land Titles and Sales to Pedro R. Prieto, Original Land Grants by Porfirio Díaz, 1887-1901. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Colonia de la Ascensión, Land Titles, 1901. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Colonia de la Ascensión, Land Titles, 1893-1909. 2 folders.
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2 folders

Colonia de la Ascensión, Legal: Suits over Title, 1901. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

La Ascensión, Legal, Water Rights, 1891. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

El Esparceño, Water Rights, 1884-1943. 2 folders.
Physical Description

2 folders

Companía Ganadera Ojo de Federico, Legal, Articles of Incorporation, Miscellaneous, 1943. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Financial, 1949-1964. 5 folders.
Physical Description

5 folders

El Alamo, Legal, Land Description and Sale, 1890-1904. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

La Bajada, Legal, Land Description and Title, 1901. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Las Bocas, Legal, Land Description and Title, 1901. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

La Despedida, Legal, Description of Land and Title, 1903. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Laguna de Guzmán, Legal, Description of Land and Title [Formerly named Laguna de la Ascensión], 1903. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Mala Noche; San Miguel; Durasno: Santa Eulália, Legal, Land Description and Title, 1880-1883. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

La Monilla, El Huérfano, or El Socialista, Legal, Accounts, 1909. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Oro de Ascensión, La Bajada, Cerros de Don Diego, Legal, Land Description and Title, 1899. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Ojo de Ascensión, Legal, Land Description and Title, 1881-1886. 2 folders.
Physical Description

2 folders

Ojo de Federico and Ojo de la Ascensión, Legal, Water Rights, 1901. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Ojo de Federico, Ojo de Ascensión and La Bajada, Legal, Land Description and Sale, 1899. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Santa Ana del Torreón, Financial, Product Sales Aggreement, 1907. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Santa Catalina, Financial, 1942. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Santiago, Legal, Land Description and Title, 1891-1916. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Miscellaneous, Legal, Water Rights, 1902. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Miscellaneous, Financial, Accounts, 1899-1901. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Miscellaneous, Legal, Land Description, 1887-1891. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Miscellaneous, Legal, Land Description and Title, Bouquet and Prieto, 1888-1900. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Miscellaneous, Legal, Land Description and Title, Oscollo, 1917-1918. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Legal Papers, 1900-1939. 3 folders.
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3 folders

Financial Papers, 1903-1949. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Papers of the Attorney, 1902-1922. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Inventory, 1881-1908. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Miscellaneous Papers, 1822-1943. 4 folders.
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4 folders

Miscellaneous, 1882-1963. 4 folders.
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4 folders

Check Stubs, 1899-1929. 3 folders.
Physical Description

3 folders

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