xt7hmg7fv494 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7hmg7fv494/data/mets.xml New Mexico Historical Records Survey United States. Work Projects Administration. Division of Professional and Service Projects National Archives (U.S.) Survey of Federal Archives (U.S.) New Mexico New Mexico Historical Records Survey United States. Work Projects Administration. Division of Professional and Service Projects National Archives (U.S.) Survey of Federal Archives (U.S.) 1940 34 l. 28 cm. UK holds archival copy for ASERL Collaborative Federal Depository Library Program libraries and the Federal Information Preservation Network. Call Number FW 4.14:F 317/ser.12/no.30 books English Albuquerque, N.M. This digital resource may be freely searched and displayed in accordance with U. S. copyright laws. New Mexico Works Progress Administration Publications United States. Veterans Administration--Archives--Catalogs New Mexico--History--Sources--Catalogs Archives--New Mexico--Catalogs Pensions, Military--New Mexico Inventory of Federal Archives in the States. Series XII. Veterans Administration. No. 30. New Mexico, 1940 text Inventory of Federal Archives in the States. Series XII. Veterans Administration. No. 30. New Mexico, 1940 1940 1940 2020 true xt7hmg7fv494 section xt7hmg7fv494

INVENTORY

OF FEDERAL ARCHIVES IN THE STATES

SERIES XII

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
NEW MEXICO

No. 30

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PRESERVATION

INVENTORY OF FEDERAL ARCHIVES IN THE STATES

Prepared by

The Federal Archives Unit
of the
New Mexico Historical Records Survey
Division of Professional and Service Projects
Work Projects Administration

University of New Mexico
Sponsor

The National Archives
Cooperating Sponsor

SERIES XII. VETERANS' ADI‘JTINISTRATION

NO. 50. NEW MEXICO

Albuquerque, New Mexico
The New Mexico Historical Records Survey
October 1940

The Historical Records Survey Program

Philip M. Hamer, Assistant Director in charge
of the Inventory of Federal'Archives

Robert H. Slover, Regional Director

Herbert O. Brayer, State Supervisor

Research and Records Section

Harvey E. Becknell, Director
Robert H. Slover, Regional Supervisor
Herman Daugherty, Chief, Research and Records, (New Mexico)

Division of Professional and Service Projects

Florence Kerr, Assistant Commissioner
Vary H. Isham, Chief Regional Supervisor
Isabel L. Eckles, State Director

WORKS PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION

F. C. Harrington, Commissioner
R. L. Nicholson, Regional Director
James J. Connelly, State Administrator

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PREFACE

The Inventory of Federal Archives in the States is one of the products
of the Survey of Federal Archives, which operated as a Nation—wide project
of the work Progress Administration from January 1, 1956 to June 30, 1957,
and has been continued since that date as a unit of the historical Records
Survey, which also operated as a Hation~wide project of the works Progress
Administration until September 1, 1959 when it was reorganized as a group

of state projects of the work Projects Administration.

The plan for the organization of the Inventory is as follows: Series
I consists of reports on tie administration of the Survey, acknowledgments,
and,genera1 discussions of the location, condition, and content of Federal
Archives in the states. Succeeding series contain the detailed information
secured by workers of the Survey, in inventory form, a separate series
number bcine assigned to each of the executive deparnnents (except the
Department of State) and other major units of the Federal Goveniment. Within
each series No. l is a general introduction to the field organization and
records of the governmental agency concerned; the succeeding numbers eon-
tain the inventory proper, separate numbers being assigned to each state
in alphabetical order. Thus, in each series, the inventory for Alabama is
No. 2, that for Arizona No. 5, that for Arkansas No. h, etc. For a comr
plete list of publications issued by the New Mexico Historical Records
Survey, see page 5h.

For each local office information regarding each series, or unit of
related records, is presented in the following order: title, inclusive
dates (”to date" indicating an open file at the time the information was
secured), general description of informational content, description of
the system of filing or indexing (if any), a statement of frequency and
purpose of use, form of the record itself (bound volumes, sheets in
folders, etc.), linear footage, description of the containers, physical
condition of the records (not stated if satisfactory), location by room
number or other identifying information, and finally, the number of the
Form 588A on which this information was originally recorded by'a Survey
worker and from which it was abstracted for the Inventory. This form is
on file in the National Archives.

In New Mexico the work of the original Survey was under the direction
of Professor Lansing B. Bloom, Regional Director, with Major J. H. Toulouse
'as Assistant from its inception until the first of June 1937. At that
time New Mexico was added to the territory under the supervision of Mr.
Clifford M. Sublette, Director of the Survey of Federal Archives in
Colorado and.Wyoming. Upon the tennination of the Federal Project on
June 30, 1957, Mr. Sublettc, who became State Director of the Historical
Records Survey in Colorado, remained in charge of the preparation of the
Inventory of Federal Archives for New Mexico. A unit of the Historical
Records Survey in New Mexico has Jeen engaged in field work on Federal
Archives under the supervision of Dean George P. Hammond, Director, and
his recent successor Herbert O. Brayer, State Supervisor.

This Inventory of the Veterans Administration was prepared in the

Preface

state headquarters of the Historical ReCords Survey, at Albuquerque, under
the direction of the State Supervisor. Editing was under the supervision
of John %. Hover. Typing and stenciling was completed under the direction
of Zenaida Clguin. This inventory was edited oefore publication by liss
Elizabeth Edwards of the Washington office.

All inquiries concerning the New Eewico Federal ﬂrchives Inventories
should be directed to Herbert G. Brayer, State Supervisor, Historical
Records Survey, Pox 90, University of er Ferioo, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Herbert O. ?rayer
State Supervisor
New Yexico Historical Records Survey

Albuquerque, UGW'Fexico
October l9hO

CONTENTS

ALBUQUERQUE

Veterans Administration Combined Facility......................
Adjudication Division........... ...........................
Chief Attorney, Office of the..........v..g...p.............
Finance Division..............9.9...........................
Vanager, Office of the......................................
Contact Unit.............................n...............
General Files............................................
Personnel Unit.....................c.....................
Hedical Division.............................o..............
Chief Medical Officer....................................
Clinical Unit............................................
Dental Unit...........................q........o.........
General Fedical and Surgical Ward........................
Occupational Therapy and Recreation Unit.................
Out—Patient Unit.........................................
Pharmacy.................................................
Physio—therapy Unit.................:.......9...‘........
Receiving ward...........................................
Tuberculosis ward........................................
X—Ray Laboratory.........................................
Supply Division.............................................
Transportation Unit......................................
Utility Division............................................

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Veterans Administration Facility.........................n.....
Finance Division............................................
Manager, Office of the.o....................................

Personnel Unit...........................................
Medical Division............................................
Clinical Director, Office of the.........................
Clinical Lacoratory........o.............................
Clinical Records in storage..............................
Consultation Room Records................................
Dental Unit........................o.....................
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VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION COMBINED FACILITY

A subdistrict office of the Veterans' Bureau was established in
Albuquerque in 1921 or 1922. It became a regional office in 192h.
On August 22, 1952 a newly built hospital of The Veterans' Administra—
tion was opened and the regional office was combined with it. The
Combined Facility is ideally located on the mesa at the base of the
Sandia Hountains, five miles southeast of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Its records and files are in excellent order; no archival material
is sent to washington, but from time to time authority is received
from_Washington to destroy certain old and obsolete copies of case
records, compensation claims, etc.

Apparently there are no records at the Facility dated before 1952.
Inactive records of the former regional office have been sent to the
Veterans' Administration Supply Depot at Perry Point, Maryland.

Stored there are forty linear feet of duplicate papers and rehabili-
tation folders from the date of the filing of the first claim in
Albuquerque to January 7, 1952; also sixteen linear feet of memorandum
copies of vouchers, dated July l92h.to June 1950. For further in-
formation about these records, see Series XII, The Veterans' Adminis—
tration, No. 19, Maryland. '

Adjudication Division

l. ADJUDICATION SERVICE FILES, 1952 to date. Service letters,
administrative orders, correspondence with veterans, records of minors
of veterans - both deceased and living; minors attending school and
progress made; miscellaneous correspondence and data pertaining to
adjudication matters. Filed chronologically. (Daily, official.)

8% x 11 folders, 5 ft., in 5 steel filing drawers. R. 155. (bio)

Office of the Chief Attorney

2. ACTIVE INCOMPETENT CASES, 1952 to date. Correspondence
relative to hunnmetent veterans, disposition of their estates, nane
and authority of guardian; bond, surety, dependants, court rulings;
financial reports of guardians. Filed by names of veterans. (Daily,
official.) 8% x 11 folders, 5h ft., in 17 wooden filing drawers.

R. Ina. (hoe)

5. CLOSED CASES, 1952 to date. Correspondence and miscellaneous
data relative to cases of deceased incompetents, whose dependents are
of age or have acquired estates by court order or the inheritance laws
of New Mexico. Filed by names 0f veterans. (Rarely, official.) 8% x
11 folders, h ft., in h steel filing drawers. R. lhB. (hOL)

h. MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE, July 1959 to date. Central Office
correspondence, service letters, circular letters, letters and telegrams

Albuquerque Facility

pertaining to deceased incompetents. Filed by subjects. (Daily,
oﬁfigial.) 8% x 11 folders, 2 ft., in 1 steel filing drawer. R. 1&8.
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Finance Division

5‘ VOUCFERS: 1932 to date. ‘TrﬂVel vouchers, miscellaneous purchases,
miscellaneous expenses. Filed by subject. (Daily, official.) 8% x 11
folders, 10 ft., in 5 steel filing drawers. R. 155. (AGE)

6. MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS, 1932 to date. Correspondence, Comptroller
General's decisions, Veterans Administration regulations, budget and
accounting work sheets, contracts. Filed by subject. (Daily, official.)
8% x 11 folders, 22 ft., in 11 steel filing drawers. R. 155. (h09)

7. MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS, 1932 to date. Card record of miscellaneous
fiscal transactions; salary record cards; current compensation and
pension claims; special requests for meals and lodgings; receipts of
collections made. Filed by subject. (Daily, official.) 5 x 8 cards,
hh ft., in card cabinet and card table. R. 153. (AE7)

Office of the Manager

8. CORRESPONDENCE AHD MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS, July 1958 to date.
General correspondence, reports and miscellaneous records under the
following subjects: Form Cl and 02, personnel reports; cancelled
reports on personnel; resigned and discontinued personnel; annual
physical examinations; veneral inspection reports; consolidated
reports; occupational therapy reports and audit reports; patients'
yearly reports; efficiency ratings; Civil Service Commission ratings;
report of hourly wage paid; black list; increases in salary; U. S.
Civil Service Commission forms; schedule of hours of duty; personnel
correspondence; personal correspondence of manager; trays served to
nurses and attendants; raw food costs; concessionaries; absentee
reports and forms; Form PCB h, personnel reports; applications for
positions; personal funds of patients; clinical clerk's memorandum
reports; memorandums from division chiefs; special orders; station
orders; memorandums from manager to division chiefs; general diet
menus; field service receipts; schedule of collections; maintenance
record reports; chief medical officer's memorandums; station memorandums;
instructions to hospital attendants; sanitary.inspection; memorandums
from chief guard; Veterans Administration service letters; comptroller's
decisions; instruction letters; memorandum receipts; supplies; con—
fidential efficiency reports; impoundment reports; correspondence re-
garding investigations; gold report; dental clinic; memorandums from
utility chief; Goddard Shackelford reports; list of cases taken up
by service officers; Central Office supervisor reports; and letters on
economy. Filed by subjects. (Daily, official.) 8% x ll folders,

10 ft., in 6 steel filing drawers. R. 167. (A21)

Albuquerque Facility

Contact Unit

9. MISCELLANEOUS, 1952 to date. A file of applications for claims;
enrollment in Veterans CCC Camps; and bureau issues. Filed by subject.
(Daily, official.) 8% x 11 folders, h ft., in 2 steel filing drawers.
R. 162. (A20)

General Files

10. MASTER INDEX, 1952 to date. 2 x h cards eonstituting a general
index. Filed alphabetically by patients' names, case numbers and subjects.
(Daily, official.) 570 ft. in steel filing cabinets. R. 25. (he)

11. LOCAL CLAIFB AFD HOSPITALIZATION, 1952 to date. Register of
veterans confined to this hospital who have not been confined in another
hospital. Gives case history, correspondence regarding admittance and
release, perSOnal and physical history, diagnosis reports. 2 x A master
card index, 570 ft. (Daily, official.) 8% x 11 folders, 252 ft., in
25 wooden transfer boxes. R. 25. (591)

12. COMPENSATION CLAIMS, 1952 to date. Copies of claims of veterans
served by this hospital. Gives personal history, physical condition,
type of illness or disability, clinical and Xkray reports, and corres-
pondence pertaining to same. 2 x A master card index, 570 ft. (Daily,
official.) 8% x 11 folders, 928 ft., in 116 steel and 28 wooden filing
drawers. R. 25. (592)

15. "WILLIAM BEAUMONT" RECORDS, 1952 to date. Case histories of
patients transferred to this hospital from.the William Beaumont Hospital,
El Paso, Texas. Case histories, dia noses, type of disability, etc.

2 x A master card index, 370 ft. (Daily, official.) 8% x 12 folders,
12 ft., in 6 steel filing drawers. R. 25. (395)

Personnel Unit

1h. LEAVE RECORDS, 1952 to date. A card record showing amount of
annual and sick leave taken by all employees. Filed alphabetically.
(Occasionally, official.) 5 x 8 cards, 5 ft., in 5 drawars of wood
card cabinet. R. 167. (582)

15. PERSONNEL RECORDS, 1952 to date. Applications for positions
and promotions; personal descriptions and histories; general personnel
correspondence. Filed alphabetically by names of employees. (Daily,
official.) 8% x 11 folders, 12 ft., in 6 steel filing cabinets. R. 167.

(A22)

16. PERSONNEL, (QUARTERS, SUBSISTENCE AND LAUNDRY,) 1952 to date.
Card record of payments of employees for board, room and laundry;
amounts due (if any) from eac} employee. Filed by names of employees.
(Periodically, official.) 5 x 8 cards, 2 ft. 10 in., in 2 drawer card
cabinet. R. 167. (A26)

Albuquerque Facility

17. SERVICE RECORD CARDS, 1932 to date. Card record containing
information.