Fall AlbertB. (1861-1944) Albert B. Fall Family Papers, 1905-1941 Page 1 of 1 Register of the Albert B. Fall Family Papers, 1905-1941 Collection number: Ms 8 Rio Grande Historical Collections, New Mexico State University Library Publication date: November 2000 Contact Information Rio Grande Historical Collections New Mexico State University Library P.O. Box 30006 Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003-8006 Phone: (505) 646-3839 Fax: (505) 646-7477 Email: archives@lib.nmsu.edu URL: http://archives.nmsu.edu Date Processed: November 1976, revised July 2000 C 2000 The Board of Regents. New Mexico State University. All rights reserved. View Collection Summary http://elibrary.unm.edu/oanm/NmLcU/nmlcu1%23ms8/nmlcul%23ms8_ml.html 1/15/2004 Albert B. Fall Family Papers, 1905-1941 Page 1 of 1 View Related Material Biographical Outline Albert Bacon Fall was born November 26, 1861, in Frankfort, Kentucky, to William R. and Edmonia Taylor Fall. Fall attended schools as a child in Nashville, Tennessee, but was primarily self-educated. At age eleven Fall was employed in a cotton factory. As a young man Fall headed west looking for better climate for his lifelong health problems. He lived in Oklahoma and in Texas, and eventually settled in the New Mexico Territory. Between the years 1879-1881, Fall taught school and studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1891 and started his practice in Las Cruces, New Mexico. May 7, 1883, Fall married Emma Garland Morgan in Clarksville, Texas. The couple had four children: a son, John (Jack) Morgan Fall; and three daughters: Alexina Chase, Caroline Everhart, and Jouett Elliott. Both Jack and his sister Caroline died within a week of each other in 1918 from an influenza epidemic that was sweeping the nation. The family home was the Three Rivers Ranch in the Tularosa Basin of New Mexico, which they owned and operated until the property was foreclosed by E. L. Doheny in 1929. The Falls also maintained a home in El Paso, Texas. In the 1890s, Fall became involved in New Mexico Territorial politics and was elected to the New Mexico Territorial House of Representatives. He served as an associate justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court and for two terms as attorney-general. Fall also took part in the 1911 convention which framed the constitution for the state of New Mexico. In 1912, Fall was elected one of the first United States senators for the state of New Mexico. He served as senator until 1921 when President Harding appointed him Secretary of the Interior. While in this capacity, Fall was instrumental in leasing government oil reserves at Teapot Dome, Wyoming, and Elk Hills, California, activities that led to conspiracy and bribery investigations and trials from 1924- 1929. Fall was convicted and served nine months at the State Prison in Santa Fe, New Mexico, for accepting a $100, 000 bribe from Edward L. Doheny. Doheny was acquitted of the bribery charges brought against him. Fall, his family, and his friends always maintained that he was innocent. Emma Fall died in 1943, apparently after a period of hospitalization. Fall died November 30, 1944, in El Paso, Texas, after a long illness. View Scope and Content http://elibrary.unm.edu/oanm/NmLcU/nmlcu1%23ms8/nmlcu1%23ms8_m5.html 1/15/2004 Albert B. Fall Papers, 1851-1927 (bulk 1922-1927) Page 1 of 1 View Relevant Secondary Sources Documentary Citations Fall, Albert B. The Memoirs of Albert B. Fall. David H. Stratton, ed., El Paso: Texas Western Press, 1966. Budke, Maralyn. Albert B. Fall in New Mexico, 1888-1912. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico, Thesis (M. A.), 1961. View Access Terms http://elibrary.unm.edu/oanm/NmU/nmu1%23mss131bc/nmu1%23mss131bc_m8.htm 1/15/2004 Albert B. Fall Family Papers, 1905-1941 Page 1 of 1 View Administrative Information Related Material Albert Bacon Fall Papers, 1887-1941 Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California. Albert Bacon Fall Papers, 1916-1927 University of New Mexico Library, Albuquerque. Albert Bacon Fall Papers, 1912-1941 Washington State University Library, Pullman. View Biographical Outline http://elibrary.unm.edu/oanm/NmLcU/nmlcu1%23ms8/nmlcu1%23ms8_m4.html 1/15/2004 AMC[stephen tyng mather(1,1017,2,3,3,3,4,6,5,100,6,1]] (3-1) Page 1 of 2 Records 3 through 3 of 14 returned. Author: Fall, Albert B. (Albert Bacon) , 1861-1944. Title: Papers of Albert B. Fall, 1887-1941. Description: 55,000 pieces. Notes: Albert B. Fall, senator from New Mexico (1912-21) and secretary of the Interior (1921-23), came to the West from his native Kentucky, entered the field of law, purchased a large cattle ranch, and entered New Mexico politics. He was one of the state's first senators and chairman of the Senate Subcommittee Investigating Mexican Affairs. As secretary of the Interior he concentrated his efforts on the development of the nation's resources, such as the controversy over Alaskan resources, the transfer from the Forestry Bureau to the Interior Department, the building of Boulder Dam, and the leasing of the Elk Hills (CA) and Teapot Dome (WY) Naval Oil Reserves. These oil leases ended his career and Fall, deemed guilty of having accepted a bribe, was sentenced to prison and died in 1944. Collection contains letters and documents related to the following subjects: Fall's terms of office as senator for New Mexico and secretary of the Interior (1912-23), family affairs (1907-41), and personal business (1912-23) politics and government (both in New Mexico and on a national level); New Mexico (especially land, water, forest, and mineral questions) ; Mexico (including the testimony before the U. S. Senate Subcommittee Investigating Mexican Affairs) ; reclamation projects (especially the Colorado River Project and Elephant Butte Dam) ; Indian Affairs (particularly with the Apache, Navajo, and Pueblo tribes) ; Alaska. Significant persons represented in the collection include: Holm Olaf Bursum (31 pieces), Thomas Benton Catron (5), George Curry (20) Harry Micajah Daugherty (15), Henry Ossian Flipper (25) , Warren Gamaliel Harding (25), Herbert Clark Hoover (10), Charles Evans Hughes (23), Franklin Knight Lane (24), Robert Lansing (21), Henry Cabot Lodge (13), Stephen Tyng Mather (10), Theodore Roosevelt (10), Woodrow Wilson (15) Mahlon T. Everhart, Jr. gift, 1952-63. Unpublished finding aid available in repository. Guide to American historical manuscripts in the Huntington Library (San Marino, Calif. : H. E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, 1979) Subjects: Fall, Albert B. (Albert Bacon), 1861-1944. United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. United States. Dept. of the Interior. Cabinet officers -- United States -- Archives. Legislators -- United States -- Archives. Oil industries -- West (U. ) Teapot Dome Scandal, 1921-1920 -- History -- Sources. tp://lcweb.loc.gov/cgi-bin/zgate?pres.../rlinamc3.html,zinc.rlg.org,200%26AUTH%3drlinam 7/6/2004 AMC[stephen tyng mather[1,1017,2,3,3,3,4,6,5,100,6,1]] (3-1) Page 2 of 2 Indians of North America -- New Mexico. Natural resources -- West (U.S.) Conservation of natural resources -- West (U.S.) Water reuse -- New Mexico. New Mexico -- Politics and government -- 1848-1950. Mexico -- History -- Revolution, 1910-1920. United States -- Foreign relations -- Mexico. Mexico -- Foreign relations -- United States. New Mexico -- History -- 1848- Sources. Letters (correspondence) -- United States -- 19th century. aat Letters (correspondence) -- United States -- 20th century. aat 1887-1941. 1941. Other authors: Bursum, Holm Olaf. Catron, Thomas Benton, 1840-1921. Curry, George, 1861-1947. Daugherty, H.M. (Harry Micajah), 1860-1941. Flipper, Henry Ossian, 1856-1940. Harding, Warren G. , (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923. Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964. Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948. Lane, Franklin K. Lansing, Robert, 1864-1928. Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924. Mather, Stephen Tyng, 1867-1930. Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924. Location: Huntington Library Manuscripts Dept. 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108. 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