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Mormon Difficulties at Tuba City in the Hopi Country, Arizona Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MS-562

Scope and Contents

This collection contains correspondence, legal documents, drawings, and maps from 1894-1902 regarding charges that polygamous Mormons forced Hopi Indians from land and water that they had used for years. Materials consist of 18 letters, 15 legal documents, 2 drawings and maps in a scrapbook. Names on a list of Mormons at Tuba include Ashton Nebeker, J.L. Foutz, Bishop L.D. Brinkerhoff, J.H. Lee Jr. and Sr., Henry Despain, Wm. Hunt Sr. and Jr., Fred Tanner (post master), S.B. Tanner, Earnest Lee, J.A. Allen, Steve Heward, John Tanner, Joe Tanner.

Dates

  • 1894-1902

Creator

Access

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Use

Copyright has not been assigned to the Autry Museum of the American West. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Research Services and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Autry Museum of the American West as the custodian of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Extent

0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

This collection contains correspondence, legal documents, drawings, and maps from 1894-1902 regarding charges that polygamous Mormons forced Hopi Indians from land and water that they had used for years.

Acquisition

Donation from Richard Van Valkenburgh, 1942 June.

Related Archival Materials

MSS SC 805, Mormon difficulties at Tuba City in the Hopi country, Arizona, 1895-1903, Harold B. Lee Library, BYU.

Processing history

Processed by Glenna Schroeder, circa 1977-1981. Final processing and finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012 October 5, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).
Title
Finding Aid to the Mormon Difficulties at Tuba City in the Hopi Country, Arizona Scrapbook
Status
Completed
Author
Holly Rose Larson
Date
2012 October 5
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the Library and Archives at the Autry Repository

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