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Contributing Institution:
Library and Archives at the Autry
Title: Philatelic Collection
Creator:
Tufts, Charlotte
Identifier/Call Number: MS.518
Physical Description:
1.3 Linear Feet
(3 albums, 1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1861-1983
Abstract: Items in this collection date from 1861-1983 and include stamps, covers or envelopes, newspaper clippings, typed articles,
and correspondence. Materials include an envelope collection of covers from 1861 that mostly deal with politics, race relations,
and the Civil War; stamps, covers, articles, and clippings spanning 1961-1969 and regarding mostly the American West, Native
Americans, and Mexico. Materials in this binder originate from the Czech Republic, Mexico, and the United States.
Language of Material:
English
.
This collection of stamps, envelopes, and related items was started by Southwest Museum librarian, Charlotte Tufts in 1966.
Items in the collection were accessioned between 1954 and 1983. Items in the collection date from 1861-1983 and include stamps,
covers or envelopes, newspaper clippings, typed articles, and correspondence.
The collection consists of four loose-leaf binders and one separate vertical file. Three of the binders hold an envelope collection
of covers from 1861 that mostly deal with politics, race relations, and the Civil War. One binder contains stamps, covers,
articles, and clippings spanning 1961-1969 and regarding mostly the American West, Native Americans, and Mexico. Materials
in this binder originate from the Czech Republic, Mexico, and the United States. The vertical file contains one stamp produced
in 1953 depicting the 1853 Gadsden Purchase, and was donated to the Southwest Museum by Dr. B. Sacks, 1954 June.
Processed by Glenna Schroeder, circa 1977-1981. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012
September 28, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).
Philatelic Collection, 1861-1983, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.518; [folder number] [folder
title][date].
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.
Appointments to view materials are required. To make an appointment please visit
https://theautry.org/research-collections/library-and-archives and fill out the Researcher Application Form.
Donations from Dr. B. Sacks, 1954 June; Dr. V. S. Karpenko, 1966 June; Dr. Emil Holub; E. St. Vraz; and Southwest Museum Librarian
Charlotte Tufts.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Collectibles
Indians of North America
Clippings
Correspondence
Stamp collections
Mexico -- History -- Collectibles
Indians of North America -- History
Envelopes
Stamps
United States -- Politics and government