Finding Aid to the Robert T. Hill Cabeza de Vaca's Route Collection MS.851

Holly Rose Larson
Library and Archives at the Autry
2012 December 12
210 South Victory Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91502
rroom@theautry.org


Contributing Institution: Library and Archives at the Autry
Title: Robert T. Hill Cabeza de Vaca's Route Collection
Creator: Hill, Robert Thomas
Identifier/Call Number: MS.851
Physical Description: 0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Date (inclusive): 1930-1931
Abstract: This is a collection of Robert T. Hill's correspondence, notes, and maps on Cabeza de Vaca's Route across North America between 1528 and 1535. Most correspondence is addressed to Frederick Webb Hodge, with one piece addressed to Dr. H. E. Bolton of University of California, Berkeley. Materials are from 1930-1931.
Language of Material: English .

Related Archival Materials

MS.7.MAI.1302, Robert T. Hill correspondence in the Frederick Webb Hodge Manuscript Collection, 1880-1956, Autry Museum of the American West.

Scope and Contents

This is a collection of Robert T. Hill's correspondence, notes, and maps on Cabeza de Vaca's Route across North America between 1528 and 1535. Most correspondence is addressed to Frederick Webb Hodge, with one piece addressed to Dr. H. E. Bolton of University of California, Berkeley. Materials are from 1930-1931. Collection also includes one photograph.

Preferred Citation

Robert T. Hill Cabeza de Vaca's Route Collection, 1930-1931, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.851.

Processing History

Processed by Library staff before 1981. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012 December 12, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).

Acquisition

Gift of Frederick Webb Hodge to the Eva Scott Fenyes Collection, 1936 October.

Conditions Governing 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.

Conditions Governing Access

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Subjects and Indexing Terms

Correspondence
Southwest, New -- Discovery and exploration
Discoveries in geography
North America -- Discovery and exploration
Maps
Hodge, Frederick Webb
Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar
Bolton, Herbert Eugene