Finding Aid to the Charles Baldwin Genung Manuscript Collection MS.591

Holly Rose Larson
Library and Archives at the Autry
2012 October 9
210 South Victory Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91502
rroom@theautry.org


Contributing Institution: Library and Archives at the Autry
Title: Charles Baldwin Genung Manuscript Collection
Creator: Genung, Charles Baldwin
Creator: United States. Works Progress Administration.
Identifier/Call Number: MS.591
Physical Description: 0.2 Linear Feet 7 folders
Date (inclusive): 1863-1939
Abstract: Charles Baldwin Genung was an Arizona pioneer in the 1860s and 1870s. This collection includes carbon copies of typed manuscripts by Genung, recounting his experiences in the 1860s and 1870s.
Language of Material: English .

Conditions Governing Access

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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.

Acquisition

Purchase from Joseph Amasa Munk as part of the Munk Library of Arizoniana, 1910 May 10.

Preferred Citation

Charles Baldwin Genung Manuscript Collection, 1863-1939, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.591.

Biographical Note

Charles Baldwin Genung was an Arizona pioneer in the 1860s and 1870s.

Processing History

Processed by Glenna Schroeder, circa 1977-1981. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012 October 9, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).

Scope and Contents

This collection includes carbon copies of typed manuscripts by Genung recounting his experiences in the 1860s and 1870s.
The collection includes the following titles:
  • "About my experience with the Colorado Indian Reservation and the Apaches" circa 1866-1868
  • "How he came to be a Hassayamper". Story of how Genung got to Arizona
  • "Account of T. L. Lambertson and his wife's life pioneering in Arizona" 1860s, Walnut Grove area of Yavapai County
  • Chris Lobenheimer's loan to Genung; Genung's dealings with Levy Bashford and Genung's distillery
  • "My first Year in Arizona"
  • "Recollections of an Arizona pioneer of the 60's and 70's. Apache Campaign under Lieutenant Morton with Hi Jolley as guide"
  • "Henry Wickenburg's experiences with cattle and the Vulture gold mine"
These items are accompanied by manuscript forms from the 1939 WPA records survey.

General

Missing Title

  1. "About my experience with the Colorado Indian Reservation and the Apaches" ca. 1866-1868
  2. "How he came to be a Hassayamper" - story of how Genung got to Arizona
  3. "Account of T. L. Lambertson and hsi wife's life pioneering in Arizona" 1860's, Walnut Grove area of Yavapai County
  4. Chris Lobenheimer's loan to Genung; Genung's dealings with Levy Bashford and Genung's distillery
  5. "My first Year in Arizona"
  6. "Recollections of an Arizona pioneer of the 60's and 70's. Apache Campaign under Lieutenant Morton with Hi Jolley as guide"
  7. Henry Wickenburg's experiences with cattle and the Vulture gold mine

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Arizona -- History
Yavapai County (Ariz.)
Colorado River Indian Reservation (Ariz. and Calif.)
Apache Indians
Typescripts
Carbon copies
Pioneers -- Arizona
Tohono O'odham Indians
Vulture Mine (Ariz.)
Gold mines and mining -- Arizona
Distilleries -- Arizona
Cattle trade -- Arizona
Lobenheimer, Chris
Lambertson, T. L.
Morton, Charles
Wickenburg, Henry
Bashford, Levi
Hi Jolly