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Mormon Difficulties at Tuba City in the Hopi Country, Arizona Scrapbook
MS.562  
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  • Processing History
  • Existence and Location of Copies
  • Related Archival Materials
  • Scope and Contents
  • Acquisition
  • Preferred Citation
  • Conditions Governing Use
  • Conditions Governing Access

  • Contributing Institution: Library and Archives at the Autry
    Title: Mormon Difficulties at Tuba City in the Hopi Country, Arizona Scrapbook
    Creator: United States. Office of Indian Affairs
    Creator: Tanner, George S
    source: Van Valkenburgh, Richard
    Identifier/Call Number: MS.562
    Physical Description: 0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)
    Date (inclusive): 1894-1902
    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.
    Language of Material: English .

    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).

    Related Archival Materials

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

    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, and Joe Tanner.

    Acquisition

    Donation from Richard Van Valkenburgh, 1942 June.

    Preferred Citation

    Mormon Difficulties at Tuba City in the Hopi Country, Arizona Scrapbook, 1894-1902, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.562.

    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

    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.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Indians of North America -- Arizona
    Mormons -- Arizona
    Fort Defiance (Ariz.)
    Tuba City (Ariz.)
    Mormon Church -- Arizona
    Legal documents
    Drawings
    Maps
    Indians, Treatment of
    Water rights -- Arizona
    Hopi Indians
    Correspondence
    Scrapbooks
    Hunt, William, Jr.
    Hunt, William, Sr.
    Despain, Henry
    Tanner, Fred
    Lee, Earnest
    Tanner, S. B.
    Heward, Steve
    Allen, J. A.
    Tanner, Joe
    Tanner, John
    Nebeker, Ashton
    Van Valkenburgh, Richard
    Lee, J. H., Jr.
    Lee, J. H., Sr.
    Brinkerhoff, L. D., Bishop
    Foutz, J. L.