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
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.