Finding Aid to the Edward E. Ayer Papers MS.537
Holly Rose Larson
Library and Archives at the Autry
2012 October 1
210 South Victory Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91502
rroom@theautry.org
Contributing Institution:
Library and Archives at the Autry
Title: Edward E. Ayer Papers
Creator:
Ayer, Edward Everett
Identifier/Call Number: MS.537
Physical Description:
0.25 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1910-1927
Abstract: The principal item of this collection is a carbon trypescript copy of "Reminiscences" (of the far west, 1860-1918), 181 pages,
by Edward Everett Ayer (1841-1927). Other items in this collection include a letter from Edward Ayer to Hector Alliot, a
list of the Edward Ayer Collection in the Newberry Library, and Ayer's obituary from the
Los Angeles Times. Materials in this collection are from 1910-1927.
Language of Material:
English
.
Processed by Glenna Schroeder, circa 1977-1981. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012
October 1, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).
Donations from Edward Everett Ayer between 1916 and 1922; purchase from Joseph Amasa Munk as part of the Munk Library of Arizoniana,
1910 May 10.
The principal item of this collection is a carbon typescript copy of "Reminiscences" (of the far west, 1860-1918), 181 pages,
by Edward Everett Ayer (1841-1927). Other items in this collection include a letter from Edward Ayer to Hector Alliot, a list
of the Edward Ayer Collection in the Newberry Library, and Ayer's obituary from the
Los Angeles Times. Materials in this collection are from 1910-1927.
Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection, 1910-1927, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West; MS.537; [folder number] [folder title]
[date].
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Edward Everett Ayer (1841 November 16 – 1927 May 3) was an American business magnate, best remembered for the endowments of
his substantial collections of books and original manuscripts from Native American and colonial-era history and ethnology,
which were donated to the Newberry Library and Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. Ayer made his fortune supplying
timber to the 19th century's fast-growing railroad industry, and he spent his fortune amassing an enormous collection of books
and manuscripts on American history as it pertained to the North American Indian, inclusive of Central America.
- - Reminiscences
- - Excerpts from Reminiscences
- - 2 c. - trip from 65 mi. Southwest of Tucson to Libertad to Tucson in 1862
- - 2 c. re: 1881 trip
- - letter - Ayer to Hector Alliot
- - obituary re: Ayer from Los Angeles Times by John Steven McGroarty
- - list of Edward Ayer Collection in the Newberry Library
- - notice from Cedric L. Robinson Catalog of Ayer's reminiscences copy for sale for $35.00
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Inventories
Obituaries
Arizona -- History
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
California -- History
Typescripts
Reminiscences
Correspondence
West (U.S.) -- History
Newberry Library