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Bivins (Percy A.), On The Tamazula Manuscript
MS.525  
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  • Processing History
  • Scope and Contents
  • Biographical Note
  • Preferred Citation
  • Conditions Governing Use
  • Conditions Governing Access
  • Acquisition

  • Contributing Institution: Library and Archives at the Autry
    Title: Percy A. Bivins, On The Tamazula Manuscript
    Creator: Bivins, Percy A.
    Identifier/Call Number: MS.525
    Physical Description: 0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)
    Date: 1899
    Abstract: Typed copy of a manuscript entitled On The Tamazula, written by Percy A. Bivins in Silao, Guanajuato, Mexico on November 1, 1899. The typed document itself is not dated.
    Language of Material: English .

    Processing History

    Processed by Glenna Schroeder, circa 1977-1981. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012 September 28, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).

    Scope and Contents

    Typed copy of a manuscript entitled On The Tamazula, written by Percy A. Bivins in Silao, Guanajuato, Mexico on November 1, 1899. The typed document itself is not dated.

    Biographical Note

    "Percy A. Bivins recieved a partial course in civil engineering in the State University of Iowa and operated as a railway locating and constructing engineer in the western United States and Mexico. As a locating engineer, he was associated with economic studies of railway operations. For the past twelve years, he has been an industrial engineer of The Standard Textile Products Company of New York, a concern which was a pioneer in studies of industrial economics and the use of business graphics." -- from Industrial Management, June 1922, Volumes 63-64, p. 355.

    Preferred Citation

    Percy A. Bivins, Tamazula Manuscript, undated, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.525.

    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.

    Acquisition

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

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Typescripts
    Indians of Mexico
    Tamazula (Sinaloa, Mexico)
    Manuscripts
    Tamazula (Jalisco, Mexico)