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MS.698  
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  • Scope and Contents
  • Preferred Citation
  • Processing History
  • Acquisition
  • Conditions Governing Use
  • Conditions Governing Access
  • Biographical Note

  • Contributing Institution: Library and Archives at the Autry
    Title: The Rainbow Bridge by Hoffman Birney
    Creator: Hoffman, Birney
    Identifier/Call Number: MS.698
    Physical Description: 0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)
    Date: 1927
    Language of Material: English .

    Scope and Contents

    This is a handmade volume entitled The Rainbow Bridge by Hoffman Birney, signed by the author and dated 1927. It contains photographs and typed pages of prose and a prayer regarding the Rainbow Bridge red sandstone natural formation in Utah.

    Preferred Citation

    The Rainbow Bridge, 1927, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.698.

    Processing History

    Processed by Library staff after 1981. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012 November 9, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).

    Acquisition

    Gift of the Bernice Eastman Johnston Collection, 1972 December.

    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.

    Biographical Note

    Hoffman Birney (1891-1958) was an American author born in Philadelphia in 1891, full name Herman Hoffman Birney. He served in the army during the First World War, and afterwards continued to work for the military in the research and development side. He began writing in 1927 and penned a number of novels for both adults and children, mainly Westerns, often historical, plus some non-fictional accounts of American history. Some of the children's Westerns were more generally horse stories. In addition to writing books he also worked as the Western novel critic for The New York Times. Hoffman Birney also wrote under the pseudonym of David Kent.
    Source: www.cowboydirectory.co.uk

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Creation stories
    Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Folklore
    Rainbow Bridge National Monument (Utah) -- Legends
    Photographs
    Navajo Indians -- Religion
    Typescripts
    Navajo Indians