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MS.100
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Contributing Institution:
Library and Archives at the Autry
Title: Article Clippings (Vertical Files) Collection
Creator:
Lummis, Charles Fletcher
Creator:
Munk, J. A. (Joseph Amasa)
Creator:
James, George Wharton
Identifier/Call Number: MS.100
Physical Description:
1122 Linear Feet
(103 document boxes, 3 oversized flatboxes)
Date (inclusive): circa 1880 - present
Language of Material:
English
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https://theautry.org/research-collections/library-and-archives and fill out the Researcher Application Form.
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.
Article Clippings Collection, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West; MS.100; [folder number] [folder title] [date].
The collection is also referred to as the "Vertical Files Collection" and consists of published articles from newspapers,
magazines, and academic journals. It also includes government documents and newsletters. Materials date back from the late
19th Century to present day. The subjects and people the articles pertain to reflect the different areas of study found in
the Braun Research Library and Southwest Museum collections. Subjects such as, Indians of North America, Archaeology, Ethnography,
California history, Los Angeles history, and the development of the Western United States are included. The collection predominately
consists of English language material from the United States. There are a few items from Germany, Mexico, South America, Central
America, and Spain.
Processed by Library staff before 1981. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012 December
6, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).
Materials for this collection were acquired by Southwest Museum and Library staff or through various Library donations.
Materials for this collection were acquired by Southwest Museum and Library staff or through various Library donations. The
donations include some of the Library's earliest donors, such as Charles Fletcher Lummis, Joseph Amasa Munk, and George Wharton
James. This is an open collection and new materials added are predominately in the English language. When deemed appropriate,
individual items from this collection have been or will be moved to another manuscript collection or cataloged individually
and added to the monograph collection.
Alphabetically by general subject heading and then by subheading.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Indians of North America
Southwest Museum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
West (U.S.) -- History.
Southwest, New -- History.
West (U.S.) -- Description and travel.
Southwest, New -- Description and travel
Clippings
Articles