Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Colorado Cliff-Dwellings Association. California Chapter and Colorado Cliff Dwellings Association
- Abstract:
- This collection pertains to the California Cliff Dwellings Club which is chapter of Colorado Cliff Dwellings Association. Materials are dated 1895-1953 and include a bibliography, booklets, correspondence, legal documents, manuscripts, meeting minutes, notes, songs, and speeches.
- Extent:
- 1 Linear Feet (2 boxes, 1 oversized folder)
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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Colorado Cliff Dwellings Association California Chapter Records, 1895-1953, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.549; [folder number] [folder title][date].
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection pertains to the California chapter of the Colorado Cliff Dwellings Association. Materials are dated 1895-1953 and include a bibliography, booklets, correspondence, legal documents, manuscripts, meeting minutes, notes, songs, and speeches. The tall folder contains photographs of members and of cliff dwellings from 1919.
- Biographical / historical:
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In 1900, the Colorado Cliff Dwellings Association was formed under the leadership of Virginia McClurg and Lucy Peabody. The organization's sole purpose was to preserve the cliff dwellings of the Mesa Verde area. They promoted their campaign to make Mesa Verde a national park through letter writing, fund raising, and even tours of Mesa Verde for the press.
- Acquisition information:
- Collectors: Charles Fletcher Lummis; Frederick Webb Hodge; M. R. Harrington.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Glenna Schroeder, circa 1977-1981. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012 October 4, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).
- Physical location:
- Oversized folder in OS MS Box #3.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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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.
- Terms of access:
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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.
- Preferred citation:
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Colorado Cliff Dwellings Association California Chapter Records, 1895-1953, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.549; [folder number] [folder title][date].
- Location of this collection:
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4700 Western Heritage WayLos Angeles, CA 90027, US
- Contact:
- (747) 201-8448