Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Harry A. Brandt Manuscripts
- Dates:
- 1954-1973
- Creators:
- Brandt, Harry Alonzo
- Abstract:
- This is a collection of manuscripts, plays, and poems regarding pioneer experiences in the Southwest, written by Harry A. Brandt between 1954 and 1968.
- Extent:
- 0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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Harry A. Brandt Manuscripts, 1954-1973, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.671; [folder number] [folder title][date].
Background
- Scope and content:
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This is a collection of manuscripts, plays, and poems regarding pioneer experiences in the Southwest, written by Harry A. Brandt between 1954 and 1968. Titles include Last of the Pioneers, The Narrow Land, Garden of the Giants, Five Southwestern Plays, and The Southwestern Troubadour. The manuscript for The Southwestern Troubadour also includes a letter to the editor of October House in New York, dated 1973.
- Biographical / historical:
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Harry Alonzo Brandt was born on 1885 February 5 in Shelby County, Iowa, and died in Pasadena, California in September 1974.
Harry Alonzo Brandt, eldest son of Christian Jacob and Sarah Flora (Yoder) Brandt, "was the first young man called to the ministry by the Covina Church." He was a student at Bethany Bible School, Chicago, Illinois. There he met Mary Ellen Daggett, whom he later married October 4, 1917 in Covert Osborne County, Kansas. They moved to Elgin, Illinois and later, back to California for his brother Jesse's wedding to Kathryn Bomberger. Harry was asked to return to Elgin, by The Church of the Brethren, where he and his wife Mary lived again for some time. (From The Narrow Land)
Harry Alonzo Brandt wrote the book The Narrow Land: An Interpretation of the Life and Destiny of Pioneers... The first of three related presentations of Southwestern history, the two others being; Five Southwestern Plays and The Southwestern Troubadour.
- Acquisition information:
- Donation from Harry A. Brandt, 1986 July 10.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Library staff after 1981. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012 November 7, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-05-04 18:59:57 +0000 .
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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Harry A. Brandt Manuscripts, 1954-1973, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.671; [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