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Hill (Robert T.) Cabeza de Vaca's Route Collection
MS.851  
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  • Related Archival Materials
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  • Processing History
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  • Conditions Governing Access

  • Contributing Institution: Library and Archives at the Autry
    Title: Robert T. Hill Cabeza de Vaca's Route Collection
    Creator: Hill, Robert Thomas
    Identifier/Call Number: MS.851
    Physical Description: 0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)
    Date (inclusive): 1930-1931
    Abstract: This is a collection of Robert T. Hill's correspondence, notes, and maps on Cabeza de Vaca's Route across North America between 1528 and 1535. Most correspondence is addressed to Frederick Webb Hodge, with one piece addressed to Dr. H. E. Bolton of University of California, Berkeley. Materials are from 1930-1931.
    Language of Material: English .

    Related Archival Materials

    MS.7.MAI.1302, Robert T. Hill correspondence in the Frederick Webb Hodge Manuscript Collection, 1880-1956, Autry Museum of the American West.

    Scope and Contents

    This is a collection of Robert T. Hill's correspondence, notes, and maps on Cabeza de Vaca's Route across North America between 1528 and 1535. Most correspondence is addressed to Frederick Webb Hodge, with one piece addressed to Dr. H. E. Bolton of University of California, Berkeley. Materials are from 1930-1931. Collection also includes one photograph.

    Preferred Citation

    Robert T. Hill Cabeza de Vaca's Route Collection, 1930-1931, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.851.

    Processing History

    Processed by Library staff before 1981. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012 December 12, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).

    Acquisition

    Gift of Frederick Webb Hodge to the Eva Scott Fenyes Collection, 1936 October.

    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.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Correspondence
    Southwest, New -- Discovery and exploration
    Discoveries in geography
    North America -- Discovery and exploration
    Maps
    Hodge, Frederick Webb
    Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar
    Bolton, Herbert Eugene