Finding Aid to the Mertice McCrea Buck Knox Collection MS.666
Holly Rose Larson
Library and Archives at the Autry
2012 October 30
210 South Victory Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91502
rroom@theautry.org
Contributing Institution:
Library and Archives at the Autry
Title: Mertice McCrea Buck Knox Collection
Creator:
Knox, Mertice McCrea Buck
Creator:
Emory, William H. (William Hemsley)
Identifier/Call Number: MS.666
Physical Description:
0.25 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1932-1953
Abstract: This collection contains a manuscript and explanatory introduction by Mertice McCrea Buck-Knox entitled "Lieutenant Emory's
Report of the Expedition Down the Gila in the Autumn of 1846" based on Emory's official report of 1848 entitled "Reconnaisance."
This collection also contains maps and photographs regarding Emory and memorial papers on Buck-Knox.
Language of Material:
English
.
Mertice McCrea Buck-Knox Collection, 1932-1953, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.666; [folder number] [folder
title][date].
Processed by Library staff after 1981. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012 October
30, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).
The manuscript was donated to the Munk Library of Arizoniana by Mertice McCrea Buck-Knox, 1932 July 19.
This collection contains a manuscript and explanatory introduction by Mertice McCrea Buck-Knox entitled "Lieutenant Emory's
Report of the Expedition Down the Gila in the Autumn of 1846" based on Emory's official report of 1848 entitled "Reconnaisance."
Knox's manuscript includes photographs and maps tracing Emory's route. This collection also contains a photocopy of a letter
to the editor written by Buck-Knox, sent to
Touring Topics July 1932, and a folder of obituary clippings and memorials for Buck-Knox from 1953.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
West (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration
Southwest, New -- Discovery and exploration
Lieutenant Emory's Report of the Expedition Down the Gila in the Autumn of 1846
Gila River (N.M. and Ariz.)