Mormon Difficulties at Tuba City in the Hopi Country, Arizona Scrapbook, 1894-1902

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Title:: Mormon Difficulties at Tuba City in the Hopi Country, Arizona Scrapbook
Dates:: 1894-1902
Creators:: United States. Office of Indian Affairs, Tanner, George S, and Van Valkenburgh, Richard
Abstract:: This collection contains correspondence, legal documents, drawings, and maps from 1894-1902 regarding charges that polygamous Mormons forced Hopi Indians from land and water that they had used for years.
Extent:: 0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Language:: English .
Preferred citation:: Mormon Difficulties at Tuba City in the Hopi Country, Arizona Scrapbook, 1894-1902, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.562.

Scope and content:: This collection contains correspondence, legal documents, drawings, and maps from 1894-1902 regarding charges that polygamous Mormons forced Hopi Indians from land and water that they had used for years. Materials consist of 18 letters, 15 legal documents, 2 drawings and maps in a scrapbook. Names on a list of Mormons at Tuba include Ashton Nebeker, J.L. Foutz, Bishop L.D. Brinkerhoff, J.H. Lee Jr. and Sr., Henry Despain, Wm. Hunt Sr. and Jr., Fred Tanner (post master), S.B. Tanner, Earnest Lee, J.A. Allen, Steve Heward, John Tanner, and Joe Tanner.
Acquisition information:: Donation from Richard Van Valkenburgh, 1942 June.
Processing information:: Processed by Glenna Schroeder, circa 1977-1981. Final processing and finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012 October 5, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).
Rules or conventions:: Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Collection Guide Author:: Holly Rose Larson
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-06-08 16:38:17 +0000 .

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Preferred citation:: Mormon Difficulties at Tuba City in the Hopi Country, Arizona Scrapbook, 1894-1902, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.562.

Location of this collection:: Autry Museum of the American West

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