Finding Aid to the Joseph Fish Manuscript and Letters MS.616
Finding aid prepared by James Foster, Anna Liza Posas
Autry National Center, Braun Research Library
2013
234 Museum Drive
Los Angeles, CA, 90065-5030
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Title: Joseph Fish Manuscript and Letters
Identifier/Call Number: MS.616
Contributing Institution:
Autry National Center, Braun Research Library
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.25 Linear feet
(8 folders)
Date (inclusive): 1897-1905
Abstract: Joseph Fish (1840-1926) lived in northern Arizona at Snowflake and was an official of the Mormon Church. He was among the
early settlers of Iron County, Utah, Snowflake Arizona, and the Mormon Colonies in Mexico. The collection contains manuscript
material created by Fish and correspondence from 1897 to 1905. Fish's manuscript covers topics such as the Indian wars; the
Capital questions; colonization and land grants; Indian raids; military posts; the founding of Phoenix; the Camp Grant massacre;
General George H. Crook campaigns; Mormon colonization on the Little Colorado River; and the development of early industries,
agricultural, mining, and railroads. The collection also includes correspondence from Marion Clark, W.W. Damron and Chas Trumbull
Hayden.
creator:
Clark, Marion
creator:
Damron, W. W.
creator:
Fish, Joseph, 1840-1926
creator:
Hayden, Charles Trumbull, 1825-1900
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Joseph Fish Manuscript and Letters, 1897-1905, Braun Research Library, Autry National Center, Los Angeles; MS.616; [folder number] [folder title][date].
The collection contains manuscript material created by Fish. His unpublished material covers topics such as the Indian wars;
the Capital questions; colonization and land grants; Indian raids; military posts; the founding of Phoenix; the Camp Grant
massacre; General George H. Crook campaigns; Mormon colonization on the Little Colorado River; and the development of early
industries, agricultural, mining, and railroads.
Also included in the collection are correspondence from Marion Clark, W.W. Damron and Chas Trumbull Hayden.
Letters from Marion Clark, dated 1897 April 1, are concerning a trip taken by William Milligan with a bull train of corn and
the settling of farms in Round Valley and a second letter concerning William Milligan and Round Valley. Another letter from
W.W. Damron concerns the organization in 1881 of Graham County by John Charles Frémont.
The letter from Chas Trumbull Hayden briefly describes Hayden’s life including two trips as a merchant to Santa Fe and Tucson.
It also mentions his first overland mail coach to Tucson, his position as first probate judge of Tucson, and a meeting with
Henry Clay. The letter from Trumbell is undated.
Joseph Fish (1840-1926) lived in northern Arizona at Snowflake and was an official of the Mormon Church. He was among the
early settlers of Iron County, Utah, Snowflake Arizona, and the Mormon Colonies in Mexico. He was mostly self-educated. He
was a storekeeper, newspaper editor, school teacher, attorney, justice of the peace, sawyer, surveyor, territorial legislator,
and historian. His writings have long been valuable resources for later historians and genealogists in researching life in
the early days of white settlement of the American West. Fish's manuscript was never published due to financial constraints.
Donation for the Munk Library of Arizoniana, between 1910-1931.
Initial processing conducted by Glenna Schroeder, circa 1977-1981. Biographical note drafted by James Foster, 2008. Finding
aid completed by Anna Liza Posas, 2013. Final processing of collection and publication of finding aid made possible by a grant
from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Copyright has not been assigned to the Autry National Center. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts
must be submitted in writing to the Autry Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Autry National Center
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Cochise, Apache Chief, d. 1874
Crook, George, General, 1829-1890
Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890
Geronimo, Apache Chief, 1829-1909
Apache Indians
Arizona -- History
Holbrook (Ariz.)
Indians of North America -- Wars
Manuscripts
Mormons -- Arizona
Phoenix (Ariz.)
Tucson (Ariz.)