James Addison Reavis and the Peralta Claim, 1942 May

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Summary

Title:
James Addison Reavis and the Peralta Claim
Dates:
1942 May
Creators:
Johnson, Newton A.
Abstract:
This is a thesis entitled "James Addison Reavis and the Peralta Claim" by Newton A. Johnson. It was presented to the Department of History, University of Southern California in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree Master of Arts in May 1942. The appendix to the thesis includes copies of legal documents from 1883-1895, photographs, and a map.
Extent:
0.1 linear feet (1 folder)
Language:
Preferred citation:

James Addison Reavis and the Peralta Claim, 1942, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry National Center, Los Angeles; MS.635.

Background

Scope and content:

This is a thesis entitled "James Addison Reavis and the Peralta Claim" by Newton A. Johnson. It was presented to the Department of History, University of Southern California in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree Master of Arts in May 1942. The appendix to the thesis includes copies of legal documents from 1883-1895, photographs, and a map.

Reavis was a swindler and forger, famous for attempting to fraudulently obtain 7,500 sq. miles of Arizona Territory by falsifying documents in Mexico and Spain to show a Spanish land grant to Don Miguel Peralta in 1748.

Biographical / historical:

James Addison Reavis (1843-1914) arrived in Arizona in 1882 and filed claim on more than twelve million acres of land in Arizona and New Mexico based on altered Spanish land grant documents; he gained fame as the "Baron of Arizona." He served a short term in a New Mexico prison, then returned to Arizona under the alias J.A. Ashley-Reavis.

Acquisition information:
Donated by Newton A. Johnson, 1942 June.
Processing information:

Processed by Glenna Schroeder, circa 1977-1981. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012 October 25, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).

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Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Holly Rose Larson
Date Prepared:
2012 October 25
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2013-08-22T14:36-0700

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Restrictions:

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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.

Preferred citation:

James Addison Reavis and the Peralta Claim, 1942, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry National Center, Los Angeles; MS.635.

Location of this collection:
4700 Western Heritage Way
Los Angeles, CA 90027, US
Contact:
(747) 201-8448
rroom@theautry.org
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