Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- E. J. Trippel Interview With Thomas Gates
- Dates:
- Before 1896
- Creators:
- Trippel, E. J. and Gates, Thomas
- Abstract:
- This is a typed copy of a manuscript entitled "Notes of an Interview With Hon. Thomas Gates by E.J. Trippel." The document is undated but the content within refers to a prison riot known as the Gates Riot which occurred on 1887 October 27 at the Yuma Territorial Prison in Arizona. The manuscript itself is undated.
- Extent:
- 0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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E. J. Trippel Interview With Thomas Gates, undated, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.528.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This is a typed copy of a manuscript entitled "Notes of an Interview With Hon. Thomas Gates by E.J. Trippel." The document is undated but the content within refers to a prison riot known as the Gates Riot which occurred on 1887 October 27 at the Yuma Territorial Prison in Arizona. The manuscript itself is undated.
- Biographical / historical:
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Thomas Gates was born in Canada on 1833 January 8, to Hiram Gates and Sarah Maria Sayles. He later married Maria Emilie Prudhomme. He passed away on 1896 March 13, in Yuma, Arizona Territory.
"1896, March 19. A Yuma dispatch to the Star announces that Thomas Gates, superintendent of the Territorial prison, committed suicide March 13 by shooting himself through the head. Despondence occasioned by continued ill health is supposed to be the cause. Gates was a pioneer of Arizona, coming to Tucson from Los Angeles in 1874. He had served in the Territorial legislature and before in the position of superintendent of the prison. He was 61 years of age. He leaves no family. His body will be taken to Los Angles for interment. Mr. Gates management of prison affairs was the most succssful in the history of that institution." -- Arizona Silver Belt.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchase from Joseph Amasa Munk as part of the Munk Library of Arizoniana, 1910 May 10.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Glenna Schroeder, circa 1977-1981. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012 September 28, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-07-25 19:23:01 +0000 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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- Terms of access:
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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.
- Preferred citation:
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E. J. Trippel Interview With Thomas Gates, undated, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.528.
- Location of this collection:
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4700 Western Heritage WayLos Angeles, CA 90027, US
- Contact:
- (747) 201-8448