Overview of the Collection
Access
Administrative Information
Scope and Content
Arrangement
Indexing: Subjects
Indexing Terms
Overview of the Collection
Title: Hurlbert Family Papers
Dates (inclusive): 1869-1902
Collection Number: mssHM 65102-65241
Creator:
Hurlbert family.
Extent: 164 items in 3 boxes
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Manuscripts Department
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2129
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: This collection chiefly contains correspondence written by members of the
Hurlbert and Chenowith families of New England and the American Southwest, between 1869-1902, discussing family matters and
day-to-day life.
The letters from the Southwest also discuss farming, Native Americans, local crime, and mining.
Language: English.
Access
Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services
Department. For more information, contact Reader Services.
Administrative Information
Publication Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to
quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such
activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is
one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item]. Hurlbert Family Papers, The Huntington Library, San
Marino, California.
Provenance
Purchased from Michael Vinson Western Americana, June 14, 2002.
Scope and Content
The collection is chiefly made up of correspondence written by various members of the
Hurlbert and Chenowith families to Andrew J. Hurlbert, his wife Mary Chenowith
Hurlbert, and their daughter Ida May Hurlbert; there is one letter by Mary Hurlbert
and five by Andrew J. Hurlbert. The Hurlbert family lived in Massachusetts, Maine,
and New Hampshire; their letters deal with family matters and their day-to-day
activities. The Chenowith family lived throughout the American southwest including
Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Colorado and Texas; their letters deal with farm life,
descriptions of the Southwest, financial problems, family matters, fears of Indian
attacks, the movements of Victorio and the Mimbreño Indians, murders in town, mining
in New Mexico, and a shoot-out over a ranch property where a bullet grazed the head
of Rachel Chenowith (Mary Hurlbert’s mother). There are also 24 pieces of ephemera
including receipts, miscellaneous envelopes, invitations, and miscellaneous notes.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Indexing: Subjects
Arizona – Description and travel.
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Subject in Mary Hurlbert letter (1879, Apr. 18) to Anna Wellington. HM 65195.
Indians of North America – New Mexico.
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Subject in Margaret Brahm letter (1879, July 12) to Mary Hurlbert. HM 65115.
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Subject in John W. Chenowith letter (1879, July 11) to Mary Hurlbert. HM 65157.
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Subject in Rachel Chenowith letter (1879, June 16) to Mary Hurlbert. HM 65164.
Mines and Mineral Resources – New Mexico.
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Subject in Andrew J. Hurlbert letters (1883-1884) to Ida May Hurlbert. HM 65190-65192.
Victorio, Apache Chief, -1881.
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Subject in John W. Chenowith letter (1879, July 11) to Mary Hurlbert. HM 65157.
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Subject in Rachel Chenowith letter (1879, June 16) to Mary Hurlbert. HM 65164.
Indexing Terms
Subjects
Hurlbert
family.
Victorio, Apache chief,
-1881.
Indians of North America --
Arizona.
Indians of North America -- New
Mexico.
Mimbreño Indians.
Mines and mineral resources -- New
Mexico.
Arizona -- Description
and travel.
Arizona -- History --
19th century -- Sources.
New Mexico --
Description and travel.
New Mexico -- History
-- 19th century -- Sources.
Southwest, New --
Description and travel.
Forms/Genres
Letters (correspondence).