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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Hurlbert Family Papers
Creator:
Hurlbert family.
Identifier/Call Number: mssHM 65102-65241
Physical Description:
2 Linear Feet
(3 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1869-1902
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 of Material: English.
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[Identification of item]. Hurlbert Family Papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Purchased from Michael Vinson Western Americana, June 14, 2002.
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.
Arranged alphabetically.
Arizona – Description and travel.
- Subject in Mary Hurlbert letter (1879, Apr. 18) to Anna Wellington. HM 65195.
Indians of North America – New Mexico.
- Subject in Margaret Brahm letter (1879, July 12) to Mary Hurlbert. HM 65115.
- Subject in John W. Chenowith letter (1879, July 11) to Mary Hurlbert. HM 65157.
- Subject in Rachel Chenowith letter (1879, June 16) to Mary Hurlbert. HM 65164.
Mines and Mineral Resources – New Mexico.
- Subject in Andrew J. Hurlbert letters (1883-1884) to Ida May Hurlbert. HM 65190-65192.
Victorio, Apache Chief, -1881.
- Subject in John W. Chenowith letter (1879, July 11) to Mary Hurlbert. HM 65157.
- Subject in Rachel Chenowith letter (1879, June 16) to Mary Hurlbert. HM 65164.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
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
Letters (correspondence)
Victorio, Apache chief, -1881