Finding Aid to the Augustus Brichta, Lynx Creek Manuscript MS.554

Holly Rose Larson
Library and Archives at the Autry
2012 October 5
210 South Victory Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91502
rroom@theautry.org


Contributing Institution: Library and Archives at the Autry
Title: Augustus Brichta, Lynx Creek Manuscript
Creator: Brichta, Augustus
Identifier/Call Number: MS.554
Physical Description: 0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Date: 1909
Abstract: Description of trip to Lynx Creek gold placer mine by Augustus Brichta in 1862 and 1863. Mention of Vulture Mine, and a hunt for Apache raiders on the war-path. Document remarks: Includes a Southwest Museum "Individual Manuscript Form" with additional data on persons mentioned in work.
Language of Material: English .

Scope and Contents

Description of trip to Lynx Creek gold placer mine by Augustus Brichta in 1862 and 1863. Mention of Vulture Mine, and a hunt for Apache raiders on the war-path. Document remarks: Includes a Southwest Museum "Individual Manuscript Form" with additional data on persons mentioned in work.

Processing History

Processed by Glenna Schroeder, circa 1977-1981. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012 October 5, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).

Preferred Citation

Augustus Brichta, Lynx Creek Manuscript, undated, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.554.

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Acquisition

Purchase from Joseph Amasa Munk as part of the Munk Library of Arizoniana, 1910 May 10.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Arizona -- History
Apache Indians
Gold mines and mining -- Arizona
Lynx Creek (Ariz.)
Vulture Mine (Ariz.)