Finding Aid to the Joseph F. Grace Manuscript MS.590

Holly Rose Larson and Anna Liza Posas

Library and Archives at the Autry

2012 October 9

210 South Victory Blvd.

Burbank, CA 91502

rroom@theautry.org

URL: https://theautry.org/research-collections/library-and-archives

Contributing Institution: Library and Archives at the Autry

Title: Joseph F. Grace Manuscript

Creator: Hodge, Frederick Webb

Creator: Grace, Joseph F.

Creator: Saunders, Charles Francis

Identifier/Call Number: MS.590

Physical Description: 0.25 Linear Feet (1 box)

Date (inclusive): 1883-1939

Language of Material: English .

Processing History

Processed by Glenna Schroeder, circa 1977-1981. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012 October 9, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).

Scope and Contents

Collection contains the manusscript for Joseph F. Grace's story of his life from age 10 on the frontier, entitled Twenty-Nine Years On the Frontier and correspondence.

29 Years on the Frontier Manuscript Part 1 1854-1866 Part 2 1866-1877 Part 3 1877-1883

2 letters from C. F. Saunders to Dr. Hodge, dated 7 October 1939 and 10 October 1939

Experiences on the trail, fights with Indians, and tracking outlaws.

Custodial History

Collected by C. F. Saunders.

Acquisition

Donated by Mrs. Charles F. Saunders, 1939 October.

Preferred Citation

Joseph F. Grace Manuscript, 1883-1939, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.590; [folder number] [folder title][date].

Conditions Governing Use

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.

Conditions Governing Access

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Subjects and Indexing Terms

Comanche Indians

Apache Indians

Life on the Frontier

Correspondence

Outlaws -- West (U.S.)

Indians of North America

Overland journeys to the Pacific

Twenty-nine years on the Frontier