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The autobiography of Delfina Cuero, a Diegueño Indian
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Faustino Benites interviewed by Dr. José Orozco
Manuscripts
Faustino Benites's interview includes such topics as discussions of his life and family in Mexico and his work like in the botanical gardens, primarily in the Desert Garden. Benites was originally hired by Fred Brandt to work in the Desert Garden, and the discussion includes a description of a typical day of work in his area, the Cactus Garden, and the difficulty of working with little shade in the heat with cactus plants; he describes how he enjoys interacting with the visitors and talking to the plants while playing rock and roll music from the 1980s. The length of the interview is approximately 90 minutes.
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Buckskin and blanket days : memoirs of a friend of the Indians
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These are the reminiscences a man who spent his life involved in numerous causes and eventually gained recognition as an activist for Indian reform and, later, as a candidate for Vice President of the United States. His stories show the complex situations between the various factions in the Plains States just before and for several decades after the Civil War.
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Autobiography and journal of James Holt
Manuscripts
The first part of the manuscript is an autobiography recorded by James Holt which covers the years from approximately 1824 until the late 1840s. It recounts his childhood experiences in England, including his time as a printer's apprentice, his religious background, his introduction to Mormonism through one of his printing masters, his disappointment that his family did not share his zeal for the new faith, his receiving word of the deaths of Joseph and Hyrum Smith ("massacred by a mob in Carthage Jail...although many false reports had...been circulated, this we felt to be true," he wrote), a copy of his patriarchal blessing, a blessing for Sarah Rostron, parody song lyrics (I am Brave Old Oak), some family genealogy, and an extract from a work on "Apostolical [sic] succession." The second, brief part of the manuscript is a diary kept by Holt while he was living in Salt Lake City in 1853. He writes of training with the Nauvoo Legion (although he was probably already in Utah at the time) and of "suspicious appearances among the Indians" leading a group of mounted men going south to arrest all "strolling Mexicans, Spaniards and other strangers" who may have been supplying the Indians with guns "in exchange for Indian children." The final paragraph of the diary was written in an unknown hand and recounts Holt's death in 1856. Included with the manuscript are notes on the Holt family, a sketch, and two maps.
mssHM 35255
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White, Al. "The Mexican Border:" [autobiography] [undated]. 1 item. Includes edits
Manuscripts
Drafts of King's book, Long horn trail drivers, make up the majority of the manuscript material. There is a copy of the manuscript that King sent to the publisher in 1940 and one incomplete draft of the book. In addition, there are a variety of manuscripts written by King relating his memories and stories about the American West and cattle drives, some of which were used in his books or printed in his column "Mavericks." Many of these items are untitled short stories, folklore, and biographies. Other book materials include King's handwritten inscriptions, an incomplete set of chapter drafts from Pioneer western empire builders, and the image proofs. Other items in the manuscript series are short stories, memoirs, and nonfiction writings of King's cowboy friends and associates, which King often quoted for use in his books and articles. There are also nine sketches by R. S. Carroll. The majority of the correspondence expresses interest in King's life in the West, requests, praise, and questions about King's books, praise for his writing and activism on American Indian welfare issues in his "Mavericks" column for the Western Livestock Journal, and submissions of personal stories about life in the American West. The correspondence also includes Kings letters responding to requests for information on his book and the Western Livestock Journal. Prominent correspondents include many of the individuals who King included in his books and articles such as E. A. Brininstool, Chuck Martin, Jeff Milton,Tex Moore and Loraine M. Reynolds. Much of the correspondence provides insight into King's work regarding American Indian rights and welfare issues. In particular, the Loraine M. Reynolds letters highlight her work with the Navajo Indians on the Alamo Indian Reservation and her critique of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Some of the correspondence includes drawings and illustrations of cowboy and trail herding images.
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Journal and family genealogy of Edwin Ward Smout
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Autobiographical account of Edwin Ward Smout's life from approximately the 1820s until 1898. Includes descriptions of his decision to travel to the United States and his life in Utah, as well as a detailed account of the cost of supplies, expenses paid, and debts owed. Also includes genealogical information kept by Smout on his children and grandchildren, and a copy of an application by the widowed Leah Smout for payment on land in Slaterville, Utah. There is also a photocopy of the original ledger (FAC 1779).
mssHM 72903
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Benjamin Davis Wilson. Autobiography
Manuscripts
The collection consists of letters, manuscripts, documents and maps related to the life and business affairs of Benjamin D. Wilson. Subject matter includes business and social life in California (1850-90), Indian affairs in Southern California (1852-56), the wine industry, the Santa Fe trade, the estate settlement of Solomon Sublette, and the early history of Pasadena, San Marino, and Wilmington, California. There is also a great deal of personal correspondence from Wilson's wife Margaret S. Hereford Hereford Wilson, his daughters Maria de Jesus Wilson Shorb, Ruth Wilson Patton, and Annie Wilson, his son John B. Wilson, Ruth's husband George S. Patton, Sr., and many of Margaret's Hereford relatives. Also included are diaries kept by Margaret, Ruth, and Annie Wilson. Other individuals represented in the collection include Phineas Banning, Edward Fitzgerald Beale, Joseph Lancaster Brent, Cave Johnson Couts, Stephen Clark Foster, John Charles Fŕemont, John S. Griffin, William McKendree Gwin, Benjamin Hayes, Henry Edwards Huntington, George S. Patton, Jr., and Jonathan Trumbull Warner.
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