Manuscripts

Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh correspondence

Description: This collection consists of 32 letters between Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh and family and friends including letters from Irving Bacheller and Elwood P. Bonney. The letters from Bacheller are mainly personal with references to a screenplay. Bonney's letters include subjects on the Colorado River, John W. Powell, and the Grand Canyon. There is a manuscript by Maria Dellenbaugh McFarland titled, Graphic Account of the Emigration of the Dellenbaugh Family...1824-1827. In addition, there is an excerpt from B. [or R?] Young on the cause of death of three men from Powell's 1869 expedition.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1913-1935
Call number: mssHM 80532-80565
Creator: Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel (1853-1935)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Lobo Book Shop, August 1985.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
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 permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people: Bacheller, Irving,; Bonney, Elwood P.
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Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh correspondence

Manuscripts

This collection consists of 32 letters between Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh and family and friends including letters from Irving Bacheller and Elwood P. Bonney. The letters from Bacheller are mainly personal with references to a screenplay. Bonney's letters include subjects on the Colorado River, John W. Powell, and the Grand Canyon. There is a manuscript by Maria Dellenbaugh McFarland titled, Graphic Account of the Emigration of the Dellenbaugh Family...1824-1827. In addition, there is an excerpt from B. [or R?] Young on the cause of death of three men from Powell's 1869 expedition.

mssHM 80532-80565

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Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh diaries and maps :

Manuscripts

Facsimile copies of Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh's diaries kept from 1871 to 1873. Also includes a facsimile of a map of the Spanish Trail, from Santa Fe to Los Angeles.

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The Dellenbaugh Papers Vol.1-7: Exploration and settlement records of the Mormon Church [microform]: 1929

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Microfilm of research material collected by Frederick Dellenbaugh when he was acting as a witness in United States vs. Utah (1929), a Supreme Court case centering on the ownership and riparian rights of the Green, Colorado, and San Juan riverbeds (the case was decided in favor of Utah in 1931). The material is identified as "Collection C -- The Dellenbaugh Papers Vols.1-7. Exploration and Settlement Records of the Mormon Church." The typed documents consist of excerpts of letters, newspaper and journal articles, pioneer reminiscences, and other manuscripts related to Mormon settlement of the Southwest. The material is identified as Complainant's Exhibits 620-626, and the seven volumes are identified as follows: 1. General Notes -- Exploration of Southern Nevada -- Beale's Wagon Road -- The Camel Experiment -- Callsville (Call's Landing-Colorado River) -- Mexican Traders from Village of Chama, N.M. to Salt Lake City, 1853 -- Moab Region (Journey there, 1853, Cliff Dweller Ruins described) -- Mancos War 1880 [frames 1-16]. 2. Exploration -- Southern Nevada-Colorado River -- Las Vegas Mission, 1855-1856 [frames 17-41]. 3. Elk Mountain Mission History, 1855 -- Settlement of Moab [frames 42-60]. 4. Exploration of Southern Nevada -- St. George Stake, 1851-1866 -- Lower Virgin River -- Lower Colorado River -- Call's Landing -- Hardy's Landing -- Jacob Hamblin to Hopi Towns [frames 61-76]. 5. Settlement of Kanab Region -- Southern Utah -- Kanab Stake, 1865-1874 -- Pipe Springs -- Jacob Hamblin to Hopi Towns [frames 77-113]. 6.Expedition to the Colorado River, 1864-1865 -- Call's Landing -- Journal History, January-June 1865 [frames 114-121]. 7. Settlement of San Juan Region -- Bluff 1879-1884 -- San Juan Stake [frames 122-163].

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Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel

Manuscripts

Professional and personal papers of Otis R. Marston and his collection of the materials on the history of Colorado River and Green River regions.

mssMarston papers

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Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel

Manuscripts

Professional and personal papers of Otis R. Marston and his collection of the materials on the history of Colorado River and Green River regions.

mssMarston papers

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Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel: references

Manuscripts

Professional and personal papers of Otis R. Marston and his collection of the materials on the history of Colorado River and Green River regions.

mssMarston papers

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