Manuscripts

Dale Lowell Morgan research files

Description: The collection consists of typewritten transcripts of newspaper articles written by others and compiled by Dale L. Morgan for his research on the Mormons and the Far West. The articles also cover related Western subjects such as the opening, exploration, and settlement of the West; the fur trade; Indians of the middle and southwestern states; the Santa Fe trade; and the California Gold Rush.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1809-1895
Call number: mssMorgan
Creator: Morgan, Dale L (1914-1971)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Dale L. Morgan, December 1949.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Pollock, Dale

Manuscripts

Twenty items comprising ninety pages pertaining to Dale Pollock, containing memos, letters, a reprint, photocopies of articles, legal documents, and a resume.

mssLAT

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1 item: 15-pp. transcript of interview with Dale Armstrong, whose father worked at Los Angeles Times on the political beat, while Dale was a press agent, later a radio broadcaster at KHJ, employed by Los Angeles Times for about four years. Some material relates to the motion picture industry and Los Angeles Times coverage of it, plus the Hays Office (moral watchdogs).

mssLAT

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Research material on Mountain Men and the Fur Trade

Manuscripts

A collection of approximately 5,000 items from 1924 to 1975, which consists of research materials, journals, manuscripts, correspondence, and notes related to LeRoy Reuben Hafen's works on the American West. A substantial portion of the collection relates to The Mountain Men and the Fur Trade of the Far West (1965 to 1972), and includes materials on fur traders, trappers, Native Americans, trails, and the history of the West, as well as correspondence with contributors to the 10 volume series. The collection also includes reviews and material on Western History Conferences.

mssHafen

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Research material on Mountain Men and the Fur Trade

Manuscripts

mssHafen

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A.J. Dale log of the HMS Ranger

Manuscripts

Log book with navigational information, mathematical exercises, and detailed daily entries concerning the activities of the Ranger while crusing off the coast of West Africa, charged with interdicting slave ships sailing between Africa and the Western Hemisphere. The volume includes comments on military and diplomatic efforts against the slave tade, encounters with American ships, and a one-day cruise up the Congo River.

mssHM 64534

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Morgan, Dale

Manuscripts

The collection contains over three hundred folders of correspondence that are arranged alphabetically by correspondent in fifty-eight boxes. The collection ranges from 1878 to 1972, with the bulk of the correspondence being from the years 1900 to 1979. The correspondence includes letters, telegrams, postcards, photographs and one record disc (box 26). The correspondence is mainly related to the library collection itself or to the library as an institution. The letters include commentary on the collection, the acquisition and transfer of items, inquiries about the holdings of the library, letters of thanks and congratulations from visitors, financial transactions, and letters between members of the staff. Box 52 contains miscellaneous files labeled as crank files which are often unsolicited.

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Dale Lowell Morgan research files

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