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Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: H-Mss-0121
Scope and Contents
Mostly government publications and conference proceedings on the Colorado River, clippings, and correspondence.
Dates:
TBD
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 0125
Scope and Contents
A partial uncorrected translation by Kathleen Bernath, and Frank Brinkley, of "Mi Gobierno" by Maytorena, 2000-2004
Dates:
2009 - 2009
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-1124
Abstract
This collection covers the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Mexico both from the native and missionary perspectives, starting in the mid-19th century to the early 21st century. This collection also includes a significant amount of documents from the Fudnamentalist Mormon movement in Mexico, namely items from Margarito Bautista who founded the group headquartered in Ozumba, Mexico, Mexico but also has documents translated to Spanish from the Woolley, Allred, and...
Dates:
1810-2019; Majority of material found within 1879-2012
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-1007
Abstract:
The Imperial Valley Records contains documents from the Imperial Irrigation District, All-American Canal, and Imperial Water Company. In addition, the colleciton contains Charles N. Perry's, an engineer from the Imperial Valley, papers. Finally, there are reports, maps, and articles about the Imperial Valley and Baja California, Mexico from 1900-1973.
Dates:
1893-1973
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0513
Abstract
A protagonist of the 1910 Mexican revolution, General Maytorena (1867-1948) was governor of Sonora, a province of northern Mexico, and an ardent supporter of the short-lived presidency of Francisco Madero. Caught in the internecine conflict between the revolutionaries following Madero's overthrow and assassination, he fled to exile in Los Angeles. He provided an account of his role in Sonora and the revolution in Mi Gobieno en Sonora, one of the manuscripts found in his papers along with...
Dates:
1882-1946 1910-1940; Majority of material found within 1910 - 1940
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-0537
Scope and Contents
Minutes, reports, speeches, memoranda, and resolutions. Information on the construction of the San Jacinto Tunnel; construction of the Coachella Valley Road and Berdoo Canyon Road; construction of Valverde and Bernasconi Tunnels; construction of Coachella Tunnels; construction of Iron Mountain, Coxcomb, and Cottonwood Tunnels; and construction of the Hollywood Tunnel. As well as information on the West Basin Feeder, California Aqueduct, and transmission lines in the Mecca Pass to the...
Dates:
TBD
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-0448
Collection
Identifier: 0956
Abstract:
In 1894 and 1895 Owen Wister, in search of authentic Western material for his writing, spent some time on a ranch at Apache Tejo in southwestern New Mexico. The people he met at Apache Tejo were the inspirations for his famous novel, the Virginian.
Dates:
1894-1895
