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Found in 66 Collections and/or Records:

Sfondrati family papers regarding Guadalcanal

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 516
Scope and Contents

Contains handwritten and printed items relating to the administration of the fiefdom of Guadalcanal. Includes information on the assignment of the area to Ercole Sfondrati, as well as its later administration. The materials also document the conflict between Sfondrati and Gaspar Alfonso Perez de Guzman over its control. Documents date from between 1599 and 1659.

Dates: 1599-1659

State of Idaho et al. v. Oregon Short Line Railroad, et al.

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230324425]
Identifier: MSS SC 2521
Scope and Contents

Western American business and labor history (20th Century Western & Mormon Manuscripts collection development policy, 5.II, 2007).

Dates: 1985

Utah draft law 28

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230237742]
Identifier: MSS SC 745
Scope and Contents

Handwritten legislative act proposed by the Utah legislature. The item was signed by Brigham Young (1801-1877), "Governor" ; Willard Richards (1804-1854), "President of the Council" ; and William W. Phelps (1792-1872), "speaker of the House of Rep." The act relates to the administration of property in Utah.

Dates: approximately 1852

Verordnung der Misisterium der Justiz ueber Finanzen

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230320118]
Identifier: MSS SC 2207
Scope and Contents

Handwritten ordnances in German relating to state finances. The item is number 1268 and includes sections one through four. The manuscript is dated 30 August 1852. The issuing government was probably one of the German states.

Dates: 1852

William Gates writings on the Middle American Research Institute, approximately 1922-1924

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 5 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains notes, reports, and other materials related to Gates' work with the Department of Middle American Research at Tulane University. Includes information on the history and archaeology of Guatemala, as well as to the contemporary situation in the region. Most prevalent are documents relating to Tulane's 1925 agricultural survey of the Southern Mexican state of Tabasco. Materials date from between approximately 1920 and 1926.

Dates: approximately 1922-1924

William Gates writings on the Middle American Research Institute, approximately 1922-1924

 File — Box 19: Series 3; Series 4; Series 5 [Barcode: 31197232491701], Folder: 21
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 5 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents Includes one page of typed plans in Spanish for the 1924 quadricentennial celebration of the founding of Guatemala; a copy in Spanish of the agreement with T. T. Waterman establishing him as acting director of the National Museum in Guatemala; hand-written notes on topics relating to the National Museum in Guatemala as well as archaeology in Guatemala; three copies of a law issued by the government of Guatemala establishing laws relating to archaeological expeditions; a one page of typed...
Dates: Other: approximately 1922-1924