Carson, Kit, 1809-1868
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Kit Carson papers
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232537388]
Identifier: Vault MSS 513
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, military dispatches, a deed, a Taos County Resolution, and two payment vouchers. Nine of these items are personal in nature and are addressed to Carson from friends and family members. The remaining thirty-five letters are concerned with and document Indian affairs. They include instructions from superiors, official correspondence regarding military actions during the American Civil War in the West. They document aspects of the Jicarilla War of 1854-55, the Mescalero...
Dates:
1854-1867
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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Kit Carson papers
John L. Gaspar letter
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230340066]
Identifier: MSS 80
Abstract
This folder contains a handwritten letter dated 24 March 1925 and addressed to the Utah historian, Le Roy Hafen. John L. Gaspar discusses his relationship and his knowledge of the American frontiersman and scout, Kit Carson (1809-1868).
Dates:
1925 March 24
Edwin L. Sabin papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1072b
Scope and Contents
Collection includes holograph and typed letters received by Sabin. Many of these materials relate to Sabin's research on Kit Carson, and include answers to Sabin's inquiries regarding the personality, appearance, and activities of Carson. The information was of use to Sabin in his book "Kit Carson Days (1809-1868)" published in 1914 and in its revised edition of 1935. Also included are letters that relate to Sabin's efforts to get photographs of the American West.
Dates:
1885-1924
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- Correspondence 2
- Material Types 2
- Abatement (Judicial functions) 1
- Apache Indians -- Wars -- History 1
- Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences 1
- Authors, American -- Correspondence 1
- Comanche Indians -- Wars -- History -- Sources 1
- Dispatches 1
- Historians -- United States -- Correspondence 1
- Indian agents -- United States -- Correspondence 1
- Jicarilla Indians -- Wars -- History -- Sources 1
- Literature 1
- Mescalero Indians -- Wars -- History -- Sources 1
- Navajo Indians -- Wars -- History -- Sources 1
- New Mexico -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- New York (N.Y.) -- Description and travel 1
- Paris (France) -- Description and travel 1
- Photography -- West (U.S.) 1
- Scouting (Reconnaissance) -- United States -- Biography 1
- Scouting (Youth activity) -- United States -- Biography 1
- Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- United States -- Biography 1
- Scouts (Youth organization members) -- United States -- Biography 1
- Taos County (N.M.) -- History -- Sources 1 + ∧ less
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