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File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1030
Scope and Contents
Holograph history of the Washita campaign and the subsequent battle of the Washita describing the movement and actions of the US 7th Cavalry from 22 November to 2 December 1868. The account is very detailed. The exact date of the record's composition is uncertain. It may have been written a number of years after the event. Also included are some observations on Custer and his actions against some hostile Indians when Mathey first met him in 1867.
Dates:
1875-1900
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 6175
Abstract
Life history of Theodore Milton Wassmer, including autobiography, photocopies of paintings, pictures, and newspaper clippings. Approximately 475 pages.
Dates:
1992
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1277
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and signed ledger recording sales at Indian trading houses. The item lists the sale of several different types of furs and pelts by the "Hiwassee," "Chikago," "Arkansa," "Chaktaw," and "Natchitoche" tribes.
Dates:
1809
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS P 559
Scope and Contents
Collection includes six photographs of San Francisco and Sacramento, California taken by Waters between the 1900s and the 1920s.
Dates:
approximately 1900-1929
Collection — Box: 83
Identifier: MSS 146
Scope and Contents
Contains biographies, brochures, pamphlets, newspaper articles, photographs, correspondence, speeches, phonograph records, and various other materials. Much of the correspondence deals with Watkins's work in the Senate, especially his work with the McCarthy censure hearings. Some of the material covers Watkins's pre-senatorial years. There is also information on Watkins's book, Enough Rope, his work on reclamation and water conservation, his time on the Indian Claims Commission, and his...
Dates:
1886-1973
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS P 28
Scope and Contents
Photographs depicting Senator Watkins, his family, and his political activities in Washington D.C.
Dates:
1903-1972
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS P 11
Scope and Contents
Collection includes two stereographs, one of Alcatraz Island in California the the other of Witch Rocks in Utah.
Dates:
approximately 1850-1909
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 1563
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of autobiographies and autobiographical notes and sketches by Oscar Watkins. These materials also contain miscellaneous notes relating to Watkin's family history and genealogy and to financial transactions and land boundary questions. Also included is the diary of Joseph William Watkins (1854-1888) for the years 1885-1888. A photocopy of this journal is also available in the collection.
The account book of Golden Howlett of Alpine, Utah for the years 1882-1884 is...
Dates:
1882-1959
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 755
Scope and Contents
Typewritten and signed letter dated 29 Dec. 1935 and addressed to Lily B. Parsons. Watkins thanks Parsons for her letter and recalls with "great satisfaction the wealth of our literary associations." Also included are newspaper clippings related to Watkins' life and work.
Dates:
1935
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3160
Scope and Contents
Transcript of an interview conducted by Criss James on 10 Feb. 1985 for the Ray Hillim project. Watkins was at boot camp in San Diego, California, in 1957 and was assigned to Camp Pendleton, California. He was involved in many athletic activities while in the Marine Corps. Apparently, he joined the United States Army and was with the airborn troops in the Dominican Republic in 1965. He later was a Green Beret with the Army special forces. Watkins was in a top secret unit funded by the...
Dates:
1985 February 10; 1985 February 10
