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United States. President (1865-1869 : Johnson). Appointment, 1865 Sep 8.

Title: Appointment, 1865 Sep 8.

The president appoints Thomas Murphy, J. B. Sanborn, Kit Carson, and William W. Bent, as commissioners to make a treaty with the Indian tribes of the Southwest.

ArchivalResource: 1 p.; 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702129596 View

Balster, Carolyn E. Papers, 1981 [sound recording].

Title: Papers, 1981 [sound recording].

Audiocassette reconstructing the events surrounding the Sand Creek Massacre and William Bent's role in seeking a peaceful settlement; transcript of tape.

ArchivalResource: 1 sound cassette : analog, mono + 1 transcript.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54802887 View

Boswell's Life of Johnson : including Boswell's Journal of a tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a journey into North Wales, edited by George Birkbeck Hill, extra-illustrated, 1464-1897 (inclusive), 1724-1874 (bulk).

Title: Boswell's Life of Johnson : including Boswell's Journal of a tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a journey into North Wales, edited by George Birkbeck Hill, extra-illustrated, 1464-1897 (inclusive), 1724-1874 (bulk).

Printed books with hundreds of inserted manuscripts and prints relating to the text, compiled and bound by collector Robert Borthwick Adam.

ArchivalResource: 31 volumes (7.7 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01782/catalog View

Hafen, Le Roy Reuben, 1893-. Bent's Fort : [collection] : 1910-1978 ; (bulk 1952- 1978) ;.

Title: Bent's Fort : [collection] : 1910-1978 ; (bulk 1952- 1978) ;.

Contains photocopies, clippings, and some original documents, including W.M. Boggs' manuscript on the history of Bent's Fort.

ArchivalResource: 2.5 linear ft. (2 cartons)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28735415 View

Carson, Kit, 1809-1868. Kit Carson letters : Taos, New Mexico Territory, 1854 Mar 21-1859 Nov 9.

Title: Kit Carson letters : Taos, New Mexico Territory, 1854 Mar 21-1859 Nov 9.

Typescript copies of letters written by Kit Carson in his official capacity as Indian agent for the tribes of Northern New Mexico. The letters, written to New Mexico Territorial Governors/Superintendents of Indian Affairs William S. Messeroy, David Meriwether, W. W. H. Davis, Jason L. Collins,and S. M. Yost, concern Carson's work with bands of Apaches, Arapahoes, Comanches, Pueblos, and Utahs. Typescript copies of letters sent to Carson from George Manypenny to W. W. H. Davis regarding payments to Carson, and letters to Carson regarding Agency business from William W. Bent, Jason L. Collins, and A. B. Greenwood, are also included in the collection.

ArchivalResource: 0.20 linear ft. (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702150504 View

Prince, L. Bradford (Le Baron Bradford), 1840-1922. Papers, [180-]-1922 (bulk 1881-1898).

Title: Papers, [180-]-1922 (bulk 1881-1898).

This collection consists of disparate manuscripts from 19th century New Mexico, a collection of 96 pamphlets on the 1888-1897 silver question, and personal papers of Le Baron Bradford Prince. Box 1 contains 67 pamphlets on the 1888-1897 silver question. Box 1 also contains English and Spanish language documents, including letters, pertaining to nineteenth century New Mexico, which were donated by Mr. W.B. Prince, son of L. Bradford Prince, and Dr. Frank Reeve. One letter to Manuel Alvarez from William Bent concerns a priest's complaints about stolen sheep. Among the Spanish language documents is an official statement signed by the Mexican Governor, Mariano Martinez, regarding the execution of the Ute chief, Panasiyave (also spelled Panesiyah.) Two documents, signed by Donaciano Vigil, Secretary of the Territory, are a proclamation referring the Taos insurrection in which Governor Charles Bent was assassinated, 1847, and a circular concerning the assassination of Governor Bent during the Taos insurrection. There is also a treaty dated 1827 between Mexico and the Comanche. Box 2 contains personal papers of Prince, and more silver question pamphlets, which were purchased and added to the collection. Personal papers include family, business, and political correspondence, invitations to the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition and to a dinner/dance given by the Society of Mayflower Descendants, as well as a circular for the lecture series, "Romance of the South West" given by Prince. The oversized folder contains a publicity poster for L. Bradford Prince's book, History of New Mexico, dated 1883.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes (.9 cu. ft.) + 1 oversize folder

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43564261 View

Little, Lewis Henry, 1817-1862. Bent's Fort diary, [1855] Jul 9-Sept 4.

Title: Bent's Fort diary, [1855] Jul 9-Sept 4.

Manuscript diary in pencil kept by Little during an 1855 military expedition led by Lieut. Col. Pitcairn Morrison to Bent's Fort, Colorado. Little records the regiment's encounter with gold miners on the banks of the Little Arkansas River, Kan. and a subseqent meeting with a group of Indians whom Little identifies as "Kansas" or Kiowa. He describes the regiment's buffalo hunts during their march West, as well as several meetings with various parties: William Bent, Major Israel Richardson's troops, and Apache, Kiowa and Cheyenne Indians. Arriving at Bent's Fort on August 11, Little records daily life in detail, including relations between the encamped Indian population, the resident Indian agent and the troops. He also describes the social life of the encamped Indians and records observations of a "war dance".

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (136 p.) ; 17 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702172239 View

Johnsoniana; or, Supplement to Boswell: being anecdotes and sayings of Dr. Johnson, extra-illustrated, 1668-1866 (inclusive);, 1738-1836 (bulk).

Title: Johnsoniana; or, Supplement to Boswell: being anecdotes and sayings of Dr. Johnson, extra-illustrated, 1668-1866 (inclusive); 1738-1836 (bulk).

Printed books with hundreds of inserted prints relating to the text, compiled and bound by collector Robert Borthwick Adam.

ArchivalResource: 6 volumes (1.1 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01780/catalog View

Letters of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., collected and edited by George Birkbeck Hill, extra-illustrated, 1413-1900 (inclusive), 1775-1839 (bulk).

Title: Letters of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., collected and edited by George Birkbeck Hill, extra-illustrated, 1413-1900 (inclusive), 1775-1839 (bulk).

Printed books with hundreds of inserted manuscripts and prints relating to the text, compiled and bound by collector Robert Borthwick Adam.

ArchivalResource: 10 volumes (2.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01783/catalog View

George Bent : [collection] : [1910?] ; manuscript.

Title: George Bent : [collection] : [1910?] ; manuscript.

Collection consists of a single, undated handwritten manuscript of George Bent in which he gives a short history of the forts that his family built in Colorado.

ArchivalResource: 1 item ;

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/269347536 View

Oral intervire typescript, Oral re-creation of William Bent of Bent's Fort and the Sand Creek massacre, 1981

Title: Oral intervire typescript, Oral re-creation of William Bent of Bent's Fort and the Sand Creek massacre 1981

ArchivalResource: 19p., 7 leaves of plates; ill., map, ports. (28 cm.), Typescript (photocopy).

http://hdl.handle.net/10407/9863481278 View

L. Bradford Prince Papers, 180?-1922 (bulk 1881-1898)

Title: L. Bradford Prince Papers, 180?-1922 (bulk 1881-1898)

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes (.9 cu. ft.), plus oversize folder

http://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=nmu1mss109bc.xml View

Carson, Kit, 1809-1868. Kit Carson letters : Taos, New Mexico Territory, 1854 Mar 21-1859 Nov 9.

Title: Kit Carson letters : Taos, New Mexico Territory, 1854 Mar 21-1859 Nov 9.

Typescript copies of letters written by Kit Carson in his official capacity as Indian agent for the tribes of Northern New Mexico. The letters, written to New Mexico Territorial Governors/Superintendents of Indian Affairs William S. Messeroy, David Meriwether, W.W.H. Davis, Jason L. Collins, and S.M. Yost, concern Carson's work with bands of Apaches, Arapahoes, Comanches, Pueblos, and Utahs. Typescript copies of letters sent to Carson from George Manypenny to W.W.H. Davis regarding payments to Carson, and letters to Carson regarding Agency business from William W. Bent, Jason L. Collins, and A.B. Greenwood, are also included in the collection.

ArchivalResource: 0.20 linear ft. (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81260520 View

Ruffner scrapbooks : [collection] : 1917-1919.

Title: Ruffner scrapbooks : [collection] : 1917-1919.

Scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings and other ephemera on a variety of topics, including Colorado servicemen in World War I, Mesa Verde, Bent's Fort, and Buffalo Bill Cody. The compiler of these scrapbooks is indentified only as "Ruffner."

ArchivalResource: 1 v. : ill. ; [linear ft.].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45204737 View

Johnsonian Miscellanies, extra-illustrated, 1538-1900 (inclusive);, 1738-1866 (bulk).

Title: Johnsonian Miscellanies, extra-illustrated, 1538-1900 (inclusive); 1738-1866 (bulk).

Printed books with hundreds of inserted manuscripts and prints relating to the text, compiled and bound by collector Robert Borthwick Adam.

ArchivalResource: 9 volumes (2 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01781/catalog View