Dalton C. Bergan research materials on Lucien Bonaparte Maxwell and François Xavier Aubry 1852-1978.

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Dalton C. Bergan research materials on Lucien Bonaparte Maxwell and François Xavier Aubry 1852-1978.

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This collection contains notes and material acquired by Dalton C. Bergan while researching at various institutions in the United States. The photocopied material dating 1852-1975 consists of newspaper clippings, articles and documents about Lucien Bonaparte Maxwell and François Xavier Aubry. The collection also contains notes Bergan took including his comments, which are handwritten or typed in red. Bergan includes notes from conversations with relatives of Lucien Maxwell. There are also maps from Arizona, Kansas, New Mexico, California, and Nevada noting Aubry's route and places named after Aubry. The maps show where Bergan traveled and document where Bergan thought Aubry traveled. Using some of this material Bergan wrote The Pathfinder: The Story of Francis X. Aubry on the Santa Fe Trail and the California - Santa Fe Trail, 1846-1854. The index cards are arranged by year based on events in the life of Lucien Maxwell and his family or on events of the time such as land grant issues, the military, ranching, and transportation. Also on each note card is a brief citation of where Bergan found the information, often referring to his own notebooks from his research trips, 1969-1978.

3 boxes (1.6 cu. ft.) + 1 oversize folder

fre,

eng,

University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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SNAC Resource ID: 7917563

University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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Maxwell, Lucien Bonaparte, 1818-1875

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Lucien Bonaparte Maxwell (1818-1875), explorer and rancher. He was at one time the largest landowner in the United States. From the description of Indenture, 1868. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122461533 From the guide to the Lucien Bonaparte Maxwell indenture, 1868, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

Aubry, François-Xavier, 1824-1854

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Bergan, Dalton C.

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Magdeleine Aubry was the mother of F.X. (Francis Xavier) Aubry, a trader of the Santa Fe Trail. From the description of Dalton C. Bergan collection of Francis X. Aubry correspondence, 1843-1870. (Santa Fe Public Library). WorldCat record id: 37896509 Dalton C. Bergan graduated from the University of New Mexico in 1937 in Mechanical Engineering. He was a member of the Sigma Tau fraternity and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. While working at the JET ...