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Register of the Dominguez-Escalante Expedition Collection,

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Title: Dominguez-Escalante Expedition Collection
Dates: 1776-1976. (inclusive)
Collection Number: Mss B 150
Summary: In the spring of 1776 two Spanish missionaries left Santa Fe, New Mexico seeking a new route to the California missions. They travelled as far north as Utah Lake and as far west as present day Cedar City before returning to Santa Fe. This collection includes photocopies of the various manuscript copies of the original diaries kept by the two explorers, together with the translation of these texts; manuscripts interpreting the expedition and providing aids for its reenactment; a large body of correspondence, draft manuscripts and related material regarding Herbert Bolton's Pageant in the Wilderness; translator Herbert S. Auerbach's notes on the journal; and materials relating to the bicentennial celebration and commemoration of the Fathers' explorations.
Repository: Utah State Historical Society

Collection Inventory +/-

Box Folder Contents
Box , Folder : Diaries
Box 1, Folder 1 : "Derrotero y Diaro": Seville text, 213 pp. [photocopy]
Box 1, Folder 2 : "Derrotero y Diaro": Mexico City text, 69 pp. [photocopy]
Box 1, Folder 3 : "Derrotero y Diaro": Newberry Library text, 30 pp. [photocopy]
Box 1, Folder 4 : "Derrotero y Diaro": Newberry Library text, 179 pp. [photocopy]
Box 1, Folder 5 : "Derrotero y Diaro": Newberry Library text, 106 pp. [photocopy]
Box 1, Folder 6 : "Derrotero y Diaro": Newberry Library text, 59 pp. [photocopy]
Box 1, Folder 7-8 : Spanish texts, 21-27 pp. [bound typescripts]
Box 1, Folder 9-10 : Published Spanish texts, 92 pp. [two photocopies]
Box 2, Folder 1 : Spanish text used by Fray Angelico Chavez, 1975 [typescript]
Box 2, Folder 2 : W. R. Harris translation, 1909 [photocopy]
Box 2, Folder 3 : Auerbach's "Study. . .," Utah Historical Quarterly , Vol. 11. [galley proofs]
Box 2, Folder 4 : Maps for Auerbach's "Study. . .," Utah Historical Quarterly , Vol. 11. [galley proofs]
Box 2, Folder 5 : Manuscript notes for Auerbach, "Study. . ."
Box , Folder : Miscellaneous items
Box 3, Folder 1 : Bolton, Pageant In the Wilderness [typescript]
Box 3, Folder 2 : Correspondence and other manuscripts regarding Pageant in the Wilderness
Box 3, Folder 3 : David E. Miller, "The Route of the Dominguez- Escalante Expedition, 1776-77''
Box , Folder : Grant materials
Box 4, Folder 1 : Research and planning documents, Dominguez- Escalante bicentennial
Box 4, Folder 2 : Grant proposal and related documents
Box 4, Folder 3 : Grant file
Box 4, Folder 4 : Expedition proposal and workshop file
Box 4, Folder 5 : Expedition proposal materials
Box 4, Folder 6-7 : Dominguez-Escalante reenactment materials
Box 5, Folder 1-2 : Grant file
Box 5, Folder 3 : Requests for proposals, correspondence
Box 5, Folder 4 : Trail Guide plan and grant file
Box 5, Folder 5 : Title X research contract file
Box 5, Folder 6 : Dominguez-Escalante Commission mailing lists
Box 6, Folder 1 : Dominguez-Escalante Committee meeting minutes, 1973-1976
Box 6, Folder 2-3 : Dominguez-Escalante Committee" correspondence [unorganized]
Box 6, Folder 4 : Valerio, Lucy, Dominguez-Escalante Expedition "Final Report'
Box 7-13, Folder : Utah State Historical Society office files documenting the Society's involvement in the Dominguez-Escalante Bicentennial projects.

Biographical Note/Historical Note +/-

In the spring of 1776 two Spanish missionaries left Santa Fe, New Mexico seeking a new route to the California missions. They travelled as far north as Utah Lake and as far west as present day Cedar City before returning to Santa Fe.

Content Description +/-

This collection includes photocopies of the various manuscript copies of the original diaries kept by the two explorers, together with the translation of these texts; manuscripts interpreting the expedition and providing aids for its reenactment; a large body of correspondence, draft manuscripts and related material regarding Herbert Bolton's Pageant in the Wilderness; translator Herbert S. Auerbach's notes on the journal; and materials relating to the bicentennial celebration and commemoration of the Fathers' explorations.

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Language:

English.

Sponsor:

Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008

Quantity:

13 boxes (6 linear ft.)

Language of the Finding Aid:

Finding aid written in Englishin Latin script

EAD Creation Date:

1999.