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Register of the Bert J. Silliman Papers,

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Title: Bert J. Silliman Papers,
Dates: 1951-1957. (inclusive)
Collection Number: Mss B 202
Summary: Correspondence, essays regarding Spanish Trail and other Utah History topics. Correspondents include LeRoy Hafen, Otis R. "Dock" Marston, Charles Kelly. Includes a copy of Northwest Company trapper Jules DeFoe.
Repository: Utah State Historical Society

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Box Folder Contents
Box , Folder : Correspondence
Box 1, Folder 1 : Correspondence with LeRoy Hafen on the Spanish Trail, 1951-1953
Box 1, Folder 2 : Correspondence with Otis R. "Dock" Marston, on the Green River and the Spanish Bottom crossing
Box 1, Folder 3 : Correspondence with Charles Kelly on the Spanish Trail, 1951-1952
Box 1, Folder 4 : Miscellaneous correspondence with Utah State Historical Society and others, 1951-1957
Box , Folder : Research
Box 1, Folder 5 : Research notes on John C. Fremont, including "Fremont's Fifth Expedition in Southeastern Utah: His Probable Route"
Box 1, Folder 6 : Jules DeFoe diary (Idaho explorations of mountain man with Northwest Company in 1789)
Box 1, Folder 7 : Miscellaneous
Box , Folder : Writings by BJS and others
Box 1, Folder 8 : A-H
Box 1, Folder 8 1: Ancient Pathways and Forgotten Trails of Southeastern Utah
Box 1, Folder 8 2: Apostate, The [Ebenezer Hanks]
Box 1, Folder 8 3: Appropriate Names
Box 1, Folder 8 4: Autobiography of George W. Bean [extracts]
Box 1, Folder 8 5: Big Divide, The: The Water Scrape of the Old Santa Fe Trail
Box 1, Folder 8 6: Colonel James A. Shinn
Box 1, Folder 8 7: The Deserted Stronghold
Box 1, Folder 8 8: Early History of the Henry Mountains
Box 1, Folder 8 9: Early Indian Traders, Trappers, and Missionaries in Southeastern Utah
Box 1, Folder 8 10: Ferron and Molen Communities
Box 1, Folder 8 11: Hank Giles
Box 1, Folder 9 : K-L
Box 1, Folder 9 1: Key Map, A
Box 1, Folder 9 2: Looking Backward a Century
Box 1, Folder 9 3: Lost Josephine Mine, The Lost, Strayed, or Stolen
Box 1, Folder 10 : M-W
Box 1, Folder 10 1: Man Caught in the Middle
Box 1, Folder 10 2: Older Than the Old Spanish Trail
Box 1, Folder 10 3: Orejas del Oso Trail, or Bear's Ears Trail
Box 1, Folder 10 4: Outline for History of Spanish Trail
Box 1, Folder 10 5: Robidoux Inscription
Box 1, Folder 10 6: Reminiscences of Ebenezer Hanks, Jr., concerning Circle Valley and Fremont Pass in Central Utah
Box 1, Folder 10 7: Rev. Ebenezer Hanks
Box 1, Folder 10 8: The Strange Case of Block 26
Box 1, Folder 10 9: The Thousand and Second Tale of Sinbad
Box 1, Folder 10 10: The Trail of Sixty Snows [Cass Hite]
Box 1, Folder 10 11: Voyage of the Black Eagle
Box 1, Folder 10 12: The Wages of Sin is Death

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Content Description +/-

Correspondence, essays regarding Spanish Trail and other Utah History topics. Correspondents include LeRoy Hafen, Otis R. "Dock" Marston, Charles Kelly. Includes a copy of Northwest Company trapper Jules DeFoe.

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Creator:

Silliman, Bert J., 1875-1957.

Language:

English.

Sponsor:

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

Quantity:

1 box (0.5 linear ft.)

Language of the Finding Aid:

Finding aid written in Englishin Latin script

EAD Creation Date:

1999.