Source Documents, 1872-1875

File — Box: 52

Identifier: VIII

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Series: This section contains research material for Corinne: Gentile Capital of Utah (Utah State Historical Society, 1980), a monograph of the frontier community whose manufactured hysterics Madsen credited with hastening the destruction of the Northwest Shoshone. In addition to its role in bringing about the Bear River Massacre, Corinne had figured prominently in the Madsens' account of freighting along the Montana Trail. Described by one reviewer as "a study of nineteenth-century Gentile-Mormon relations in microcosm," this book marked the beginning of Madsen's exploration of the interplay between regional events and national trends. Research material in this section includes letters, published congressional debates, published and unpublished articles and papers, and photocopies of nineteenth-century newspaper stories. Secondary sources, located in boxes 49 and 50, are organized alphabetically by author. The chronological files in boxes 50-53 contain photocopies from a wide selection of Western newspapers, including The Corinne Daily Mail, The Idaho Statesman, The Ogden Junction, and The Utah Mining Gazette, as well as the more well-known Salt Lake City newspapers. Madsen's research chronologies (handwritten documents placing source materials in chronological order) serve as a bridge between these two types of research files. These chronologies are located in box 50, folders 14-17. Manuscript drafts are located in boxes 53 and 54. Related articles published by Madsen between 1969 and 1980 are located in box 54 following the review files.

Dates

1872-1875

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Collection materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

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