August H. Mihsfeldt papers

Collection

Identifier: ACCN 2347

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The August H. Mihsfeldt papers (1940s) consist of an unpublished manuscript of Mihsfeldt's English translation of Historia de las Indias de Nueva-Espana y islas de Tierra Firme, a 1951 edition of Diego Duran's history. Diego Duran (ca. 1537-1588) was born in Seville, Spain, and taken at an early age to Mexico, where he was raised in the Tetzcoco district. He became a Dominican friar and wrote about the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs.

Dates

1940-1949

Creator

Durán, Diego, d. 1588? (Person)

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Biographical Sketch

August H. Mihsfeldt was raised in Colorado. He received an M.A. from the department of modern languages at the University of Utah in 1926. He married fellow-student, Gertrude Wiebe (1901-1989), and the couple made their home in the Sacramento, California, area.