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Edmund Hyatt Garrison papers

 Collection
Identifier: UUS_COLL MSS 506

Scope and Contents

The Edmund Hyatt Garrison collection primarily consists of letters that he wrote to his parents and fiancé over the course of a five month trip across the northwestern United States in 1883. This series of correspondence serves as a travelogue of an early overland railroad and stagecoach travel across the U.S. As such, the E. H. Garrison papers capture much of the unique flavor of the close of the 19th century, and the era at the close of the Territorial West. Hyatt’s letters depict several encounters with Native Americans, road agents, and Chinese laborers. The collection also includes several related maps, cabinet card photographs, and tintypes that depict the individuals and locations mentioned throughout the letters.

Dates

  • Creation: 1859-1883

Language of Materials

Material in English

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.

Permission to publish material from the Edmund Hyatt Garrison papers must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Biographical Note

Edmund Hyatt Garrison was born in 1853 at Yonkers, New York to Hyatt Lyons Garrison (1826-1912) and Sophie French Garrison. Edmund graduated in 1876 from Columbia University’s School of Mines, and then began working for various Eastern railroads as an officer, including the Sixth Avenue Railroad Company. Later he became the president of the New York City firm of John W. Higman Company, importers of clay, chalk, and chemicals. He married Addie Masten Garrison, with whom he had two sons, the youngest being Everett Edmund Garrison (1893-1975). Edmund Hyatt Garrison died on April 25, 1935, and is buried in Yonkers, New York.

Extent

3.5 Linear Feet (1 box, 1 map cabinet folder)

Abstract

Edmund Hyatt Garrison took a five month trip across the northwestern United States in 1883. This collection largely consists of letters he wrote to his parents and fiance back home in Yonkers, New York, that relate his fascinating experiences in the territorial West of the late 19th century.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged by document type, then chronologically.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

These materials were purchased by USU Special Collections and Archives in 2014 from Between the Covers Rare Books.

Processing Information

Processed in March of 2018

Title
Guide to the Edmund Hyatt Garrison papers 1859-1883
Author
Finding aid/Register created by Adam Gifford and Clint Pumphrey
Date
©2018
Description rules
Finding Aid Based On Dacs (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition)
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid encoded in English.

Revision Statements

  • 2009: Template information was updated to reflect Archives West best practice guidelines.

Repository Details

Part of the Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives Repository

Contact:
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan Utah 84322-3000 United States
435 797-8248
435 797-2880 (Fax)