The Lewis Hector Garrard collection contains rough-draft copies of the first five chapters in the book Wah-To-Yah and the Taos Trail, correspondence between Garrard and his family, tax and property receipts, biographical information, newspaper clippings, and documents related to Garrard’s service in the military. The letters were written during Garrard’s trip to the west in the 1840’s, his college years, and from his homes in Europe and Minnesota.