Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Garrard papers consist of correspondence, newspaper clippings, parts of the manuscript of Wah-To-Yah and the Taos Trail and related materials, two half-breed scripts that were land documents given to Native American with mixed-blood ancestry, a military commission, title deeds, and tax receipts. The material is arranged chronologically.The correspondence is mainly between Lewis and his mother and brothers Israel, Kenner, Jeptha. The newspaper clippings concern Garrard’s term...

Abstract

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.