Reminiscences of Joseph Kirby Corson
Excerpt from manuscript diary of Joseph K. Corson describing his travels through California, circa 1910.
Collection area: Arizona and Southwest
Collection dates: circa 1880-1910
Typescript portion of reminiscent diary written about 1910, concerning his U.S. Army service in Prescott and Yuma, Arizona; accompanied by letters from Lt. John McEwen Hyde, concerning the Chemehuevi Indians on the Colorado River Indian Reservation in 1880.
Inventory available in the library.
Surgeon, U.S. Army; stationed at Prescott, Ariz. and Yuma, Ariz., between 1878 and 1882.
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