Hewett personal papers and documents, 1864-1943

Correspondence, newspaper clippings, certificates, letters of recommendation, wills, genealogical information, contracts, and assorted papers concerning the personal and professional lives of Edgar L. Hewett, his first wife Cora E. Whitford, and his second wife Donizetta A. Jones. Includes papers concerning the Hewett and Whitford families, such as: obituaries; genealogical information; wedding announcements from Hewett's two marriages; the 1896 will of Henry S. Whitford; the Civil War discharge papers of Albert R. Whitford from 1864; and the 1904 will of Cora E. Whitford Hewett. Also includes the following: the 1898 work contract for Hewett's position as President of New Mexico Normal School (now New Mexico Highlands University); recommendation letters on behalf of Hewett for his applications to the University of Geneva and job positions at various universities; Edgar L. Hewett and Cora E. Whitford's teaching certificates from Missouri and Colorado; correspondence concerning Hewett's archaeological research in Mexico in 1906 as Fellow in American Archaeology for the Archaeological Institute of America; and various other papers.