Document Type

Finding Aid

Publication Date

1972

Abstract

The Draper manuscripts are composed of many thousands of items in 486 volumes. They relate chiefly to the area between the Mississippi River on the west and the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean on the east, especially the frontier region during the period 1755-1815, and consist of original papers collected by Lyman C. Draper and transcripts and notes made by him. Included are Draper’s partially completed life of Daniel Boone, and his unpublished histories of "Border Forays" and "Mecklenburg Declarations". There are series of papers of or relating to Daniel Boone, Joseph Brant, David Brodhead, George Rogers Clark, William Clark, Thomas Forsyth, Josiah Harmar, William Irvine, Simon Kenton, William Preston, Thomas Sumter and Tecumseh. Other series bear the names of the following events or areas: Frontier Wars, Kentucky, Kings Mountain, Pittsburgh and Northern Virginia, Tennessee, and Virginia.

(This description was adapted from Philip M. Hamer’s A Guide to the Archives and Manuscripts in the United States. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1961, p. 631.)

Rights

Special collections material is obtained from many sources and is intended primarily for research and educational purposes. Certain works may be protected by copyright, trademark, or related interests not governed by the department. It is up to the researcher to verify that they have permission to use these materials for publication or other activities.

Accession Number

1972/01.0072

Access and Use

For more information or to use any of these collections, contact:
Special Collections, Morrow Library
Marshall University
One John Marshall Drive
Huntington, WV 25755
(304) 696-2343
speccoll@marshall.edu

Comments

Span Dates: 1838-1891

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