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Draper, Lyman Copeland. ''Draper Manuscript Collection''. Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Library, 197–?. (On 147 Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=218462&disp=Draper+manuscript+collection%20%20&columns=*,0,0 films, beginning with 889098]) The Draper Manuscript Collection consists of nearly 500 volumes of manuscripts, papers, and books collected by Lyman Copeland Draper about the history of the trans-Allegheny West, a region including the western areas of the Carolinas and Virginia, all the Ohio River Valley, and part of the upper Mississippi Valley from the 1740s to 1830. The collection is divided into 50 series. Some series are titled by geographic area, some by the names of prominent frontier leaders, and some by topic. The bulk of the collection consists of notes from interviews, questionnaires, and letters gathered during Draper’s extensive travels and research to learn about frontier history. Personal papers are much more rare than government or military records. The collection includes many items of a genealogical or biographical nature. For an inventory and partial indexes, see:  

 

Harper, Josephine L. ''Guide to the Draper Manuscripts''. Madison, Wisconsin: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1983. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=147518&disp=Guide+to+the+Draper+manuscripts%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 977.583/M1 A3h; fiche 6050187]) This guide gives series and volume descriptions for some of the Draper manuscripts. There are several indexes at the end of the book, including a name and subject index, an additional personal data index, and a list of references to Kentucky.  

 

Wolfe, Barbara Schull. ''Index to Lyman C. Draper Manuscripts''. Logansport, Indiana: B.S. Wolfe, 197–?. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=446497&disp=Index+to+Lyman+C%2E+Draper+manuscripts%20%20&columns=*,0,0 977.583/M1 A3w]) The name index gives the series and volume numbers but is not complete.  

State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Library. ''Calendar of The Kentucky Papers of the Draper Collection of Manuscripts. 1925''. Reprint, Utica, KY: McDowell Publications, 1983. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=173965&disp=Calendar+of+the+Kentucky+papers+of+the+D%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 977.5 A3ws vol.2 1983; film 823866 item 2)]