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*Josephine L. Harper, '''''Guide''''' ''to the Draper Manuscripts'' (Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press ; London : Eurospan, 2004) {{WorldCat|56461941|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|9110208|item|disp=FHL Fiche 6050187; Book 977.583/M1 A3h}}. This is a descriptive survey of each series in the collection. It includes a general combined personal name, place, and subject index on pages 239-418.
*Josephine L. Harper, '''''Guide''''' ''to the Draper Manuscripts'' (Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press ; London : Eurospan, 2004) {{WorldCat|56461941|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|9110208|item|disp=FHL Fiche 6050187; Book 977.583/M1 A3h}}. This is a descriptive survey of each series in the collection. It includes a general combined personal name, place, and subject index on pages 239-418.


*Reuben Gold Thwaites, '''''Descriptive list''''' ''of Manuscript Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin together with Reports on Other Collections of Manuscript Material for American History in Adjacent States'' (Madison, Wis.: Wisconsin Historical Society, 1906) [https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE1220254 Digital copy online]; {{WorldCat|866238031|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|492355|disp= FHL Film 368687}}. Includes general index on pages 151-197 (digital 165-211)—many entries differ from entries in Harper's index above.<br>
*Reuben Gold Thwaites, '''''Descriptive list''''' ''of Manuscript Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin together with Reports on Other Collections of Manuscript Material for American History in Adjacent States'' (Madison, Wis.: Wisconsin Historical Society, 1906) [https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE1220254 Digital copy online]; {{WorldCat|866238031|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|492355|disp= FHL Film 368687}}. Includes general index on pages 151-197 (digital 165-211)—many supplemental entries to Harper's ''Guide&nbsp;'' index above.<br>


'''More-detailed partial indexes'''  
'''More-detailed partial indexes'''  
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*Reuben Gold Thwaites, and Louise Phelps Kellogg, ''Documentary History of Dunmore's War, 1774'' (Madison&nbsp;: Wisconsin Historical Society, 1905) {{WorldCat|865923824|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|181623|item|disp=FHL Film 564367 Item 2}}. Includes index.  
*Reuben Gold Thwaites, and Louise Phelps Kellogg, ''Documentary History of Dunmore's War, 1774'' (Madison&nbsp;: Wisconsin Historical Society, 1905) {{WorldCat|865923824|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|181623|item|disp=FHL Film 564367 Item 2}}. Includes index.  
*Reuben Gold Thwaites, and Louise Phelps Kellogg, ''The Revolution on the Upper Ohio, 1775-1777'' (Reprint, 1992 of Madison&nbsp;: Wisconsin Historical Society, 1908) {{WorldCat|866557717|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|596638|item|disp=FHL Book 977.1 H2t}}. Includes index.  
*Reuben Gold Thwaites, and Louise Phelps Kellogg, ''The Revolution on the Upper Ohio, 1775-1777'' (Reprint, 1992 of Madison&nbsp;: Wisconsin Historical Society, 1908) {{WorldCat|866557717|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|596638|item|disp=FHL Book 977.1 H2t}}. Includes index.  
*Reuben Gold Thwaites, and Louise Phelps Kellogg, ''Frontier Defense on the Upper Ohio, 1776-1778'' (Madison : Wisconsin Historical Society, c1912) [https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE923236 Digital copy online]; {{WorldCat|866134286|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|60184|item|disp=FHL Film 1320772}}. Includes index to parts of '''series J and SS.'''  
*Reuben Gold Thwaites, and Louise Phelps Kellogg, ''Frontier Defense on the Upper Ohio, 1776-1778'' (Madison&nbsp;: Wisconsin Historical Society, c1912) [https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE923236 Digital copy online]; {{WorldCat|866134286|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|60184|item|disp=FHL Film 1320772}}. Includes index to parts of '''series J and SS.'''  
*Louise Phelps Kellogg, ''Frontier Advance on the Upper Ohio, 1778-1779'' (Reprint, 2008 of Madison&nbsp;: Wisconsin Historical Society, 1916) {{WorldCat|496811201|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}. Includes index.  
*Louise Phelps Kellogg, ''Frontier Advance on the Upper Ohio, 1778-1779'' (Reprint, 2008 of Madison&nbsp;: Wisconsin Historical Society, 1916) {{WorldCat|496811201|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}. Includes index.  
*Louise Phelps Kellogg, ''Frontier Retreat on the Upper Ohio, 1779-1781'' (Reprint, 2008 of Madison&nbsp;: Wisconsin Historical Society, 1917) {{WorldCat|497816233|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|693608|item|disp=FHL Book 977.1 M2fr}}. Includes index.
*Louise Phelps Kellogg, ''Frontier Retreat on the Upper Ohio, 1779-1781'' (Reprint, 2008 of Madison&nbsp;: Wisconsin Historical Society, 1917) {{WorldCat|497816233|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|693608|item|disp=FHL Book 977.1 M2fr}}. Includes index.
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:*'''series S.&nbsp;''' Bayless E. Hardin, ''Index to volume 6S, Draper manuscripts'' (Salt Lake City, Utah&nbsp;: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1983) {{WorldCat|868073099|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|263709|item|disp=FHL Fiche 6018900; Book 976.9 H22h}}. Indexes vol. 6S (series S) entitled '''''Draper's notes&nbsp;''''' made June 1851. Microreproduction of a photocopy of the original index at the Kentucky Historical Society in Frankfort, Kentucky.  
:*'''series S.&nbsp;''' Bayless E. Hardin, ''Index to volume 6S, Draper manuscripts'' (Salt Lake City, Utah&nbsp;: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1983) {{WorldCat|868073099|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|263709|item|disp=FHL Fiche 6018900; Book 976.9 H22h}}. Indexes vol. 6S (series S) entitled '''''Draper's notes&nbsp;''''' made June 1851. Microreproduction of a photocopy of the original index at the Kentucky Historical Society in Frankfort, Kentucky.  
:*'''series U.&nbsp;''' Samuel McDowell, ''Calendar of the'' '''''frontier wars''''' ''papers of the Draper collection of manuscripts'' (Utica, Ky.&nbsp;: McDowell Publications, 1991) {{WorldCat|24189299|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}.  
:*'''series U.&nbsp;''' Samuel McDowell, ''Calendar of the'' '''''frontier wars''''' ''papers of the Draper collection of manuscripts'' (Utica, Ky.&nbsp;: McDowell Publications, 1991) {{WorldCat|24189299|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}.  
:*'''series CC.&nbsp;''' Mabel Clare Weaks, ''Calendar of the'' '''''Kentucky''''' ''Papers of the Draper Collection of Manuscripts'' (Madison : Wisconsin Historical Society, 1925) [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=26669 Indexed on Ancestry.com]; [https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE105026 Digital copy online]; {{WorldCat|865847394|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|173965|item|disp=FHL Film 823866 Item 2}}. Includes index.  
:*'''series CC.&nbsp;''' Mabel Clare Weaks, ''Calendar of the'' '''''Kentucky''''' ''Papers of the Draper Collection of Manuscripts'' (Madison&nbsp;: Wisconsin Historical Society, 1925) [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=26669 Indexed on Ancestry.com]; [https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE105026 Digital copy online]; {{WorldCat|865847394|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|173965|item|disp=FHL Film 823866 Item 2}}. Includes index.  
:*'''series DD''' and XX. &nbsp;Edward Earl Bennett, ''Calendar of the Tennessee and'' '''''King's Mountain''''' ''Papers of the Draper Collections of Manuscripts, Vol. 3'' (Madison : Wisconsin Historical Society, 1929) [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=26670 Indexed on Ancestry.com]; [https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE923562 Digital copy online]; {{WorldCat|866009836|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|174005|item|disp=FHL Film 896963 Item 2}}. Includes index.  
:*'''series DD''' and XX. &nbsp;Edward Earl Bennett, ''Calendar of the Tennessee and'' '''''King's Mountain''''' ''Papers of the Draper Collections of Manuscripts, Vol. 3'' (Madison&nbsp;: Wisconsin Historical Society, 1929) [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=26670 Indexed on Ancestry.com]; [https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE923562 Digital copy online]; {{WorldCat|866009836|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|174005|item|disp=FHL Film 896963 Item 2}}. Includes index.  
:*'''series NN.&nbsp;''' Karen Mauer Green, ''Index to the Draper manuscripts, series NN: the'' '''''Pittsburgh and northwest Virginia''''' ''papers'' (Cooperstown, New York&nbsp;: Frontier Press, 2003) {{WorldCat|52522437|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|1162179|item|disp=FHL Book 973 A32dnn}}. This is an index to films 889179 and 889180 of the Draper manuscript collection.  
:*'''series NN.&nbsp;''' Karen Mauer Green, ''Index to the Draper manuscripts, series NN: the'' '''''Pittsburgh and northwest Virginia''''' ''papers'' (Cooperstown, New York&nbsp;: Frontier Press, 2003) {{WorldCat|52522437|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|1162179|item|disp=FHL Book 973 A32dnn}}. This is an index to films 889179 and 889180 of the Draper manuscript collection.  
:*'''series QQ''' and ZZ. &nbsp;Mabel Clare Weaks, ''The'' '''''Preston''''' ''and Virginia Papers of the Draper Collection of Manuscripts'' (Madison : Wisconsin Historical Society, 1915) [https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE744271 Digital copy online]; {{WorldCat|866009247|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|173749|item|disp=FHL Film 1896964 Item 2}}. Includes index.  
:*'''series QQ''' and ZZ. &nbsp;Mabel Clare Weaks, ''The'' '''''Preston''''' ''and Virginia Papers of the Draper Collection of Manuscripts'' (Madison&nbsp;: Wisconsin Historical Society, 1915) [https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE744271 Digital copy online]; {{WorldCat|866009247|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|173749|item|disp=FHL Film 1896964 Item 2}}. Includes index.  
:*'''series SS.&nbsp;''' Leroy Schlinkert, ''Calendar of the David'' '''''Shepherd''''' ''papers&nbsp;: series SS in the Draper manuscripts'' ([Madison]&nbsp;: Archives Division, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1979) {{WorldCat|9275211|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}  
:*'''series SS.&nbsp;''' Leroy Schlinkert, ''Calendar of the David'' '''''Shepherd''''' ''papers&nbsp;: series SS in the Draper manuscripts'' ([Madison]&nbsp;: Archives Division, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1979) {{WorldCat|9275211|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}  
:*'''series TT.&nbsp;''' State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Division of Archives and Manuscripts, ''Calendar of the'' '''''South Carolina''''' ''papers&nbsp;: series TT in the Draper manuscripts'' ([Madison]&nbsp;: Archives Division, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1979) {{WorldCat|9227833|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}.  
:*'''series TT.&nbsp;''' State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Division of Archives and Manuscripts, ''Calendar of the'' '''''South Carolina''''' ''papers&nbsp;: series TT in the Draper manuscripts'' ([Madison]&nbsp;: Archives Division, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1979) {{WorldCat|9227833|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}.  
:*'''series UU.&nbsp;''' State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Division of Archives and Manuscripts, ''Calendar of the'' '''''South Carolina in the Revolution miscellanies'''''&nbsp;'': series UU in the Draper manuscripts'' ([Madison]&nbsp;: Archives Division, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1979) {{WorldCat|9629485|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}.  
:*'''series UU.&nbsp;''' State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Division of Archives and Manuscripts, ''Calendar of the'' '''''South Carolina in the Revolution miscellanies'''''&nbsp;'': series UU in the Draper manuscripts'' ([Madison]&nbsp;: Archives Division, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1979) {{WorldCat|9629485|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}.  
:*'''series VV.&nbsp;''' Sandra Howell, ''Calendar of the Thomas'' '''''Sumter''''' ''papers of the Draper collection of manuscripts'' (Utica, Kentucky&nbsp;: McDowell Publications, 1986) {{WorldCat|15480094|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|564668|item|disp=FHL Book 977.5 A3ws v. 5}}. Includes index.  
:*'''series VV.&nbsp;''' Sandra Howell, ''Calendar of the Thomas'' '''''Sumter''''' ''papers of the Draper collection of manuscripts'' (Utica, Kentucky&nbsp;: McDowell Publications, 1986) {{WorldCat|15480094|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|564668|item|disp=FHL Book 977.5 A3ws v. 5}}. Includes index.  
:*'''series''' DD and '''XX.&nbsp;''' Edward Earl Bennett, ''Calendar of the'' '''''Tennessee''''' ''and King's Mountain Papers of the Draper Collections of Manuscripts, Vol. 3'' (Madison : Wisconsin Historical Society, 1929) [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=26670 Indexed on Ancestry.com]; [https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE923562 Digital copy online]; {{WorldCat|866009836|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|174005|item|disp=FHL Film 896963 Item 2}}. Includes index.  
:*'''series''' DD and '''XX.&nbsp;''' Edward Earl Bennett, ''Calendar of the'' '''''Tennessee''''' ''and King's Mountain Papers of the Draper Collections of Manuscripts, Vol. 3'' (Madison&nbsp;: Wisconsin Historical Society, 1929) [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=26670 Indexed on Ancestry.com]; [https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE923562 Digital copy online]; {{WorldCat|866009836|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|174005|item|disp=FHL Film 896963 Item 2}}. Includes index.  
:*'''series''' QQ and '''ZZ.&nbsp;''' Mabel Clare Weaks, ''The Preston and'' '''''Virginia''''' ''Papers of the Draper Collection of Manuscripts'' (Madison : Wisconsin Historical Society, 1915) [https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE744271 Digital copy online]; {{WorldCat|866009247|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|173749|item|disp=FHL Film 1896964 Item 2}}. Includes index.
:*'''series''' QQ and '''ZZ.&nbsp;''' Mabel Clare Weaks, ''The Preston and'' '''''Virginia''''' ''Papers of the Draper Collection of Manuscripts'' (Madison&nbsp;: Wisconsin Historical Society, 1915) [https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE744271 Digital copy online]; {{WorldCat|866009247|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|173749|item|disp=FHL Film 1896964 Item 2}}. Includes index.


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Record Description[edit | edit source]

Coverage. This collection also known as the Draper manuscripts, and as the Draper Collection, consists of 491 volumes of manuscripts, papers, and books collected by Lyman Copeland Draper  about the history of the trans-Allegheny West in the United States, 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. This includes New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Michigan, and Wisconsin.

Arrangement. The collection was organized by Wisconsin Historical Society staff into 491 volumes divided into 50 series  of varying lengths. Each series is titled by a geographic area, by a subject, or by the name of a prominent frontier leader. For further details about the 50 series titles and arrangement see also:

Content. 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.

Draper manuscript search strategy. A single, detailed, and comprehensive index to every individual name mentioned in the Draper Manuscript Collection does not yet exist. However, partial indexes to some  of the Draper series still can be useful:

  1. Search for an ancestor by name (including alternate spellings) in the indexes to:
    1. Josephine L. Harper's Guide  Index (pp. 239-309)
    2. Josephine L. Harper's Guide  Pension applicants (pp. 311-320)
    3. Josephine L. Harper's Guide  Additional personal data (pp. 321-418)
    4. Reuben G. Thwaites' Descriptive list  Index (pp. 151-197; digital 165-211)
    5. Search for names of relatives, friends, and associates of your ancestor in the same indexes.
  2. Search (a) Harper's Guide  Index (pp. 239-309), and (b) Thwaites' Descriptive list  Index for the town, county, and state where the ancestor resided; also for a nearby river.
  3. Use Josephine L. Harper's Guide  (especially Appendix IV) to determine in which Draper manuscript series the ancestor would most likely appear.
    1. From the list of Related Publications below determine if any of the other titles serve as an additional partial index to the series where your ancestor may appear.
    2. Then search the partial index to the appropriate series for your ancestor's name, relatives, associates, and residences.
  4. If you find  an ancestor or residence in an index, look up the reference to that ancestor or residence in the manuscripts on the appropriate series microfilm.
  5. If you do not find  an ancestor or residence in any of the indexes, browse the appropriate series anyway because the indexes may be incomplete.

Availability[edit | edit source]

Original images can be viewed or ordered through the following:

Microfilm access. For contents of this collection by microfilm number, see the Draper Manuscript Series Coverage Table.

  • For a pdf list of the many other libraries in the United States and Canada which have obtained copies of these Draper microfilms, click here.

Record Content[edit | edit source]

Key facts found in this collection vary from record to record. They may include:

  • Names
  • Birth, marriage, or death dates and places
  • Names of parents or other family members
  • Residences
  • Life sketches
  • Names of neighbors
  • Notes of involvement in historical events

Related Publications[edit | edit source]

The following works have been published about this collection:

  • Reuben Gold Thwaites, Descriptive list of Manuscript Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin together with Reports on Other Collections of Manuscript Material for American History in Adjacent States (Madison, Wis.: Wisconsin Historical Society, 1906) Digital copy online; At various repositories (WorldCat); FHL Film 368687. Includes general index on pages 151-197 (digital 165-211)—many supplemental entries to Harper's Guide  index above.

More-detailed partial indexes

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