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=== Record Description === | === Record Description === | ||
{{TOC right}} '''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. <br><br> | {{TOC right}} '''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. The most important description of this collection is 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}}<br><br> | ||
'''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:''''' | '''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:''''' | ||
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<gallery | <gallery caption="Draper Manuscript Collection" widths="160px" heights="120px" perrow="3"> | ||
Image:United States, Draper Manuscript Series (12-0902) Chronological Index of Documents DGS 7192184-11.jpg|Chronological Index of Documents | Image:United States, Draper Manuscript Series (12-0902) Chronological Index of Documents DGS 7192184-11.jpg|Chronological Index of Documents | ||
Image:United States, Draper Manuscript Series (12-0902) Genealogical Notes DGS 7192179_9.jpg|Genealogical Notes | Image:United States, Draper Manuscript Series (12-0902) Genealogical Notes DGS 7192179_9.jpg|Genealogical Notes | ||
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*[[Virginia History]] | *[[Virginia History]] | ||
*[[Wisconsin History]] | *[[Wisconsin History]] | ||
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