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''[[United States Genealogy|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[Wisconsin]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[Dane County, Wisconsin|Dane]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Wisconsin Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[Wisconsin Historical Society]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]]'' '''Draper Manuscript Collection'''<br><br>
''[[United States Genealogy|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[Wisconsin]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[Dane County, Wisconsin|Dane]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Wisconsin Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[Wisconsin Historical Society]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]]'' '''Draper Manuscript Collection'''<br>
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=== Record Description  ===
=== Description  ===
A 491-volume collection of partially indexed letters, genealogical and historical notes, land records, newspaper clippings, and interview notes pertaining to the frontier history and settlement of the old Northwest and Southwest Territories of the United States from the 1740s to 1830.
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| A 491-volume collection of partially indexed letters, genealogical and historical notes, land records, newspaper clippings, and interview notes pertaining to the frontier history and settlement of the old Northwest and Southwest Territories of the United States from the 1740s to 1830.
| '''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&nbsp;''''' 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. [[Image:Wisconsin Historical Society.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Wisconsin Historical Society in Madison]]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. For a more detailed description, see Josephine L. Harper, '''''Guide''''' ''to the Draper Manuscripts'' (Madison, Wis.&nbsp;: University of Wisconsin Press&nbsp;; London&nbsp;: Eurospan, 2004) [https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE3435851 Digital copy online]; {{WorldCat|56461941|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|147518|item|disp=FHL Fiche 6050187; Book 977.583/M1 A3h}}
 
'''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&nbsp;''''' 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. [[Image:Wisconsin Historical Society.jpg|thumb|right|380px|Wisconsin Historical Society in Madison]]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. For a more detailed description, see Josephine L. Harper, '''''Guide''''' ''to the Draper Manuscripts'' (Madison, Wis.&nbsp;: University of Wisconsin Press&nbsp;; London&nbsp;: Eurospan, 2004) [https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE3435851 Digital copy online]; {{WorldCat|56461941|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|147518|item|disp=FHL Fiche 6050187; Book 977.583/M1 A3h}}


'''Arrangement.''' The collection was organized by [[Wisconsin Historical Society]] staff into 491 volumes divided into 50 '''''series&nbsp;''''' 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&nbsp;''''' 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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*'''series J and L.&nbsp;''' James Alton James, ''George Rogers'' '''''Clark''''' ''Papers, 1771-1784'', 2 vols. (Springfield, Ill.: Illinois State Historical Library, 1912-1924) [http://archive.org/details/georgerogerscla00jamegoog Digital copy online]; {{WorldCat|866327756|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|289358|item|disp=FHL Fiche 6100186 and 6100187}}. Includes indexes to parts of '''series J and L'''.
*'''series J and L.&nbsp;''' James Alton James, ''George Rogers'' '''''Clark''''' ''Papers, 1771-1784'', 2 vols. (Springfield, Ill.: Illinois State Historical Library, 1912-1924) [http://archive.org/details/georgerogerscla00jamegoog Digital copy online]; {{WorldCat|866327756|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|289358|item|disp=FHL Fiche 6100186 and 6100187}}. Includes indexes to parts of '''series J and L'''.


'''Indexes only'''
==== Indexes only ====


*'''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 every-name 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 every-name index to films 889179 and 889180 of the Draper manuscript collection.  
*'''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.


'''''Note 1:&nbsp;''''' The St. Louis County Library has photocopies of a set of Lyman C. Draper indexes in four big white binders. It is not clear if these are different from the list in Note 2 below. Presumably, the Wisconsin Historical Society has the originals of the St. Louis County Library indexes.<ref>[http://www.slcl.org/content/draper-manuscript-collection-indexes Indexes] in ''Guide to finding your ancestors in the Draper Manuscript Collection'' in St. Louis County Library (accessed 25 March 2015).</ref>  
:'''''Note 1:&nbsp;''''' The St. Louis County Library has photocopies of a set of Lyman C. Draper indexes in four big white binders. It is not clear if these are different from the list in Note 2 below. Presumably, the Wisconsin Historical Society has the originals of the St. Louis County Library indexes.<ref>[http://www.slcl.org/content/draper-manuscript-collection-indexes Indexes] in ''Guide to finding your ancestors in the Draper Manuscript Collection'' in St. Louis County Library (accessed 25 March 2015).</ref>  


'''''Note 2:&nbsp;''''' Lyman C. Draper himself indexed some, but not all, of his own series.<ref>Barabara E. Wolfe, ''Index to Lyman C. Draper Manuscripts'' (Logansport, Ind. : B.E. Wolfe, [19--]), 47.</ref> The extent and detail of these indexes is uncertain. See:  
:'''''Note 2:&nbsp;''''' Lyman C. Draper himself indexed some, but not all, of his own series.<ref>Barabara E. Wolfe, ''Index to Lyman C. Draper Manuscripts'' (Logansport, Ind. : B.E. Wolfe, [19--]), 47.</ref> The extent and detail of these indexes is uncertain. See:  
 
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| 30-'''S''' Draper's notes, 1841-1845<br>  
| 30-'''S''' Draper's notes, 1841-1845<br>  
31-'''S''' (partial) notes, 1841-1845<br> 32-'''S''' Draper's notes, 1844-1845<br> 33-'''S''' Draper's notes, 1844-1845<br> 15-'''U''' Frontier war treaties/journals<br> 12-'''ZZ''' Virginia papers, 1753-1873<br>
31-'''S''' (partial) notes, 1841-1845<br> 32-'''S''' Draper's notes, 1844-1845<br> 33-'''S''' Draper's notes, 1844-1845<br> 15-'''U''' Frontier war treaties/journals<br> 12-'''ZZ''' Virginia papers, 1753-1873  
 
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'''Transcripts with every-name indexes'''
==== Papers with every-name indexes ====


*'''series A.&nbsp;''' Craig L. Heath, ''The George M.'' '''''Bedinger''''' ''papers&nbsp;: volume 1A of the Draper Manuscript Collection'' (Bowie, Maryland&nbsp;: Heritage Books, 2002) {{WorldCat|866026436|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|1044261|item|disp=FHL Book 976.9 D29h}}. Transcript with every-name index.  
*'''series A.&nbsp;''' Craig L. Heath, ''The George M.'' '''''Bedinger''''' ''papers&nbsp;: volume 1A of the Draper Manuscript Collection'' (Bowie, Maryland&nbsp;: Heritage Books, 2002) {{WorldCat|866026436|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|1044261|item|disp=FHL Book 976.9 D29h}}. Transcript with every-name index.  
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*'''series ZZ.&nbsp;''' Craig L Heath, ''The'' '''''Virginia''''' ''papers, 5 vols.'' (Bowie, Md.&nbsp;: Heritage Books, 2003-&nbsp;) {{WorldCat|66397178|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}. Transcripts with every-name index.&nbsp; Contents: v. 1. Volume 1ZZ of the Draper Manuscript collection -- v. 2. Volume 2ZZ -- v. 3. Volume 3ZZ -- v. 4. Volume 4ZZ -- v. 5. Volume 5ZZ.
*'''series ZZ.&nbsp;''' Craig L Heath, ''The'' '''''Virginia''''' ''papers, 5 vols.'' (Bowie, Md.&nbsp;: Heritage Books, 2003-&nbsp;) {{WorldCat|66397178|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}. Transcripts with every-name index.&nbsp; Contents: v. 1. Volume 1ZZ of the Draper Manuscript collection -- v. 2. Volume 2ZZ -- v. 3. Volume 3ZZ -- v. 4. Volume 4ZZ -- v. 5. Volume 5ZZ.


'''Calendars of papers''' (ONLY indexed by key names relative to each papers' creation--not by all the names listed in the papers)  
==== Calendars of papers ====
(ONLY indexed by key names relative to each papers' creation--not by all the names listed in the papers)  


*'''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 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.  
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*'''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}}. Calendar 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}}. Calendar includes index.


'''Documentary histories'''
==== Documentary histories ====


*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 to parts of '''series C, D, J, JJ, NN, QQ, S, U, X, XX, and ZZ'''.  
*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 to parts of '''series C, D, J, JJ, NN, QQ, S, U, X, XX, and ZZ'''.  
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*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 to parts of '''series C, CC, D, DD, E, F, H, J, M, NN, QQ, S, SS, U, ZZ.'''
*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 to parts of '''series C, CC, D, DD, E, F, H, J, M, NN, QQ, S, SS, U, ZZ.'''


==== Related Websites  ====
==== Websites  ====


*[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Content.aspx?dsNav=Ny:True,Ro:0,N:4294963828-4294963805&dsNavOnly=N:4294963829-1227&dsRecordDetails=R:CS4103&dsDimensionSearch=D:About+the+Draper+Manuscript+Collection,Dxm:All,Dxp:3&dsCompoundDimensionSearch=D:About+the+Draper+Manuscript+Collection,Dxm:All,Dxp:3 About the Draper Manuscript Collection] at the Wisconsin Historical Society  
*[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Content.aspx?dsNav=Ny:True,Ro:0,N:4294963828-4294963805&dsNavOnly=N:4294963829-1227&dsRecordDetails=R:CS4103&dsDimensionSearch=D:About+the+Draper+Manuscript+Collection,Dxm:All,Dxp:3&dsCompoundDimensionSearch=D:About+the+Draper+Manuscript+Collection,Dxm:All,Dxp:3 About the Draper Manuscript Collection] at the Wisconsin Historical Society  
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*[http://library.truman.edu/microforms/draper_manuscripts.asp Pickler Memorial Library]
*[http://library.truman.edu/microforms/draper_manuscripts.asp Pickler Memorial Library]


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