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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>
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=== Record Description  ===
=== Record Description  ===
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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.


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|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}}
 
{{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&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. 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}}<br><br>


'''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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:*FamilySearch Catalog title description {{FHL|218462|item|disp=Draper manuscript collection}}.
:*FamilySearch Catalog title description {{FHL|218462|item|disp=Draper manuscript collection}}.


'''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.  
'''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.
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=== Search Strategy ===


'''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&nbsp;''''' of the Draper series still can be useful:  
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&nbsp;''''' of the Draper series still can be useful:  


#Search for an ancestor by name (including alternate spellings) in the indexes to:  
:1. Search for an ancestor by name (including alternate spellings) in the indexes to:  
##Josephine L. Harper's '''''[https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE3435851 Guide]&nbsp;''''' Index section (pp. 239-309)  
::a. Josephine L. Harper's '''''[https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE3435851 Guide]&nbsp;''''' Index section (pp. 239-309)  
##Josephine L. Harper's '''''[https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE3435851 Guide]&nbsp;''''' Pension applicants section (pp. 311-320)  
::b. Josephine L. Harper's '''''[https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE3435851 Guide]&nbsp;''''' Pension applicants section (pp. 311-320)  
##Josephine L. Harper's '''''[https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE3435851 Guide]&nbsp;''''' Additional personal data section (pp. 321-418)  
::c. Josephine L. Harper's '''''[https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE3435851 Guide]&nbsp;''''' Additional personal data section (pp. 321-418)  
##Reuben G. Thwaites' '''''[https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE1220254 Descriptive list]&nbsp;''''' Index (pp. 151-197; digital 165-211)  
::d. Reuben G. Thwaites' '''''[https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE1220254 Descriptive list]&nbsp;''''' Index (pp. 151-197; digital 165-211)  
##Barbara E. Wolfe's ''[https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE3445193 Index to Lyman C. Draper Manuscripts]''  
::e. Barbara E. Wolfe's ''[https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE3445193 Index to Lyman C. Draper Manuscripts]''  
##Search for names of relatives, friends, and associates of your ancestor in the same indexes.  
::f. Search for names of relatives, friends, and associates of your ancestor in the same indexes.  
#Search (a) Harper's '''''[https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE3435851 Guide]&nbsp;''''' Index (pp. 239-309), and (b) Thwaites' '''''[https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE1220254 Descriptive list]&nbsp;''''' Index for the town, county, and state where the ancestor resided; also for a nearby river.  
:2. Search (a) Harper's '''''[https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE3435851 Guide]&nbsp;''''' Index (pp. 239-309), and (b) Thwaites' '''''[https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE1220254 Descriptive list]&nbsp;''''' Index for the town, county, and state where the ancestor resided; also for a nearby river.  
#Use Josephine L. Harper's '''''[https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE3435851 Guide]&nbsp;''''' (especially Appendix IV) to determine in which Draper manuscript '''series''' the ancestor would most likely appear.  
:3. Use Josephine L. Harper's '''''[https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE3435851 Guide]&nbsp;''''' (especially Appendix IV) to determine in which Draper manuscript '''series''' the ancestor would most likely appear.  
##From the list of '''Related Publications''' below determine if any of the other titles cited serve as an additional partial index to the '''series''' where your ancestor may appear.  
::a. From the list of '''Related Publications''' below determine if any of the other titles cited serve as an additional partial index to the '''series''' where your ancestor may appear.  
##Then search the partial index to the appropriate '''series''' for your ancestor's name, relatives, associates, and residences.  
::b. Then search the partial index to the appropriate '''series''' for your ancestor's name, relatives, associates, and residences.  
#If you '''''find&nbsp;''''' an ancestor or residence in an index, look up the reference to that ancestor or residence in the manuscripts on the appropriate series microfilm.  
:4. If you '''''find&nbsp;''''' an ancestor or residence in an index, look up the reference to that ancestor or residence in the manuscripts on the appropriate series microfilm.  
#If you '''''do not find&nbsp;''''' an ancestor or residence in any of the indexes, browse the appropriate '''series''' anyway because the indexes may be incomplete.
:5. If you '''''do not find&nbsp;''''' an ancestor or residence in any of the indexes, browse the appropriate '''series''' anyway because the indexes may be incomplete.


=== Availability  ===
=== Availability  ===
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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  ===
==== Related 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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