Summary Information

Title: Draper Manuscripts: Illinois Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1776-1868

Call Number: Draper Mss Z

Quantity: 0.1 cubic feet (1 volume)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Letters, 1842-1868, to Lyman Draper from Illinois pioneer settlers, authors, and historians; interview notes; and scattered original papers of James Piggott. Includes correspondence of Sidney Breese, James Lemen, Jr., George and John T. Lusk, Pierre Menard, John Mason Peck, Isaac Newton Piggott, John Reynolds, and Benjamin Scott.

Note:

Descriptions of the volumes are copied from the Guide to the Draper Manuscripts by Josephine Harper. Out of date and offensive language may be present.

This collection is also available as a microfilm publication.

Forms part of the Lyman Copeland Draper Manuscripts. The fifty series included in the Draper Manuscripts have been cataloged individually. See the Draper Manuscripts Overview, and the Guide to the Draper Manuscripts by Josephine Harper (Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1983) for further information.

There is a restriction on use to this material; see the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-draper0cc

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