Draper Manuscripts
1740-1891
- Draper, Lyman Copeland, 1815-1891
Draper Mss; Micro 1034
97.2 cubic feet (491 volumes) and 123 reels of microfilm (35
mm)
Wisconsin Historical Society
(Map)
Papers created and collected by Lyman Draper reflecting his life-long interest in
the history of the trans-Allegheny West from the frontier conflicts of the 1740s to the War
of 1812. Although Draper's goal was to gather information on military events and the
soldiers, scouts, and settlers who battled Indians, the British, and Tory sympathizers as
white settlement advanced westward, the materials he collected also document social and
economic factors, with details on the role of women and minorities on the frontier, cultural
attitudes toward Indians, tribal history and traditions, and opinions on contemporary topics
such as the Civil War, Reconstruction policies, the rise of the Ku Klux Klan, and other
nineteenth century concerns. The papers are grouped by topic, period, or document type into
fifty series.
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 Out of date and offensive language may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.
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.
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