Summary Information

Title: Albert Stevens Crockett Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1903-1965

Creator:

• Crockett, Albert Stevens, 1873-1969

Call Number: U.S. Mss 35AF; Micro 1123; PH 3742; Disc 185A; Audio 1186A

Quantity: 2.2 c.f. (5 archives boxes), 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm), 1 disc recording, 1 tape recording, and photographs

Repository:

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

Archival Locations:

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

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:

Papers of Albert Stevens Crockett, a prominent early journalist, writer, and publicist. Crockett's published and unpublished books include Revelations of Louise (1920), Ditties from a Ditty Bag (1922), and When James Gordon Bennett Was Caliph of Bagdad (1926). Of special note is an unpublished autobiography concerning his early experiences as a journalist and foreign correspondent and his observations of New York City culture and nightlife during Prohibition; clippings and photographs pertaining to his coverage of a 1904 automobile tour in Europe, and a typescript of a 1913 journal concerning conditions in the Philippines.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-us0035an

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