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Samuel Jay Crumbine letter

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P12

Overview

Letter, "To Violet and Warren," dated Jackson Heights, N. Y., December 14, 1946. The letter comments extensively on the authenticity of Wright's book. There is also autobiographical information about Crumbine, who practiced medicine in Dodge City from the early 1880s to 1904.

Dates

  • Creation: December 14, 1946

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

No access restrictions

Conditions Governing Use

Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.

Extent

1 folder (2 pages in 1 folder) : typescript, with handwritten notes appended at end of letter ; 26.5 x 18.5 cm

Language of Materials

English

Physical Location

RH MS P12

Separated Materials

Letter removed from third copy of Robert Marr Wright's Dodge City, the Cowboy Capital... (Wichita, Wichita Eagle Press, 1913), which contains the note "Presented to S. J. Crumbine by the Author, 1913" (The note is in Crumbine's hand.).

Bibliography

Wright, Robert Marr. Dodge City, the cowboy capital, and the great Southwest in the days of the wild Indian, the buffalo, the cowboy, dance halls, gambling halls and bad men. Wichita: Witchita eagle press, 1913. Available at Spencer Research Library at RH C364.
Title
Guide to the Samuel Jay Crumbine Collection
Subtitle
Samuel Jay Crumbine letter
Author
Finding aid prepared by lgg, 1972. Finding aid encoded by mg, 2004.
Date
2004
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Finding aid written in English.
Finding aid permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/10407/5324232111
Preferred citation
Samuel Jay Crumbine letter, Kansas Collection, RH MS P12, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas

Repository Details

Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository

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