Letters of Guy Hatfield
Overview
Guy Hatfield was a magician from Kansas City, Missouri who made his living by traveling throughout the Midwestern United States. This collection contains some of the letters he wrote to his wife, Nell, while on the road from October 1889 to March 1892.
Dates
- Creation: 1889 - 1892
Creator
- Hatfield, Guy (Author, Person)
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
.5 Linear Feet (1 document case)
Language of Materials
English
Scope and Contents
This collection contains around 50 letters written by a traveling magician to his wife, Nell, living in Kansas City, Missouri. He traveled throughout the Midwest, to towns in Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Colorado, Iowa, and Missouri. He was a friend of George B. "Diamond Dick" McClellan, a well-known Missouri druggist, medicine man, and showman. Many of Hatfield's letters in the collection mention McClellan failing to respond to his correspondence.
Arrangement
Letters are arranged chronologically.
Physical Location
RH MS 1371
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Mrs. Hudson's Fine Books and Paper, 2015
Processing Information
Letters have been unfolded and are paired with respective envelope when possible.
Source
- Mrs. Hudson's Fine Books & Paper (Bookseller, Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Guy Hatfield Collection
- Subtitle
- Letters of Guy Hatfield
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by jrw, 2015. Finding aid encoded by jrw, 2015. Finding aid revised by mwh, 2023.
- Date
- 2015-09-23
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/3003412997
- Preferred citation
-
Guy Hatfield letters, RH MS 1371, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository