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Patrick family papers and correspondence

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P317

Overview

Correspondence, forms, an accounting booklet, complaints, and other documentation from Colonel Samuel L. Patrick during his time as a Sac and Fox Indian Agent and from his daughter Harriet (Patrick) Gilstrap, who served as a teacher at Native American boarding schools before her marriage to Harry Benson Gilstrap. Much of Colonel Patrick's correspondence concerns the possible misaccounting and recordkeeping under the previous agent, former Confederate Brigadier General Edward L. Thomas.

Dates

  • Creation: 1892 - 1899

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

No access restrections.

Conditions Governing Use

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

Extent

2 folders (46 items) ; Folders measure 22x37 cm.

Language of Materials

English

Physical Location

RH MS P317

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchase, Smokey Hill Booksellers, 1977.

Title
Guide to the Patrick Family Collection
Subtitle
Patrick family papers and correspondence
Author
Finding aid prepared by chh, 2 September 1977. Finding aid encoded by mg, 2004. Finding aid revised by mwh, 2023.
Date
2004
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Finding aid written in English.
Finding aid permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/10407/5085324265
Preferred citation
Patrick family collection, Kansas Collection, RH MS P317, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas

Repository Details

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

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