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Correspondence between Oscar G. Richards and William E. Connelley

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P136

Overview

Richards and William Connelley corresponded about Kansas territorial history. Richards, who participated in the border wars between Kansas Territory and Missouri (1854-1861), recounted the events for Connelley, a historian. The letters, dated 1902-1909, were written approximately 50 years after the events. Connelley and Richards were specifically interested in detailing the border war involvement of Richards himself as well as James Lane, John Brown, William Quantrill, and Governor Charles Robinson, mostly in Lawrence and Lecompton, Kansas and the surrounding area. In the correspondence, Richards and Connelley confirm or deny details of the events of the Fort Saunders and Fort Titus battles, as well as Quantrill's 1863 raid on Lawrence. Richards also gives a biography of himself. A photograph of Richards is included in the collection, as well as a penciled map of Quantrill's route to Lawrence.

Dates

  • Creation: 1902 - 1909

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 (1 folder + 1 oversize folder) ; Neither folder measures larger than 59x90 cm.

Language of Materials

English

Physical Location

RH MS P136

Physical Location

RH MS R3

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift, William Elsey Connelley, approximately 1920.

Title
Guide to the Oscar G. Richards Collection
Subtitle
Correspondence between Oscar G. Richards and William E. Connelley
Author
Finding aid preapred by kpz, 1973. Finding aid encoded by mg, 2004. Finding aid revised by mwh, 2020.
Date
2004
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Finding aid written in English.
Finding aid permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/10407/5119453958
Preferred citation
Oscar G. Richards correspondence with William E. Connelly, Kansas Collection, RH MS P136, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas

Repository Details

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

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