Correspondence between Oscar G. Richards and William E. Connelley
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
- Richards, Oscar G., 1836- (Correspondent, 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
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.
Subject
- Brown, John, 1800-1859 (Person)
- Quantrill, William Clarke, 1837-1865 (Person)
- Connelley, William Elsey, 1855-1930 (Correspondent, Person)
- 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
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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