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Guide to the Buck McKee Letters, 1906-1909
1972  
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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Administrative Information
  • Access Points
  • Contents
  • Biography
  • Correspondents

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Buck McKee Letters,
    Date (inclusive): 1906-1909
    Box Number: 1972
    Creator: McKee, Buck, 1865-1944
    Repository: California State Library
    Sacramento, California
    Language: English.

    Administrative Information

    Access

    Unrestricted.

    Conditions of Use

    Please credit California State Library.

    Publication Rights

    Copyright has not been assigned to California State Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing. Permission for publication is given on behalf of California State Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Buck McKee Letters, California State Library.

    Access Points

    Vaudeville--United States.
    Wild west shows.
    McKee, Buck, 1865-1944
    Rogers, Will, 1879-1935

    Contents

    Correspondence, business cards, clippings

    Biography

    Buck McKee was a boyhood friend of Will Rogers and became his partner in a touring group. McKee's specialty was performing with his riding horse, Teddy. Maud Holmes married Buck McKee in 1908. She was a vaudeville chorus girl who performed under the name of Maud Florence. Around 1924 Buck and Maud moved to Roseville where they ran a riding school.

    Correspondents

    • McKee, Maud

    Administrative Information