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Ezra Delos Smith papers : Meade, Kansas, 1906-1934.
BANC MSS P-W 43 box 1; BANC FILM 3440
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Title:
Ezra Delos Smith papers: Meade, Kansas, 1906-1934E.D. Smith papers
Creator/Contributor:
Smith, E. D. (Ezra Delos), 1854-1926, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Smith, Jedediah Strong, 1799-1831Creator/Contributor:
Spearman, Sara Eliza Simons, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel, 1853-1935Creator/Contributor:
Cragin, Francis Whittemore, 1858-1937, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Smith, Lura, correspondent.Abstract:
The papers primarily relate to researches in Smith family history, particularly for a biography of Jedediah Strong Smith,
unpublished, of which a carbon typescript (457 leaves) is in the collection. To Smith's own papers have been added nine letters
and statements he sent to Sara Eliza (Simons) Spearman, 1907-1909; 19 letters to Frederick S. Dellenbaugh, 1911-1919; a manuscript
by E.D. Smith recording traditional history of the Smith family; and a microfilm of E.D. Smith's letters to F.W. Cragin, 1907-1909.
Personal papers include letters from relatives and others, a few written to his daughter Lura after his death.
Literary papers include two manuscripts concerning manners and customs in northern Indiana and southern Michigan at the time
of Smith's boyhood, ca. 1857-1870 (17 & 161 leaves), and a few articles, stories, and addresses.
Date:
1906 (issued)Subject:
n-us-in -- n-us-miSmith, E. D. (Ezra Delos) -- 1854-1926 -- Archives
Smith, E. D. (Ezra Delos) -- 1854-1926 -- Correspondence
Smith, Jedediah Strong -- 1799-1831 -- Family
Indiana -- Social life and customs
Michigan -- Social life and customs
Note:
For a complete description, see Dale L. Morgan and George P. Hammond, eds., A Guide to the Manuscript Collections of the Bancroft
Library, p. 318-319.
Entire collection: Also available on microfilm with call number BANC FILM 3440.
9 letters to Mrs. J.D. Spearman, 1907-1909: Also available on microfilm.
Preferred citation: Ezra Delos Smith papers, BANC MSS P-W 43, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
E.D. Smith letters to F.W. Cragin: Originals in: El Paso County Pioneers Historical Museum, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
E.D. Smith letters to F.W. Cragin: FOR REFERENCE USE ONLY. Reproduction prohibited. Direct requests for copies or permission
to publish to El Paso County Pioneers Historical Museum, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
In English.
2 albums and miscellaneous pictures transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library.
Forms part of the Jedediah Smith family papers.
Type:
Family papers.Family histories.
Addresses.
Physical Description:
print
1 box (0.4 linear feet)
1 microfilm reel : negative (Box 3618) and positive
1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 563:19) and positive (16 mm.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS P-W 43 box 1
BANC FILM 3440
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
E.D. Smith letters to F.W. Cragin: FOR REFERENCE USE ONLY. Reproduction prohibited. Direct requests for copies or permission
to publish to El Paso County Pioneers Historical Museum, Colorado Springs, Colorado.