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MS 322 - Captain Jack Crawford Collection, 1868-1950

By Samantha L. Harper

Collection Overview

Title: MS 322 - Captain Jack Crawford Collection, 1868-1950

Creator: Crawford, John Wallace "Captain Jack"

Extent: 36.0 Boxes

Arrangement:

The collection (No. 322) is arranged into seven series by type of record, as follows:

Biographical Information – Box 1

Family Information – Box 1

Correspondence

            Personal (Non-Business) – Box 1-3

            Business – Box 4-5

Business Affairs – Box 6

Financial Documents – Box 7

            Business – Box 7

            Family – Box 7

Literary Works

            Poems – Box 8-10

            Songs – Box 10

            Plays – By Captain Jack – Box 10-12

            Plays – By Others – Box 13

            Stories – Box 14

            Articles – Personal Accounts – Box 14-15

            Articles – By Others – (About CJ, Contemporaries, or Family) – Box 16

            Newspaper Clippings – Box 17

            Books – By Captain Jack – Box 17

            Diaries – By Captain Jack – Box 17

            Notebooks & Scrapbooks – Box 17-20, 23-24(oversize)

Printed Materials – Captain Jack – Box 21-22

            Entertainment, Mining, and General

Oversize Manuscript Materials – Box 23-26, 36

Photographs – Box 27-35

            Oversize Photographs – Box 33-35

Date Acquired: 01/01/2008

Languages: English [eng]

Abstract

The John Wallace "Captain Jack" Crawford Collection consists of family and personal papers, research, and drafts of writing projects as well as correspondence related to business and personal matters.  Writing topics include poetry, short stories, and theatrical plays.  His business interests included performing, mining, scouting, and running a farm and general store.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

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Administrative Information

Access Restrictions: McCracken Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials. Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation or publication. Contact McCracken Research Library for more information.

Acquisition Source: Harriet Crawford Richardson

Acquisition Method: Gift

Related Publications:

BY: CRAWFORD, JACK.

The Broncho Book.  The Roycrofters, 1908. [PS1469 .C73 1908 – Russell Collection]

The Poet Scout.  Funk and Wagnalls, 1886.  [PS 1469 .C73 1886 – Russell Collection]

The Poet Scout.  H. Keller & Co., 1879.  [PS 1469 .C3 1879 – Russell Collection]

ABOUT:

Miller, Darlis A.  Captain Jack Crawford : buckskin poet, scout, and showman.  University of New Mexico Press, 1993.  [F 594 .C73 M55 1993]

Rezatto, Helen.  Tales of the Black Hills.  North Plains Press, c1983.  [F 657 .B6 R46 1983]

Sagala, Sandra K.  Buffalo Bill on Stage.  University of New Mexico Press, c2008.  [F 594 .B94 S23 2008]

Spotts, David L.  Campaigning with Custer : and the Nineteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry on the Washita Campaign, 1868-69.  University of Nebraska Press, 1988.  [E 83.869 .S76 1988]

Preferred Citation: John Wallace "Captain Jack" Crawford Collection, MS 322, Harold McCracken Research Library, Buffalo Bill Historical Center.


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