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Dudley H. Cooper papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 302

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, certificates, legal papers, business papers, newspaper clippings, personal letters and published material.
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, certificates, legal papers, business papers, newspaper clippings, personal letters and published material.

Dates

  • 1836-1877

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research.

Conditions Governing Access note

Open for public research.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Dudley H. Cooper must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.

Conditions Governing Use note

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.

Permission to publish material from the Dudley H. Cooper papers must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the Special Collections Board of Curators.

Biographical History

Captain of the Missouri Mounted Volunteers, First Regiment, Mexican War, 1846.

Biographical History

Dudley H. Cooper (1821-1877) was Captain of the Missouri Mounted Volunteers, First Regiment, Mexican War, 1846.

Dudley H. Cooper, son of Benjamin Cooper, was born in 1821 in MIssouri. He was a captain of the Missouri Mounted Volunteers, First Regiment, from Howard County, Missouri who served in the Mexican War. Some of the letters in the collection refer to the camps, marches, condition of the volunteer army, anticipated battles and the prospects of a treaty alliance with the Navaho Indians. There is also reference to the popular military leaders Col. Alexander Doniphan and Maj. William Gilpin. Col. John T. Hughes complimented Captain Cooper for his participation in the Mexican War and for furnishing information on the war (William Elsey Connelley, Doniphan's Expedition: Conquest of New Mexico and California [Topeka, Kansas, 1907] p. 11, 556).

Cooper later resided in Saline County, Missouri. He was an attorney, affluent businessman, real estate agent, and active in the social and political activities of the state.

Extent

1 box (0.5 linear ft.)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Correspondence, certificates, legal papers, business papers, newspaper clippings, personal letters and published material.

Arrangement note

Arranged in 7 series: 1. Dudley H. Cooper writings, 1970-1849; 2. Dudley H. Cooper correspondence, 1842-1873; 3. Dudley H. Cooper certificates, 1847-1864; 4. Dudley H. Cooper patent medicine pamphlets and advertisements; 5. Dudley H. Cooper papers, 1836-1876; 6. Dudley H. Cooper printed political tracts, advertisements, and pamphlets; and 7. Dudley H. Cooper personal letters, 1844-1876.

Other Finding Aids note

A more detailed finding aid is available in print in the repository.

Other Finding Aids

File-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/MSSSC302.xml

Custodial History

Purchased from Fred A. Rosenstock, 1977.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased; Fred A. Rosenstock; 1977.

Appraisal

19th Century Mormon and Western Manuscripts.

Appraisal note

Utah and the American West and LDS cultural, social, and religious history (19th & 20th Century Western & Mormon Manuscripts Collecting Policy, 2010).

General

Unpublished list located with collection.

Processing Information note

Processed; 1974.

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Register of the Dudley H. Cooper papers
Status
Completed
Author
Processed under the direction of the Curator of 19th and 20th Century Western & Mormon Manuscripts
Date
1974
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Sponsor
Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008

Physical Storage Information

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository

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