BYU Library - Special Collections

Materials include correspondence, genealogical notes, diaries, business records, drafts of writings, speeches, and collected research and reference materials including manuscripts, letters, legal documents, maps, photographs, and newspaper clippings. The materials pertain primarily to the history and settlement of the American West, the American Indian Wars and American Indian culture, and the preservation of western historical landmarks. Dated 1833 to 1951.

Contains notes, articles, correspondence, speeches, histories, essays, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and programs. Also included are drafts of Ann Hafen's articles. The materials relate to LeRoy Hafen's career as a historian in Colorado and his publications and research on various aspects of Colorado history.

Collection includes 138 photographs, 43 postcards, one tintype, and a newspaper with images of Western landscapes and public figures, with a particular focus on Colorado. Original images were taken between the 1840s and the 1920s.

The folder contains a newspaper clipping and letter from 1929. Charles C. Richardson writes about ranching in Pueblo County, Colorado.

Correspondence with other authors, critics, publishers, and editors of mystery and detective fiction. The collection also contains newspaper clippings of Sandoe's book review columns, bibliographies, printers' proofs and material of other mystery writers, photographs, and memorabilia.

Holograph letter to "Sam" by Slason dated 1902. In this missive, Slason talks about his research that went into his book "Eugene Field: a Study in Heredity and Contradictions" which was published in 1901. Also included is a carbon copy of an unsigned letter to "Thompson." The writer of the missive was a Denver newspaperman and author whose penname was "Old Farmer." The item is largely about the newspaper work of its author.