Michael D. Heaston Collection of Western Land and Settlement Manuscripts
Scope and Contents
Single letters, small groups of letters, and other manuscripts created by various individuals and assembled by collector Michael D. Heaston pertaining to western American land and settlement, 1846-1939 and undated. Letters discuss real property, economic conditions, and frontier and pioneer life in Alabama, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Texas. Some letters include pictorial letterheads with maps.
Topics covered in the collection include agriculture, Native Americans, oil, missionary activity, ranching, and slavery.
Dates
- 1846-1939, undated
Creator
- Heaston, Michael D. (Collector)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Michael D. Heaston Collection of Western Land and Settlement Manuscripts is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Michael D. Heaston on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 2006.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Extent
0.42 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.mdheastonwesternland
Abstract
Single letters, small groups of letters, and other manuscripts created by various individuals and assembled by collector Michael D. Heaston pertaining to western American land and settlement, 1846-1939 and undated. Letters discuss real property, economic conditions, and frontier and pioneer life in Alabama, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Texas. Some letters include pictorial letterheads with maps.
Topics covered in the collection include agriculture, Native Americans, oil, missionary activity, ranching, and slavery.
Processing Information
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- Adams, Hardin B.
- Agriculture -- Texas
- Albany (Tex.) -- Maps
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
- Austin (Tex.)
- Beidler, Francis M.
- Braman, D. E. E.
- Britton & Gray
- Brownville (Neb.)
- Castine, Abijah
- Clark, Minerva
- Clark, Whitney
- Clear Lake (S.D.) -- Maps
- Clinton (Iowa)
- Colorado -- Maps
- Concho County (Tex.)
- Crow Agency (Mont.)
- Dana, E. T.
- Denison, George, active 1872
- Earnest & Shepherd (Firm)
- Evans, Matt R.
- Fort Assinniboine (Mont.)
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Kansas
- Garland, A. H. (Augustus Hill), 1832-1899
- Gillette, E. H.
- Harrison, J. B., active 1888
- Hay, Martha
- Hay, William, active 1846
- Hicks, A. W.
- Hicks, E. D.
- Hidalgo County (Tex.)
- Hoadly, Luther
- Holden, Dewey
- Holt, George E., active 1855
- Holt, Lora H.
- Homestead law -- United States
- Houston (Tex.)
- Hudnutt, J. D.
- Indians of North America -- Kansas
- Indians of North America -- Montana
- Indians of North America -- Oklahoma
- Jessop, Reubin
- Jones, H. O., active 1857
- Junction City (Kan.) -- Maps
- Kansas -- Economic conditions -- 19th century
- Kansas -- Maps
- Kramer, J. H., active 1939
- Lawrence (Kan.)
- Leadville (Colo.)
- Lexington (Mo.)
- Logan, John A., active 1886
- Magnolia Land Company
- Maps
- Mason County (Tex.)
- McGuire, Betsey
- McKissock, A. F.
- McKissock, H.
- Miller, S. C., active 1866
- Missionaries -- Oklahoma -- 19th century
- Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company
- Mobile (Ala.)
- Neal, N. P.
- Nebraska -- Economic conditions -- 19th century
- Nichols, William E., active 1889
- Oil fields -- Texas -- Houston -- Maps
- Oil wells -- Texas
- Oklahoma City (Okla.)
- Omaha City (Neb.)
- Palmer, James, active 1857
- Partridge, J. M.
- Pictorial lettersheets -- West (U.S.) -- 19th century
- Pike, Ellery C.
- Place marketing -- Colorado
- Place marketing -- Texas -- Houston
- Plumb, Preston B., 1837-1891
- Pre-emption rights (United States)
- Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.. Board of Home Missions
- Pueblo (Colo.)
- Railroads -- Texas
- Ranchers -- Texas -- 19th century
- Ranches -- Texas
- Ranching -- Texas
- Randall, Henry S. (Henry Stephens), 1811-1876
- Real estate agents -- West (U.S.) -- 19th century
- Real property -- Iowa -- Clinton
- Real property -- Iowa -- Council Bluffs
- Real property -- Kansas
- Real property -- Kansas -- Junction City
- Real property -- Minnesota -- Mankato
- Real property -- Missouri -- Saint Joseph
- Real property -- Oklahoma
- Real property -- South Dakota -- Clear Lake
- Real property -- Texas -- Albany
- Real property -- Texas -- Concho County
- Real property -- Texas -- Hidalgo County
- Real property -- Texas -- Mason County
- Real property -- Texas -- Swisher County
- Real property -- West (U.S.)
- Reese, Lucien L.
- San Luis Valley (Colo. and N.M.) -- Maps
- Sand, James
- Sheep farming -- Alabama
- Sheep ranchers -- Alabama -- 19th century
- Sioux Falls (S.D.) -- Maps
- Slavery -- Texas
- South Dakota -- Maps
- Sparks, W. A. J.
- Springer, William M.
- Swett, Laura Quigg
- Swett, Leonard Herbet, 1859-
- Swett, Leonard, 1825-1889
- Swisher County (Tex.)
- Taylor, Abner, 1829-1903
- Texas -- Economic conditions -- 19th century
- Texas -- Maps
- Thraxton, Calvin
- Topeka (Kan.)
- Twitchell, R. C.
- Uvalde (Tex.)
- Vincent, C. S.
- Wichita Falls and Northwestern Railway
- Williams, C., active 1906
- Williams, J. T.
- Williams, Partridge & Company
- Wilsom, S. M., active 1908
- Women -- West (U.S.)
- Wood, Henry Clay
- Wood, Owen A.
- Woodruff, William W.
Source
- Michael D. Heaston (Bookseller)
- Title
- Guide to the Michael D. Heaston Collection of Western Land and Settlement Manuscripts
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Sarah Lerner
- Date
- January 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
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Location
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New Haven, CT 06511
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