Alexander B. Adams writings on the American West
Scope and Contents
Typescripts with holograph annotations and corrections of Adams' books The Disputed Lands (Putnam, 1981); Geronimo: A Biography (Putnam, 1971); Sitting Bull: An Epic of the Plains (Putnam, 1973); and Sunlight and Storm: The Great American Plains (Putnam, 1977). A photocopy of Adams' TLS dated 1972 Jun 29, transmitting the typescript of Geronimo to Yale and commenting on the work, is filed in the first of the folders of that title. Bound galley proofs for Sitting Bull follow the typescript.
Dates
- circa 1971-1981
Creator
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Alexander B. Adams, 1972, 1974, and 1983.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by title.
Extent
5 Linear Feet (12 Boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
Typescripts with holograph annotations and corrections of Adams' books The Disputed Lands (Putnam, 1981); Geronimo: A Biography (Putnam, 1971); Sitting Bull: An Epic of the Plains (Putnam, 1973); and Sunlight and Storm: The Great American Plains (Putnam, 1977). A photocopy of Adams' TLS dated 1972 Jun 29, transmitting the typescript of Geronimo to Yale and commenting on the work, is filed in the first of the folders of that title. Bound galley proofs for Sitting Bull follow the typescript.
- Apache Indians -- Biography
- Apache Indians -- History
- Dakota Indians -- Biography
- Geronimo : a biography
- Geronimo, 1829-1909
- Great Plains -- History
- Indians of North America -- Great Plains
- Lakota Indians -- Wars
- Sitting Bull : an epic of the plains
- Sitting Bull, 1831-1890
- Sunlight and storm : the great American plains
- The disputed lands
- United States -- Territorial expansion
- West (U.S.) -- History
- Title
- Alexander B. Adams writings on the American West
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- Beinecke Staff
- Date
- 2014
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
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