Scope and Contents
Dates
- 1803-1910
Creator
Language of Materials
Conditions Governing Access
Box 2 (pistol and powder horn): Restricted material. May not be seen without the permission of the appropriate curator.
Conditions Governing Use
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Arrangement
Extent
2.05 Linear Feet (4 boxes)
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Benjamin O'Fallon
O'Fallon-Smith-Horine Family
Processing Information
This collection received a basic level of processing, including rehousing and minimal organization.
Information included in the Description of Papers note and Collection Contents section is drawn from information supplied with the collection and from an initial survey of the contents. Folder titles appearing in the contents list below are chiefly based on those provided by the creator or previous custodian. Titles have not been verified against the contents of the folders in all cases. Otherwise, folder titles are supplied by staff during initial processing.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
- African Americans -- Missouri
- Atkinson, Henry, 1782-1842
- Benton, Thomas Hart, 1782-1858
- Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850
- Clark family
- Clark, William, 1770-1838
- Cooper, Astley David Middleton, 1856-1924
- Fallon family
- Fitzhugh, Frances Clark O'Fallon Thruston, 1723-1825
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Missouri
- Horine family
- Horine, Jacob
- Indian agents
- Indians of North America
- Land grants -- Missouri
- Leavenworth, Henry, 1783-1834
- Legal documents -- United States -- 19th century
- Madden, Thomas, 1761-1838
- Missouri -- Politics and government -- 19th century
- Missouri -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
- Missouri River -- Discovery and exploration
- Monroe, James, 1758-1831
- O'Fallon, Benjamin
- O'Fallon, John, 1791-1865
- Oil paintings (visual works) -- United States
- Photographs
- Pistols
- Powder horns
- San Jose (Calif.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
- Slave trade -- Missouri
- Slavery -- Missouri
- Smith, Ellen O'Fallon, 1841-1914
- Smith, Francis J., 1827-1877
- Smith, Reuben, 1786-1828
- Smith, Susan Horine, 1805-1834
- Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850
- United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
- Women -- West (U.S.)
Creator
- Title
- Guide to the O'Fallon Family Papers
- Author
- by Beinecke staff
- Date
- October 2017
- 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
Opening Hours
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