Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | Miscellaneous Manuscripts and Codices
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| Other authors / contributors: | Reuben T. Durrett Collection on Kentucky and the Ohio River Valley (University of Chicago. Library)
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| Notes: | The collection is open for research.
Reuben Thomas Durrett (1824-1913), lawyer, manuscript and book collector, and Kentucky historian.
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| Summary: | The Durrett Miscellaneous Manuscripts and Codices constitute an extensive sampling of miscellaneous documents pertaining to the economic and social - and to a lesser degree, political - history of the Ohio River Valley and the territory that became the state of Kentucky. The manuscript collection contains originals and copies of letters, military records, and business papers (including purchase and delivery orders, bills, and receipts). The codices collection contains diaries, journals, biographies, family histories, and early historical and ethnographical accounts, as well as a small selection of military, academic, and political records. Materials cover a variety of topics including the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, and attitudes toward slavery and abolition. The collection spans the years 1674-1911, with the bulk of the material dating between 1770 and 1900.
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| Cite as: | When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Durrett, Reuben T. Collection. Miscellaneous Manuscripts and Codices, [Box #, Folder #], Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.
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| Cumulative Index / Finding Aids Note: | Finding aid available in the Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library, 1100 E. 57th St., Chicago, IL 60637.
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