John P.Clum papers, 1860-1970 (bulk, 1874-1932)

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John P.Clum papers, 1860-1970 (bulk, 1874-1932)

Collection consists of the papers of John P.Clum and family. Correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, photographs, typescripts,newspaper and magazine articles are by or about John P. Clum; a smallerquantity of typescripts, reprints, and biographical items concern John's sonWoodworth Clum. Much of the material consists of writings by the Clums andothers about the Apache Indians, Geronimo's capture, and events in Tombstone,Arizona.

3 linear feet

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SNAC Resource ID: 6633776

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Clum, John P., 1851-1932

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John P. Clum was an Indian agent at the San Carlos Indian Reservation in southeast Arizona from 1874 to 1877. He later served as founder and editor of the Tombstone Epitaph newspaper, postmaster, and mayor of Tombstone, Arizona, as well as postal inspector and lecturer in Alaska. His son, Woodworth Clum, was an editor of the Washington Star newspaper, and the author of a book about his father entitled Apache Agent . From the guide to the John P. Clum papers, 1860-1970 (bulk, 1874-193...