Cole Younger and M. E. Withrow correspondence and news clippings, [undated] , 1904-1987.

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Cole Younger and M. E. Withrow correspondence and news clippings, [undated] , 1904-1987.

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Photocopied collection of correspondence (undated, 1904, 1916, 1947) from Cole Younger and from Dr. M. E. Withrow, former inmate and former resident physician, respectively, at the Minnesota State Prison (Stillwater); and of newspaper clippings (1938-1983) about the James-Younger gang compiled by Mary Withrow Davidson, Dr. Withrow's daughter, and her husband, Howard E. Davidson. Three letters are signed by Cole Younger, one of which is addressed to Henry Wolfer, warden at Stillwater from 1892 to 1914, and another to Dr. Withrow written a month before Younger's death. There is a second, more legible unbound photocopy of the latter letter. One of the newspaper clippings details Dr. Withrow's relationship with Cole Younger during and after their tenure at the state prison.

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Younger, Cole, 1844-1916

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Davidson, Howard, 1916-1999,

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Withrow, M. E., 1870-1948.

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Davidson, Mary Withrow, 1916-2005,

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Morrill Edwin Withrow was born to Thomas J. and Mary Catherine (Cleary) Withrow, of Withrow, Minnesota, in 1870. He earned his medical degree from Hamline University (Minnesota) in 1897 and acted as resident physician for the Minnesota State Prison (Stillwater) from 1899 to 1902, where he befriended inmates Cole and James Younger. After serving in World War I, Withrow eventually moved to International Falls to run his own private practice. He died in 1948. From the description of Col...

Minnesota State Prison (Stillwater, Minn.)

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First prison in Minnesota established as the Territorial Prison from 1853-1858; moved to a new location in South Stillwater (now Bayport) in 1914; in 1979 name changed to Minnesota Correctional Facility--Stillwater. From the description of Minnesota State Prison collection, 1853-1960 (bulk 1853-1879). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70953931 ...