Walter Noble Burns papers, 1908-1932 (bulk 1922-1932).

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Walter Noble Burns papers, 1908-1932 (bulk 1922-1932).

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Manuscripts, notes, correspondence, photographs, clippings, and related material. Several drafts of the manuscripts for The Saga of Billy the Kid, 1925, Tombstone: An Iliad of the Southwest, 1927, The One Way Ride, 1931 and The Robin Hood of El Dorado: the Saga of Joaquin Murrieta, 1932, are present. Photographs are of people and places such as Pat Garrett, John Slaughter, Lincoln County, N.M., and Tombstone, Ariz. Correspondents, including Wyatt Earp and various others, relate their experiences. Also included are short stories and articles; many about Wild Bill Hickok. Clippings from his newspaper columns in Chicago's Inter Ocean, 1908-1913, chiefly concern western themes.

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Slaughter, John.

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Billy the Kid (Singer)

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Desperado. From the description of Collection concerning Billy, the Kid, 1881. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450989 ...

Earp, Wyatt, 1848-1929

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Lawman, U.S. marshal, and gunfighter of the American West; b. in Monmouth, Ill.; after serving as a peace officer in Kansas, was involved in the controversial gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Ariz., in 1881; b. Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp. From the description of Wyatt Earp collection, 1839-[ongoing]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70954219 ...

Garrett, Pat.F. (Pat. Floyd), 1850-1908

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Garrett was a politician, rancher, and lawman. He was the lawman who killed Billy the Kid. From the description of Garrett photographs, circa 1880s-1920s. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367953571 Lawman and rancher, sheriff of Lincoln County, New Mexico, in 1880 and later sheriff and ranch owner in Dona Ana County, New Mexico. Garrett is most widely remembered as the sheriff who shot and killed the infamous outlaw "Billy the Kid." From the description of Pat F. G...

Burns, Walter Noble, 1872-1932

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Journalist, author of Western fiction. From the description of Walter Noble Burns papers, 1908-1932 (bulk 1922-1932). (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 30636811 Walter N. Burns was a journalist and author of Western fiction From the guide to the Walter Noble Burns papers, 1908-1964 (bulk 1922-1932), (University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections) ...

Murrietta, Joaquin

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Hickok, Wild Bill, 1837-1876

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