Earp collection, 1879-1991.

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Earp collection, 1879-1991.

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Magazine and newspaper articles, photocopies of correspondence, a few legal documents, and a typescript of a musical play oncerning Earp family members and events in Tombstone, Ariz. in the early 1880s. Includes information about Wyatt, Morgan, Warren and Virgil Earp and descendents. Photocopies of correspondence between 1920 and 1929 between Wyatt Earp, John H. Flood and William S. Hart concerns Flood's manuscript of Earp's reminiscences. (Originals are in the William S. Hart Papers, Seaver Center, Natural History Museum, Los Angeles, Calif.) There are three original documents; two relate to Virgil Earp as Tombstone Chief of Police concerning application of W.P. Shrewsbury for a writ of habeas corpus. The other is a affadavit by James Earp that he saw John Ringo, an escaped prisoner in January 1882. There is also a 1971 transcript "Earp! A Musical Play in Two Acts" by Norman Fedder.

.25 linear ft. (1 box).

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 7408765

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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Fedder, Norman J.

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Earp family.

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Law officers; involved in shootout at OK Corral in Tombstone, 1881. From the description of Earp collection, 1879-1991. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 38889999 ...

Flood, John Henry

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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 ...

Hart, William Shakespeare, 1695-1750

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Earp, Morgan, 1851-1882

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Earp, Virgil, -1905

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Earp, Warren Baxter, 1855-1900

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