Mae Reed Porter and Clyde Porter papers, 1839-1970.

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Mae Reed Porter and Clyde Porter papers, 1839-1970.

Collection contains research materials, manuscripts, notebooks, publications, and clippings related to Mae Reed Porter's historical writing, particularly that dealing with Alfred Jacob Miller and Sir William Drummond Stewart. Correspondence, 1932-1975, biographical material, and photographs include both family and historical research materials. Memorabilia and financial records are also included with some artifacts. The bulk of the collection deals with the decades Mae spent in compiling the background for her writing, which Clyde assisted with after his retirement.

24.87 cubic ft. (53 boxes)

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Ruxton, George Frederick Augustus, 1820-1848

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Porter, Mae Reed, 1889-1969

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Historical researcher and author, of Kansas City, Mo. From the description of Mae Reed Porter speech, 1953 Aug. 3. (Montana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70924271 Clyde Porter and Mae Reed met as classmates at Iowa State College and married in 1910. Clyde was an executive with Kansas City Power & Light and benefactor of the Kansas City Museum. Mae Reed Porter was an historian of the American West and an art collector. She purchased a collection of sket...

Porter, Clyde, 1889-1958

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Clyde H. Porter and his wife Mae Reed Porter studied and wrote about the early exploration, development, and fur trade of the Far West, particularly the Rocky Mountain area. From the description of Papers of Clyde H. Porter and Mae Reed Porter, 1928-1956. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122545571 ...

Miller, Alfred Jacob, 1810-1874

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Painter; Baltimore, Md. and Scotland. From the description of Alfred Jacob Miller manuscript and sketches, [undated] and 1837. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122571456 ...

Stewart, William Drummond, Sir, 1795 or 1796-1871

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