Grace McClure papers, 1946-1982.

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Grace McClure papers, 1946-1982.

Collection contains a photocopied typed manuscript of the appendix for "The Bassett Family" entitled "Confidentially Told", an account authored by Frank Willis (the second husband of Ann Bassett) of a conversation he had with Hi Bernard (Ann Bassett's first husband) regarding Ann Bassett and cattle ranching and living conditions in Brown's Park, Colorado in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Also contains photocopies of 4 letters regarding the identity of the author of "Confidentially Told", including 2 letters written by Ann Bassett to Esther Campbell, 1 letter written by J. Monaghan (Illinois State Historian) to LeRoy Hafen (Executive Director of the State Historical Society of Colorado) and 1 letter written to Hafen by Monaghan.

0.10 cubic ft. (1 envelope)

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McClure, Grace

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Grace McClure was a historical writer during the second half of the twentieth century. McClure was the author of "The Bassett Women" (1985), a historical work about Elizabeth Bassett, Josie Bassett, and Ann Bassett, who were members of a well known ranching family that lived in Brown's Park, Colorado during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The book included the appendix "Confidentially Told", which was written by Ann Bassett's second husband Frank Willis. From the d...

Willis, Frank, 1883-1963.

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Bassett, Ann.

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Bernard, Hildegund

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Bassett family.

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