William E. Hawks correspondence, 1915-1933.

0.21 linear feet (1 box)

English

In English.

Purchased from William Reese Co. (Cowan's Cincinnati sale, 2008 December 4, lot 428) on the William Robertson Coe Fund No. 3, 2009.

This material is open for research.

William E. Hawks, born circa 1864, resided in Bennington, Vermont, and authored western fiction, some of which was published in the serial Cowboy Stories.

The correspondence consists of autograph letters from residents of the American West that include memoirs of people and events, including the Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857. The letters are among those that informed Hawks's fictional portrayals of cowboy life in his short stories. Correspondents include James Hatch, W. W. Howard, and Clark B. Stocking.

March 19, 2012

William E. Hawks Correspondence. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

William E. Hawks Correspondence. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.