Charles A. Siringo letters to William E. Hawks, 1912-1926.

0.25 linear ft. (1 box)

English

Purchased from Charles and Lindley Eberstadt on the William Robertson Coe Fund, 1956.

Siringo wrote A Texas Cowboy, A Cowboy Detective, Two Evil Isms, Lone Star Cowboy, and Riata and Spurs. Pinkerton's Detective Agency suppressed the publication of Two Evil Isms, and charged Siringo with criminal libel, causing him to flee Chicago to New Mexico, where the governor refused to extradite him to Illinois.

18 ALS from Siringo to Hawks discussing the publication of his writings. Most of the correspondence deals with the controversy surrounding the publication of the Two Evil Isms. Siringo also writes about "old timer cowboys" and outlaws, telling Hawks some tidbits of their history, and in one letter there are two cowboy songs. Many letters carry enclosures, one of which corrects a story about Bat Masterson after a discussion with Wyatt Earp in 1926. There is in addition 1 TLS from Gifford Pinchot, chief of the U. S. Forest Service from 1898-1910, and president of the National Conservation Association, to Siringo, dated December 28, 1912, regarding his endorsement of A Cowboy Detective.

June 01, 2002

Charles A. Siringo Letters to William E. Hawks. Western Americana Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University

Charles A. Siringo Letters to William E. Hawks. Western Americana Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University

Musical works.

Cowboys.