Daniel Boone illustrations
Collection — Folder: S2496
Identifier: S2496
Scope and Contents
This collection includes illustrations of Daniel Boone, Fort Boonesborough, Ky., and the Boone family homestead in Exeter Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania sketched by Dr. R. N. Mayfield of Seattle, Washington (circa 1930s). The collection also contains a clipping of a portrait of Boone from Pageant of Kentucky’s Historic Past by M.T. Lafferty (1924).
Dates
- 1924-circa 1930s
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights resides with the creators of the documents or their legal heirs and assigns. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Biographical / Historical
Daniel Boone was an early American frontiersman and legendary folk hero. He was born in 1734 in Exeter Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania to Squire and Sarah Boone. He had little formal schooling, but he could read and write and learned wilderness skills and marksmanship at an early age. He spent much of his life as a wandering hunter and trapper and is credited with blazing a trail to the west through the Cumberland Gap. The trail became known as the Wilderness Road and it made possible the first settlements in Kentucky. He was a courageous and resourceful leader, but he never prospered financially. He died in Missouri at the age 86 on September 26, 1820.
Sources:
Encyclopædia Britannica. "Daniel Boone." Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. 2018. Accessed December 4, 2018. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Daniel-Boone.
The State Historical Society of Missouri. “Daniel Boone (1734-1820).” Historic Missourians. Accessed December 4, 2018. https://shsmo.org/historicmissourians/name/b/booned/.
Sources:
Encyclopædia Britannica. "Daniel Boone." Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. 2018. Accessed December 4, 2018. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Daniel-Boone.
The State Historical Society of Missouri. “Daniel Boone (1734-1820).” Historic Missourians. Accessed December 4, 2018. https://shsmo.org/historicmissourians/name/b/booned/.
Extent
0.01 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by size.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as donation from Dr. R.N. Mayfield in 1931/12 and 1935/02/28.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2018/12/04 by Laura Eliason. EAD finding aid created 2018/12/04 by Laura Eliason.
Creator
- Title
- Daniel Boone illustrations
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
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Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
