Research Catalog
John Edwin Bakeless papers
- Title
- John Edwin Bakeless papers, 1913-1977.
- Author
- Bakeless, John Edwin, 1894-
- Supplementary Content
- Finding Aid
Details
- Additional Authors
- Bakeless, Katherine Little, 1895-
- Bakeless, Oscar H.
- Boyd, Julian P. (Julian Parks), 1903-
- Cranwell, John Philips, 1904-1982.
- Davis, W. C.
- Eginton, Warren W.
- Eller, Ernest McNeill, 1903-
- Ewers, John Caulfield.
- Fowler, Robert H.
- Hanna, Archibald, 1916-
- Mills, Edward O.
- Maxwell, Ray.
- Moffat, Fraser M.
- Nevins, Allan, 1890-1971.
- Oberholtzer, Ernest C. (Ernest Carl), 1884-1977.
- Partridge, Bellamy, 1877-
- Sellers, Charles Coleman, 1903-1980.
- Smith, Truman.
- Wiley, Bell Irvin, 1906-
- Description
- 29.9 linear feet (74 boxes)
- Summary
- Collection contains manuscript and typescript drafts of Bakeless's writings; research notes and papers on military intelligence; general and family correspondence; and personal papers including diaries, scrapbooks and other miscellany.
- Subject
- Bakeless, John Edwin, 1894-
- Boone, Daniel, 1734-1820
- Clark, George Rogers, 1752-1818
- Clark, William, 1770-1838
- Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809
- Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593
- Bakeless family
- Harvey family
- Missouri Pacific Railroad Company > History
- History > Research
- Horticulture
- Military intelligence
- United States > History > Military intelligence. > Revolution, 1775-1783
- United States > History > Military intelligence. > Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States > Social life and customs > History
- Genre/Form
- Diaries.
- Scrapbooks.
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Source (note)
- Bakeless, John Edwin; Katherine Little Bakeless - Estate
- Biography (note)
- John Edwin Bakeless (1894-1978) was an American author, historian, journalist, soldier, teacher, and amateur horticulturist.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Finding aid available in repository.
- Processing Action (note)
- Cataloged
- Call Number
- MssCol 182
- OCLC
- NYPW95-A0
- Author
- Bakeless, John Edwin, 1894-
- Title
- John Edwin Bakeless papers, 1913-1977.
- Restricted Access
- Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Biography
- John Edwin Bakeless (1894-1978) was an American author, historian, journalist, soldier, teacher, and amateur horticulturist. His journalistic career included working for various magazines and newspapers. He also taught journalism and literary criticism at New York University and other institutions. His military career covered the years from 1917 to 1953; he served as an intelligence officer in World War II. As an historian and author he is best known for biographies of Christopher Marlowe, Lewis and Clark, Daniel Boone, and George Rogers Clark, and historical studies on early America, economic causes of war, and military intelligence.
- Indexes
- Finding aid available in repository.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Bakeless, Katherine Little, 1895-Bakeless, Oscar H.Boyd, Julian P. (Julian Parks), 1903-Cranwell, John Philips, 1904-1982.Davis, W. C.Eginton, Warren W.Eller, Ernest McNeill, 1903-Ewers, John Caulfield.Fowler, Robert H.Hanna, Archibald, 1916-Mills, Edward O.Maxwell, Ray.Moffat, Fraser M.Nevins, Allan, 1890-1971.Oberholtzer, Ernest C. (Ernest Carl), 1884-1977.Partridge, Bellamy, 1877-Sellers, Charles Coleman, 1903-1980.Smith, Truman.Wiley, Bell Irvin, 1906-
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 182