Guide to "The Pioneers of Yesteryears" -- Manuscript by Otho Edmund Cope


Collection Summary

Title: "The Pioneers of Yesteryears" -- Manuscript by Otho Edmund Cope
Call Number: MS 87-26
Size: 0.25 linear feet
Acquisition: Source unknown.
Processed by: LTM: 5/12/1987; Reprocessed by JEF: 1/28/1998



Literary Rights

Literary rights were not granted to Wichita State University. When permission is granted to examine manuscripts, it is not an authorization to publish them. Manuscripts cannot be used for publication without regard for common law literary rights, copyright laws and the laws of libel. It is the responsibility of the researcher and his/her publisher to obtain permission to publish. Scholars and students who eventually plan to have their work published are urged to make inquiry regarding overall restrictions on publication before initial research.


Content Note

Rev. A. A. Morrison's diary describes the life of an itinerant Presbyterian minister. His accounts describe different congregations he served, trouble with the local Presbytery, and work as a school teacher. He was an itinerant minister in Iowa and Ohio between 1838 and 1868.


Administrative History

None available.


Series Listing 

None available.


Box and Folder Listing

Box 1

FF 1

Contains a transcript of a manuscript by Otho Edmund Cope, The Pioneer of Yesteryears, describing a history of the Cope family in America with special attention given to the Copes in Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma, pages 1-37.

Box 1

FF 2

Contains a transcript of a manuscript by Otho Edmund Cope, The Pioneers of Yesteryears, describing a history of the Cope family in America with special attention given to the Copes in Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma, pages 38-79.