PARK BROTHERS PAPERS

Finding Aid

Size: 0.25 linear feet

Literary rights:
Literary rights were not granted to Wichita State University. When permission is granted to examine the 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.

Restrictions: None

Content note:
This collection of the Park brothers’ papers contains the correspondence of three brothers: John Wesley Park, Frank M. Park, and Jesse Park, all of whom lived in Kansas from 1857 to 1869. Most of the letters are written to family and friends in their hometown of Higgensport, Ohio. Life along the Kansas-Missouri border from 1857 to 1861 is the subject of John Wesley Park’s letters. He observes the embattled pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions and their quests to determine Kansas’ future. Another brother, Frank M. Park, describes the Western Kansas frontier and its buffalo and Indian populations while the third brother, Jesse, comments on life in Sheridan, Kansas at a time when the town was the end of the line for the Union Pacific railroad.

Additional information:
This collection is part of Special Collections' digital library pilot project. One letter is presented digitally in the container list.

Acquisition: Purchased March 27, 1993 from RIBA Auction

Processed by: MWU, 5-12-1994; JEF, 5-14-1998