Jimmy Skaggs Papers

Guide to Jimmy Skaggs Papers

Collection Summary

Title: Jimmy Skaggs Papers

Call Number: MS 95-14

Size: 15.0 linear feet

Acquisition: Donation of Jimmy Skaggs

Processed by: JEO: 3/8/1995; JEF: 12/4/1998; MCL and MN: 5/2002; Additional materials added by JLY: 08/2007

Restrictions: Only Dr. Skaggs' writings, his research notes, or government documents included in the collection may be photocopied. Citations for copyrighted articles may be requested.

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

In his research, Dr. Jimmy Skaggs accumulated magazine and newspaper articles, government documents, correspondence, and his own notes regarding the 19th century guano trade and the history of Clipperton Island, one of the "Guano Islands." In 1856, the United States annexed these islands, claiming the resources, especially bird guano, a potent fertilizer, as its own over the claims of other nations. A professor of economics at Wichita State University from 1970 to 1996, Skaggs has authored two books from these research materials, namely The Great Guano Rush: Entrepreneurs and American Overseas Expansion and Clipperton: A History of the Island the World Forgot. The manuscripts and galley proofs for the books are included in this collection.

Administrative History

None available.

Series Listing

Series 1	Box 1 FF 1-FF 5	This series contains articles regarding first contact with Pacific Islands, including Clipperton Island, by Magellan, pirates, and others during the 18th century.
Series 2	Box 1 FF 6-FF 8	This series contains articles regarding 19th and 20th century scientific expeditions sent to Clipperton Island.
Series 3	Box 1 FF 9-Box 2 FF 1	This series includes articles and reports detailing the history of Clipperton Island in the twentieth century including the ongoing struggle between the United States, Mexico, and France regarding use and ownership of the island.
Series 4	Box 2 FF 2-FF 10	This series includes articles, documents and other materials regarding U.S. occupation and diplomacy regarding Clipperton Island, with emphasis on the claim to island by the Oceanic Phosphate Company
Series 5	Box 2 FF 11-FF 16	This series contains files concerning the environment, natural history and ecosystem of Clipperton Island.
Series 6	Box 2 FF17-Box 4 FF 8	This series contains files regarding Skaggs' efforts to publish the Clipperton Island manuscript. Included are correspondence concerning efforts to gain permission to publish some materials in document, replies from prospective publishers, and returned copies of the Clipperton Island manuscripts.
Series 7	Box 5 FF 1-Box 6 FF 32	This series contains Skaggs’ “preliminary files” including background material, articles, rough outlines, notes, and reference sheets.
Series 8	Box 6 FF 33-Box 9 FF 59	This series contains notes, descriptions, articles, and other materials regarding the history and importance of Guano Islands. The islands in this series are alphabetical.
Series 9	Box 9 FF 60-Box 10 FF 7	Company Files. This series contains files regarding guano companies and individuals involved in the guano trade.
Series 10	Box 10 FF 8-Box 11 FF 4	U.S. Documents-legal. This series contains files that hold United States documents and reports concerning Guano Islands. Included are recognition of claims, estimates or amounts of guano, etc.
Series 11	Box 11 FF 5-FF 10	U.S. Lists. This series includes list and listings regarding U.S. involvement in Guano Islands.
Series 12	Box 11 FF 11-FF 28	Photocopies of archival material. This series includes files containing records of guano companies and a collection of masters thesis and doctoral dissertations regarding the guano trade.
Series 13	Box 12 FF 1-FF 27	This series includes photographs, drawings, transparencies, maps, and slides depicting the guano islands and structure on the islands.
Series 14	Box 12 FF 28-Box 13 FF 13	Source Material. This series includes research correspondence, library source lists regarding source material Skaggs used in research of The Great Guano Rush.
Series 15	Box 14 FF 1-Box 15 FF 9	Manuscripts and Drafts. This file includes drafts of Skaggs’ book and corrected and commented copies by WSU faculty members and publishers.
Series 16	Oversized	Maps of the United States including territories and insular possessions displaying the Guano Islands.
Series 17	Box 16	The series includes materials documenting other research interest of Skaggs and includes publications and research materials concerning Doan’s Store, Joseph McCoy, Joseph Chisum, Charles Goodnight, Richard King and King Ranch (Texas), and Dan Quayle.

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1

Box 1	FF 1	Magellan This file includes photocopied articles regarding Magellan's trip around the globe, in which mention is made of the expeditions' discovery of the Clipperton Islands. Also included are some typed copies of articles.
Box 1	FF 2	Maps Includes various photocopies of maps, old and new, of the Pacific Ocean, the world, and of the Clipperton Islands. Included are articles on cartography, and exploring the study of early cartography of the Pacific Ocean.
Box 1	FF 3	Manila Galleons This file contains photocopies of magazine articles regarding sailing routes of Galleons in the Pacific Ocean and correspondence pertaining sightings of Clipperton Islands.
Box 1	FF 4	Dampier, et al; Clipperton; Pirates This file includes photocopies of articles regarding the activities of the pirate Clipperton in the service of William Dampier.
Box 1	FF 5	Isle Passion 1711 Contains photocopies of magazine articles in French regarding Clipperton Island sightings by naval vessels in 18th century.

Series 2

Box 1	FF 6	Explorers and Scientists--First Wave Photocopies of articles and books regarding various scientific expeditions of the 19th century which encountered Clipperton Island.
Box 1	FF 7	Hopkins-Stanford Expedition; Snodgras and Heller; 1898-1899 This file includes photocopies of studies made on the flora and fauna of a Pacific Island Expedition which cataloged species, weather, etc.
Box 1	FF 8	Scientist: Academy Includes a copy of Reptiles and Amphibians of the Islands of the West Coast of North America 1931 and a duplicate of the reports and proceedings of the geographical society of London.

Series 3

Box 1	FF 9	Marooned Includes photocopies of newspaper articles from July 5, 1915 regarding the rescue of a women and her two children from Clipperton Island, an August 24, 1909 article from the San Francisco Chronicle speculating on the possibility of a group on Clipperton Island was washed over by a tidal wave caused by an earthquake.
Box 1	FF 10	Nunn, George Emru, 1923-1934 Includes correspondence, copy of Geographical Review article entitled "Magellan's Route in the Pacific," and articles regarding the location of Clipperton Island.
Box 1	FF 11	Presidential Cruise 1938 Includes logs and newspaper articles regarding Franklin D. Roosevelt's Pacific cruise and visit to islands, including Clipperton, assessing use as air bases.
Box 1	FF 12	Navy Department--General Board, National Arches RG 80 Includes 1943 memos regarding study of possible air bases in Pacific Ocean.
Box 1	FF 13	FDR News Conference 1940 This file includes a press conference assessment of placing airfields on islands in the Pacific Ocean. Also included is a subject index to the press conferences of Franklin D. Roosevelt 1933-1945.
Box 1	FF 14	Mexico View--Clipperton Island This file includes photocopies of various articles written in Spanish regarding Clipperton Island.
Box 1	FF 15	France Memoirs--Clipperton Island Includes photocopied journal articles from 1909 through 1984, some translated, regarding the Clipperton Islands.
Box 1	FF 16	Guano, Birds Includes photocopied articles regarding terns. Also includes articles regarding Pacific Island reptiles, algae, and crustaceans.
Box 1	FF 17	Rear Admiral Byrd Includes short biographies of A. R. Byrd, and reports regarding his involvement in exploring the Clipperton Islands in the 1940s.
Box 1	FF 18	"Pen and the Sword" This file includes articles, journal copies, newspaper clippings regarding early twentieth century American involvement with Clipperton Island.
Box 1	FF 19	Franklin D. Roosevelt, Clipperton Islands and Air Raids This file consists of official reports, memoirs, and correspondence between the U.S. Naval department and Franklin D. Roosevelt regarding the possible use of Clipperton Island as a naval air base.
Box 2	FF 1	Rentzel Copy of interview with D. W. Rentzel regarding the 1943 government sponsored trip to Clipperton Island.

Series 4

Box 2	FF 2	Articles, 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s Includes copies of various articles concerning Clipperton Island, including studies of native life.
Box 2	FF 3	P. G. Taylor, "The Forgotten Island" This file includes a copy of "The Forgotten Island" regarding Taylor's visit to Clipperton Island for the purpose of establishing trans-Pacific air raid in 1942.
Box 2	FF 4	U. S. Navy Includes copies of articles, newspaper article 1914-1964 regarding naval expeditions, and rescues from Clipperton Island.
Box 2	FF 5	Gov. A. This file includes a copy of "Clipperton Terre Francaise" by A. Gov. Also included is an English translation from the original French.
Box 2	FF 6	C. I. Fisheries, 1978 Includes notes and articles regarding fishing rights near Clipperton Island.
Box 2	FF 7	Harbisan, Charles, 1958 Manuscript and notes regarding a geographical survey made of Clipperton Island including "short history of scientific visits to Clipperton Island."
Box 2	FF 8	U.S. Navy Occupation, 1944-1945 This file includes correspondence and articles concerning the U.S. Navies effort to establish a base on Clipperton Island. Also included are articles regarding weather stations on other islands besides Clipperton Island, a book "Guide to United States Naval Administrative Histories of World War II," and photocopies of Franklin D. Roosevelt's correspondence to the Naval department concerning wartime use of Clipperton Island.
Box 2	FF 9	U.S. Diplomacy Regarding Occupation, 1944-1945 This file includes correspondence, reports, and articles published by the United States Government Printing Office regarding foreign relations and trades.
Box 2	FF 10	Oceanic Phosphate Co., San Francisco This file contains articles and newspaper clippings (1848-1849) regarding the dispute between the Oceanic Phosphate Co., and the Mexican government regarding ownership of the Clipperton Island guano. Also includes articles regarding United States and France's claim to Clipperton Island.

Series 5

Box 2	FF 11	Clipperton Island - Geology/Chemistry Includes articles from geographical society journals regarding Clipperton Island.
Box 2	FF 12	Clipperton Island - Natural History Includes a July 10, 1985 newspaper article regarding Clipperton Island, articles regarding plane service to Islands, and a corrected copy of "Natural History" chapter of Skaggs' book, and notes and articles regarding volcanoes.
Box 2	FF 13	Clipperton Island Atoll (Coral) Includes copies of articles regarding canal reefs, including copies of maps showing reefs in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Includes "Atoll Research Bulletin" N. 86 regarding the geography and land ecology of Clipperton Island -- Sachet.
Box 2	FF 14	Climate/Weather This file contains articles regarding weather in the Pacific Ocean. Includes a 1983 Wall Street Journal article, note cards with some material on hurricanes.
Box 2	FF 15	Cousteau Odyssey, Clipperton Island, 1981 Includes a script for the 1981 PBS presentation, "Clipperton the Island Time Forgot," a "Who's Who," entry regarding Jacques Cousteau. Included also are four copies of Calypso Log, Cousteau's magazine containing articles regarding his visit to Clipperton Island.
Box 2	FF 16	Victor Emmanuel Includes photocopies of newspaper articles, a 1943 "Current Biography" entry for Victor Emmanuel and legal journal articles regarding the litigation between France and Mexico regarding ownership of Clipperton Island which was mediated in an Italian Court.

Series 6

Box 2	FF 17	Clipperton Island Correspondence, 1981-1988 Correspondence regarding Skaggs' efforts to collect information regarding Clipperton Island. Much of the correspondence concerns replies sent to Skaggs concerning requested information.
Box 2	FF 18	Gazettes This file contains copies of the Pronouncing Gazetteer regarding the location of Clipperton Island.
Box 2	FF 19	Bibliographies - Book Lists Includes lists and corrected bibliographies regarding Skaggs' research on Clipperton Island.
Box 2	FF 20	Clipperton Island - Literary Rights This file contains correspondence and notes regarding the use of other publications concerning Clipperton Island.
Box 2	FF 21	Outline This file includes a typed, handwritten outline for Skaggs' Clipperton Island manuscripts.
Box 2	FF 22	Calendars This file includes notes and an article in French establishing a time lien for Clipperton Island.
Box 2	FF 23	Defense Mapping - Clipperton Island This file contains a copy of the U.S. Department of Defenses publication, "Defense Mapping Agency Catalog of Maps, Charts, and Related Products."
Box 2	FF 24	Surface Currents This fie contains a copy of "South East North Pacific Ocean including the West Coast of Central America." Naval Oceanographic Office Special Publications 1402-NP13.
Box 2	FF 25	Clipperton Island - Negatives This fie includes photographic negatives of maps, correspondence, and photographs regarding Clipperton Island.
Box 2	FF 26	Clipperton Island - Photographs This file contains photographs of Clipperton Island, including aerial and satellite. This file also includes photographs from journals and articles.
Box 2	FF 27	Maps This file includes photographs and maps of Clipperton Island indicating location, size, and shape of Clipperton Island.
Box 3	FF 1	Computer Disks (30) Include drafts, correspondence, research notes. Disks are on "Word Star" program.
Box 3	FF 2	Audio Tapes (2) From Cousteau Odyssey - "Clipperton: The Island Time Forgot" - D. W. Rental September 27, 1985.
Box 3	FF 3	Microfilm (1) AR 146-81 Clipperton Island Naval History.
Box 3	FF 4	Video Cassette (1) Clipperton Island/Maya (circa. 1950.)
Box 3	FF 5	Prospectus This file contains copies of J. Skaggs' prospectus sent to publishers for review.
Box 3	FF 6	Clipperton - On the writing This file includes a breakdown on Skaggs' Clipperton Island chapters regarding the reason for writing the chapters.
Box 3	FF 7	C-I-let-A Includes a sheet listing publishers addresses and names.
Box 3	FF 8	Application 1986 Contains correspondence from Skaggs to the WSU research committee regarding on application for a summer Faculty University Research Award for work on Clipperton manuscript.
Box 3	FF 9	Clipperton Island, Prospective Publishers - Rejections, 1988 Includes accompanying correspondence to Skaggs from publishers declining book.
Box 3	FF 10	Clipperton Island, Perspective Publishers - "Maybe", 1988 This file contains interested correspondence from publishers.
Box 3	FF 11	Clipperton Island - Fourth and Final Revision Summer 1988 Contains a handwritten content table, a copy of Skaggs' prospectus, and Skaggs' resume.
Box 3	FF 12	Clipperton Island Manuscript - Taylor This file contains the Clipperton Island manuscript sent to the heirs of P. G. Taylor, author of Forgotten Island (1948), with notations indicating the use of Taylor's book.
Box 3	FF 13	Clipperton Island Manuscript - F. D. R. Library This file contains the copy of the Clipperton Island manuscript sent to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library for approval on quotations.
Box 3	FF 14	Clipperton Island - folder, unstitched cuts
Box 3	FF 15	Clipperton Island - Draft I File contains a draft copy of Clipperton Island.
Box 3	FF 16	Clipperton Island - Draft II File contains a corrected draft copy of Clipperton Island.
Box 3	FF 17	Clipperton Island - Draft Copy File contains a draft copy of Clipperton Island with highlighted portions indicated for correction.
Box 4	FF 1	Clipperton Island - Corrected Draft File contains a corrected copy of Clipperton Island manuscript.
Box 4	FF 2	Clipperton Island - Corrected Draft File contains a corrected copy of Clipperton Island manuscript.
Box 4	FF 3	Clipperton Island File contains a bound copy of Clipperton Island with editorial corrections.
Box 4	FF 4	Clipperton Island (II) This file contains a bound second draft of Clipperton Island.
Box 4	FF 5	Clipperton Island This file contains a completed, uncorrected copy of Clipperton: A History of the Island Time Forgot.
Box 4	FF 6	Clipperton Island Contains a loose, edited copy of Strange Atoll - A History of Clipperton Island.
Box 4	FF 7	Clipperton Island File contains a corrected copy of Strange Atoll - A History of Clipperton Island by Seymour V. Connor. Includes a letter form Conner to Skaggs commenting on manuscripts.
Box 4	FF 8	Clipperton Island - Final Copy This file contains a bound final draft copy of Strange Atoll: A history of Clipperton Island with several corrections to typographical errors.

Series 7

Box 5	FF 1	Great Guano Rush S-L Conversion Contains handwritten sheet regarding the S-L Conversion rate in 1890.
Box 5	FF 2	Miscellaneous Letter File contains a photocopy of a 1950 letter pertaining to guano.
Box 5	FF 3	Congress, Session Key 1789-1929 Includes a copy of proceedings of the 33rd Congress March 4, 1853 to March 3, 1855.
Box 5	FF 4	Frontis Includes handwritten tentative titles for Skaggs' Guano Rush book.
Box 5	FF 5	Historiography Includes some copies of American History: 1860-1890 books and lists of books used in Skaggs' research.
Box 5	FF 6	"Luncheon with Professor Skaggs," September 13, 1990 Includes transparencies of Pacific ocean islands, a lecture/consultant agreement for Wichita State University for Skaggs and a copy of the lecture.
Box 5	FF 7	Outline, Notes, etc. Includes a handwritten, rough draft of the outline and some handwritten notes.
Box 5	FF 8	Permission to quote and other releases This file includes copies of letters sent to Prof. Skaggs granting permission to quote collections, letters, manuscripts for his book.
Box 5	FF 9	Private Bills A copy of an article, "The Function of Private Bills" - a guide to the U.S. Congress.
Box 5	FF 10	Prospectus Copies of Skaggs' prospectus for The Great Guano Rush.
Box 5	FF 11	Prospective Publishers Includes correspondence with publishing houses and presses regarding the publishing of book. File also includes catalogs of some of the publishers.
Box 5	FF 12	Research Grants regarding GI 1992 This file includes correspondence and an announcement by the Wichita States University regarding the awarding of a research grant to Skaggs.
Box 5	FF 13	Research assets and other "helpers"
Box 5	FF 14	Quotes Includes several handwritten sheets of quotes for use in The Great Guano Rush.
Box 5	FF 15	Africa Includes articles and notes regarding guano producing islands near the coast of Africa.
Box 5	FF 16	American Guano Company, New York, New York This file includes various articles, case studies regarding the American Guano Company. Also included is a photocopy of the Abstract of Title, and articles of association of the compound.
Box 5	FF 17	Atlantic and Pacific Guano Co. originally, 1857 This file includes a handwritten source notation for the activities of Atlantic and Pacific Guano Companies.
Box 5	FF 18	Australia Includes a source notation regarding guano in Australia.
Box 5	FF 19	Baltimae Guano Firms This file includes articles regarding the guano trade in Baltimae.
Box 5	FF 20	Bats This file includes source material lists regarding bats, documents and reports in relation to bat guano.
Box 5	FF 21	Benson, Alfred G. - Tracing of Benson's relief bills Includes memoirs, copies of Congressional Globe records regarding Benson's efforts in the 1850s to promote guano economy.
Box 5	FF 22	Benson - see sheets This file contains handwritten source references on A. Benson.
Box 5	FF 23	Benson This file contains a number of materials regarding the life and career of A. Benson and involvement with guano trade. Included is an obituary, a time line regarding Benson's career, source references and notes.
Box 5	FF 24	Benson/Labas Affair GB Includes copies of articles and correspondence regarding the Guano Islands, newspaper articles, and reports tracing Great Britain's interest in the guano trade.
Box 5	FF 25	Benson/Labas Affairs - see Sheets Includes Skaggs' notations and references to other files.
Box 5	FF 26	Benson/Labas Affair - Descriptive Includes source listings and a partial copy of "A Narrative of Four Voyages" by Capt. Benjamin Morrell, 1822-1831, including guano islands.
Box 5	FF 27	Benson/Lobos Affair Includes newspaper copies of 1952 editions of the New York Daily News regarding the Lobos Islands and guano.
Box 5	FF 28	Benson/Lobos Affair - Webster Includes copies of correspondence, 1850 Congressional Calendars, and papers of Daniel Webster regarding speculation in Lobos Island guano trade. Muchci's background material concerning Mr. Webster.
Box 5	FF 29	Boston Guano Companies This file includes two articles regarding the history of the Boston Harbor and a source list for Boston Guano Co.
Box 5	FF 30	C. A. Williams and Company This file contains copies of articles and reports regarding the discovery of guano islands by C. A. Williams and Co.
Box 5	FF 31	Chesapeake Guano Works This file includes a paper regarding the Chesapeake guano works.
Box 5	FF 32	Chile This file contains articles regarding Chile pertaining to her natural resources.
Box 5	FF 33	Climate - Weather This file contains 1984 Wichita Eagle articles regarding "El-Nino," a warming of the Pacific Ocean.
Box 5	FF 34	Cochet and Landreou Claims This file contains several sheets of Skaggs' notes and a partial article regarding claims policy in Chile and Peru from a large text.
Box 5	FF 35	Cooper, Edward K. This file contains a 1920 copy of Cases argued and decided in the Supreme Court of the United States, another article regarding a case involving guano islands mentioning Cooper, and a paper regarding the discovery of guano-laden islands and rights to islands by E. Cooper.
Box 5	FF 36	Duncan, Peter This file contains court reports regarding Duncan's widow suing for dower or compensation for guano take from island her husband "discovered" and assigned to Cooper.
Box 5	FF 37	Earle Phosphate Co. - Providence R. I. This file contains one reference citations by Skaggs.
Box 5	FF 38	France This file includes material referring to French Colonial efforts with notations on guano. Included are article in French, a book entitled, A History of French Colonial Policy 1870-1925 by S. Roberts.
Box 5	FF 39	Germany This file includes a time line, and articles regarding German uses of fertilizers.
Box 5	FF 40	Great Britain - Christmas Island This file contains several articles regarding oceanographic expeditions to the Christmas Islands by British vessels.
Box 5	FF 41	Great Britain - Nauru and Ocean Island This file includes several articles regarding the Naura and Ocean Islands and the guano trade and an article regarding coral formations. Also includes a chronology/source list.
Box 6	FF 1	Guano - Calendars This file includes copies of fertilizer and guano usage in world history.
Box 6	FF 2	Guano - early shippers Includes a photocopy of front page of an article regarding American activities in the Central Pacific, 1790-1870.
Box 6	FF 3	Guano - Early Knowledge of Islands This file contains several articles regarding explanations of the Pacific Ocean and articles regarding diplomatic history.
Box 6	FF 4	Guano - Policies This file contains some of Skaggs' notes regarding guano policy.
Box 6	FF 5	Guano - see sheets This file contains source notations and see sheets for Senate documents.
Box 6	FF 6	Guano - Prices This file includes a handwritten time line listing guano prices.
Box 6	FF 7	Guano - Companies This file includes lists of U.S. guano companies of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Box 6	FF 8	Guano Company - Letterheads This file contains photocopies of guano company letterheads.
Box 6	FF 9	Guano - Fair Market Value Includes a list of guano prices, 1850-1866.
Box 6	FF 10	Guano - Definitions This file includes articles, dictionary definitions, and handwritten notations on the precise definition of guano.
Box 6	FF 11	Guano - Diplomacy This file includes articles regarding diplomacy between different countries regarding ownership to guano islands, and deposits.
Box 6	FF 12	Guano - Fertilizers, historical treatments This file contains copies of articles regarding the use of fertilizers and guano during the 19th century.
Box 6	FF 13	Guano, Fertilizers - Statistics This file contains articles and statistic sheets listing amounts of guano and other fertilizers.
Box 6	FF 14	Guano, Fertilizers - see sheets This file includes handwritten source notations by Skaggs.
Box 6	FF 15	Guano, Fertilizers - Testimonials This file includes articles, reports, and advertisements regarding the value of guano fertilizer.
Box 6	FF 16	Guano - Imports This file includes articles from agricultural journals and a time line by Skaggs of guano.
Box 6	FF 17	Guano - Shipping Costs Includes articles on the classification of guano.
Box 6	FF 18	Guano - Statistics This file includes tables, and statements regarding duties on guano, amounts imported, and other statistics regarding the shipment of guano.
Box 6	FF 19	Binder Contains binder which held items in FF18.
Box 6	FF 20	Guano - policy This file includes a copy of case, El Paso Iron and Metal Company v. Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway Company et al involving bat guano, and reports involving rules on guano shipment.
Box 6	FF 21	Guano, Post - rich Fertilizer Industry Includes articles; "Phosphate Rock Our Greatest Fertilizer Asset."
Box 6	FF 22	Guano - Profits This file includes copies of several cases involving guano - trade.
Box 6	FF 23	Guano - Production (Global) This file includes Skaggs' handwritten list of global guano production.
Box 6	FF 24	Guano Reserves Includes a sheet listing guano reserves from 1860 through 1952.
Box 6	FF 25	Guano - Scientific analyses of specific islands This file includes copies of agricultural reports form journals regarding the value, method of use, and other aspects of guano from different locations.
Box 6	FF 26	Guano Island Acts - 1856 This file includes Congressional Globe reports on the Guano Island Act and biographical materials on some of the backers.
Box 6	FF 27	Guano Island Acts - Modifications This file contains amendments, senate reports, and United States Code reports regarding changes made to U.S. Guano Island Acts
Box 6	FF 28	Guano Island Acts - 1872 Revised This file includes reports, newspapers articles, and Congressional Globe articles regarding revisions to the Guano Island Acts.
Box 6	FF 29	Guano Island Acts - Constitutionality This fie includes articles regarding the constitutive of the Acts.
Box 6	FF 30	Guano Island Acts - Insular Cases This file contains references, reports, and citations of regarding legal status of United States territories.
Box 6	FF 31	Guano Island Acts - Historiography This file contains a historiography sheet and excerpts from articles regarding he role of Guano Islands in American imperialism.
Box 6	FF 32	Guano Islands - Index and Lists Includes board copy of An Index to the Islands of the Pacific Ocean, a copy of Notes on the Guano Islands of the Pacific Ocean, a geographical bulletin of the U. S. and outlying areas, and lists of islands association with the Guano Island Acts.

Series 8

Box 6	FF 33	Guano Islands, General - Description This file includes an article on Guano Islands.
Box 6	FF 34	Guano Islands, General - Legal States Includes a copy of an article regarding Daniel Webster and U.S. territories and another article regarding territories and dependencies.
Box 6	FF 35	Guano Island, General - Mechanics of Filing This file includes a copy of articles from A Digest of International Land.
Box 6	FF 36	Guano, Islands, General - Scientific Analysis This file contains several journal articles regarding Guano Islands, the location of Islands, etc.
Box 6	FF 37	Guano Islands, General - Unspecified or Named Places This file contains an article regarding the discovery of New Guano Islands.
Box 6	FF 38	Guano Islands, General - see sheets This file includes Skaggs' handwritten source notations.
Box 6	FF 39	Guano Islands, General - U.S. Guano Island Territories This file contains articles and publications by the U.S. Department of the Interior regarding territorial possessions.
Box 6	FF 40	Guano Islands, General - Growth and Census Includes 1900 census for Guano Islands.
Box 6	FF 41	Guano Islands, General - Government Documents This file includes a list of congressional documents relative to guano.
Box 6	FF 42	Guano Islands, General - Guano Islands see sheets Includes handwritten source relations.
Box 6	FF 43	Guano Island, General - Overviews This file includes journal articles regarding the Guano Islands in terms of productivity, as U.S. possession, sovereignty and world politics.
Box 6	FF 44	Guano Island, General - Guano Imports, 1848-1867 This file contains statements for Guano Island imports.
Box 7	FF 1	Guano Island - Labor This file contains various articles regarding the Pacific labor trade during the 17th-19th centuries; some articles mention the guano trade.
Box 7	FF 2	Guano Island - Working Conditions (Slavery and Penal) This file contains journal articles and court case abstracts regarding labor and working conditions on Guano Islands.
Box 7	FF 3	Guano Islands - American Island Working Conditions This file includes copies of journal records, and correspondence regarding the working conditions on Guano Islands claimed by the United States.
Box 7	FF 4	Guano Islands - Working Dangers This file contains articles regarding the dangers associated with the transportation of guano.
Box 7	FF 5	Guano Islands, Working Conditions This file includes Skaggs' handwritten source notations.
Box 7	FF 6	Guano Islands, working conditions - Medicine This file contains excerpts from The Medical Times regarding the effects of guano, vapors and solid, on humans.
Box 7	FF 7	#9 Calendar This file contains a source sheet regarding information on Benson.
Box 7	FF 8	Agnes Island This sheet includes a source sheet for Agnes Island.
Box 7	FF 9	Alacran's Key 22° 25°' N; 89° 40°' November 16; June 21, 1884 This file contains articles regarding the Alacran's atoll and guano deposits.
Box 7	FF 10	Atla Vela Island This file contains articles and a description of Alta Vela Island.
Box 7	FF 11	American Islands (1856) 3° 40° N; 159° 28° W This file includes a source sheet on the islands and a see sheet.
Box 7	FF 12	Anchor Key (1856) Includes a see sheet for the island and a latitude and longitude listing.
Box 7	FF 13	Anne's 9° 49° S; 159° 28° W No. 9 February 8, 1860 This file includes a see sheet and source notations.
Box 7	FF 14	Arca's Island (Key) This file includes entries in academic journals regarding the sovereignty of the island.
Box 7	FF 15	Areas 22° 7' 10" N, 91° 24' 30" W. No. 13; September 8, 1879 (Key) This file includes articles and journal entries locating Arena's Islands.
Box 7	FF 16	Arthur's (Velano) This file contains a photocopy of a handwritten document regarding Arthur Velano.
Box 7	FF 17	Aves (Bird) Island This file contains reports and assessments of Aves Island.
Box 7	FF 18	Baker Island (Nantucket; New Nantucket) 0° 15' N; 176' 30 W No. 1; October 28, 1856 This file contains journal articles regarding Baker Island and guano trade.
Box 7	FF 19	Baker to Jarvin This file contains copies of letters and articles regarding Baker and Jarvin Islands.
Box 7	FF 20	Baker to Jarvin, et al This file includes reports, and articles, regarding the ownership of these islands.
Box 7	FF 21	Baker - Jarvis, see sheets This file includes source contains for the islands.
Box 7	FF 22	Bompton This file contains copies of reports regarding the discovery of the islands.
Box 7	FF 23	Barber's 8° 54' N; 178 NW No. 9; February 8, 1860 This file includes a see sheet and source notation for Barber's Island.
Box 7	FF 24	Borren (Strave) Island 5° 40° S; 155° 55 W No. 6, December 27, 1859 Includes copies of reports and article regarding the islands.
Box 7	FF 25	Bouman's Island 11° 48° S; 154° 10 N No. 9, February 8, 1860 This file includes source notations regarding the island.
Box 7	FF 26	Beacon Key This file contains a source notations regarding the key.
Box 7	FF 27	Birnies 3° 35° S; 171° 39° W No. 9, February 8, 1860 This file includes a see sheet and source notations.
Box 7	FF 28	Bird (Aves) Island Includes a see sheet and source notation.
Box 7	FF 29	Booby Key 14° 14' N; 80° 30' W This file includes a source listing, and an article regarding discovery.
Box 7	FF 30	Calapath (Cayo Avalo) This file includes a see sheet and an ownership agreement to Cayo Avalo.
Box 7	FF 31	Canton Island This file contains articles regarding Canton Island, and disputes of ownership of island.
Box 7	FF 32	Caroline 9° 54' S; 150° 07' W No. 9, February 8, 1860 This file contains source notations and articles regarding Caroline Island.
Box 7	FF 33	Chica Island This file contains source notations and a location guide for the island
Box 7	FF 34	Christmas Island 1° 58' N; 157° 10 W No. 7, December 29, 1854 This file contains copies of articles regarding the history, environment, sovereignty, etc. of Christmas Island.
Box 7	FF 35	Christmas Island - Indian Ocean This file includes a source notation for Christmas Island.
Box 7	FF 36	Clarence Island 9° 07' S; 171° 40' W No. 9; February 8, 1860 This file includes source notations and on Wall Street Journal regarding small, emerging republics.
Box 7	FF 37	Clipperton Island 10° 18' 41" N; 109° 12' 34" W, July 4, 1892 (rejected) This file includes articles regarding various subjects including postal service to the island, also included is an article, "My Country 'Tis of Me," regarding off shore banking facilities.
Box 7	FF 38	Constable Island This file includes a see sheet, list of sources, and a Federal Report article regarding Constable Island.
Box 7	FF 39	Cook This file includes a source list/chronology regarding Cook Island.
Box 7	FF 40	Dangerous Islands 10° S; 165° 56' W No. 9; February 8, 1860 This file contains a see sheet and chronology/source list for islands.
Box 7	FF 41	Dangers Rock 6° 30' N; 162° 23' W No. 9; February 8, 1860 Includes a see sheet.
Box 7	FF 42	David's Island 0° 40' N; 170° 10' W. No. 9; February 8, 1860 Includes a see sheet and chronology/source list.
Box 7	FF 43	Defines 15° 40' N; 63° 37' W. No. 14; September 13, 1880 Includes a see sheet and article listing regarding sovereignty.
Box 7	FF 44	Ducie 24° 40' S 124° 48' W Includes a 1807 journal article regarding Ducie Island.
Box 7	FF 45	Duke of York 8° 30' S; 172° 10 W This file includes a see sheet and source sheet regarding the island and two articles regarding the small island gap.
Box 7	FF 46	East Key Includes a chronology/source sheet for key.
Box 7	FF 47	Ellice Islands Includes two see sheets for islands.
Box 7	FF 48	Enderbury 3° 08' S; 172° 11' W No. 9; February 8, 1860 Includes a see sheet.
Box 7	FF 49	Enderbury 3° 08' S; 171° W No. 6; December 27, 1859 This file contains articles and journals regarding Enderbury Island and copies of letters regarding the island.
Box 7	FF 50	Fanning Island Contains copies of articles regarding Fanning Island.
Box 7	FF 51	Farmer's Island 3° S; 170° 50' W. No. 9, February 9, 1860 Includes a see sheet and a chronology/source sheet.
Box 7	FF 52	Flint 10° 32' S; 162° 05' W Flints 11° 20' S; 54° 48' W No. 9, February 8, 1860 Includes a chronology/source sheet and listing for Guano Islands.
Box 7	FF 53	Fox Island Includes a chronology/source sheet and listing for Guano Islands.
Box 7	FF 54	Frances 9° 58' S; 1610 40' W No. 9,\l February 8, 1860 Includes a see sheet and chronology/source sheet.
Box 7	FF 55	French Freight Shoals 23° 45' N; 160° 25' W Includes a chronology/source sheet and a copy of the letter of discovery and claim of guano for island.
Box 7	FF 56	Frenchaven 10° S; 156° 59' W No. 9, February 8, 1860 This file includes a see shirt and a chronology/source sheet.
Box 7	FF 57	Galapagos Islands This file include articles regarding this history of Venezuela, political power in Ecuador, and "Guano Diplomacy" regarding the Galapagos Islands.
Box 7	FF 58	Gallego 1° 42' N; 104° 05' W No. 9, February 8, 1860 Includes a chronology/source list and a see sheet.
Box 7	FF 59	Ganes 10° 50'S; 160° 55' W This file includes a see sheet and chronology/source list.
Box 7	FF 60	Gardner's 4° 40' S; 174° 52' W No. 0; February 8, 1860 This file contains 1991-1992 articles regarding the supposed crash of Amelia Earhart on Gardner Island.
Box 7	FF 61	Gente Hermosy This file includes a see sheet.
Box 7	FF 62	Gilbert Islands This file includes a see sheet and an article in American Adventures in the Central Pacific regarding Gilbert Islands.
Box 7	FF 63	Great Island (Chinchorro Isles) C 18° 13' 30: N 87° 24' W Includes a photocopy of a letter regarding he discovery of the island.
Box 7	FF 64	Gardo Bank or Key 15° 55' N 82° 22' W Includes a photocopy of a Jennett to Rayard letter regarding Gardo Bank.
Box 7	FF 65	Groninque 10° S; 150° 44' W No. 9; February 8, 1860 This file includes a see sheet and a chronology/source sheet regarding Groninque.
Box 7	FF 66	Guano Rock Includes a chronology/source list.
Box 8	FF 1	Hero Includes a see sheet.
Box 8	FF 2	Humphrey's 10° 40' S., 160° 52' W. No. 9; February 8, 1860 Includes a see sheet and a chronology source sheet.
Box 8	FF 3	Howland (Nowland) Island 0° 52' N.; 176° 52' W. No. 4; December 3, 1858 File includes a variety of articles regarding the history of Howland Island, its origins and geographic make up, and the possibility Amelia Earhart crashlanded there.
Box 8	FF 4	Huon 18° S Includes a see sheet and a copy of a letter regarding island.
Box 8	FF 5	Island in Caribbean (not named) No. 11, August 12, 1868 Includes a see sheet and list of Guano Island.
Box 8	FF 6	James Island Includes a copy of The American Guano Company vs. the United States Guano Company. From a case study article.
Box 8	FF 7	Jarvis Island 0° 21' S; 159° 52' W No. 2, October 28, 1856 This file includes a variety of articles regarding the discovery and use of Jarvis Island in guano trade and inhabitation of the island.
Box 8	FF 8	Johnston, No. 5, September 6, 1959 This file contains a variety of articles regarding Johnston Island including guano trade, seizure by U.S. government, and modern military use.
Box 8	FF 9	Kemn's 4° 41' S; 173° 44' W. No. 9, February 8, 1860 Includes a see sheet and chronology/source sheet.
Box 8	FF 10	Kingman Reef Includes see sheets ad articles regarding the role of Kingman reef in modern politics and ownership by American.
Box 8	FF 11	Kiribatu Island This file includes articles, copies of treaties regarding the sovereignty of Kiribatu Island and others.
Box 8	FF 12	Leysan (Loysen) Island This file includes articles and maps of the island and several regarding bird life.
Box 8	FF 13	Liderons 11° 05' S; 161° 50' W No. 9, February 8, 1860 Includes a see sheet and chronology/source list.
Box 8	FF 14	Line Islands This file includes reports and articles regarding the climate, sediment deposits, and archaeology of Line Islands.
Box 8	FF 15	Lobos Includes a see sheet and a chronology/source list.
Box 8	FF 16	Low Islands 9° 33' S; 170° 38' W. No. 9, February 8, 1860 Includes a see sheet and chronology/source list.
Box 8	FF 17	Macaleys 30° 16' S 178° 32' N This file includes a copy of a letter regarding 'discovery' of island in 1859.
Box 8	FF 18	McKeon 3° 35' S; 174° 17' W This file includes reports and articles regarding guano trade with island and an article regarding Amelia Earhart.
Box 8	FF 19	Madison (Nukuhiva Marquesas) Includes a letter from 1859 regarding claims on the island.
Box 8	FF 20	Makin (Mackin) 1856 3° 02' N, 172° 46' W No. 9, February 8, 1860 Includes chronology/source list and index notations for island.
Box 8	FF 21	Maldens Island 4° S: 155' W No. 8, December 29, 1859 This file includes articles regarding the guano trade involving Maldens Island.
Box 8	FF 22	Marcus Island This file includes articles regarding Marcus Island and copies of letters from 1890 between the U.S. Department of state and John Stevens regarding the discovery of Marcus Island.
Box 8	FF 23	Marshall Islands and Martinkos 20° 24' S 25° 50' W Includes see sheets.
Box 8	FF 24	Mary Letitia's 4° 40' S; 173° 20' W No. 9; February 8, 1860 Includes a see sheet and a chronology/source list.
Box 8	FF 25	Mary's 2° 53' S; 172° W No.9, February 8, 1860 Includes a see sheet and chronology/source list.
Box 8	FF 26	Mathews 1856 2° 03 N; 173° 26' W No. 9, February 8, 1860 Includes a see sheet and chronology/source list.
Box 8	FF 27	Middle Key Includes a see sheet.
Box 8	FF 28	Mona and Monita (Puerto Rico) This file includes a chronology/time line and 1859 letters regarding the guano on the islands.
Box 8	FF 29	Monges, Los (the Monks) Isle This file includes several articles regarding islands
Box 8	FF 30	Morant Keys 17° 26' N; 77° 55' W This file includes articles and reports regarding the Keys' guano deposits and trade.
Box 8	FF 31	Mosquito Keys Includes a listing for the Mosquito Keys.
Box 8	FF 32	Nantucket Island Includes a listing for the island regarding sovereignty.
Box 8	FF 33	Nassau 11° 30' S; 165° 30' W No. 9, February 8, 1860 This file includes several see sheets and a chronology/source list for Nassau.
Box 8	FF 34	Nauru This file includes a 1983 Wall Street Journal article regarding Nauru Island phosphate.
Box 8	FF 35	Nauru and Ocean Island This file contains several articles regarding the phosphate trade on Nauru.
Box 8	FF 36	Navassa Island 18° 10' N; 75° W. No. 3, August 31, 1858 This file includes notes, letters, and index notations regarding Navassa Island.
Box 8	FF 37	Navassa Island - overviews and histories This file contains files regarding the history of Navassa Island.
Box 8	FF 38	Navassa Phosphate Co. Includes articles and legal proceeding records of the Navassa Phosphate Co.
Box 8	FF 39	Navassa Island, U.S. - Haiti This file contains correspondence and an article regarding dispute between U.S. and Haiti over Navassa Island.
Box 8	FF 40	Navassa - 1889 Riots This file contains articles regarding the rioters on Navassa and regarding the economic/social structure of blacks.
Box 8	FF 41	Navassa, Rioters - Trial/Jury This file includes reports and articles regarding the trials for the black "rioters" on Navassa Island.
Box 8	FF 42	Navassa Riot - Newspaper Accounts, 1889 Includes photocopies of newspapers articles regarding the riot and also includes a typed guide to articles.
Box 8	FF 43	Navassa - 1891 Landing This file contains articles, etc. regarding the U.S. Marines landing at Navassa Island to investigate the labor conditions.
Box 8	FF 44	Navassa - General History This file contains articles regarding historical events on Navassa.
Box 8	FF 45	Navassa, Mining Operations, Phosphate Deposits This file includes a copy of memoirs of Eugene Goussain regarding eh island of Navassa and a copy regarding rights to deposits.
Box 8	FF 46	Navassa Post 1891 Landing This file includes House bills concerning Navassa and articles regarding a variety of subjects.
Box 8	FF 47	Navassa - Light This file includes correspondence, articles, and photocopies of photographs regarding the construction of a light house on Navassa Island.
Box 8	FF 48	Navassa See sheets.
Box 8	FF 49	New Nantucket Includes a see sheet.
Box 8	FF 50	North Keys (two in number) 1856. °14 25' N, 80° 20' W Includes a see sheet.
Box 8	FF 51	North Rocks, 1856. 14° 20' N; 80° 26' W Includes a see sheet.
Box 8	FF 52	Northeast Key 14° 24' N; 80° 14' W Includes an index listing for keys.
Box 8	FF 53	Nowland Includes a see sheet.
Box 9	FF 1	Palon This file contains a chronology/source list.
Box 9	FF 2	Pajoras Includes a see sheet and index for island.
Box 9	FF 3	Palmyros 5° 48' N; 162° 20' W No. 9; February 8, 1860 This file includes articles regarding the islands location, climate, flora and fauna, and historical significance.
Box 9	FF 4	Peak 20° 20' N 145° 10' E This file contains an 1859 letter regarding guano deposits on the island.
Box 9	FF 5	Pedro Keys No.12; November 22, 1869 Includes articles and reports on the Pedro Keys, and location indexes.
Box 9	FF 6	Penrhyn's 8° 55' S; 158° 07' W No. 9; February 8, 1860 This file includes a chronology/source list.
Box 9	FF 7	Perez This file includes a see sheet and chronology/source list.
Box 9	FF 8	Pescado 10° 38' S; 159° 20 W No. 9; February 8, 1860 This file includes a see sheet and chronology/source list.
Box 9	FF 9	Petrel Island Includes a copy of a certificate (in Spanish) a copy of an U.S. State Department document recognizing the discovery of Petrel Island, and a deed to island.
Box 9	FF 10	Phoebe Island Includes a see sheet and index for the island.
Box 9	FF 11	Phoenix 3° 40' S; 170° 52 W No. 9; December 27, 1859 This includes a see sheet.
Box 9	FF 12	Phoenix 3° 40' S; 170° 52 W No. 9; February 8, 1860 This file includes see sheets, articles regarding history of the Phoenix Island and value to guano trade.
Box 9	FF 13	Prospect 4° 42' N; 161° 38' W No. 9; February 8, 1860 This file contains a see sheet and chronology source list.
Box 9	FF 14	Providence 9° 9' S 51° 7' E This file includes a chronology/source list and letters regarding rights to island.
Box 9	FF 15	Quiros 10° 32' S; 170° 12' W No. 9; February 8, 1860 Includes a see sheet.
Box 9	FF 16	Quito Sueno No. 12; November 22, 1869 Includes see sheets, a copy of U.S. Department letter regarding guano act, and an entry from Hadeworth Digest.
Box 9	FF 17	Rierson's 10° 10' S; 160° 53' W No. 9; February 8, 1860 Includes a see sheet and chronology/source list.
Box 9	FF 18	Rogewein's Islands 11° S; 156° 07' W No. 9; February 8, 1864 Includes a see sheet and chronology/source list.
Box 9	FF 19	Rougues Island (Los Rougues) Includes a chronology/source list and an index listing of guano islands.
Box 9	FF 20	Rancador No. 12; November 22, 1869 Includes a copy of "letter of discovery," a Caribbean sea index listing, and article listing pertaining to United States treaties and other international agreements.
Box 9	FF 21	Ryan Includes a chronology/source list.
Box 9	FF 22	Somarang Islands 5° 10' N; 102° 20' W No. 9; February 8, 1860 Includes a see sheet and chronology/source sheet.
Box 9	FF 23	St. Paul's Rocks This file includes articles regarding the rocks.
Box 9	FF 24	San Andrease Includes a see sheet regarding island and an index listing.
Box 9	FF 25	Sand (Agnes) Island Includes a short listing for Sand Island.
Box 9	FF 26	Sand Keys, 1856 `14° 16 N; 80° 15' W Includes a see sheet.
Box 9	FF 27	Sarah Ann 4° N; 154° 22 W No. 9; February 8, 1860 Includes a see sheet and chronology/source list.
Box 9	FF 28	Savannah Key Includes a see sheet.
Box 9	FF 29	Seal Key Includes a see sheet.
Box 9	FF 30	Serranilla Keys 15° 20 N; 79° 40' W No. 13 and 14 September 8-13, 1879/80 This file includes a see sheet, a short descriptions of key, and a list of papers relating to Serranilla Keys.
Box 9	FF 31	Serrano Keys, 1856 14° 15' N; 80° 24' N Includes see sheets, descriptive listings and a chronology/source list.
Box 9	FF 32	Sidney's Island 4° 20' S; 171° W No. 9; February 8, 1869 Includes see sheets and chronology/source list.
Box 9	FF 33	Somberro Islands Includes descriptive listings and an article regarding island.
Box 9	FF 34	Starbuck (Hero) 5° 25' S; 155° 56' W No.9; February 8, 1864 Includes see sheets, listings, a chronology/source list, and an article regarding island.
Box 9	FF 35	Starve This file contains a see sheet and a chronology/source list.
Box 9	FF 36	Stover's 10° 05' S; 152° 16' W No. 9, February 8, 1869 This file includes a see sheet and chronology/source list.
Box 9	FF 37	Swain Island This file includes correspondence, copies of United States official reports regarding Swain Island in American Samoa, and articles.
Box 9	FF 38	Swan's Island - New York Guano Company, Pacific Guano Company. This file includes articles regarding the history of Swain Island.
Box 9	FF 39	Swan's Island -CIA This file contains correspondence regarding disputes regarding island, a U.S. radio transmitter on island. and CIA involvement.
Box 9	FF 40	Swan's Island - State Department Includes applications (copies) of guano companies to the U.S. State Department, the territorial status of islands.
Box 9	FF 41	Swan's Island - Green-Cazneau This file includes articles regarding Duff Green and Jane McManus Storm Cazneau and their relationship to the island.
Box 9	FF 42	Swan's Island - Status c. 1920 Includes an article entry regarding territories and possessions.
Box 9	FF 43	Swan's Island - U.S./Honduras Claims Includes articles and correspondence regarding disputes over claims to Swan's Island.
Box 9	FF 44	Swan's Island - Descriptive Includes article entries regarding history of islands.
Box 9	FF 45	Swan's - see sheets
Box 9	FF 46	Swan's Island - Green papers Includes photocopies of Duff Green's correspondence.
Box 9	FF 47	Tortugas Includes a photocopy of letter regarding Tortugas Island.
Box 9	FF 48	Triangle News (3 in No.) 1856. 14° 20' N; 80° 05' W Includes index listing, letter of recognition and chronology/source list.
Box 9	FF 49	Trinidad 20° 31' S 29° 16' W Includes a letter of recognition from U.S. State Department regarding "discovery."
Box 9	FF 50	Tuvalu Island Includes chronology/source list, index description, and copy of treaty between the United States of America and Tuvalu.
Box 9	FF 51	Uahuga Includes an index description and chronology/source list.
Box 9	FF 52	Union Group Includes a see sheet.
Box 9	FF 53	Verd (Cayo Verde) Includes a chronology/source list and index notation for Portle Island.
Box 9	FF 54	Vivorilla Key This file includes a chronology/source list, index notation, and U.S. State Department recognition of island (1887).
Box 9	FF 55	Vostok This file includes a chronology/source list and index notation for island. Also included is an article from Pacific Islands Monthly (1966) regarding Vostok Island.
Box 9	FF 56	Walkers 3° 58' N; 149° 10 W No. 9; February 8, 1860 Includes a see sheet and chronology/source sheet.
Box 9	FF 57	Washington Includes see sheets and articles regarding the island's history.
Box 9	FF 58	Western Triangle 20° 54' N; 92° 13' W no. 14; September 1880 Includes a see sheet and index listing.
Box 9	FF 59	Woody Island This file includes see sheets and an index listing for island.

Series 9

Box 9	FF 60	Hague, J. D. This file includes a see sheet.
Box 9	FF 61	Haiti This file includes a see sheet.
Box 9	FF 62	Japan This file includes see sheets and source index listings regarding Japanese actions in Pacific Ocean.
Box 9	FF 63	Jennett, Jas W. This file contains a handwritten source index for Jennett, a chronology/source list, and correspondence to Skaggs from the Maryland Historical Society regarding James W. Jennett.
Box 9	FF 64	John S. Reese: Co. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania This file includes a see sheet.
Box 9	FF 65	Jones V. U.S. (1890) This file contains article and journal reports regarding this case and similar involving crimes on U.S. insular territories.
Box 9	FF 66	Kendall, S. R. This file contains a letter to Skaggs from the Maryland Historical Society regarding the searches for information.
Box 9	FF 67	Livingston, Schuyler (New York Merchant) This file includes a copy of a library search key.
Box 9	FF 68	Liebig and Gibbans (Flamingo Guano) Includes a see sheet and a excerpt of William Kelly's "Federal Hill Story" regarding guano trade.
Box 9	FF 69	Maryland Inspection Law This file includes an excerpt from The Journal of the Proceedings of the House of Delegates 1858 classifying grades of guano and a excerpt from The Southern Planter (1856) regarding guano inspection laws.
Box 9	FF 70	Moore, John Bassett Includes a see sheet.
Box 9	FF 71	Morrell, Benjamin This file contains a see sheet.
Box 9	FF 72	Nitrate War This file includes a listing from The Dictionary of American History regarding fertilizers and the "Nitrate War."
Box 9	FF 73	North Pacific Phosphate and Fertilizer Company - Hawaii State Archives This file includes a bound folder of the records of the Hawaiian Fertilizer Company and the north Pacific Phosphate Co. including letters, records, certificates, and copies of stock certificates.
Box 9	FF 74	Pacific Guano Co. (California) Includes an entry excerpt from American Activities in the Central Pacific.
Box 9	FF 75	Pacific Guano Co. Wood's Hole MA This file includes ledgers, notes, bills, and expense accounts pertaining to the Pacific Guano Co.
Box 9	FF 76	Pacific Phosphate Co., Ltd This file includes copies of newspaper and magazine articles regarding the Pacific Phosphate Co.
Box 9	FF 77	Parker, William This file contains copies of 1870-71 Congressional Globe regarding Parker relief.
Box 9	FF 78	Patterson and Murgivando This file contains lists of private claims in 19th century to Congress including claims by Patterson and Murgivando.
Box 9	FF 79	Pelletier Includes an excerpt from article, "The Diplomatic Relations of the United States with Haiti, 1776-1891," regarding Pelletier.
Box 9	FF 80	Peru, Description Pieces (mostly Guano Age) Includes articles regarding Peruvian guano.
Box 9	FF 81	Peru, other sources (not used) This file includes subject index listings regarding guano.
Box 9	FF 82	Peru - summaries This file contains articles regarding Peruvian guano.
Box 9	FF 83	Peru - War of the Pacific This file contains copies of 1882 Congressional (House) Records regarding the conflict contesting for nitrate and guano trade.
Box 9	FF 84	Peru - Guano Policy This file includes files regarding Peru's guano policy.
Box 9	FF 85	Peru - Monopoly Includes copies of articles regarding the Peruvian monopoly and guano trade.
Box 9	FF 86	Peru - see sheets.
Box 10	FF 1	Philadelphia Guano Company This file contains a see sheet.
Box 10	FF 2	Phoenix Guano Company This file contains articles regarding the Phoenix Guano Company, and a copy of "Directions For Using Phoenix Guano - to the Planters of Georgia."
Box 10	FF 3	Quniton, Pascal A. This file contains a chronology/source list and a listing for Quinton on titled deed.
Box 10	FF 4	Rabin, RAL This file contains an excerpt from "The American Fertilizer" containing information listing for RAL Rabin.
Box 10	FF 5	Robinson, Solon Includes a see sheet.
Box 10	FF 6	Secretary Seward This file includes two articles regarding William Seward regarding the guano trade.
Box 10	FF 7	United States Guano Co. This file includes articles and company reports regarding guano trade.

Series 10

Box 10	FF 8	U. S. Attorney General Opinions This file contains Attorney General opinion regarding guano and mining laws.
Box 10	FF 9	U. S. Congressional House of Representatives, Document 100-245, record so the United States House of Representatives at the National Archives, 1789-1989, 100th Congress, 2d Session (1989), Y1.1: 100-245 This file contains microfiche copies of the sessions.
Box 10	FF 10	U.S. Congressional HD 100-245 Guide Includes a copy of the Guide to the Records of the United States House of Representatives at the National Archives, 1784-1984.
Box 10	FF 11	HED 105 (273) United States Navy "Reynolds Report" 1835 Includes letter transmitting a report on J. N. Reynolds, in relation to islands, reefs, and shoals in the Pacific Ocean.
Box 10	FF 12	House Document 161 (466) Benson Contracts Includes letter from the Secretary of the Navy in relation to contracts entered into with A. G. and A. W. Benson, 1844-1845.
Box 10	FF 13	HED 2 (944) Annual Navy Report (re-Baker and Jarvis 1857) This file includes handwritten notes by Skaggs.
Box 10	FF 14	HED 70 (723) Peru's Export Restrictions 1854 Includes The Guano Trade, a message from the President of the United States to the 33rd Congress.
Box 10	FF 15	HMD 10 (1385) Patterson to Murguiando: Memorial to Alta Vela Includes the claim of Patterson and Murgui and to Alta Vela.
Box 10	FF 16	HR 94 (276) Explore Pacific, 1835 Includes House report.
Box 10	FF 17	HR 252 (2253) Guano Islands Exclusivity Suspension 1884 Includes House report to accompany bill HR 2235
Box 10	FF 18	H Rep 347 (744) Trade between the United States ad the Republic of Peru Includes report accompany bill HR No. 509.
Box 10	FF 19	HR 577 (10294) Extending Jurisdiction of the United States District Court; Territory of Hawaii, over the Midway and other islands.
Box 10	FF 20	Rep. 1790 Report . . . relative to certain missing papers . . . This file includes copies of 1881-1882 House of Representatives reports regarding missing Department of State papers.
Box 10	FF 21	HR 2573 (10443) Jurisdiction, Baker Island Includes the report, extending the jurisdiction of the United States District Court, Territory of Hawaii, over the Midway and other islands.
Box 10	FF 22	HR 3989 (2674) Guano Island's Exclusivity Suspension, 1884 This file contains a copy of the House report.
Box 10	FF 23	HR 4040 (2890) Guano Island Exclusivity Suspension, 1884.
Box 10	FF 24	SD 159 (4912) Ordinances of the Executive Council of Puerto Rico, 1905-1906.
Box 10	FF 25	SD 159 (4912) Fertilizer Resources of the United States, 1912 Includes a see sheet.
Box 10	FF 26	SD 234 (3858) Magoan Report This report denials the legal status of island's acquired in the war with Spain.
Box 10	FF 27	SD 551 (6947) 1916 Fertilizer Industry This file contains a copy of The Fertilizer Industry, and a letter of the Federal Trade Commission.
Box 10	FF 28	Executive Document 10. Aves Island Includes Message from the President of the United States Communicating . . . information respecting Aves Island, (1860-1861.)
Box 10	FF 29	SED II (921) Report of Secretary of the Navy, 1857 This report concerns U.S. possession of Pacific Islands and quantity of the guano.
Box 10	FF 30	Executive Document 25, Aves or Bird Island Includes Message from the President of the United States . . . Communicating Information, respecting the Aves or Bird Island, 1856-1857.
Box 10	FF 31	SED 31 (751) Hors Fords Analysis (1855) - Galapagos Includes a report/analyst of guano.
Box 10	FF 32	SED 37 (1031) Navassa 1860 Includes a message of the President of the United States regarding the occupation of American citizens of the Island of Navassa.
Box 10	FF 33	SED 38(1316) "Alta Velo" - Patterson to Murguiando, 1868 This file contains a report regarding claims to guano.
Box 10	FF 34	SED 42, pt 3 (755) Brown - History, uses, sources, 1855 Includes on agricultural report regarding guano.
Box 10	FF 35	SED 58 (561) Re; Peruvian Indemnity, 1850 Contains message of the President of the United States regarding payment of the Peruvian indemnity.
Box 10	FF 36	SED 59 (561) First Report on Guano Trade, 1850 Includes Secretary of State report.
Box 10	FF 37	SED 61 (752) Lobes Correspondence 22F 1850 Includes message from the President regarding Lobes Island.
Box 10	FF 38	SED 69(930) Guano Trade - Theft of Guano Contains reports concerning Peru's efforts to retain monopoly on guano.
Box 10	FF 39	SED 80 (562) Clay Letters (1850) - Follow up to SED58 (561).
Box 10	FF 40	SED 25 (981) Report on trade, 1859 Includes request for information on guano trade.
Box 10	FF 41	SED 104 (621) Lubos - U.S. Correspondence, 1832-1852 Includes message of the United States regarding correspondence between the governments of United States and Peru regarding the Lobos Islands.
Box 10	FF 42	SED 151 (2901) Areas Key, Jennett/Quinn, 1892 Includes Senate documents regarding guano deposits on Areas Keys.
Box 10	FF 43	SED 319 (593) Benson Proust, regarding : 1841 Contract Includes a Senate report regarding violation of contract of Benson and the Secretary of the Navy.
Box 10	FF 44	SMD 14 (1945-1946) List of Private Petitions, 14th-40th Congress, 1881 Includes lists of guano claims and microfiche of the 46 Coy.
Box 10	FF 45	SMD 18 (705) Maryland Legislative Resolution, 1854, regarding: Search for Ways to End Peruvian guano monopoly.
Box 10	FF 46	SMD 60 (835) American Guano Co. Memorial 21 May 1856 Regarding recognition of guano islands held by American Guano Co.
Box 10	FF 47	SMD 267 (937) Cargo of Guano received by Schuyler Livingston, 1858.
Box 10	FF 48	SR 280 (1040) Verd Key, 1860 Includes Senate Report regarding guano seized by the British government.
Box 10	FF 49	SR 307 (939) Report Ascertaining Connection of Guano Discoveries on Jarvis and Baker Islands, 1858 Includes a report concerning conflicting guano claims.
Box 10	FF 50	SR 379 (994) Regarding Edward Cooper - Navassa This fie includes a report giving Edward Cooper rights to Navassa guano.
Box 10	FF 51	SR 397 (891) Benson and Lobos Includes a Senate report regarding guano rights to Lobos Island.
Box 10	FF 52	SR 606 (3364) Lighthouse on Swans, 1896 Includes a senate report concerning the establishment of a lighthouse on Swan Island.
Box 10	FF 53	"Elusive Documents" Includes a source listing for documents regarding guano.
Box 10	FF 54	Extra Public Documents This file includes copies of reports and publications concerning the guano islands. Including establishing light houses, sovereignty of islands, and guano trade.
Box 10	FF 55	Index Includes a listing of U.S. reports and documents concerning guano trade.
Box 10	FF 56	U.S. Navy This file includes a chronology/source list.
Box 10	FF 57	U.S. President's regarding Guano Islands Includes excerpts from U.S. President's message regarding the guano trade.
Box 10	FF 58	U.S. Presidents Includes excerpts from presidential messages and papers concerning guano acts and rights to off-shore resources.
Box 10	FF 59	U.S. State Department - Moore, Hackworth Studies This file includes notes, chronology/source list and copies of articles from A Digest of International Law regarding the Guano Island Act, lists of islands, and selected correspondence regarding recognition and rights to islands.
Box 10	FF 60	U.S. State Department, Legal Affairs Office, Sovereignty of islands claimed under the Guano Trade Act and of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Midway and Wake. Vol. I.
Box 10	FF 61	U.S. State Department, Legal Affairs Office, Sovereignty of islands claimed under the Guano Trade Act and of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Midway and Wake. Vol. II.
Box 10	FF 62	U.S. State Department, Legal Affairs Office, Sovereignty of islands claimed under the Guano Trade Act and of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Midway and Wake. Vol. III.
Box 11	FF 1	U.S. Treasury Circular; Guano Island Includes a Treasury Department list of American guano islands.
Box 11	FF 2	Treasury Lists Includes Treasury Department lists for Guano Islands.
Box 11	FF 3	U.S. Appurtenances (1992) Includes correspondence to Skaggs from the U.S. Department of State, and an April 1992 Fact Sheet from the Office of Territorial and International Affairs regarding United States Insular Areas.
Box 11	FF 4	U.S. Trust Territories (U.S. Islands (guano and non-guano)) Includes see sheets and fact sheets and articles on U.S. possessions and Guano Islands.

Series 11

Box 11	FF 5	Webb, William H. NY Includes a see sheet.
Box 11	FF 6	Wetmare, Prosper Includes a see sheet and an Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography listing for Wetmare, Prosper Montgomery.
Box 11	FF 7	Wood and Grant Includes a see sheet.
Box 11	FF 8	Wilkes Expedition Includes a see sheet.
Box 11	FF 9	W. R. Grace and Company This file includes articles regarding W. R. Grace and Company's foreign trade.
Box 11	FF 10	Wallis, John G. Includes an 1860 and 1863 Philadelphia city directory listing for Wallis.

Series 12

Box 11	FF 11	Index to Hawaiian Islands Includes an index to other islands under U.S. control with descriptions and histories.
Box 11	FF 12	Memorials to Congress, 1844 Includes photocopies of 1844 Congressional memorials concerning guano trade.
Box 11	FF 13	Hawaiian Fertilizer Company and Pacific Guano and Fertilizer Company, 1907-1911 This file includes copies of minutes of the meetings of each of the board of directors of the Hawaiian Fertilizer Company and the Pacific Guano and Fertilizer Company.
Box 11	FF 14	Sumner Smith v. United States of America, 1962 This file contains a copy of the lawsuit, original documents and related documents regarding case involving Swan Island.
Box 11	FF 15	Gardiner, Harvey Nelson, Guano in American Agriculture, polities and diplomacy during the mid-nineteenth century M. A. Thesis, Southern Illinois University, 1970.
Box 11	FF 16	Wines, Richard A., From Recycled Wastes to Commercial Fertilizers, Brown University, 1981 Includes doctoral thesis.
Box 11	FF 17	Smith, Marshall A., The Relation of Fertilizer to the American Farmer and His Soil During the Nineteenth Century. Seminar Thesis, Princeton University, 1942.
Box 11	FF 18	Harris, William Lane, The Aves Island Claims: A Study of Claims Technique. Thesis, Vanderbilt University, 1963.
Box 11	FF 19	Boland, Brian. Colonies and Connections: American interests in guano, Santa Domingo, and Haiti, 1849-1869, M. A. Thesis, Northern Illinois University, 1978.
Box 11	FF 20	Brind, Charles J. The Significance of the Word "Guano" in Fertilizer Technology, 1931. Published by the National Fertilizer Association.
Box 11	FF 21	Mathew W. M. The House of Gibbs and the Peruvian Guano Monopoly, 1981 London Historical Society This file includes bound copy of the book listed above.
Box 11	FF 22	Motteler, Lee S. Pacific Island Names: A Map and Name Guide to the New Pacific. Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1986. Bishop Museum Miscellaneous Publications 34.
Box 11	FF 23	Morfit, Cambell. Practical treatise on pure fertilizers; and the chemical conversions of rock guano, maristones, capolities, and the crude phosphates of lime and alumina generally into various valuable products. New York: D. Van Nostrand Publishers, 1872.
Box 11	FF 24	Olinger, John Peter, Dreyfus Fréres, Guano and Peruvian government finance, 1864-1880; a chapter in economic imperialism. Ph.D. Thesis, State University of New York at Binghampton, 1973.
Box 11	FF 25	Holbrook, Francis Xavier, United States National Defense and Trans-Pacific Commercial Air Routes, 1933-1941. Ph.D. New York, 1969.
Box 11	FF 26	Ellis, Albert F., Adventuring in Coral Seas, Sydney, Australia, Angus and Robertson, Limited, 1937.
Box 11	FF 27	Aimon, Eliece, American Acquisitions and Development of Minor Pacific Islands. Ph.D. The University of Chicago, 1944.
Box 11	FF 28	Bryan, E. H., Jr., American Polynesia and the Hawaiian Chain. Honolulu Tangy Publishing Co., 1942.

Series 13

Box 12	FF 1	Island Listings This file includes an alphabetical listing of place names associated with the U.S. Guano Islands, longitude and latitude positions, and chronology/source list.
Box 12	FF 2	Contains binder for FF 1.
Box 12	FF 3	Guano Islands - Calendars Includes chronology/source lists for Guano Islands.
Box 12	FF 4	Contains binder for FF 3 material.
Box 12	FF 5	Adikes, Anne Maria, The American Interest in the Pacific. M.A. Thesis, Columbia University, 1915. This file includes three reels of microfilm including Adikes' thesis.
Box 12	FF 6	Records of Department of State relating to Guano Islands, 1852-1914 and letters sent regarding bonds of guano companies, 1856-1912. This file includes seven reels of microfilmed Department of State guide.
Box 12	FF 7	Guano Island Photographs This file includes photographs of various Guano Islands.
Box 12	FF 8	Photos Johnston Island Includes "St. Martin Rejects" picturing the island and color diagrams of an incinerator of the Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System.
Box 12	FF 9	Photographs, Navassa Island Includes St. Martin Rejects, includes photographs of island and abandoned buildings.
Box 12	FF 10	Photographs, Howland and Baker Islands Includes St. Martin rejects including aerial photographs of the atolls.
Box 12	FF 11	Photographs and Photocopies This file includes photocopies of photocopies of Guano Islands, some labeled. Includes photos of abandoned structures and property of guano excavation companies, etc.
Box 12	FF 12	Maps This file includes maps, photocopies of photos, and diagrams of Guano Islands.
Box 12	FF 13	Portraits Includes transparencies of drawings of African-Americans who were tried for 1889 Navassa riots.
Box 12	FF 14	Maps and Photocopies Includes maps, diagrams, and articles regarding Guano Islands.
Box 12	FF 15	Maps and Photocopies This file includes copies of drawings, diagrams, and maps of various guano islands; most are 19th century sources.
Box 12	FF 16	Maps and Transparencies This file contains transparencies of maps of Guano Islands.
Box 12	FF 17	Defense Nuclear Agency This file includes correspondence between Skaggs and the agency, also included is a photo and slide of a disposal plant on Johnston Island.
Box 12	FF 18	Illustrations This file includes an illustration, possibly dating from the 19th century, of a Guano Island.
Box 12	FF 19	Map Transparencies This file includes transparencies of the Pacific Ocean from Century Atlas of the World showing relations of islands to one another.
Box 12	FF 20	Map - Diagrams This file includes two drawings of New Nantucket and Marcus Island. This file also includes see sheets for islands.
Box 12	FF 21	Maps - Illustrations, Ready This file includes a transparency of an ad in American Farmer Advertiser offering Baker and Jarvis Islands guano for sale.
Box 12	FF 22	Maps - Framed Stated Microfilm This file includes photocopies of maps, drawings, and diagrams from 19th century sources.
Box 12	FF 23	Baker, Jarvis, Howland Islands; Photocopies, maps, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Slides File includes maps, diagrams or the islands and slides of the islands and buildings, etc. of the islands.
Box 12	FF 24	Photographs, Johnston atoll, disposal, etc. This file includes color, aerial photographs of Johnston atoll and runway from U.S. Army Chemical Material Destruction Agency.
Box 12	FF 25	Photographs, Guano Island This file includes a black and white photographs (same as 22), and photographs of 19th century drawings of Swan Islands, New Nantucket, mining operations, and other photographs of contemporary islands.
Box 12	FF 26	Transparencies, diagrams, maps. This file includes copies of maps of islands acquired or claimed under the Guano Island Act.
Box 12	FF 27	Gausson Watercolors. This file includes photograph of hand-colored maps of Navassa Island and slides of photographs.

Series 14

Box 12	FF 28	Table of U.S. Guano Islands. This file includes table of Guano Islands, with location, discovery or claim on it, bond number and date, and disposition.
Box 12	FF 29	Video Tape "Time Bomb," Sixty Minutes, CBS (1992, 12 minutes). This videotape concerns the disposal of chemical weapons including a portion of the program devoted to the disposal facility on Johnston atoll.
Box 13	FF 1	Final (23rd) Working Bibliography Includes the working bibliography for The Great Guano Rush, October 14, 1991. File also includes corrected copies of bibliography.
Box 13	FF 2	Prospectus Includes copies of the prospectus for The Great Guano Rush.
Box 13	FF 3	Index This file contains several edited copies of the index for The Great Guano Rush.
Box 13	FF 4	Prospective Publishers This file contains correspondence to and from Skaggs with publishing houses and companies regarding the search for publishers for The Great Guano Rush. This file also includes assessments, criticisms, and responses to the subject matter presented by Skaggs.
Box 13	FF 5	Research Correspondence, 1989-1990 This file contains various correspondence to and from Skaggs regarding the acquisition of published and unpublished materials used in the writing of The Great Guano Rush.
Box 13	FF 6	Research Correspondence, 1990-1991 This file contains various correspondence to and from Skaggs regarding the acquisition of published and unpublished materials used in the writing of The Great Guano Rush.
Box 13	FF 7	Research Correspondence, 1991-1992 This file contains various correspondence to and from Skaggs regarding the acquisition of published and unpublished materials used in the writing of The Great Guano Rush.
Box 13	FF 8	Inter Library Loan This file includes lists and "search sheets" for source material.
Box 13	FF 9	Library Circulation This file contains WSU circulation department regarding books checked out by Skaggs, and bibliographic citations for library books on loan.
Box 13	FF 10	Source Material This file contains lists, clippings, reviews, etc. marked by Skaggs as possible source material.
Box 13	FF 11	Source Material This file contains lists, clippings, reviews, etc. marked by Skaggs as possible source material.
Box 13	FF 12	Source Material This file contains lists, clippings, reviews, etc. marked by Skaggs as possible source material.
Box 13	FF 13	Source Material This file contains lists, clippings, reviews, etc. marked by Skaggs as possible source material.

Series 15

Box 14	FF 1	Great Guano Rush, First Draft This file includes an unbound copy of Skaggs' book with corrections and copy of paper by Skaggs titled "The Guano Islands Act and the Navassa Island Riot of 1889."
Box 14	FF 2	Great Guano Rush, First Draft File includes a copy of The Great Guano Rush.
Box 14	FF 3	Great Guano Rush, Second Draft This file includes an unbound copy of Skaggs' book with corrections.
Box 14	FF 4	Great Guano Rush, Second Draft This file includes an unbound copy of Skaggs' book with corrections.
Box 14	FF 5	Great Guano Rush Original Version to S. Martins Press, February 1993.
Box 14	FF 6	Great Guano Rush 1-6, Semill This file contains a bound copy of Chapter 1-6 with corrections and comments by Semill.
Box 14	FF 7	Great Guano Rush, Chapter 8 - Gries This file contains a copy of The Great Guano Rush Chapter 8, "Peddling It - The Aroma of Profit," including corrections and comments by Gries.
Box 14	FF 8	Great Guano Rush Chapter 8 - Bob Cooper This files contains a copy of Chapter 8 of The Great Guano Rush reviewed by Bob Cooper.
Box 14	FF 9	Great Guano Rush Chapter 9 - Life and Labor on Guano Islands This file contains a copy of Chapter 9 reviewed by Martin Perline May 11, 1992.
Box 15	FF 1	The Great Guano Rush, Part I - Bob Alley This file contains a copy of chapters 1-6, containing corrections and comments by Bob Alley.
Box 15	FF 2	The Great Guano Rush Part II - Bob Alley This file contains Chapter 7-11 with corrections and comments by Bob Alley.
Box 15	FF 3	The Great Guano Rush Part I - Jones Includes a corrected copy of chapters 1-6.
Box 15	FF 4	The Great Guano Rush Part II - Jones Includes a corrected copy of chapters 7-11.
Box 15	FF 5	The Great Guano Rush, Part I - Sheffield Includes a copy of chapters 1-6 with corrections and comments by Jim Sheffield.
Box 15	FF 6	The Great Guano Rush, Part I - Duram Includes a copy of chapters 1-6 with corrections and comments by James Duram.
Box 15	FF 7	The Great Guano Rush, Part II - Duram Includes a copy of chapters 7-11 with corrections and comments by James Duram.
Box 15	FF 8	The Great Guano Rush Part II - Bill Jerrell This file contains a copy of Chapters 7-11 with corrections and comments by Bill Jerrell.
Box 15	FF 9	The Great Guano Rush, Part II Contains an unmodified copy of chapters 7-11.

Series 16

Oversized map case		Two maps of the United States including territories and insular possessions displaying the Guano Islands.

Series 17

Box 16	FF 1	Publication by Skaggs: John Thomas Lytle Dean Of Cattlemen, The Cattleman, February, 1967.
Box 16	FF 2	Publication by Skaggs: Hip Pocket Businessmen: The Cattle-Trailing Contractors, Great Plains Journal, Vol. 10, No. 1, Fall 1970.
Box 16	FF 3	Publication by Skaggs: To Build A Barony Colonel Robert D. Hunter, Arizona and the West, Volume 15, Number 3, Autumn 1973.
Box 16	FF 4	Publication by Skaggs: The Economic Impact Of Trailing One Aspect, reprinted from West Texas Historical Association Year Book, Volume 43, October, 1967.
Box 16	FF 5	Publication by Skaggs: Tales of the Cattle Trail, from Hunters and Healers, date unknown.
Box 16	FF 6	Publication by Skaggs: Frontier Business Diversification: The Webb and Hill Company o Albany, Texas, from West Texas Historical Association Year Book, date unknown.
Box 16	FF 7	Publication by Skaggs: El Dorado: The American West and the Foreign Enterprise, The Business Journal (Wichita State University), Number 38, Spring, 1971.
Box 16	FF 8	Publication by Skaggs: Military Operations on the Cattle Trails, from Texas Military History, date unknown
Box 16	FF 9	Publication by Skaggs: Wichita, Kansas Economic Origins of Metropolitan Development 1870-1960, Center for Business and Economic Research (Wichita State University), 1972
Box 16	FF 10	Doan’s Store- The folder includes photocopied research information, list of reference materials, and a four page typescript history by Skaggs.
Box 16	FF 11	Joseph McCoy- The folder includes photocopied research materials and drafts of a McCoy biography by Skaggs.
Box 16	FF 12	John Chisum- The folder includes photocopied research materials, copies of InterLibrary Loan requests, and drafts of a Chisum biography by Skaggs.
Box 16	FF 13	Charles Goodnight- The folder includes photocopied research materials, a copy of an InterLibrary Loan requests, and drafts of a Goodnight biography by Skaggs.
Box 16	FF 14	King, Richard and King Ranch- The folder includes photocopied research materials, copies of InterLibrary Loan requests, and drafts of a King biography by Skaggs.
Box 16	FF 15	Bibliography- The folder includes copies of Interlibrary loan requests, handwritten lists of books, and a computer printout of research books for topics discussed in Box 16 FFs 11 - 14.
Box 16	FF 16	Quayle, Dan- The folder includes photocopies and original clippings concerning Dan Quayle.

Title:	Jimmy Skaggs Papers
Call Number:	MS 95-14
Size:	15.0 linear feet
Acquisition:	Donation of Jimmy Skaggs
Processed by:	JEO: 3/8/1995; JEF: 12/4/1998; MCL and MN: 5/2002; Additional materials added by JLY: 08/2007
Restrictions:	Only Dr. Skaggs' writings, his research notes, or government documents included in the collection may be photocopied. Citations for copyrighted articles may be requested.