| Resource Name & Link to Resource: | Draper Manuscript Collection Online |
| Description: | Consists of nearly 500 volumes of manuscripts, papers, and books collected by Lyman Copeland Draper about the history of the trans-Allegheny West, a region including the western areas of the Carolinas and Virginia, all the Ohio River Valley, and part of the upper Mississippi Valley from the 1740s to 1830. The collection is divided into 50 series. Some series are titled by geographic area, some by the names of prominent frontier leaders, and some by topic. The bulk of the collection consists of notes from interviews, questionnaires, and letters gathered during Draper’s extensive travels and research to learn about frontier history. Includes much information on the frontier settlers of the Carolinas, Virginia, Kentucky, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, and Pennsylvania. |
| Resource Type(s): | E-Book(s), Key Database(s), Manuscript |
| Access information: | Free resource - available to everyone on the Internet |
| Fulltext: | Fulltext is available. |
| Vendor Name: | FamilySearch |
| Research Guides: | Genealogy, History |
| Coverage: | 1740-1830 |
| Special usage notes: | See a detailed description. |
