Manuscript Collection: Lorenzo Dow Gunn
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Most of the papers deal with Gunn's service in Co. "F" of the 30th Wisconsin Volunteers. One item is a ledger-type book with records of some accounts, a journal kept on board the Steamer "Effie Deans" near Nebraska City, Nebraska, and a personal diary. Lorenzo Dow Gunn (n. d.) was a native of Iowa and there are certificates of his appointment and subsequent promotions in the "Wisconsin Volunteers." One unusual document is from the patent office granting him permission to "make, use and vend" an improved lamp chimney. There is a photograph of his wife and a picture of the "Wilder House, Butler and Gunn, Proprietors, Fort Scott, Kansas."
Access Restrictions
Available by appointment only at the Helmerich Center for American Research (HCAR) with the exception of materials with donor restrictions. Contact Library staff in advance to inquire if materials exist pertaining to your research interests.
Use Restrictions
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Provenance
The Gilcrease Foundation acquired these materials before 1964 and is housed in the Helmerich Center for American Research (HCAR). The library currently receives most materials through community donation, board members, artists and the acquisition of manuscript collections.
Staff, interns, and volunteers of the Thomas Gilcrease Library and Archive have contributed to the organization and maintenance of the files since the collection passed to the City of Tulsa in the 1950s.