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Watson, Elmo Scott, 1892-1951

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1892 - 1951

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Elmo Scott Watson papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ayer-Modern-MS-Watson
Abstract

Personal papers of journalist, professor of journalism, and western / frontier historian Elmo Scott Watson, consisting mainly of topical files on western subjects and journalism. Also included are Watson's manuscripts and published writings, and his correspondence and teaching-related files.

Dates: 1816-1951; Majority of material found within 1920-1951

Elmo Scott Watson photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Ayer-Photographs-box-71-73, 87
Abstract

Primarily albumen and gelatin photographic prints plus five glass plate negatives which have been removed from the western history subject files of the Elmo Scott Watson Papers. Consists mainly of nineteenth and twentieth century portraits and images of Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Crow and Sioux Indians, some group photos, and a miscellany of half and full stereographs of non-western locations.

Dates: approximately 1860-1936

Westerners Chicago Corral records

 Collection
Identifier: Ayer-Modern-MS-Westerners
Abstract

International organization started in Chicago in 1944 by Leland D. Case, editor of "The Rotarian Magazine," and Elmo Scott Watson, newspaperman and educator, to bring together historians and buffs interested in the American West. Records include correspondence and other materials documenting the activities of the group.

Dates: 1950-2004

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Subject
Albumen prints -- West (U.S.) -- 1851-1900 1
Albumen prints -- West (U.S.) -- 1901-1950 1
Blackfeet Indian Reservation (Mont.) -- Photographs 1
Brulé Indians -- Photographs 1
Cabinet photographs 1