Watson, Elmo Scott
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