Smith, Clifford correspondence about cockfighting Clifford Smith correspondence about cockfighting MSS 15732

Clifford Smith correspondence about cockfighting MSS 15732


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Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
URL: https://small.library.virginia.edu/

Ellen Welch

Repository
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
Identification
MSS 15732
Title
Clifford Smith correspondence about cockfighting 1936-1956
URL:
https://archives.lib.virginia.edu/ark:/59853/237
Quantity
.04 Cubic Feet, correspondence and cockfighting scores, 19 folders in a half-size legal document box
Language
English .

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Use

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Clifford Smith correspondence about cockfighting, 1936-1956, MSS 15732, Small Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Virginia

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was purchased from Bartleby's Books by the Small Special Collections at the University of Virginia Library on April 1, 2014.


Biographical / Historical

Fourteen men correspond about chickens, farming, and cockfighting in 1936-1956 in Boston, Massachusetts. Clifford Smith, E. T Piper, Frank Fuller, Thomas F. Dillane, J. Elmer Ehrhart, Charles W. Earnest, David M. Kellogg, E. W. Law, Jerome Vogeler, J. H. Wisecup, Nee P. Patterson, Bill Gorman, Andrew O'Connor, Rudolph Weld, A. S. Wigg, and Ivan Erickson.

Scope and Contents

This collection of Clifford Smith correspondence about cockfighting in Boston, Massachusetts from 1936 to 1956 is about 235 items, 19 folders, one half-size legal document box, totaling .04 cubic feet. Also included is cockfighting weights and scores.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged by correspondence in chronological order followed papers about cockfighting scores

Container List

Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 1
Clifford Smith correspondence
1936-1956English.
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 2
Clifford Smith and E. T. Piper correspondence
1936-1937English.
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 3
Clifford Smith and E. T. Piper correspondence
1938English.
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 4
Clifford Smith and E. T. Piper correspondence
1939-1943English.
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 5
Clifford Smith and Frank Fuller correspondence
1937-1938; 1940English.
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 6
Clifford Smith and Thomas F. Dillane correspondence
1937English.
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 7
Clifford Smith and J. Elmer Ehrhart correspondence
1937English.
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 8
Clifford Smith and Charles W. Earnest correspondence
1937English.
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 9
Clifford Smith and David M. Kellogg
1937English.
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 10
Clifford Smith and E. W. Law
1937English.
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 11
Clifford Smith and Jerome Vogeler
1937-1939English.
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 12
Clifford Smith and J. H. Wisecup
1937English.
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 13
Nee P. Patterson letters
1937English.
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 14
Clifford Smith and Bill Gorman correspondence
1938English.
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 15
Clifford Smith and Andrew O'Connor correspondence
1938English.
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 16
Clifford Smith and Rudolph Weld correspondence
1938, 1941English.
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 17
Clifford Smith and A. S. Wigg
1938-1939English.
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 18
Clifford Smith and Ivan Erickson
1941-1942English.
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 19
Cockfighting scores and weights
1939English.