HISTORY NEBRASKA MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID
RG1750.AM: Harry Love Crawford, 1879-1959
Papers: 1863-1958; mostly 1934-1958
Kearney, Buffalo County, Neb.: Furniture dealer, mortician
Size: 1 box; 0.5 cu.ft.
BACKGROUND NOTE
Harry Love Crawford was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania in 1879. In 1884 he moved with his family to a farm in Cedar Township, Nebraska. He received his early education in Platte and Buffalo Counties and graduated from the Barnes School of Embalming in Chicago, Illinois in 1908. He was a mortician in Ravenna, Nebraska until 1926, when he moved to Kearney, Nebraska. There he owned a furniture store and mortuary until his retirement in 1956. Mr. Crawford died at Kearney in 1959.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
This collection is arranged in five series: 1) Correspondence, 1939-1957; 2) Manuscripts and notes; 3) Civil War letters, 1863-1864; 4) Printed material, 1934-1958; and 5) Miscellany. The bulk of this collection relates to the pioneers and historical events of Buffalo County, Nebraska, 1872-1958. There are manuscripts and notes relating the stories of early pioneers including biographical sketches of Lucy Sizer Hull, 1872; the Henry Luce family, 1873-1886; Miss Cordelia M. Waite; and Mrs. John Davis. There are also manuscripts relating to the diary of Mrs. Emil Carpenter from 1872-1903; recollections of Howard L. Hull, 1880; and notes on the history of Buffalo County. Printed material consists of the story of Eva Abigail Smith and background descriptions of famous musical compositions compiled by Mrs. Howard J. Hull. There is a scrapbook consisting of newspaper articles, 1939-1940 and numerous clippings pertaining to events and happenings in Nebraska from 1936-1958.
See the photo component [RG1750.PH] for related photographs.
INVENTORY
Series 1 – Correspondence, 1939-1957
Box 1
Folder
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- Correspondence, 1939-1957
Series 2 – Manuscripts and Notes
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- Manuscripts and notes
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- Manuscripts and notes
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- Manuscripts and notes
Series 3 – Civil War Letters, 1863-1864
Series 4 – Printed Material, 1934-1958
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- Printed Material, 1934-1958
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- Printed Material, 1934-1958
Series 5 – Miscellany
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- Miscellany
Subject headings:
Buffalo County (Neb.) — History
Carpenter, Emily M.
Cedar Creek (Buffalo County, Neb.)
Cedar Precinct (Buffalo County, Neb.)
Crawford, Harry Love, 1879-1959
Davis, John
Hull, Howard L.
Hull, Lucy Sizer
Kearney (Neb.) — History
Luce, Henry
Majors Precinct (Buffalo County, Neb.)
Mother Hull Home (Kearney, Neb.)
United States — History — Civil War, 1861-1865
Waite, Cordelia M.
DAB/DJR/sw 07-23-1966
Revised kfk 02-2001
Encoded TMM 03-16-2010