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High Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS-MS-ms137

Staff Only

The High Family Papers include correspondence, business and legal documents, photographs, realia, and miscellaneous items from 1803-1981. The families significantly represented in this collection include the High, Brooks, Denison, and Ringo families. Of particular interest is the correspondence from Thaddeus Ransome Brooks to his family describing his experience at Fort Buchanan, Arizona, including relations with the Pueblo and the Apache and the election of Abraham Lincoln. Also of interest is the correspondence from Samuel L. Denison to his family describing his experience in Mexico.

Dates

Creation: 1803-1981

Creator

High family (Family)

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Conditions Governing Use

Users of the collection must read and agree to abide by the rules and procedures set forth in the Materials Use Policies.

Providing access to materials does not constitute permission to publish or otherwise authorize use. All publication not covered by fair use or other exceptions is restricted to those who have permission of the copyright holder, which may or may not be Washington University.

If you wish to publish or license Special Collections materials, please contact Special Collections to inquire about copyright status at (314) 935-5495 or spec@wumail.wustl.edu. (Publish means quotation in whole or in part in seminar or term papers, theses or dissertations, journal articles, monographs, books, digital forms, photographs, images, dramatic presentations, transcriptions, or any other form prepared for a limited or general public.)