Information Sheet

 

 

R         Abbott, Clayton.

581                  Collection, ca. 1958-1976.

                                    Twenty folders.

 

 

 

These are research materials on Cedar County, Missouri, compiled by Clayton Abbott, a lo­cal historian and author from Stockton.  The material, arranged topically, includes newspaper clip­pings, transcripts of letters and documents, and drafts of Abbott’s writings.  The topics in­clude early settlement, churches, schools, the history of El Dorado Springs, stories of the Gold Rush and the Civil War, post offices, and driving tours of Cedar County.

 

Some of the material in the Abbott collection was used in his writings on local history.  Ab­bott authored or collaborated in several works on Cedar County.  They included Historical Sketches of Cedar County (Stockton, Mo.: n.p., 1967); and Missouri History in Cedar County, by Clayton Abbott and Lewis B. Hoff (Greenfield, Mo.: Vedette Printing Co., 1971).  He contributed to Historical Tours of Cedar County, Missouri (Stockton, Mo.: Cedar County Historical Society, 1977).

 

 

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