- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Cartwright, Levering, 1903-1981.
- Title:
- Levering Cartwright Collection on "Death Valley Scotty"
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/6395w714f
- Dates:
- 1939-1973 (mostly 1963-1971)
- Size:
- 2 boxes and 0.60 linear feet
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1-2
- Language:
- English
Abstract
Consists of papers of journalist Levering Cartwright (Princeton University Class of 1926) relating to the association of "Death Valley Scotty" (Walter Scott, 1872-1954), an eccentric prospector, Wild West show entertainer, and hoaxer, with his friend and financier, Albert M. Johnson, an insurance company executive.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Description:
The collection consists of papers of Cartwright (Princeton University Class of 1926) relating to the association of "Death Valley Scotty" (Walter Scott, 1872-1954), an eccentric prospector, Wild West show entertainer, and hoaxer, with his friend and financier, Albert M. Johnson, an insurance company executive. Included are many newspaper clippings about Scott, copies of Best's Insurance News containing Cartwright's article "A Sacrifice to Death Valley," two tapes with transcripts of interviews with William F. Keys, a prospector and friend of Scott, approximately 75 photographs of Scott, Keys, and Scott's home, "Death Valley Castle," postcards from the Death Valley area, and correspondence concerning Cartwright's article.
- Arrangement
This collection is arranged in 15 folders in the following order: correspondence, William Keys interviews, photographs, postcards, newspaper clippings, printed matter.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Cartwright, Levering, 1903-1981.
Walter E. Scott, or "Death Valley Scotty," was an eccentric prospector, Wild West show entertainer, and con man. Levering Cartwright was a journalist.
Collection History
- Processing Information
Finding aid updated by Valerie Addonizio in 2009.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Physical access to audio media on magnetic formats is restricted. Special Collections does not have the equipment required for the playback of these materials, nor do policies on preservation allow for these original recordings to be used. Further, obsolete formats would need to be converted at the researcher's expense before any reproduction could be made. Researchers may select materials for conversion and reproduction, but should allow approximately four to six weeks for the process, especially if outdated formats are involved.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.
- Credit this material:
Levering Cartwright Collection on "Death Valley Scotty"; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/6395w714f
- Location:
-
Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1-2
Find More
- Subject Terms:
- Gold miners -- California.
Insurance -- California -- Agents -- 20th century.
Prospecting -- California. - Genre Terms:
- Articles -- 20th century.
Audiotapes -- 20th century.
Correspondence -- 20th century
Interviews -- 20th century.
Postcards -- 20th century
photographs -- 20th century - Names:
- Death Valley Castle (Calif.)
Keys, William F.
Scott, Walter E., 1872-1954 - Places:
- Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.) -- History, Local -- 20th century.
