ABSTRACT: Early manuscript version of Alan Bates' work, The Western Rivers Steamboat Compendium.
CREATOR: Bates, Alan L., 1923-2012
DATE: circa 1968
SCOPE: This collection consists of one typewritten copy of The American Western Rivers Steamboat Cyclopedium, a very early version of Bates' published work, The Western Rivers Steamboat Cyclopedium, published by Hustle Press in 1968. The manuscript contains substantial variations from the finished work, including pen edits and a different layout. The manuscript also contains many pen and ink drawings of steamboats and steamboat construction, which would later appear in the finished work.
EXTENT: 1 file
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Preferred Citation note: The preferred citation for this collection is "From the collections of the Herman T. Pott National Inland Waterways Library at the University of Missouri - St. Louis.”
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Location note Transportation archives -- Vertical Files
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Related materials note
Bates, Alan L. The Western Rivers Steamboat Cyclopedium. Great Hustle Press. Leonia, N.J. 1968.
Call Number: MERC WTR WYS VM461 .B3 1968
