Box 2

Scope and Contents Incomplete typewritten copy of Ruth R. Ealy's book, which was privately printed in 1955. Contains handwritten corrections.

Scope and Contents Documents the attempt of Robert N. Mullin, a historian of the Lincoln County War, to publish a new edition of Water in a Thirsty Land.

Scope and Contents Ruth R. Ealy's recollections of her trip to Japan in 1937, written at the request of U.S. military intelligence.

Scope and Content From the Collection: The Ealy Family Papers at the University of New Mexico consist of a small number of diverse documents collected by Taylor F. Ealy's grandson, Lawrence O. Ealy. Supplementing the letters and memoirs in the Lawrence Ealy Collection of the University of Arizona, UNM's miscellany is most notable for the various items relating to the Lincoln County War, especially the first edition of Pat Garrett's The Authentic Life of Billy, the Kid, published in 1882. Ealy, who...

Scope and Contents Contains copies of Taylor Ealy's letters to Sheldon Jackson, describing events of the Lincoln County War, 1878. Also contains a 1932 letter from George W. Coe, whose injuries in that conflict were treated by Dr. Ealy.