Folder 4: Bass, Sam: Outlaw, 1937 - 2001
Scope and Contents
The Outlaws and Peace Officers Collection contains booklets, weeklies, and newspaper articles pertaining to both men and women on either side of the law. Highlights of the collection include pamphlets and newspaper clippings about Jesse James, Wyatt Earp, Calamity Jane, and “Doc” Holliday.
Dates
- Creation: 1937 - 2001
Extent
1 file (The Houston Post Newspaper article, "Sam Bass Tried to Rob One Bank Too Many" (1937September 26); Booklet, titled "Sam Bass, the Train Robber" by Harvey N. Castleman (1944);The Houston Post Newspaper clipping titled "The Robinhooding of Sam Bass" Vol. 2 by J. Frank Dobie (1955 March 11); The Houston Post Newspaper clipping titled "The Robinhooding of Sam Bass" Vol. 3 by J. Frank Dobie (1955 March 20); Pages 27-30, 51-54of True West Newsletter, Vol. 11, No. 5. Article featured is "Sam Bass Robbed My Train" by Benjamin Franklin Caperton (1964 May - June); The Houston Post Newspaper article, "Sam Bass" by Walter Prescott Webb (1965 September 26); Newspaper article, "Gone but not forgotten" by Mike Cox (2001 September 20); Booklet, titled "True Story Of Sam Bass The Outlaw" by W. H. Baker (Undated))
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Thomason Special Collections & SHSU University Archives Repository