Douglass Watkins Collection
c.00197

Summary Information

Repository
Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections
Creator
Watkins, Douglass
Title
Douglass Watkins collection
ID
c.00197
Date
undated
Extent
0.1 Cubic feet , 1 folder
Language
English

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: "Item title, Collection title, Collection Identifier, Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections, East Lansing, Michigan."

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Scope and Contents note

This collection contains an advertisement and a newspaper article about the Cardiff Giant Hoax (1869). George Hull of Binghamton, New York, carved a stone giant and buried it in a field near Syracuse, New York. When it was dug up, it was proclaimed to be a petrified prehistoric man even by scientists of the day. Hull and his partners profited from exhibiting the giant before their hoax was discovered.

The collection also contains a biographical sketch on Abraham Lincoln.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections July 1964

Conrad Hall
888 Wilson Road, Room 101
East Lansing , MI, 48824
517-355-2330
archives@msu.edu

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Legal Status

Copyright: Michigan State University. Property Rights: Michigan State University.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish material from this collection must be obtained from University Archives & Historical Collections, Michigan State University.

Custodial History

Gift of Douglass Watkins, 1956-08-24. Transferred by Michigan State University.

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Controlled Access Headings

Geographic Name(s)

  • New York (State)

Personal Name(s)

  • Hull, George
  • Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
  • Watkins, Douglass

Subject(s)

  • Cardiff giant

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Collection Inventory

Folder

Papers undated 

 1