Finding aid for the Wolf Scalp Certificates
Repository: Western Reserve Historical Society
Creator: Shumway, Handel M.
Title: Wolf Scalp Certificates
Dates: 1810-1821
Extent: 0.20 linear feet (1 container)
Abstract: The collection consists of certificates issued to residents of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, for killing wolves.
MS Number MS 0657
Location: closed stacks
Language: The records are in English

Scope and Content

The Wolf Scalp Certificates, 1810-1821, consist of certificates issued to residents of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, for killing wolves. These certificates were collected by Handel M. Shumway.

This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, in the early nineteenth century. Those interested in hunting, hunting bounties, and animal control in the 1810s and 1820s in the Western Reserve will find this collection useful. Those studying pioneer and frontier life in the Western Reserve will find this collection useful. Genealogists might find this collection useful.

Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged chronologically.

Restrictions on Access

None.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Bounties -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio -- Western Reserve.
Shumway, Handel M.,
Wolves -- Control -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 657 Wolf Scalp Certificates, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Acquisition Information

Gift of Handel M. Shumway in 1893.

Detailed Description of The Collection

Wolf Scalp Certificates 1810-1821

Box Folder
1 1 Wolf scalp certificates issued to various residents of Cuyahoga County for killing wolves 1810-1814
1 2 Wolf scalp certificates issued to various residents of Cuyahoga County for killing wolves 1815-1817
1 3 Wolf scalp certificates issued to various residents of Cuyahoga County for killing wolves 1818-1821