Floyd Benjamin Streeter (1888–1956) was an American
historian and
writer. He is best known for his biography of
Ben Thompson.
Streeter was a historian and librarian of Hays City Kansas State College (now
Fort Hays State University) and worked as an archivist for the Michigan Historical Commission for whom he assembled a 750+ page Michigan bibliography listing over 7000 books and pamphlets, published in 1921.[1][2][3]
Streeter wrote a number of books on topics related to the Old West for children and adults.[4][5][6] Streeter conducted research that discredited
Wyatt Earp’s claim to have arrested Ben Thompson in
Ellsworth, Kansas on August 15, 1873.
Works
Books:
Political Parties in Michigan (University Series IV, Michigan Historical Publications 1918)
Michigan Bibliography: A Partial Catalogue of Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Miscellaneous Materials Relating to the Resources, Development and History of Michigan from Earliest Times to July 1, 1917: Together with Citation of Libraries in which the Materials May Be Consulted, and a Complete Analytical Index By Subject and Author. (Lansing, Michigan Historical Commission, 1921. 2 volumes)
Journal in America 1837-1838 by Joshua Toulmin Smith Edited with Introduction and Notes by Floyd Benjamin Streeter. (Charles F. Heartman, Metuchen, NJ, 1925)
Prairie Trails & Cow Towns: The Opening of the Old West, (Chapman & Grimes, Boston, 1936)
Longhorns, Shorthorns; The Life and Times of Captain Eugene Bartlett Millett, a Cattleman of the Old West, (manuscript, 1940's,
University of Kansas)
Ben Thompson: Man with a Gun (F. Fell, New York 1957)
Articles:
The Millett Cattle Ranch in Baylor County, Texas, Panhandle-Plains Historical Review 22 (1949)
Some Eastern Newspaper Men Who Wrote Books on the Kansas Territory, American Book Collector: A Monthly Magazine for Book Lovers, Vol. IV, Number 5, November, 1933.
^Streeter, Floyd Benjamin (1922).
""Review and Notes"". Indiana Magazine of History. 18 (4). Indiana University Department of History: 387–388.
ISSN0019-6673.
JSTOR27786050. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
Floyd Benjamin Streeter (1888–1956) was an American
historian and
writer. He is best known for his biography of
Ben Thompson.
Streeter was a historian and librarian of Hays City Kansas State College (now
Fort Hays State University) and worked as an archivist for the Michigan Historical Commission for whom he assembled a 750+ page Michigan bibliography listing over 7000 books and pamphlets, published in 1921.[1][2][3]
Streeter wrote a number of books on topics related to the Old West for children and adults.[4][5][6] Streeter conducted research that discredited
Wyatt Earp’s claim to have arrested Ben Thompson in
Ellsworth, Kansas on August 15, 1873.
Works
Books:
Political Parties in Michigan (University Series IV, Michigan Historical Publications 1918)
Michigan Bibliography: A Partial Catalogue of Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Miscellaneous Materials Relating to the Resources, Development and History of Michigan from Earliest Times to July 1, 1917: Together with Citation of Libraries in which the Materials May Be Consulted, and a Complete Analytical Index By Subject and Author. (Lansing, Michigan Historical Commission, 1921. 2 volumes)
Journal in America 1837-1838 by Joshua Toulmin Smith Edited with Introduction and Notes by Floyd Benjamin Streeter. (Charles F. Heartman, Metuchen, NJ, 1925)
Prairie Trails & Cow Towns: The Opening of the Old West, (Chapman & Grimes, Boston, 1936)
Longhorns, Shorthorns; The Life and Times of Captain Eugene Bartlett Millett, a Cattleman of the Old West, (manuscript, 1940's,
University of Kansas)
Ben Thompson: Man with a Gun (F. Fell, New York 1957)
Articles:
The Millett Cattle Ranch in Baylor County, Texas, Panhandle-Plains Historical Review 22 (1949)
Some Eastern Newspaper Men Who Wrote Books on the Kansas Territory, American Book Collector: A Monthly Magazine for Book Lovers, Vol. IV, Number 5, November, 1933.
^Streeter, Floyd Benjamin (1922).
""Review and Notes"". Indiana Magazine of History. 18 (4). Indiana University Department of History: 387–388.
ISSN0019-6673.
JSTOR27786050. Retrieved 2023-05-15.