Selected Bibliography
from The State Historical Society of Missouri

Articles in the Missouri Historical Review [REF F550 M691]

• DeArmond, Fred. “Reconstruction in Missouri.” v. 61, no. 3 (April 1967), pp. 364-377. [opens in new window]
• March, David D. “Sobriquets of Missouri and Missourians.” v. 92, no. 2 (January 1998), pp. 159-165. [opens in new window]
• Settle, William A., Jr. “The James Boys and Missouri Politics.” v. 36, no. 4 (July 1942), pp. 412-429. [opens in new window]
• Shoemaker, Floyd C. “Clay County: A Southern Heiress on the Eastern Frontier; Land of Culture, Legend, and Romance.” v. 52. no. 1 (October 1957), pp. 25-34. [opens in new window]

Articles from the Newspaper Collection

• “The Bandit Buried.” Kansas City Times. April 7, 1882. p. 1.
• “A Card from Jesse James. He Denies All Complicity with the Exposition Robbery.” Kansas City Times. October 20, 1872. p. 4.
• “Jesse James. The Great Outlaw Killed in His Home in St. Joseph.” Kansas City Times. April 4, 1882. p. 1.
• “Jesse James Shot.” Boonville Weekly Advertiser. April 7, 1882. pp. 4-5.
• “The Murder of Jesse James.” Sedalia Democrat. April 13, 1882. p. 2.
• “Missouri’s Gay Bandits: The Genuine James Boys and One of the Youngers.” Lexington Weekly Caucasian. September 5, 1874. p. 1.
• “The Train Robbery. Jesse James Says He Is Innocent and Presents the Proof.” Jefferson City Daily Tribune. August 19, 1876. p. 1.

Books and Articles

• Brant, Marley. Outlaws: The Illustrated History of the James-Younger Gang. Montgomery, AL: Elliot & Clark Publishing, 1997. [REF F508.1 J234bra]
• Christensen, Lawrence O., William E. Foley, Gary R. Kremer, and Kenneth H. Winn, eds. Dictionary of Missouri Biography. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1999. pp. 428-431. [REF F508 D561]
• Croy, Homer. Jesse James Was My Neighbor. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1949, 1997. [REF F508.1 J234cr]
• Dyer, Robert. Jesse James and the Civil War in Missouri. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1994. [REF F508.1 J234dy]
• James, Jesse, Jr. Jesse James, My Father. Provo, Utah: Triton Press, [1995], c1988. Orig. pub. 1899. [REF F508.1 J234j 1995]
• McGrane, Martin Edward. The James Farm: Its People, Their Lives and Their Times. Madison, SD: Caleb Perkins Press, 1982. [REF F508.1 J234mc2]
• Reineke, Charles E. “Violent Birth of a Legend: Jesse James and His Murderous Rise to Infamy.” Missouri Life. February 2002, pp. 48-53. [REF Vertical File]
• Settle, William A., Jr. Jesse James Was His Name: or, Fact and Fiction Concerning the Careers of the Notorious James Brothers of Missouri. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1966. [REF F508.1 J234s c7]
• Stiles, T. J. Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. [REF 508.1 J234sti]
• Triplett, Frank. The Life, Times, and Treacherous Death of Jesse James. Stamford, CT: Longmeadow Press, 1992. Orig. pub. 1882. [REF F508.1 J234tr 1992]
• Yeatman, Ted P. Frank and Jesse James: The Story Behind the Legend. Nashville, TN: Cumberland House, 2000. [REF F508.1 J234y2]

Manuscript Collection

• Crittenden, Thomas Theodore (1832-1909), Proclamation, 1881 (C2875)
  Governor’s proclamation offering rewards for the arrest of express and train robbers Frank and Jesse James.
• Croy, Homer (1883-1965), Papers, 1905-1965) (C2534)
  Homer Croy, a Missouri native, was the author of numerous books, short stories, plays and articles. The collection contains research and manuscripts for published and unpublished work, including material on Jesse James.
• Settle, William A., Jr. (1915-1988), Papers, c. 1920-1987 (C3896)
  http://whmc.umsystem.edu/invent/3896.html
  
  William Settle was known as an authority on Jesse James. This collection includes his research notes on the James family.