Abstract William Furnish assembled a world class research collection of double barrel shotguns.  Starting in 1980 he began publishing articles relating to his collecting interests.  This Manuscript Collection consists of copies of publications sent to the McCracken Research Library by the author in 1999, to accompany the transfer of his shotgun collection to the Cody Firearms Museum in 1998.  This is not a complete set of the author’s publications.  Subjects written about include: W.B. Leffingwell,...

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Typescript copies present are from Nov. 1977, Jan 1981 (two copies), Feb 1988, April 1989, Nov 1997, Dec 1998 (Transfer list to CFM, BBHC).

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Furnish, William M., “W.B. Leffingwell, Iowa Sportsman,” The Palimpsest, v.61 n.6 (Nov/Dec): 162-169.

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Furnish, William M., and Devore E. Killip, “Wesson Shotguns,” The S&W Journal, v.21 n.4 (Winter): 5-14.

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William Furnish’s handwritten notes on article about Wm. H. Baker shotguns in the Nov 1989 issue of The Gun Report by A.C. Atterbury.

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Furnish, William M., and CDR Roy Gunther, “Boyd & Tyler – An Unusual American Made Double,” The Gun Report, v.35 n.9 (Feb): 14-22.

Furnish, William M., “The Fox Side Swing: A Tool of the American Frontier,” Man at Arms, v.12 n.6 (Nov/Dec): 24-35.

Scope and Contents P.213.01 #62 [Boyd & Tyler shotgun, action closed, serial number 241]P.213.02 #62 [Boyd & Tyler shotgun, action open]P.213.03 #63 [Boyd & Tyler shotgun, action closed]P.213.04 #63 [Boyd & Tyler shotgun, action open]P.213.05 #64 [Boyd & Tyler shotgun, action closed]P.213.06 #64 [Boyd & Tyler shotgun, action open]P.213.07 #65 [Body & Tyler shotgun, action closed]P.213.08 #65...

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Gunther, CDR Roy; William M. Furnish; and Charles G. Semmer, “Remington Hammer Doubles, Part 1 1873-1882,”  The Gun Report, v. 37 n.2 (July): 14-29.

---------- “ Remington Hammer Doubles, Part 2 1882-1908,” The Gun Report v. 37 n.3 (Aug): 16-29.

Furnish, William M., and Devore E. Killip, “L.C. Smith at Syracuse,” The Double Gun Journal v. 2  Issue 4: 90-96.

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Furnish, William M., and James A. Nelson, “A Case of Providence in American Arms Shotguns,” The Double Gun Journal, v.5 Issue 4: (139-144).

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Furnish, William M., and D.D. Hallquist, “ The Guns of the Baker Brothers – Part III,”  The Double Gun Journal v.9 Issue 2: 63-77.

Shotgun Research Newsletter v.12 n. 2 March 15, 1998 [this issue has Furnish’s notes written on an article about W.H. Baker shotguns].