Donald Charles Chaput

Born: 12/19/1933   Houghton County
Parents: Arthur and Mamie-Louis Chaput
Spouse: Antoinette
Children: Ben, Ed
Address(es):
Permanent :
2130 North Craig St.
Altadena , CA 91001
Permanent :
Curator Emeritus, History Division, Natural History Museum
Los Angeles , CA 90007

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
The Odyssey of Burt Alvord: Lawman, Train Robber, Fugitive Biography Adult Tucson, Ariz. : Westernlore Press 2000
"Buckskin Frank" Leslie Biography Adult Tucson, Ariz. : Westernlore Press 1999
Virgil Earp: Western Peace Officer Biography , History Adult Encampment, Wyo. : Affiliated Writers of America/ Norman : University of Oklahoma Press 1996
Dr. Goodfellow: Physician to the Gunfighters, Scholar, and Bonvivant
- Great West & Indian Series
Biography Adult Tucson, Ariz. : Westernlore Press 1996
Nellie Cashman and the North American Mining Frontier
- Great West & Indian Series
Biography , History Adult Tucson, Ariz. : Westernlore Press 1995
The Earp Papers: In a Brother's Image Affliated Writers of America 1994
The Man from Asarco: A Life and Times of Julius Kruttschnitt
- With Kett Kennedy
Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 1992
Modest Fortunes: Mining in Northern Baja California
- by Donald Chaput, William M. Mason, David Zárate Loperena.
History Adult Los Angeles : Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 1992
French Canadian Contribution to Winning the American West: Biographical Notes Bibliotheque Nationale du Quebec 1985
Francois X. Aubry: Trader, Trailmaker, and Voyageur in the Southwest, 1846-1854 Biography Adult Glendale, Calif. : A. H. Clark Co. 1975
Chaput Mining Research Collection
- State Archives, Division of Michigan History, Department of State.
Michigan History Adult Lansing, Mich. : Michigan State Archives 1972
The Cliff: America's First Great Copper Mine
- Pittsburgh and Boston Copper Harbor Mining Company.
Michigan History Adult Kalamazoo, Mich., Sequoia Press 1971
Michigan Indians: A Way of Life Changes
- How Indians lived in times past and their gradual change of habits
Michigan History Children , Teen Hillsdale, Mich., Hillsdale Educational Publishers 1970
Hubbell: A Copper Country Village
- (Publication Years: 1969, 1986)
Michigan History Adult Lake Linden, Mich. : John H. Forster Press, Houghton County Historical Society, 1986 (Hancock, Mich. : Book Concern Printers) 1969 -1989
Le Pesant Affair of 1706: French Struggle to Control the Upper Great Lakes
-  "Paper read at the Upper Peninsula meeting of the Historical Society of Michigan, July 12, 1968, by Donald Chaput. Based on a series of articles to appear in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, II (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1969)."
History Adult privately printed (Lansing) 1968
What is the aim or goal of your writing: 2nd ed. says, " I have had a lifelong interest in the Indians and French in the greater Great Lakes region, as well as the fur trade, missions, exploration, and military affairs."

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Masters in Library Science (MLS) Villanova University Villanova , PA 1975

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Senior curator of history Natural History Museum Los Angeles , CA 1972
Research director, Editor Michigan Historical Commission 1966 -1971
Instructor Elgin Community College Elgin 1964 -1966

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