United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th
Organization
Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:
Account of Custer's fight on Little Bighorn
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230306216]
Identifier: MSS SC 860
Dates:
1906
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Frederick William Benteen letters
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230331107]
Identifier: MSS SC 3039
Scope and Contents
Photostat copies of four handwritten and signed letters dated 2 July, 23 July, 24 July, and 30 July of 1876. Each item was addressed to Benteen's wife. Benteen writes about the Battle of the Little Bighorn, which took place on 25-26 June 1876, and his actions in the encounter. Also included is a photostat copy of a 25-page handwritten account of the Battle of the Little Bighorn written by Benteen on an uncertain date. With the collection are typescripts of one of the letters and the...
Dates:
1876 July
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Kenneth M. Hammer book drafts
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2653
Scope and Contents
Typescript and galley proofs with handwritten corrections. The items are "Men with Custer," biographies of the men who fought in the 7th Calvary with George Armstrong Custer, and "The Springfield Carbine on the Western Frontier," a history of the rifle used by the United States Army.
Dates:
1970-1972
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Boots and saddles at the Little Bighorn
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230322494]
Identifier: MSS SC 2654
Scope and Contents
Typewritten book draft with handwritten corrections. The item is about the equipment of George Armstrong Custer's 7th Cavalry. The book draft was submitted to the Old Army Press for publication.
Dates:
1976
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Walter Mason Camp papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 57
Abstract
The collection consists of correspondence, interview notes, general research and field notes, drafts of writings, photographs, maps, newsclippings and miscellaneous research and reference materials created and collected by Camp, and pertaining to the Indian Wars of the plains (1864-1890). The bulk of the collection consists of the correspondence (1908-1923), interviews, general research and field notes (1890-1924). Chief interviewees and correspondents were the officers, enlisted men, and...
Dates:
approximately 1870-1943
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Walter Mason Camp photograph collection
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233280335]
Identifier: MSS P 16
Scope and Contents
Collection contains photographs of battlefields, groups of Native Americans, and portraits of notable individuals who were prominent in the Indian Wars including George A. Custer and other U.S. Army and Native American participants. Original prints (including albumen, cartes-de-visite, and cabinet cards), copy prints, postcards, halftones, engravings, and selected copy negatives prepared by the repository staff. The bulk of the collection was compiled by Walter Mason Camp and pertains almost...
Dates:
1862-1929
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Kenneth M. Hammer research notes
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1473
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of typesripts and some photocopies with holograph notations of Hammer's research primarily relating to "Custer in '76" which he edited for publication. The final draft of this work is included in the collection. This book is a compilation of primary source materials, mostly interviews with surviving participants, relating to the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876. These notes are verbatim transcripts of selected materials and were made by Hammer with the...
Dates:
1966-1976
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Hugh Shick papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2463
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of handwritten notes, indexes, and bibliographies relating to George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876), the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876, and the Seventh Calvary.
Dates:
1923-1971
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Walter Mason Camp interviews, between 1900 and 1923
Series
Identifier: MSS 57 Series 3
Scope and Contents
Contains records of interviews conducted by Camp for his research on the Indian Wars.
Dates:
between 1900 and 1923
Walter Mason Camp interviews with Group 1, between 1900 and 1923
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 57 Series 3 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Contains records of interviews conducted by Camp for his research on the Indian Wars.
Dates:
Other: between 1900 and 1923
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- Collection 9
- Archival Object 8
- Subject
- Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1866-1895 10
- Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876 8
- Military 8
- Politics, Government, and Law 8
- Interviews 6
- Drafts (Documents) 4
- Notes 4
- Letters 3
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 2
- Histories (Literary works) 2
- Maps 2
- Research (Documents) 2
- Articles 1
- Autobiographies 1
- Battlefields -- United States -- Photographs 1
- Bibliographies 1
- Cheyenne Indians -- History 1
- Cheyenne Indians -- Photographs 1
- Cheyenne Indians -- Wars 1
- Cheyenne Indians -- Wars -- History -- Sources 1
- Cheyenne Indians -- Wars, 1876 1
- Dakota Indians -- Photographs 1
- Dakota Indians -- Wars 1
- Dakota Indians -- Wars, 1876 1
- Diaries 1
- Indexes 1
- Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1862-1865 1
- Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876 -- Personal narratives 1
- Newsletters 1
- Photographic prints 1
- Portraits 1
- Postcards 1
- Printed ephemera 1
- Publications 1
- Railroads -- North Dakota 1
- Railroads -- South Dakota 1
- Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence 1
- Speeches, addresses, etc., American 1
- Springfield rifle 1
- Washita Campaign, 1868-1869 1 + ∧ less
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