United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
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
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
Walter Mason Camp research and reference file, between 1870 and 1943
Series
Identifier: MSS 57 Series 7
Scope and Contents
Contains primary and secondary sources about various people, places and events involved in the Indian Wars. This includes articles, newspaper clippings, copies of accounts, letters, printed epherema, diaries, copies of reports, obituaries, notes, and maps. The research and reference file contains mostly materials collected by Camp and authored by others. Also, it contains everything that would not fit in any of the other categories in the collection.
Dates:
Other: between 1870 and 1943
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- Subject: Letters X