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"The Fighting Norths and Pawnee Scouts," Motor Travel, March-December, 1931, reprints of ten installments of an article by North with Robert Bruce as editor. Reprints show evidence of paste-up and editorial work.

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"Fete Columbus Plainsman on 88th Birthday," Newsclipping from The Columbus Daily Telegram, Columbus, Nebraska, March 7, 1939, photocopy, and a typescript of the same.

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Miscellaneous newsclippings, 1927, and n.d., both with transmittal notes from A. B. Ostrander.

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"Correspondence between Luther H. North and R. S. Ellison," Photocopied typescript, 2 pages List of letters in the Ellison Collection of the Denver Public Library.

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"The Bivouac of the Dead," a poem written in honor of Mexican War soldiers. Typescript with ink holograph changes. 1 page.

Scope and Contents Orders, correspondence, and other documents, 1865-66, relating to the culmination of a four year period of service on the plains at Fort Kearney, N.T. and Fort Laramie, D.T. for the Ohio llth, their relief from duty, and their departure for home. Included is information regarding to stores and equipment, horses and wagons, ordinance, alledged thefts, rules for westering wagon trains, court martials, new appointments and assignments, lost rations, mustering out pay, and commendations. Also...

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Proceedings of the Annual Meeting, April 11, 1942. Duplicated typescript. 8 pages. Envelope included.

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Semi-Annual Report, 1930. Duplicated typescript, 12 pages Reprint of article and bibliography on the Covered Wagon Centennial, April 10, 1930. Brochure for 1940 Rendezvous in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Program for meeting in New York, n.d. Miscellaneous newsclippings, 1925-1940 and n.d., 18 items, mostly photocopies.

Scope and Contents Correspondence, 1923-1932 and n.d. TLS's, typescript carbons, and holographs. 43 letters including a few postcards. The letters concern primarily Ostrander's research and writing and the sale of his publications. Many cover notes in the collection show that he was in the habit of sending both originals and copies of his correspondence to RSE for the latter's collection. All letters that directly addressed RSE were filed in the correspondence file. Those that would have constituted a slice of...

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"Details of Fetterman affair, H. B. Carrington and St. George Cooke," [ 1866-67], Ostrander's personal recollections as a participant in the battles recounted, [ Nov. 1932?], 15 pages, plus a letter to Ostrander from Gen. William H. Bisbee, dated Nov. 9, 1932, Brookline, Mass., reacting to Ostrander's account.