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...

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Microfilmed copies of handwritten and typescripts of interview notes, correspondence, general notes, and lists. The materials relate primarily to the Indian wars of North America from 1866 to 1895. The original materials reside in the Ellison--Camp collection at the Denver Public Library. The items were initialy created and collected by Walter Mason Camp with some materials generated by Robert Ellison. Also included are typescripts of some of the items.

Scope and Contents Contains notes prepared by Camp in the course of his research. Includes all general field notes and research notes, which is defined for filing purposes as all non-interview compilations in Camp's hand except maps and accompanying notes and drafts well-developed enough to be distinguished as writings. Most of Camp's general notes consist of questions either to ask of a future interviewee or to answer through research, along with reminders about people to see, where to find them and related...

Scope and Contents Contains typescripts of selected interviews and notes. The typescripts of selected interviews and notes were an outgrowth of Kenneth Hammer's work on the book Custer in '76. As indicated, they are not a complete typescript for all the interviews and notes in the collection. Those filed here consist of a photocopy of the original which has been cut apart with scissors (and as such many pages carry original page numbers and markings such as "End of folder," which should be ignored) in order to...