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Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

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

Larry Sklenar papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231037992]
Identifier: MSS 6271
Abstract

The Larry Sklenar papers include three typed articles entitled "Pvt. Theodore W. Goldin: Too Soon Discredited?", "Pvt. Theodore W. Goldin and the Medal of Honor", and "Theodore W. Goldin: Unsuccessful Applicant for Superintendent of the Little Big Horn National Cemetery."

Dates: 1957-1994

Walter Mason Camp biographical information, 1925 August 8

 Series
Identifier: MSS 57 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains biographical sketch of Camp written in Railway Review railroad journal.

Dates: 1925 August 8

Walter Mason Camp writings, between 1910 and 1923

 Series
Identifier: MSS 57 Series 6
Scope and Contents

Contains drafts of the planned book, articles, and speeches written by Camp on the 7th Cavalry. These include materials from "Death of F. F. Gerard, a Custer Scout," "Some of the Indian Battles and Battlefield, Order of the Indian Wars Address," and "The Story of Custer and the Seventh Cavalry."

Dates: Other: between 1910 and 1923

With the Indian and the buffalo in Montana

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233290342]
Identifier: Vault MSS 498
Scope and Contents

Detailed handwritten account of his activities during the campaigns against the Cheyenne, Sioux, and Nez Perce tribes during the 1870s. His unit was the first on the scene of Custer's massacre on the Little Bighorn (1876), and he describes the battlefield in great depth, and also provides personal speculations on the specifics of the fight.

Dates: 1925