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Politics, Government, and Law

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclabroad

Found in 1638 Collections and/or Records:

George A. and Elizabeth B. Custer papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 364
Scope and Contents

This collection includes miscellaneous correspondence of both Custers including military reports and orders, newspaper clippings, and two patents issued to G. A. Custer. Correspondents include Edwin. M. Stanton, Zachariah Chandler, Reuben E. Fenton, Andrew Johnson, Lawrence Barrett, William T. Sherman, Nelson A. Miles, B. O. Aylesworth, and A. B. Ostrander.

Dates: 1857-1929

Custer high spots

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230322460]
Identifier: MSS SC 2659
Scope and Contents

Typewritten book draft with handwritten corrections. Luther's work is an extension of Fred Dustin's bibliography of works on George Armstrong Custer which Luther regards as inadequate. The item was submitted to the Old Army Press for publication.

Dates: 1972

The Custer tragedy : events leading up to and following the Litte Big Horn Campaign of 1876

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231055564]
Identifier: MSS 1414
Scope and Contents

Typescripts with corrections of a book draft by Dustin. Also included is a carbon copy of another draft.

Dates: 1939

George F.N. Dailey scrapbook

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230365014]
Identifier: MSS 1672
Scope and Contents

Scrapbook including newspaper clippings and memorabilia. The items relate to the operations and functions of the United States Army.

Dates: 1919-1923

William Horne Dame certificates and letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230340405]
Identifier: MSS 110
Abstract

The folder contains microfilmed copies of a certificate of membership in the Utah territorial legislature, a certificate verifying that Dame was an elder in the Mormon Church, and a letter, dated 12 August 1858, of an "investigating committee" of prominent Mormons (including the apostle, George Albert Smith) stating that complaints against Dame were without foundation. The nature of these complaints was not stated.

Dates: 1856-1858

John Scott Davenport correspondence and pamphlets

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2006
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and typewritten correspondence, travel brochures, and newspaper articles. Much of the correspondence was written while Davenport served in the United States military during the Second World War. He spent most of his time in California and Okinawa during that war. Also included is some correspondence between family members.

Dates: 1925-1970

William Davenport letters

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 167
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letters mostly from Davenport. Also incluced are letters from the Secretary of War for the United States, Charles Conrad, and various other officials in the Treasury Department of the United States. The items are concerned with Davenport's claim for compensation for expenses incurred as military governor of Matamoros.

Dates: 1848-1855

David Livingstone letter

 Digital Record
Identifier: VMSS445
Dates: 1862 October 24

David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 1297
Scope and Contents

Contains informational pamphlets on a variety of countries from various years, as well as programs from the opening of the Kennedy Center.

Dates: 1979-1995

David S. King autobiography, 1995

 Series — Folder 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197233238531]
Identifier: MSS 7930 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains two drafts of an autobiography written by David S. King. The autobiography cover his church service (as a missionary, as a mission president, and as temple president), his political work as a United States Congressman and ambassador to Madagascar, and his personal life.

Dates: 1995