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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 755 Collections and/or Records:

Alton Craig Curtis papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8451
Scope and Contents

Contains photographs, letters, memorabilia, newsletters, reports, and other material produced or collected by Curtis. Materials document his early life and education, as well as his missionary service. Also includes materials from Curtis's military service in Vietnam. Items date from between 1943 and 1972.

Dates: 1943-1972

The Custer adventure : as told by its participants

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230322783]
Identifier: MSS SC 2665
Scope and Contents

Typewritten book draft with handwritten corrections. Upton compiled primary sources to tell the story of the Little Bighorn campaign of 1876. The item was submitted to the Old Army Press for publication.

Dates: 1975

The Custer battle guns

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230325596]
Identifier: MSS SC 2651
Scope and Contents

Typewritten book draft with handwritten corrections. The book is about the firearms used in the Battle of the Little Bighorn. The item was subitted to the Old Army Press for publication.

Dates: 1974

Custer, calvary, and Crows

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2660
Scope and Contents

Typewritten book draft with handwritten corrections. The item is a biography of William Henry White (1851-1938) who was a Montana pioneer, Indian fighter, and one of the command which buried the dead on the Custer battlefield in June of 1876. The item was submitted to the Old Army Press by Mrs. Theodore Heil for publication.

Dates: approximately 1930

Custer centennial observance

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2667
Scope and Contents

Typewritten book drafts with handwritten corrections. The materials include notes, resource materials, and transcripts. The items were edited by Michael J. Koury. These materials relate to the books "Custer Centennial Observance" and "To Consecrate this Ground: The Custer Battlefield 1876-1976." The items were submitted to the Old Army Press for publication.

Dates: 1976

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

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