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Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1839 - 1876

Biography

George Armstrong Custer; b. Dec. 5, 1839 in New Rumley, Ohio; d. June 25, 1876 at Little Bighorn River, Montana Territory; U.S. cavalry officer; graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., 1861; served in the Civil War, became brigadier general; killed at Battle of Little Bighorn.

Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:

Account of Custer's fight on Little Bighorn

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230306216]
Identifier: MSS SC 860

Claude Bartlett papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 322
Scope and Contents

Research materials including notes on Indian warfare, the history of Clark County, Illinois, sundry newspaper clippings and postcards concerning the Battle of the Little Big Horn and a few pieces of correspondence.

Dates: date not identified

Bloody Knife : Custer's favorite scout

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2655
Scope and Contents

Typewritten book drafts with handwritten corrections. The item is a biography of the Indian scout who served under George Armstrong Custer. The manuscript was submitted to the Old Army Press for publication.

Dates: 1973

E. A. Brininstool collection of Western photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 68
Scope and Contents Collection includes original and reproduction photographs, lithographs, negatives, and wood printing blocks related to the American West. Images includes sites of battles with Native Americans, historical figures involved in the development of the West, buildings, and landmarks. Subjects include Wild Bill Hickock, Luther S. Kelly, Amos Chapman, Alfred Howe Terry, Annie Oakley, Billy the Kid, Calamity Jane, George A. Custer, Philip Henry Sheridan, Red Cloud, and sportted Tail. Materials were...
Dates: approximately 1860-1949

Collection of photographs of the West

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233602579]
Identifier: MSS P 130
Scope and Contents

Collection includes images of Denver (Colorado), Missoula (Montana), George A. Custer, Indian scouts, and other Western images.

Dates: approximately 1880-1969

Collection on George A. Custer

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 160
Scope and Contents

Collection includes photographs, slides, postcards, and a pamphlet dealing with George A. Custer, the Little Bighorn battle site, and the Crow Agency in Montana. Dated approximately 1920-1949.

Dates: approximately 1920-1949

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

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

Custer for president?

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230325141]
Identifier: MSS SC 2581
Scope and Contents

Typewritten and printed book draft and galley proofs of the book "Custer for President?" The materials include handwritten corrections. Repass writes about the possibility of George A. Custer running for the President of the United States. The item was published in 1985 by the Old Army Press in Ft. Collins, Colorado.

Dates: 1985

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Politics, Government, and Law 15
Military 14
Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876 13
Drafts (Documents) 9
Material Types 6
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Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1866-1895 5
Photographs 5
Dakota Indians -- Wars, 1876 3
Histories (Literary works) 3
Images 3
Cheyenne Indians -- History 2
Cheyenne Indians -- Wars, 1876 2
Correspondence 2
Letters 2
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument (Mont.) 2
Montana 2
Montana -- History 2
Nez Percé Indians -- Wars, 1877 2
Notes 2
Postcards 2
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Literary collections 2
Washita Campaign, 1868-1869 2
Acetate negatives 1
Adobe Walls, Battle of, Tex., 1874 1
Agricultural exhibitions -- Wyoming 1
Animals -- West (U.S.) -- Photographs 1
Anthropology 1
Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences 1
Autobiographies 1
Bibliographies 1
California 1
Cemeteries -- West (U.S.) -- Photographs 1
Chelly, Canyon de (Ariz.) 1
Cheyenne Indians 1
Cheyenne Indians -- Wars -- History -- Sources 1
Clark County (Ill.) -- History 1
Colorado 1
Copy prints 1
Crow Agency (Mont.) -- Photographs 1
Dakota Indians -- History 1
Denver (Colo.) -- Photographs 1
Dull Knife Battle, Wyo., 1876 1
Fort Fetterman (Wyo.) -- History 1
Fort Laramie (Wyo. : Fort) 1
Fort Reno (Wyo.) 1
Gelatin silver prints 1
Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863 1
Gros Ventre Slide Geological Area (Wyo.) 1
Historians -- Correspondence 1
Hunting -- Photographs 1
Idaho 1
Independence Rock (Wyo.) 1
Indexes 1
Indian scouts -- Photographs 1
Indians of North America -- Photographs 1
Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) -- Photographs 1
Landscapes -- West (U.S.) -- Photographs 1
Legend into history 1
Lithographs 1
Little Bighorn Battlefield (Mont.) -- Photographs 1
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument (Mont.) -- Maps 1
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument (Mont.) -- Photographs 1
Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876 -- Personal narratives 1
Manitou Springs (Colo.) 1
Mexico 1
Missoula (Mont.) -- Photographs 1
Monuments -- West (U.S.) -- Photographs 1
Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail 1
Negatives 1
New Mexico 1
Nez Percé Indians -- History 1
Oil industries 1
Pamphlets 1
Parades -- Photographs 1
Pawnee Indians -- History 1
Piegan Indians -- History 1
Political Campaigns 1
Prostitution -- Colorado -- Denver -- Photographs 1
Publications 1
Reminiscences 1
Research (Documents) 1
Rifles -- Photographs 1
Salt Lake City (Utah) 1
Shaanxi Sheng (China) 1
Slides (Photography) 1
Soldiers -- United States -- Bibliography 1
Soldiers -- United States -- Biography 1
South Dakota 1
Territorial Government 1
Teton Range (Wyo. and Idaho) 1
Texas 1
Utah 1
Vietnam -- Photographs 1
Virginia City (Mont.) 1
Woodcuts 1
Wyoming 1
Yellowstone National Park 1
Zuni Indian Reservation (N.M.) 1
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