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Watson, Elmo Scott, "Glory Hunter," Pikes Peak Journal, Nov. 30, 1934. Photocopy of newsclipping.

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Wemett, W. M., "Custer's Expedition to the Black Hills in 1874,..." The Mountaineer, 1932. Photocopy of newsclipping.

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Miscellaneous clippings regarding Custer of insufficient length to warrant their inclusion in articles and sources above. 1921-1957 and n.d., 12 items. 1 typescript and 11 photocopies.

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Four letters written to his wife Mary in Mercer County [?] from St. Louis, Council Bluffs, and Fort Laramie while he was enroute to the California gold fields, April⌐June, 1850.

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Biography entitled "Father DeSmet," by Mrs. J. C. VanDyke, carbon typescript, 3 p.; Four letters from J. H. Furay of New York City to H. C. Bretney of Jacksonville, Fla., dated May 20 - June 24, 1936, regarding identification of possible photographs of DeSmet and the Platte River Bridge Fight. 1 carbon typescript with photocopy and 3 typescript copies.

Scope and Contents 30 letters written to his wife Fanny J. at Fort Totten, beginning at Fort Seward, Dakota Territory, March 14-April 13, 1876 and continuing at Fort A. Lincoln during April, and various points in the field during May and June with George A. Custer, to whose command he was attached as a contract surgeon, and ending "Yellowstone, Mouth of Rosebud Creek, June 21st 76." He recounts life in the field with the U.S. 7th Cavalry in considerable detail. Also included are two letters written to Mrs....

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Two newsclippings, 1940 and n.d., on the life of this trapper and hunter for the American Fur Company from 1830 to 1835.

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"Recollections of the Experiences of a Nineteen-Year-Old Boy on the Bozeman Trail from Omaha, Nebraska to Virginia City, Montana and Return During 1866 and 1867," Typescript carbon with changes, 15 pages Sept., 1925 and typescript, 15 pages Oct., 1925.

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"Fort Bridger", a brief history and description of the fort. No author given. n.d. 4 pages.

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"The True Story of Fort Bridger", by Lulie Carter Groshon, 1924. 9 pages.