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Descriptive Summary of the Collection
Scope and Content of the Collection
Series 1: Research Notebooks, 1953-1991
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Inventory of the John S. Gray Research Papers, 1942-1991
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Lisa Janssen, 2004. ©2004. |
Descriptive Summary of the Collection |
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| Creator | Gray, John S. (John Stephens), 1910 - |
| Title | John S. Gray Research Papers |
| Dates | 1942-1991 |
| Extent | 11 linear feet (27 boxes) |
| Abstract | Meticulous research notes, writings, and correspondence of Dr. John S. Gray, Professor of Physiology at Northwestern University and a member of the Chicago Corral of Westerners. Dr. Gray's research focuses on the American West, particularly U.S. - Indian relations. |
| Language | Materials are in English. |
| Repository | Newberry Library, Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections |
| Collection Call Number | Ayer Modern MS Gray |
| Collection Stack Location | 3 60 2 |
Administrative Information
Cite As
John S. Gray Research Papers, The Newberry Library, Chicago.
Provenance
Gift of Mrs. John S. Gray, 1993.
Processed by
Jill Gage, 2001.
Access
The John S. Gray Research Papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
Ownership and Literary Rights
The John S. Gray Research Papers are the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections.
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Biography of John S. Gray
Northwestern University physiologist and historian of the American West.
Born August 11, 1910, John S. Gray received his B.S. from Knox College in 1932; he received his M. S. in Physiology in 1934 and his Ph.D. in 1936. He became an instructor at Northwestern University in 1936. In 1946 Gray was awarded his M.D. and was named Chairman of the Department of Physiology that same year, a position he held until his retirement in 1974. When administrative duties precluded him from performing biomedical research, Ray Billington, a fellow Northwestern professor, encouraged Gray to begin doing research in history. Gray quickly focused his research on American frontier history, especially the Indian wars. As an active member of the Chicago Corral of the Westerners, Gray was a frequent contributor to the Brand Book of the Chicago Corral; he also authored two books: Centennial Campaign: The Sioux War of 1876 (1976); and Custer's Last Campaign: Mitch Boyer and the Little Bighorn Reconstructed (1991). After his retirement Gray moved to Fort Collins, Colorado, where he died on December 25, 1991.
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Scope and Content of the Collection
Mainly Gray's exhaustive research notes and bibliographies on subjects related to U.S. Indian relations, particularly relating to post Civil War military operations in the West, the fur trade, the Pony Express and other stage lines, and western scouts (including Indian scouts). Also Dr. Gray's published and unpublished writings, including those published in Brand Books of the Chicago Corral of Westerners, and correspondence with fellow researchers, publishers, and federal, state, and local archives. There are also a few photographs and some files concerning Gray's career at Northwestern University.
Narrative descriptions of the subject matter, types of material, and arrangement of each series are available through the Organization section of the finding aid.
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Organization
Papers are organized in the following series:
- Series 1: Research Notebooks, 1953-1991. Box(es) 1-19
- Series 2: Correspondence, 1942-1991. Box(es) 20-22
- Series 3: Works, 1957-1983. Box(es) 23
- Series 4: Research Notes, 1953-19911953-1991. Box(es) 25-27
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Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Newberry Library's public catalog. Researchers desiring additional materials on a particular topic should search the catalog using these headings.
Names
- Boyer family
- Boyer, Mitch
- Bruguier family
- Buffalo Bill
- Comstock family
- Crook, George, 1829-1890
- Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876
- Galpin family
- Gerard family
- Gray, John S. (John Stephens), 1910-
- Hickock, Wild Bill, 1837-1876
- Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) -- Employees
- Picotte family
- Reynolds family
- Reynolds, Charley, 1842-1876
- Slade family
- Westerners. Chicago Corral
Subjects
- Bozeman Trail
- Fort Collins (Colo.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
- Fort Phil Kearney (Wyo.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
- Fur trade -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
- Generals -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
- Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1866-1895
- Little Big Horn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876
- Manuscripts, American
- Scouts -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
- Stagecoach lines -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
- United States -- History, Military -- 19th century -- Sources
- Utah Expedition, 1857-1878
- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
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Container List
Series 1: Research Notebooks, 1953-1991 |
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| Contains Dr. Gray's meticulous research notes, particularly concerned with the American West in the late 1800's, and most specifically with Native American-US Army relations and conflicts. Topics include George Armstrong Custer and the Battle of Little Big Horn, Mitch Boyer and the Boyer family, the Bozeman Trail, the Bruguier family, William F. Cody, the Comstock family, George Crook, Fort Collins, Fort Philip Kearney, the fur trade, the Galpin family, the Gerard family, James B. Hickock, Indian scouts, George M. Miles, Orlando H. Moore, Philetus W. Norris, the Picotte family, the Pony Express, Charley Reynolds, Joseph A. Slade, stage lines, Alfred Howe Terry, and the Utah campaign. | |||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically by topic. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1860 Census | |||||||||
| 1 | 2-3 | 1873-1874 Expeditions | |||||||||
| 1 | 4-5 | 1874-1875 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6-7 | Accounts of Custer Massacre | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Battle of the Little Big Horn | |||||||||
| 2 | 9 | Battle of the Little Big Horn | |||||||||
| 2 | 10 | Battle of the Little Big Horn - Archaeology | |||||||||
| 2 | 11 | Battle of the Little Big Horn - Timelines | |||||||||
| 2 | 12-13 | Boone, A. G. | |||||||||
| 2 | 14-15 | Boyer Family and Other Missouri Settlers | |||||||||
| 3 | 16-17 | Boyer, Mitch (Notebook II) | |||||||||
| 3 | 18-19 | Boyer, Mitch (Notebook III) | |||||||||
| 3 | 20 | Boyer, Mitch (Notebook IV) | |||||||||
| 3 | 21-22 | Bozeman Trail 1864 | |||||||||
| 3 | 23 | Bruguier Family | |||||||||
| 4 | 24 | Bruguier Family | |||||||||
| 4 | 25-26 | Cache la Poudre | |||||||||
| 4 | 27-28 | Camp Collins | |||||||||
| 4 | 29-30 | Cherokee Trail | |||||||||
| 4 | 31 | Chivington, John M. | |||||||||
| 4 | 32 | Cody, William F. (Notebook I) | |||||||||
| 5 | 33 | Cody, William F. (Notebook I) | |||||||||
| 5 | 34 | Cody, William F. (Notebook II) | |||||||||
| 5 | 35-36 | Cody, William F. (Notebook III) | |||||||||
| 5 | 37-38 | Colorado | |||||||||
| 5 | 39-40 | Comstock Family | |||||||||
| 5 | 41 | Crook, George (Notebook I) | |||||||||
| 6 | 42 | Crook, George (Notebook I) | |||||||||
| 6 | 43 | Crook, George (Notebook II) | |||||||||
| 6 | 44 | Crook, George (Notebook III) | |||||||||
| 6 | 45-46 | Custer Xeroxes | |||||||||
| 6 | 47-48 | Dakota | |||||||||
| 6 | 49-50 | Eagle Woman - Matilda Galpin | |||||||||
| 7 | 51-52 | Fort Collins - City | |||||||||
| 7 | 53-54 | Fort Collins - General | |||||||||
| 7 | 55-56 | Fort Collins - Military (Notebook I) | |||||||||
| 7 | 57-58 | Fort Collins - Military (Notebook II) | |||||||||
| 7 | 59 | Fort Collins - Order Book | |||||||||
| 7 | 60 | Fort Philip Kearney | |||||||||
| 8 | 61 | Fort Philip Kearney | |||||||||
| 8 | 62-63 | Freighters & Fur Companies | |||||||||
| 8 | 64-65 | Galpin Family (Notebook I) | |||||||||
| 8 | 66-67 | Galpin Family (Notebook II) | |||||||||
| 8 | 68-69 | Galpin Family (Notebook III) | |||||||||
| 8 | 70-71 | Galpin Family (Notebook IV) | |||||||||
| 9 | 72 | Galpin Family (Notebook IV) | |||||||||
| 9 | 73-74 | Gerard, Frederic F. | |||||||||
| 9 | 75-76 | Gerard (Notebook I) | |||||||||
| 9 | 77-78 | Gerard (Notebook II) | |||||||||
| 9 | 79 | Gerard (Notebook III) | |||||||||
| 10 | 80 | Gerard (Notebook III) | |||||||||
| 10 | 81-82 | Gerard (Notebook IV) | |||||||||
| 10 | 83-84 | Gibbon, Gen. John | |||||||||
| 10 | 85-86 | Gold Rush | |||||||||
| 10 | 87-88 | Grouard, Frank | |||||||||
| 11 | 89 | Hickock, James B. | |||||||||
| 11 | 90-91 | Hickock (Notebook II) - Abolitionist / Pro-Slavery Fights in Kansas | |||||||||
| 11 | 92 | Hickock (Notebook III) | |||||||||
| 11 | 93-94 | Hockaday, John M. | |||||||||
| 11 | 95-96 | Hostiles | |||||||||
| 12 | 97-98 | Indian Chiefs | |||||||||
| 12 | 99-100 | Indian Scouts | |||||||||
| 12 | 101-102 | Larimer County | |||||||||
| 12 | 103 | Medical | |||||||||
| 12 | 104 | Miscellaneous Notes / Bibliographic Notes | |||||||||
| 12 | 105-106 | Miscellaneous Notes / Bibliographic Notes (Notebook II) | |||||||||
| 13 | 107-108 | Montana | |||||||||
| 13 | 109-110 | Montana, Upper | |||||||||
| 13 | 111-112 | Moore, Orlando H. and Miles, George M. | |||||||||
| 13 | 113-114 | Norris, Col. Philetus W. | |||||||||
| 14 | 115-116 | Official Accounts | |||||||||
| 14 | 117-118 | Picotte Family | |||||||||
| 14 | 119-120 | Platte | |||||||||
| 14 | 121-122 | Plot, Treaty with, and Operations Against Sioux | |||||||||
| 15 | 123 | Pony Express - Notes and Biographies | |||||||||
| 15 | 124 | Red Legs | |||||||||
| 15 | 125-126 | Reynolds, Charley | |||||||||
| 15 | 127 | Reynolds, Charley - Material | |||||||||
| 15 | 128 | Reynolds, Charley - Bibliographic Material | |||||||||
| 15 | 129-130 | Reynolds, Charley - Genealogy (Notebook I) | |||||||||
| 15 | 131 | Reynolds, Charley - Genealogy (Notebook II) | |||||||||
| 16 | 132 | Reynolds, Charley - Genealogy (Notebook II) | |||||||||
| 16 | 133 | Reynolds, Charley - Notes | |||||||||
| 16 | 134-135 | Ricker, Eli and Bridger, Jim | |||||||||
| 16 | 136-137 | Scouts | |||||||||
| 16 | 138-139 | Slade Family (Notebook I) | |||||||||
| 17 | 140-141 | Slade, Joseph A. | |||||||||
| 17 | 142-143 | Slade, Joseph A. - Overland Stage Line | |||||||||
| 17 | 144-145 | Slade, Joseph A. - Death | |||||||||
| 17 | 146-147 | Smith, John, and Other Traders | |||||||||
| 18 | 148 | Stage Lines | |||||||||
| 18 | 149-150 | Stage Lines (Notebook II) | |||||||||
| 18 | 151-152 | Surrenders | |||||||||
| 18 | 153-154 | Terry, Gen. Alfred Howe | |||||||||
| 19 | 155 | Utah 1857 Wagons | |||||||||
| 19 | 156-157 | Utah Campaign | |||||||||
| 19 | 158-160 | Whip them into Subjection: Sioux War of 1876, | |||||||||
Series 2: Correspondence, 1942-1991 |
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| Correspondence to and from Dr. Gray concerning his research and writings. Correspondents include Mark Brown, members of the Bruguier, Galpin, and Reynolds families, Federal Archives, local and state archives, Northwestern University, and publishers. Topics include extensive genealogical research, particularly on the Bruguier, Galpin, and Reynolds families, comments on Dr. Gray's writings by colleagues and publishers, a limited amount of material regarding his patents and his retirement from Northwestern University, and personal correspondence. | |||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically by topic, and by ascending date within each folder. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 20 | 161 | Brown, Mark, 1961-1975 | |||||||||
| 20 | 162 | Bruguier & Galpin | |||||||||
| 20 | 163 | Comments on John S. Gray's Writings, 1959-1990 | |||||||||
| 20 | 164 | Conferences, 1974-1990 | |||||||||
| 20 | 165 | Federal Archives, 1954-1986 | |||||||||
| 20 | 166 | John S. Gray Papers, 1942-1944 | |||||||||
| 20 | 167-168 | Local Archives, 1953-1976 | |||||||||
| 20 | 169 | Northwestern University, 1972-1975 | |||||||||
| 20 | 170-171 | Publishers, 1956-1991 | |||||||||
| 21 | 172-173 | Publishers, 1956-1991 | |||||||||
| 21 | 174-177 | Reynolds Family, 1953-1972 | |||||||||
| 21 | 178-179 | State Archives, 1953-1985 | |||||||||
| 22 | 180-187 | General Correspondence, 1953-1991 | |||||||||
Series 3: Works, 1957-1983 |
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| Articles written by Dr. Gray on various aspects of the post Civil War American West. Handwritten and typewritten drafts, as well as copies of published articles are included. Drafts are arranged alphabetically by title, and published articles are arranged alphabetically by date. | |||||||||||
| Drafts are arranged alphabetically by title, and published articles are arranged alphabetically by date | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 23 | 188 | Articles, Handwritten Drafts | |||||||||
| 23 | 189-197 | Articles in Typescript, A-V | |||||||||
| 23 | 198-199 | Brand Book Articles, 1957-1983 | |||||||||
Series 4: Research Notes, 1953-1991 1953-1991 |
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| Contains Dr. Gray's meticulous research notes, particularly concerned with the American West in the late 1800's, and most specifically with Native American-US Army relations and conflicts. Notes are extracted from diaries and reminiscences, Indian depredation claims, maps, Montana and Sioux City newspapers and the Rocky Mountain News, and veterans' records. alphabetically by type of source. | |||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically by type of source. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 25 | 200 | Articles, 1919-1954 | |||||||||
| 25 | 201 | Chronologies | |||||||||
| 25 | 202 | Court Records - Slade Family | |||||||||
| 25 | 203-206 | Diaries and Reminiscences | |||||||||
| 26 | 207-108 | Indian Depredation Claim - Estate of John Richard, Jr. | |||||||||
| 26 | 209 | Maps, Miscellaneous | |||||||||
| 26 | 210-211 | Montana Newspapers - Notes and Bibliographies | |||||||||
| 26 | 212 | Rocky Mountain News - Notes and Bibliographies | |||||||||
| 26 | 213 | Sioux City Newspapers - Notes and Bibliographies | |||||||||
| 26 | 214 | Veterans' Records | |||||||||
| 27 | 215 | Miscellaneous Newspapers - Notes and Bibliographies | |||||||||
| 27 | 216-217 | Miscellaneous Newspaper Articles, 1857-1911 | |||||||||