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

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1839 - 1876

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Elmo Scott Watson papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ayer-Modern-MS-Watson
Abstract

Personal papers of journalist, professor of journalism, and western / frontier historian Elmo Scott Watson, consisting mainly of topical files on western subjects and journalism. Also included are Watson's manuscripts and published writings, and his correspondence and teaching-related files.

Dates: 1816-1951; Majority of material found within 1920-1951

Irving Samuel Cutter Papers

 Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Ayer-MS-3221
Abstract

Mainly research materials (correspondence, biographical information, articles) gathered for an article on Henry Rinalda Porter, a surgeon at the Battle of Little Big Horn, with photographs of Porter, the Custer battlefield, and Indians involved in the fight. Also includes a George Crook letter and sketches by Charles M. Russell.

Dates: 1884-1934

John S. Gray research papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ayer-Modern-MS-Gray
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.

Dates: 1942-1991

Louis McLane Hamilton collection

 Collection
Identifier: VAULT box-Ayer-MS-356
Abstract Correspondence, extracts of reports, printed obituaries and resolutions, newspaper clippings, 1867-1867, possibly collected by Benson John Lossing, concerning the life of Capt. Louis McLane Hamilton and his death at the Battle of Washita. Includes correspondence of Philip Hamilton (father) to Lossing, and Robert Mayhew West (forwarding copy of 7th Cavalry resolution on Hamilton's death to the Poughkeepsie Daily Eagle); ms. extracts from Custer's July 6, 1867, order praising Hamilton's...
Dates: 1867-1869

Olin D. Wheeler papers

 Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Ayer-MS-3220
Abstract

Mainly correspondence, notes, and writings of author, topographer, and Northern Pacific Railway executive Olin Dunbar Wheeler regarding Custer and the Battle of Little Big Horn; also articles about Wheeler and reviews of his work.

Dates: 1892-1924

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  • Subject: Manuscripts, American X

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Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876 2
Artists -- United States 1
Big Hole, Battle of the, Mont., 1877 -- Photographs 1
Bozeman Trail 1
Cavalry pioneer troops -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
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Cheyenne Indians -- Wars -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Clippings -- West (U.S.) 1
Correspondence -- 1901-1950 1
Correspondence -- New York (State) -- Poughkeepsie -- 1851-1900 1
Correspondence -- Oklahoma -- Fort Supply -- 1851-1900 1
Cowboys -- West (U.S.) 1
Explorers -- West (U.S.) 1
Fort Abraham Lincoln (N.D.) -- Photographs 1
Fort Berthold (N.D.) -- Photographs 1
Fort Collins (Colo.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Fort Phil Kearney (Wyo.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Fort Union (N.D.) -- Photographs 1
Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) 1
Fur trade -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Generals -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Indians of North America -- Maps 1
Indians of North America -- Portraits 1
Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1866-1895 1
Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) -- Wars -- 1866-1895 1
Journalism -- Study and teaching -- Illinois 1
Journalists -- West (U.S.) 1
Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806) 1
Little Bighorn Battlefield (Mont.) -- Photographs 1
Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876 -- Maps 1
Manuscript maps 1
Newspapers -- West (U.S.) 1
Obituaries -- 1851-1900 1
Oklahoma -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Outlaws -- West (U.S.) 1
Pacific railroads -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Photographers -- West (U.S.) 1
Photographs -- North Dakota -- 1851-1900 1
Photographs -- North Dakota -- 1901-1950 1
Photographs -- West (U.S.) 1
Pioneers -- West (U.S.) 1
Resolutions -- Oklahoma -- Fort Supply -- 1851-1900 1
Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Sketches -- West (U.S.) 1
Stagecoach lines -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
United States -- History, Military -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Utah Expedition (1857-1878) 1
Washita Campaign, 1868-1869 -- Sources 1
West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
West (U.S.) -- History -- Sources 1
West (U.S.) -- In art 1
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