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Benjamin Henry Grierson papers

 Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Ayer-MS-3039
Abstract Volunteer military officer during the Civil War, organizer of the U.S. Army Tenth Cavalry in 1866, commander of various Western army posts and active in opening the Western frontier until retirement in 1890. Grierson’s papers consist of correspondence (including over a hundred letters to his wife, Alice Kirk Grierson), documents such as orders, reports and maps and other military material, as well as personal miscellany relating to his service in the Western Territories. Microfilm copy...
Dates: 1865-1890

Christopher C. Augur Papers

 Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Ayer-MS-3008
Abstract

United States army officer, 1843 to 1885. Correspondence, printed and manuscript military orders and reports, letter-books, a miscellany of accounts and receipts, clippings, memorabilia and maps, mainly documenting Augur's military activities and commands before and during the Civil War, and post-war service in the Pacific Northwest, Texas and the Gulf.

Dates: 1780-1912; Majority of material found within 1846 - 1885

Ely Samuel Parker Scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: Ayer-Modern-MS-Parker
Abstract

Twelve scrapbooks, containing newspaper clippings and illustrations regarding Indian affairs, presumably kept by Ely Samuel Parker, who was U.S. Commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1869-1871. Also contains a few letters and reproductions of photos in the clippings.

Dates: 1828-1894; Majority of material found within 1870 - 1894

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

Loren L. Williams journals

 Collection
Identifier: VAULT-folio-Graff-4683
Abstract

The journal covers the Loren L. Williams's activities as an officer during the Civil War, active in the West, and subsequent activities as a pioneer in the development of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana. Details of wars with the Western Indians are also included.

Dates: 1851-1880

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Mackenzie, Ranald Slidell 2
Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888 2
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 2
United States. Army 2
Alvord, Henry E. (Henry Elijah), 1844-1904 1
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Augur, Christopher Columbus, 1821-1898 1
Boyer family 1
Boyer, Mitch, 1837-1876 1
Bruguier family 1
Brunot, Felix R. (Felix Reville), 1820-1898 1
Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917 1
Burbank, John A., 1827-1905 1
Campbell, John A. (John Allen), 1835-1880 1
Comstock family 1
Crook, George, 1829-1890 1
Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876 1
Everett D. Graff Collection of Western Americana (Newberry Library) 1
Galpin family 1
Gerard family 1
Gray, John S. (John Stephens), 1910-1991 1
Grierson, Alice Kirk 1
Grierson, Benjamin Henry 1
Hancock, Winfield Scott, 1824-1886 1
Hatch, John Porter, 1822-1901 1
Hazen, William Babcock, 1830-1887 1
Henry, Guy Vernor, 1839-1899 1
Hickok, Wild Bill, 1837-1876 1
Janney, Samuel M. (Samuel Mcpherson), 1801-1880 1
McCook, Alexander McDowell, 1831-1903 1
Miles, Nelson Appleton 1
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) 1
Palmer, Innis Newton, 1824-1900 1
Parker, Ely Samuel, 1828-1895 1
Picotte family 1
Post, Henry A. V. (Henry Albertson Van Zo), 1803-1832 1
Potter, Joseph H. 1
Prince, Henry W. 1
Reynolds family 1
Reynolds, Charley, 1842-1876 1
Slade family 1
Smither, Robert G. 1
United States. Army. Cavalry, 10th 1
United States. Army. Department of Texas 1
United States. Army. Department of the Gulf (1871-1878) 1
United States. Army. Department of the Platte 1
United States. Board of Indian Commissioners 1
United States. Office of Indian Affairs 1
Westerners. Chicago Corral 1
Williams, Loren L. 1
Woodward, Samuel L. 1
Worsley, Pardon 1
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