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Coe, William Robertson, 1869-1955,. Coe mss. 32, 37, 44, 81, 85, 122-5, 126, 147, 156, 212, 226, 351, 388, 410, 1816-1918.

Title: Coe mss. 32, 37, 44, 81, 85, 122-5, 126, 147, 156, 212, 226, 351, 388, 410, 1816-1918.

Selected mss. from the Yale Collection of Western Americana pertaining to Kansas and the West. Included are James Fowler Rusling's inspections from Fort Leavenworth (Kan.) to Great Salt Lake City (now Salt Lake City), Utah; Orville C. Pratt's diary of an overland journey from Fort Leavenworth to Los Angeles via the Santa Fe Trail; Howard Egan's journey as part of the Mormon pioneer expedition to the Great Salt Lake (Utah) & later trips from Utah to California; a William Clark letter, 1816 Oct. 29, from Saint Louis, Mo. Territory, to William H. Crawford, secretary of war, while Clark was governor of Missouri Territory; a description of Bennett C. Clark's journey from Missouri to California; Elizabeth Bacon Custer's journal, including some papers of her husband, George A. Custer; Albert Gallatin Brackett's history of Fort Bridger (Wyo.) (1843-1873); Daniel Blue's 1859 letter describing his journey from Illinois to the gold fields near Denver, Colo., & including the printed Thrilling narrative of the Pike's Peak gold seekers; George Armstrong Custer papers, 1863-1873; Jesse Augustus Gove's journal, 1861, describing the march of the Utah Expedition from Fort Bridger to Fort Leavenworth; John White Geary's letters & papers, 1855-1871, including executive minutes & official letters while Geary was territorial governor of Kansas; Samuel Ryan Curtis's letters & papers, 1846-1866, including letters from his sons, Henry Z. & Samuel S. Curtis, and papers dealing with family matters, Union Pacific Railroad surveys, Civil War experiences, Indians, & the Colorado gold fields; letters & papers of Thomas Moonlight, 1864-1870, including autobiographical material & accounts of his military service; and George Bent's letters & papers, 1904-1918, primarily reminiscences of life with the Cheyenne.

ArchivalResource: 2 microfilm reels (2942 images) : negative ; 35 mm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/237789269 View

Grinnell, George Bird, 1849-1938. George Bird Grinnell papers, 1859-1939 (inclusive), 1886-1929 (bulk).

Title: George Bird Grinnell papers, 1859-1939 (inclusive), 1886-1929 (bulk).

The papers, which consist of letterbooks, correspondence, and subject files, including photographs and writings, document George Bird Grinnell's leading role in the American conservation movement. The material focuses on Grinnell's adult life (1886-1938) and details his work as editor of Forest and Stream magazine, authority on American Indians of the West, and active participant in the National Audubon Society, the Boone and Crockett Club, the American Game Protective and Propagation Association, and the National Parks Association.

ArchivalResource: 16.75 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702201188 View

George Bent : [collection] : [1910?] ; manuscript.

Title: George Bent : [collection] : [1910?] ; manuscript.

Collection consists of a single, undated handwritten manuscript of George Bent in which he gives a short history of the forts that his family built in Colorado.

ArchivalResource: 1 item ;

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/269347536 View

Hyde, George E., 1882-1968,. George Bent : [collection] : 1904-1929 ;.

Title: George Bent : [collection] : 1904-1929 ;.

Contains correspondence.

ArchivalResource: .25 linear ft. (1 ox).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28735428 View

Grinnell, George Bird, 1849-1938. George Bird Grinnell papers, 1859-1939 (inclusive), 1886-1929 (bulk).

Title: George Bird Grinnell papers, 1859-1939 (inclusive), 1886-1929 (bulk).

The papers, which consist of letterbooks, correspondence, and subject files, including photographs and writings, document George Bird Grinnell's leading role in the American conservation movement. The material focuses on Grinnell's adult life (1886-1938) and details his work as editor of Forest and Stream magazine, authority on American Indians of the West, and active participant in the National Audubon Society, the Boone and Crockett Club, the American Game Protective and Propagation Association, and the National Parks Association.

ArchivalResource: 16.50 linear ft. (42 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122568554 View

Ruffner scrapbooks : [collection] : 1917-1919.

Title: Ruffner scrapbooks : [collection] : 1917-1919.

Scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings and other ephemera on a variety of topics, including Colorado servicemen in World War I, Mesa Verde, Bent's Fort, and Buffalo Bill Cody. The compiler of these scrapbooks is indentified only as "Ruffner."

ArchivalResource: 1 v. : ill. ; [linear ft.].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45204737 View

Hafen, Le Roy Reuben, 1893-. Bent's Fort : [collection] : 1910-1978 ; (bulk 1952- 1978) ;.

Title: Bent's Fort : [collection] : 1910-1978 ; (bulk 1952- 1978) ;.

Contains photocopies, clippings, and some original documents, including W.M. Boggs' manuscript on the history of Bent's Fort.

ArchivalResource: 2.5 linear ft. (2 cartons)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28735415 View

Rickey, Don. Don G. Rickey collection, 1890-1956.

Title: Don G. Rickey collection, 1890-1956.

Interviews conducted by Rickey with Mrs. Sarah Pohocusucut, daughter of Comanche Jack (1954 June 27), John Stands In Timber (1956 Aug. 8), and Eli Coffee, veteran of Comanche L Troop, 7th Cavalry (1954 June 6); letter from George Bent, Cheyenne (1914 Sept. 3); ms. by Sgt. Morris Swett relating to I-See-O, Cheyenne scout at Fort Sill; article by Mrs. John Seger on Chief Wolf Robe at Cheyenne and Arapaho Reservation (Darlington Agency); the story of Chief Black Kettle at Washita by his grandson Stacey Riggs; and diagram and account of Mexican Republic peace medal.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70973473 View

Bent, George, 1843-1918,. Samuel Forster Tappan : [collection] : 1861-1875 ;.

Title: Samuel Forster Tappan : [collection] : 1861-1875 ;.

Contains correspondence, special orders, reports, and diary.

ArchivalResource: .5 linear ft. (1 box).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28316501 View

Bent, George, 1843-1918. George Bent papers, 1904-1926.

Title: George Bent papers, 1904-1926.

Letters to George E. Hyde describe George Bent's life with the Cheyennes, Arapahoes, Comanches, Kiowas, Sioux and other tribes of the Arkansas and Platte valleys. They include accounts of the Indian wars, with personal narratives of the Chivington massacre, the Julesburg raid, Platte Bridge, Brave Bear's Report of the Custer Massacre, and statements of Indians who took part in these and other battles. Accompanied by: George Bird Grinnell's "Bent's Old Fort and Its Builders," Kansas State Historical Society Collections. XV (1923):28-91.; reproduction of a photograph of George Bent and his wife; lithographs of two views of Bent's Fort with a reproduction; three manuscript maps, Bitter Lake Region, Bent's Fort Region, and Dodge City Region; and a letter from George Bird Grinnell to Morris H. Briggs.

ArchivalResource: 1.46 linear feet (4 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702127533 View

Bent, George, 1843-1918. Papers, 1904-1918.

Title: Papers, 1904-1918.

Letters written by Bent, from Colony, Okla., to George E. Hyde in Omaha containing personal reminiscences of life with the Cheyenne Indians, Hyde's working manuscript of the book Life of George Bent, Written from His Letters with notes by Bent and Hyde, two maps, two letters by Hyde.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes (2 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/13194869 View

Bent, George, 1843-1918. George Bent papers [microform], 1904-1908.

Title: George Bent papers [microform], 1904-1908.

Primarily reminiscences of life with the Cheyenne Indians.

ArchivalResource: 1 partial microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55676048 View

Bent, George, 1843-1918. Bent-Hyde papers, 1904-1918.

Title: Bent-Hyde papers, 1904-1918.

The collection consists of original maps of Indian and military positions of such areas as Sand Creek, the Arkansas River, etc., and correspondence between Bent and Hyde.

ArchivalResource: .5 linear ft. (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/232304956 View

Bent-Hyde Papers, 1905-1918

Title: Bent-Hyde Papers 1905-1918

George Bent, the son of William Bent and his Cheyenne wife, Owl Woman, was born at Bent’s Fort, Colorado, in 1843. As a witness of the Indian wars and conflicts in Colorado, Bent became a mediator and translator for the Cheyenne. He became an interpreter for George Hyde, a well known historian and interpreter of Indian life and customs whom Bent assisted in documenting Indian life on the Plains before 1875. Bent and Hyde corresponded from 1905 until Bent’s death in 1918.

ArchivalResource: .5 linear feet, maps and papers

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