Coe, William Robertson, 1869-1955,. Coe mss. 32, 37, 44, 81, 85, 122-5, 126, 147, 156, 212, 226, 351, 388, 410, 1816-1918.
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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.
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2 microfilm reels (2942 images) : negative ; 35 mm.
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