Kenneth M. Hammer research notes, 1966-1976.

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Kenneth M. Hammer research notes, 1966-1976.

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This collection consists of typesripts and some photocopies with holograph notations of Hammer's research primarily relating to "Custer in '76" which he edited for publication. The final draft of this work is included in the collection. This book is a compilation of primary source materials, mostly interviews with surviving participants, relating to the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876. These notes are verbatim transcripts of selected materials and were made by Hammer with the assistance of the staff of the BYU Archives from the Walter Mason Camp collections located at the BYU Library and the Lilly Library, Indiana University. Also included is a copy of Hammer's doctoral dissertation, "Dakota Railroads" in two volumes.

5 boxes (2.5 linear ft.)

Harold B. Lee Library

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Camp, Walter Mason, 1867-1925

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Born in 1867, Walter Mason Camp was a civil engineer who worked for the railroad and spent many summers traveling throughout the country interviewing various participants and survivors of the Indian wars. He died in 1925. From the guide to the Camp mss., 1873-1918, (Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)) Railway engineer; editor; and, (avocationally) a historian of the Indian Wars of the U.S. Plains, 1865-1890. He avidly researched the Indian wars from 1890 to 1925...

Hammer, Kenneth M., 1918-

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American author and historian. From the description of Book drafts, 1970-1972. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122638250 Hammer is an economist, a historian, and a professor of economic history at the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater. From the description of Kenneth M. Hammer research notes, 1966-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122550157 From the guide to the Kenneth M. Hammer research notes, 1966-1976, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...