Papers of Walter Scribner Schuyler, 1871-1932.

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Papers of Walter Scribner Schuyler, 1871-1932.

Includes letters written by Schuyler to his parents about his army service in the West, esepcially in Arizona Territory between 1872 and 1874, letters from George Crook about Indian affairs in the 1870s, an account of a survey party he conducted to Yellowstone National Park in 1883, and his 1904 report as a military observer during the Russo-Japanese War. Of note are 46 volumes of journals written by Schuyler between 1898 and 1932, detailing his later military career and his business affairs. There is also correspondence from Philip Henry Sheridan to George Crook in the collection, as well as a typescript of a sketch by Azor Hewitt Nickerson titled: Major General Goerge Crook and the Indians [1890<].

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