George A. Custer in film collection, 1923-1976.

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George A. Custer in film collection, 1923-1976.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/318645672

This collection contains motion picture posters, film stills, lobby cards, pressbooks, flyers, programs, scripts, and soundtrack recordings from various western films related to George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876) and the Battle of the Little Bighorn (1876).

3 boxes, 1 flat oversize box, 82 posters (568 items)

Southern Methodist University DeGolyer Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7328476

Southern Methodist University DeGolyer Library

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Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876

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Custer's paternal ancestors, Paulus and Gertrude Küster, came to the North American English colonies around 1693 from the Rhineland in Germany, probably among thousands of Palatines whose passage was arranged by the English government to gain settlers in New York and Pennsylvania. According to family letters, Custer was named after George Armstrong, a minister, in his devout mother's hope that her son might join the clergy. Custer was born in New Rumley, Ohio, to Emanuel Henry Custer (1806...