Mary Russell Perkins research collection 1936-1970

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Mary Russell Perkins research collection 1936-1970

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Mary Perkins (d. 1970) was an amateur historian. Collection (1936-1970) consists of correspondence, clippings, and articles on George Armstrong Custer, the Battle of the Little Big Horn, and western Americana. Also included is an original letter (1874) from B.H. Hodgton to Colonel Marcus Reno. (SC 1059) Collection consists of correspondence, clippings, and articles on George Armstrong Custer, the Battle of the Little Big Horn, and western Americana. Also included is an original letter (1874) from B.H. Hodgton to Colonel Reno.

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Montana Historical Society Library

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Montana Historical Society 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...

Reno, Marcus A. (Marcus Albert), 1835-1889

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Perkins, Mary Russell, d. 1970.

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Mary Russell Perkins was born in Iowa on November 22, 1883, and lived much of her life in California. She was an amateur historian who was interested in George A. Custer and the history of Western America. Mary Perkins died May 31, 1970, in Santa Barbara, California. From the description of Mary Russell Perkins research collection 1936-1970 (Montana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 694925503 ...