Benteen-Goldin Papers, 1891-1896
Collection
Identifier: MC-1947-16
Scope and Contents
Letters from Benteen, senior captain under Custer in the 7th Cavalry at the Battle of Little Big Horn, to Theodore W. Goldin, a private in “G” troop at the same battle, criticizing Custer’s private live as well as his military tactics in battles.
Dates
- 1891 - 1896
Creator
- Benteen, Frederick William, 1834-1898 (Correspondent, Person)
Access
Access requires an appointment.
Extent
48 items
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from the Dr. Philip Gillette Cole Collection by Mr. Gilcrease in 1944, and were shipped to Tulsa in 1947.
General
NUCMC MS 67-119
Previous publication
Some of the papers have been published in The Custer Myth, by Wiilliam Alexander Graham (1953).
Creator
- Benteen, Frederick William, 1834-1898 (Correspondent, Person)
Source
- Cole, Philip Gillette, 1883-1941 (Former owner, Person)
- Cole, Katherine (Former owner, Person)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Helmerich Center for American Research at Gilcrease Museum. Repository
Contact:
1400 N. Gilcrease Museum Rd.
Tulsa Ok 74127
918-631-6441
1400 N. Gilcrease Museum Rd.
Tulsa Ok 74127
918-631-6441