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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

  • Creation: 1891 - 1896

Creator

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).

Subject

Source

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
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