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Language:English
Date:1877
Contributor:Fair, Edwin B.
Subject:Montana--History | North Dakota--History | Military history
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence
Extent:5 letters
Description: A small collection of letters by Corporal Edwin B. Fair, who apparently joined Company E of the U.S. Seventh Cavalry, formerly under George Custer's command, a few months after Custer and his forces were defeated at the Battle of Little Bighorn, or the Battle of the Greasy Grass. Fair writes home to his sisters from his posts in the Dakota Territory and Montana. In the letters, Fair describes the daily life of and conditions faced by a common soldier stationed on the Plains; buffalo hunting; encounters with Native Americans, particularly the Crow and Nez Perce; and patrol and reconnaissance missions in Yellowstone National Park and other places. Fair relates the events and scenes witnessed in the plain, unvarnished vernacular of the day. Letters from the time and place are of infrequent occurence, making this a particularily interesting collection.
Collection:Edwin B. Fair Letters (Mss.SMs.Coll.17)
Culture:
Ktunaxa includes: Kootenai, Kootenay, Kutenai, Tonaxa
Date:1946-1950
Contributor:Garvin, Paul L. | Stanley, Joe | Adams, Isaac | Andrew, Pete | Chiqui, Joe | Dennis, Joe | Eustace, Chief | Francis, Nicle | George, John | Jimmie, Joe | Jimmie, Joe, Mrs. | Joseph, Chris | Lefthand, Abraham, Mrs. | Matthias, Baptiste, Chief | Sam, Martin | White, Albert | White, Basil | White, Louis Paul | White, Louis Paul, Mrs.
Subject:British Columbia--History | Montana--History | Idaho--History | Food | Warfare | Birds | Politics and government | Canada--History | Diplomacy | Hunting | Migrations | Government relations | Agriculture | Whites--Relations with Indians | Fishing | Ecology | Anthropology | Alcohol | Gambling | Circuses | Games | Music | Kinship | Diseases | Health | Military service | Military history
Type:Text
Genre:Stories | Oral histories
Extent:1 linear foot (11 reel-to-reel tapes, 24 folders)
Description: The majority of the Paul Garvin Papers is from fieldwork conducted by Garvin in 1946 and 1950 in Bonner's Ferry, Idaho, Cranbrook, B.C., Creston, B.C., Elmo, Montana, Premier Lake, B.C., Tobacco Plains, B.C., and Windermere, B.C.. The first 11 tapes (Series I) are Ktunaxa, as are all the transcripts (Series II). Tapes may correspond to transcripts.
Collection:Paul Garvin Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.281)