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Manuscripts

Herbert Myrick collection

Description: The collection consists of letters, manuscripts, photographs, one cloth map, and a few artifacts collected by Herbert Myrick related to western history, mainly the Battle at Little Bighorn. Subjects include Dakota Native Americans, Fort Abraham Lincoln, Fort Yates, and Standing Rock Indian Reservation. The collection contains 125 photographs, from approximately 1860 to approximately 1910, of Northern Plains Native Americans, U.S. 7th Cavalry members, and the Little Bighorn battlefield. It includes photographs of the following individuals: Frederick William Benteen, Bullhead, Crow Foot, George Armstrong Custer, Myles Walter Keogh, James McLaughlin, Rain in the Face, Sitting Bull, Standing Holy, Tiburcio Vasquez, George Daniel Wallace, and Young Man Afraid of His Horse. There are also 41 photographs of cowboys and ranch life. Additional persons represented in the collection include David F. Barry, Elizabeth Bacon Custer, and Herbert Myrick. Artifacts in the collection include a lock of Custer's hair, a cartridge from Custer's pistol, and a cloth map of the Custer battlefield drawn by T.B. Whitmore (who claimed to have witnessed the battle).
Type: Manuscripts

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Date

1860-1926

Call number

mssHM 49754-49909

Creator

Myrick, Herbert (1860-1927)(Opens in new tab)

Provenance

Gift of Christine Myrick, April 1950.

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Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

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The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.

Associated people

Barry, D. F. (1854-1934.)

Custer, Elizabeth Bacon, (1842-1933.)

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