Department of the West Collection
Scope and Contents
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Subject Collection. A bound copy of telegrams, military reports and dispatches, letters, orders and other authentic papers following the progress and development of affairs in the Department of the West while under the command of Major General J. C. Fremont. These papers have been collated in chronological order.
Dates
- Creation: 1861
Restrictions on Access
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Available for public access.
Extent
1 item (1 item)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers: Date of acquisition--1990.
Subject
- Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890 (Person)
- Shaw, J. B., Major (Person)
- Brown, B. Gratz (Benjamin Gratz), 1826-1885 (Person)
- Sweeney, Thomas William, 1820-1892 (Person)
- Lyon, Nathaniel, 1818-1861 (Person)
- Schofield, John McAllister, 1831-1906 (Person)
- Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889 (Person)
- Prentiss, Benjamin M. (Benjamin Mayberry), 1819-1901 (Person)
- Pope, John, 1822-1892 (Person)
- Hurlbut, Stephen Augustus, 1815-1882 (Person)
- Townsend, E. D. (Edward Davis), 1817-1893 (Person)
- Blair, Frank P., Jr. (Francis Preston), 1821-1875 (Person)
- Seward, William H. (William Henry), 1801-1872 (Person)
- Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866 (Person)
- Marsh, C. Carroll, 1829- (Person)
- Scott, Thomas A. (Person)
- Phillips, R. S. (Person)
- Kelton, J. C. (John Cunningham), 1828-1893 (Person)
- Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873 (Person)
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 (Person)
- United States. Army. Department of the West (Organization)
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Western History Collections Repository
630 Parrington Oval
Room 300
Norman Oklahoma 73019 United States
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu
