Abstract This collection consists of two typewritten manuscripts (1968, undated) of Photographer on an Army Mule (also titled Shadow Catcher on an Army Mule), a biographical study of Christian Barthelmess. The manuscripts were written by Maurice Frink in collaboration with Casey E. Barthelmess Sr. Also included in the collection is a letter (1971) to Casey Barthelmess from Joseph Strittmatter re photographs (now housed in the Photograph Archives); a photocopy of a letter to Casey from May Billing re...

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Fort Keogh was a military post near present-day Miles City, Montana. Records (1876-1893) consist of general and outgoing correspondence concerning supplies;subsistence stores ledger, inventories and invoices; abstracts of purchases and sales; ration certificates and returns; post orders for Fort Keogh, Fort Bliss, Fort Peck, Fort Buford, Fort Snelling, and Fort Meade; requisitions for supplies; and miscellaneous financial records, including purchases, accounts, funds, and payroll.

Content Description This small collection contains the materials collected by Arthur Kamhoot and his family. It concerns the Custer Freight Road, a now abandoned road constructed by the US Army in 1877 after the Battle of Little Bighorn. The road ran from Fort Keogh at Miles City to Fort Custer near Hardine, MT. This collection contains correspondence, a transcipt of a 1960 interview with Arthur Kamhoot, geological/topographical notes and maps, and photographs. Dates range from 1963 to 2008, with the bulk of...

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D.J. O'Malley (1867-1943) was a cowboy for the N Bar N Ranch, the Montana Cattle Company's 79 Ranch, and other cattle ranches around Montana. His papers consist primarily of cowboy poetry and other writings reflecting his experiences as a cowboy; a small amount of correspondence (1887-1939); and miscellany, including a few items concerning his father Dominick O'Malley's Civil War military career.