James Brisbin, a Boalsburg, Pennsylvania, native, served as an Army officer in the Civil War and the Indian Wars, 1868-1891. He was stationed at Fort Ellis, Fort Assiniboine, Fort Custer, Montana Territory, and many other western forts. Brisbin was also a writer and publicist. The collection contains a small amount of correspondence (1860-1890), and writings (1850-1891) concerning the Army, the Indian Wars, the West, and Montana Territory.

This collection consists of a photograph (1942) of Raymond Bernard Hieta, a War Department Embarkation Army Post Office Form (1943), Hieta’s undated Army Class “A” Pass, an undated Egyptian postage stamp and Japanese military ephemera, and a postcard (1947) from Hieta to his mother Anna. Biographical materials compiled by the processing archivist are also included in the collection.