Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Camp, Walter Mason, 1867-1925
- Abstract:
- The Camp mss. II, 1900-1925 consists of those transcripts prepared by Kenneth Hammer, Professor of Economics at the University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, from the Walter Camp Field Notes at the Denver Public Library and at the Brigham Young University, for use in his book, Custer in '76, published by the Brigham Young University Press in 1976. (Lilly E83.876 .C18)
- Extent:
- 1 Box (1 standard) and 1 folio
- Language:
- Materials are in English .
- Preferred citation:
[Item], Camp mss. II, Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
The Camp mss. II, 1900-1925 consists of field notes by historical researcher and interviewer Walter Mason Camp (1867-1925). Born in Camptown, Pennyslvania, Camp went on to study at Pennyslvania State College. He then became a civil engineering and railroad expert, hence his editorial position at The Railway and Engineering Review and his authorship of Notes on Track (1903). During the 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn, Camp also interviewed several hundred whites and Native Americans, the results of which are scattered in library collections throughout the country, including the Lilly Library.
This collection includes some typescripts of Camp's field notes, rendered by Professor Kenneth Hammer. See also Camp mss., 1873-1918.
- Scope and Content:
The Camp mss. II consists of those transcripts prepared by Kenneth M. Hammer, Professor of Economics at the University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, from the Walter Camp Field Notes at the Denver Public Library and at the Brigham Young University, for use in his book, Custer in '76, published by the Brigham Young University Press in 1976. (Lilly E83.876 .C18)
The transcripts are arranged in the numerical order in which they were received: Brigham Young University, 827 pages for 210 folders; Denver Public Library, the Robert S. Ellison Collection, 101 pages for 13 folders.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift: 1976
- Physical location:
- Lilly - Folio; Lilly - Stacks
Indexed Terms
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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This collection is open for research.
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- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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- PREFERRED CITATION:
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[Item], Camp mss. II, Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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1200 East Seventh StreetBloomington, Indiana 47405-5500, USA
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- CONTACT:
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(812) 855-2452liblilly@indiana.edu