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The Banta mss., 1836-1888, consists of the papers of James P. Banta, 1814-1873, Civil War soldier of Salem, Indiana, and his wife, Jane P. Lewelling, 1812-.

The Bartholomew mss., 1838-1886, consists of the papers of American businessman, pioneer, and judicial officer Jacob Bartholomew, 1818-1863, and his wife, Emily Ebersole Bartholomew, 1825-1913.

The Baylor mss., 1860-1862, consists of photostats of correspondence of John Roy Baylor, 1821-1897.

The Best mss., 1852-1862, consists of the letters of bricklayer, plasterer, California miner, and farmer A. Jackson Best, 1820-1862.

The Bissonette mss., 1855-1862, consists of letters and documents of trader and frontiersman Joseph Bisonette, 1814-1894.

The Bozeman Trail mss., 1867-1873, consists of the letters and documents of Fort Philip Kearney General John Eugene Smith, 1816-1897.

The Camp mss., 1873-1918 consists of the field notes of Walter Mason Camp, 1867-1925, engineer, dealing with the Indians and Indian Wars.

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)

The Cleghorn mss., 1826-1893, consists of correspondence and papers of Indian trader William W. Cleghorn, 1815-1878, and material pertaining to his estate.

The Cook mss., 1850-1877, consists of letters from David S. Cook in California to his family and friends in Illinois, and letters to James Willson Temple, 1828- , farmer, writer, from his family in Illinois while he was in California.

The Crawford mss., 1849-1864, consists of letters and papers of captain, Quartermaster's department, United States volunteers, and member of the Oregon legislature Medorem Crawford, 1819-1891.

The Custer mss., 1876-1933, consists of a copy of the Proceedings of the Court of Inquiry, January 13, 1879, in the case of Major Marcus A. Reno concerning his conduct at the Battle of the Little Big Horn River, 1876.

The Day mss., 1855-1906, consists of letters and papers of Silas J. Day, first lieutenant, Company G, 2nd regiment, Oregon mounted volunteers.

The Drake mss., 1848-1849, consists of the letters of physician Daniel Drake, 1785-1852, to his children, copied by U.S. senator Charles Daniel Drake, 1811-1892.

The Ellison Correspondence mss. consist of correspondence of Robert Spurrier Ellison, 1875-1945, relating to his collection of Western Americana.

The Ellison mss., 1790-1949, consist of materials compiled by Robert Spurrier Ellison.

The Ellison mss. II, 1857-1940, consist of copies of articles, talks, extracts, etc. that were duplicates in the Ellison collection at the Harold B. Lee Library of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.

The Ellsworth mss., 1843-1874, consists of the papers of Stukely Ellsworth, -1876, lawyer.

The Greene mss., 1876-1914, consists primarily of letters written in 1876 by Francis Vinton Greene, 1850-1921, general, historian, and engineer, to his mother, Martha Barrett (Dana) Greene, 1809-1883.

The Gregg mss., 1844-1848, consists of letters of Josiah Gregg, 1806-1850, Santa Fe trader and author, to John Bigelow, 1817-1911, editor, diplomat, and author.