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Richard Irving Dodge papers, 1863-1905

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Title Richard Irving Dodge papers, 1863-1905

Creator Dodge, Richard Irving, 1827-1895

Date 1863-1905

Place Great Plains, United States--West

Language English

Subjects Powder River Expedition, 1865, Indians of North America, United States

Summary Papers consist of Dodge's twenty pocket journals, correspondence, works, photographs, and military documents. The journals are as follows: six, dated May-October 1875, kept on a genealogical surveying expedition in the Black Hills of the Dakota Territory; four, dated October 1876-January 1877, while on the Powder River Expedition under General George Crook against Sioux and Northern Cheyenne Indians; eight, recording various activities of service chiefly in Indian Territory written between September 1878 and December 1880; and two which describe his experiences in 1883 while on an inspection tour of western territories with General William T. Sherman. Journals have typed transcriptions of all but the earliest six. Other material consists of correspondence, both to and from Dodge. Among correspondents are Julia P. Dodge, Frederick Paulding, and a few other family members; Smithsonian Institution officials Spencer Baird, William T. Hornaday, and Garrick Mallery; two official letters from General John Pope and two letters from Senator Henry L. Dawes; letters and documents relating to Dodge's publisher Worthington and Co. of Hartford, CT; and twelve miscellaneous letters written to Dodge between 1887 and 1888. Also, there are several articles and notes by Dodge including "Indian boys and girls", "Rail road towns", and "Itinerary of trip in search of a site for New Post, 1879", and a small collection of broadsides and military documents which appear in Catalogue of the Everett D. Graff collection of Western Americana under entries 1104, 1115, 1378, 4319, 4320, 4323, and 4324. A collection of photographs includes portraits of Richard I. Dodge, his wife Julia R. Paulding Dodge and her mother, and a small carte-de-visite of son Frederick, as well as numerous cartes-de-visite of military men, apparently collected in the 1860s, including an image of very young John Clem, noted "Drummer boy of Chickamauga", circa 1863. The journals of Richard I. Dodge have been edited and published by Dodge's biographer Wayne R. Kime: in 1996 (Black Hills journals), 1997 (Powder River Expedition), 2000 (The Indian Territory journals). and 2002 (Sherman tour journals).

Biographical/Historical Note American army officer and author.

Extent 1.2 linear feet (4 boxes)

Format Sources, Manuscripts, Diaries, Correspondence, Photographs, Cartes-de-visite

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Call Number VAULT folio Graff 1110

BibID 991558808805867

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 1548px × 2496px 11.09 MB

Filename 991558808805867_graff_1110-7_0166.tif

Unique Identifier NL11ES3U

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