Henry B. Freeman Diary
Scope and Contents
Collection contains a diary of experiences with Gibbon's Montana Column in the Sioux campaign of 1876. Transcript has title: H.B. Freeman's diary of Custer's campaign. Journal of experiences with Gibbon's Montana Column in the Sioux campaign of 1876. Transcript has title: H.B. Freeman's diary of Custer's campaign.
Dates
- March 21-October 6, 1876
Language of Materials
Material is in English unless otherwise noted.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from material in the collection should be discussed with the appropriate librarian or archivist. Permission for publication may be given on behalf of the Denver Public Library as the owner of the physical item. It is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained by the customer. The Library does not assume any responsibility for infringement of copyright or publication rights of the manuscript held by the writer, heirs, donors, or executors. Reproduction restrictions are decided on a case-by-case basis.
Biographical / Historical
Henry B. Freeman was a U.S. Army Captain, 7th Infantry.
Extent
1 envelope(s) (28 pages)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transfer: Henry Swan collection, a.k.a. Swan family papers (WH1181); no date.
General
Photocopy (1942) of typed transcript. Original diary at Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
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- Title
- Finding Aid for the Henry B. Freeman Diary.
- Author
- Finding Aid prepared from MARC data.
- Description rules
- Anglo American Cataloguing Rules
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy Repository
