Ellison mss. II, 1857-1940
Summary Information
Repository
Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Lilly Library
Indiana University
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Bloomington, IN 47405-5500
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Creator
Ellison, Robert Spurrier
TitleEllison mss. II, 1857-1940
Collection No.
LMC 1324
Extent
21 items
Language
Materials are in English.
Abstract
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.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Biographical Note
An oil producer, Ellison was from Casper, Wyoming, vice-president of Midwest Refining
Company, and dedicated to preserving historic reminders of pioneer virtues.
Arrangement
The materials are arranged alphabetically.
Scope and Content Note
Materials include correspondence, memorandum books, overland diaries, journals of
travel by water, accounts of skirmishes with Indians, and transportation in the Far
West.
Related Material
Ellison Correspondence mss.,
Ellison mss., also located at the Lilly Library, Indiana University,
Bloomington, Indiana.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Acquired: 1994
Usage RestrictionsPrior arrangements are not necessary before coming to the Library, however,
patrons from out of town are encouraged to communicate with the Library in
advance of their visits to ascertain availability of materials.
Photocopying permitted only with permission of the Curator of Manuscripts, Lilly
Library.
Preferred Citation
[Item], Ellison mss. II, Lilly Library, Indiana University Bloomington,
Indiana.
Processing InformationProcessed by Staff.
Completed in 2013
Box 1
Folder 1: A-D
"Ben Clark, Pioneer Frontsman [sic] Dies By
His Own Hand."
Extract from The El Reno Daily Democrat,
Friday, July 24,
1914.
T.(carbon) 1p.
Re: Ben Clark. Oklahoma, Genealogy and Biography. Chapman
Publishing Co., Chicago. Mar.
1901
T.(carbon) 2p.
Ben Clark's, story as told to Fred Bard.
Battle of the Washita, Death of Capt.
Hamilton.
T.(carbon) 6p.
Brill, Charles J.
The Men Whom Custer
Forgot:
What happen to Elliot's Troops in the Washita
Massacre.
T.(carbon) 9p.
Cunningham, Alex as told to Edward Burnett.
Story of Alex Cunningham and Calamity Jane.
1928
T.(carbon) 4p.
Folder 2: Ellison, R. S.
Ellison, R. S.
Foreword. (re: the
Pony Express). Mar.7,
1934.
T.(carbon) 10p.
__________.
Fort Bridger as a Frontier
Army Post.
Read at Casper Literary Club, 2-20-30.
T.(carbon) 24p.
__________.
Jim Bridger's Old Trading
House.
Prepared for the Casper Literary Club, Nov. 1, 1928.
T.(carbon) [3]p.
__________.
John "Portugee"
Phillips and His Famous Ride.
Aug. 8, 1940.
T.(carbon) 7p.
__________.
The Red Buttes Indian
Fight.
T.(carbon) 13p.
Folder 3: F-L
Groshon, Lulie Carter.
The True Story of
Fort Bridger
c.
1924.
T.(carbon) 9p.(2 copies)
[Hebard, Grace Raymond]
Sacajawea.
T.(carbon) [19]p.
Lemly, Capt. H. R.
The Passing of Crazy
Horse.
T.(carbon) 4p. and Lee, Maj.-Gen. Jesse M.
he Capture and Death of An Indian Chieftain.
T.(carbon) 12p.
Folder 4: M-Z
McCarthy, Frank.
A Brief History of the
Oregon Trail, The Pony Express, and Overland Stage Routes in
Wyoming
Mar. 15, 1926.
T.(carbon) 10p.
Pennock, Isaac B. Diary Of Isaac B. Pennock, First Sergeant,
Company I, 11th Kansas Cavalry, from May 8th, 1865 to
Sept. 25th, 1865.
T.(carbon) 43p.
Reports of General Terry and Major Reno, re: The Battle of The
Little Big Horn. Extracts from
"Message from the President of the United
States to the second session of the forty-fourth
Congress."
G.P.O., 1876
T.(carbon) 9p.
Whitcomb, Hallie.
Stage Line and Pony Express.
T.(carbon) [3]p.(2 copies)
Folder 5: Unknown
[author / title unknown]
"Leavenworth City, Kansas Territory. July 28, 1857"
... [extracts from a diary?July 28, 1857-Jan. 23, 1859]
T.(carbon) 46p.(2 copies)
