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Item Northern Pacific Railway Co. Office of Assistant Land Commissioner.(UNPUBLISHED, 1901-07-22) Wilsey, F. W.; Phipps, Wm. H."Attach this notice to your contract. You are hereby notified that the office of Western Land Agent of the Northern Pacific Railway Company has been abolished by reason of the promotion of Mr. Thomas Cooper to the office of Assistant to the President."Item Advertisements and poem sent to Willaim D. Driscoll.(UNPUBLISHED, 1940-03-11) Brininstool, E. A.Includes an ad for the book Trail Dust of a Maverick, about the lore of the West, with a form on the back for ordering it. Also includes a poem "Adios West!" about the end of the Old West, excerpted from the book. There is also a postcard with two additional books for sale.Item Letter to William D. Driscoll from the author of The Taming of the Sioux.(UNPUBLISHED, 1924-06-11) Fiske, Frank BennettIn response to a letter of praise from Driscoll, Fiske offers to sell him pictures from his "large collection of Indian portraits and view, taken during the past 30 years." He also mentions that he has a book for sale for $2.00 entitled The Taming of the Sioux.Item Collection of correspondence and newspaper clippings sent to the U.S. Department of Justice.(UNPUBLISHED, 1965) Relander, ClickRecipient is Leland Yost with the U.S. Department of Justice. Includes the foreword to Drummers and Dreamers and 34 pages of clippings.Item Correspondence from the Division of Forestry concerning publication.(UNPUBLISHED, 1958-10-28) Branch, W. C.; Clar, C. R.; Raymond, F. H.Includes table of contents of a proposed book, California Government and Forestry.Item The Everett Ruess Poetry Awards.(1940-03-11) Unknown"Everett Ruess, then fifteen, was a member of Mrs. Snow Longley Housh's creative poetry class of 1929... Numerous theories have been offered as to what became of Everett. His Boy Scout camping motto, seems fulfilled: "When I go, I leave no trace."Item "Yes, they say only for us, they would not have survived."(1953-07-04) Unknown, Molly"The tornado struck the northern side of Worcester and our Convents were untouched. Not one church hit. A mother had her two weeks' old baby blown torn from her arms. It was found three blocks away the next day."Item Letter from The Scribner Book Store, Charles Scribner's Sons.(1949-03-24) McGee, Hope"We are pleased to give you below the price (postage prepaid anywhere in the United States), of the book in which you have expressed an interest."Item "I'm still riding high, wide and handsome, though if this cold weather keeps up, I'll be digging out the winter's furs."(1941-05-24) Scott, John M. S. J."Frost came to some of the low sections around here last night. For the past few days the wind has been playing leap frog over the buttes and hills. Dust clouds rising to the heaves make the sun hazy. Sure wish the elements would get over their stubborn streak."Item "We have not heard from Everett for 5 years."(1940-03-11) Ruess, Christopher"He may be alive and well and adventuring like Capt. Nemo in Jules Verne's Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. But most of the South West people who knew him feel sure he fell to his death from a cliff dwelling in 1934 or drowned crossing the Colorado in a raft."Item "I guess the proposed Custer Museum...is 'off the boards' for the present...."(1940-03-10) Brininstool, E. A."I guess FDR needs it to buy toilet paper or something equally as needful for His Lordship. I sure hope they sink him as deep as the old Pacific at this fall election, and put in a man who thinks just a little about the rest of us, instead of ALL for himself and family, inclusing 'Esther.' His kids are not turning out any too well, according to the publicity some of them are getting the last few days."Item "Missioners are always happy to learn that their efforts for Christ's Kingdom are being seconded by the good wishes and prayers of generous friends."(1940-03-01) Moore, William J. S. J."Please continue to remember our Sioux in your prayers. Prayer will win the day."Item "The two hours spent in the gasoline scented atmosphere were crowded with new, yet old sensations."(1939-12-25) Scott, John M. S. J."Deadwood Dick clinking long rowled spurs and toting a pair of heavy six guns would feel no more out of place wandering along the Perisphere walk of the New York's World Fair than I did when I exchanged the creek of saddle leather and the thunder of hoofs for the rattle of traffic and the rumble of Chicago and North Western locomotives."Item Poem, "found written on the door of an old cabin in Southern Nevada."(1939-11-10) Unknown."Morning' on the desert, and the wind is blowin' free, / And it's ours, jest for the breathin', so let's fill up, you / and me. / No more stuffy cities, where you have to pay to breathe, / Where the helpless human creatures move and throng and / strive and seethe."Item "I have about 2500 good negatives taken by my last husband."(1932-01-12) Moorhouse, Mrs. Lee"I have an enlarged photo of Fish Hawk hanging my house that I think is wonderful. If at any time you come to Pendleton come and look my pictures over."Item "That clipping you sent--I have had several sent to me from various sections--the same clipping and same man."(1930-01-28) Brininstool, E. A."The Nebraska Historical Society has just brought out a 78 page pamphlet by me on the killing of Crazy Horse in 1877--a most outrageous affair, and a put-up job on the chief."Item "Regarding going on the trip with your friend McWhorter--gosh! how I wish I lived somewhere near your place."(1927-05-01) Brininstool, E. A."You ask about Sitting Bull. He was killed on the 15th of December, 1890, by the Indian Police while resisting arrest, in front of his log cabin on the Grand River, North Dakota. I met and talked with the Indian (Red Tomahawk) who killed him. Red Tomahawk was at the Custer celebration last June on the Custer battlefield. I took his photo, but it did not come out very good. I met about 20 of the old Sioux who were in the Custer fight, and took a photo of the whole bunch."Item Notes on mining claims.(1910-04-01) Carmack, Marguerite"From Gladys Ament and Geo. R. Ament Deed (3432)."Item "The following information is necessary for the purpose of the required showing to be made in the application for Patent."(1930) Carmack, Marguerite"Question. What is the kind and character of the gravel in the White channel? Answer Well washed quartz gravel and white sediment."Item "Owing to the office force being engaged with the current business, it would be impossible at the present time to make township plats."(1922) Ing, John C."No charge is made for information or status where the inquiry is about any tract or tracts of land properly described by section, township and range, or where the name of the entryman or serial number is furnished."