University of Oklahoma Libraries Western History Collections
Robert Utley Collection
Utley, Robert M. (b. 1929). Papers, 1945–2008. 42 feet. Historian and author. Correspondence (1945–2008), journals (1973–1984), calendars (1970– 2006) and research files from the life and career of western historian Robert Marshall Utley. The materials document Utley’s lengthy service as an historian and administrator for the U.S. Department of the Interior’s National Park Service, his extensive research and writing on the American West, and his role in the development of the Western History Association and the Potomac Corral of the Westerners. His publications focused on a variety of western subjects, including George Armstrong Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn; Texas Rangers and law enforcement in the West; Sitting Bull and the Sioux Nation; mountain men and westward expansion; the Indian Wars; and Billy the Kid.
Box 1: Journals Folder: 1. 1973: Journal detailing work for the National Park Service and life in Washington D.C., travel, and political issues. Subjects include NPS reorganization, President Nixon’s government reforms, Vietnam War and Cold War views, Watergate scandal, and Wounded Knee crisis.
1974: Journal detailing work at the National Park Service and life in Washington D.C., travel, and political issues. Subjects include NPS business and trips in U.S., India, Istanbul, Rome, and Japan; Purdue University honorary degree, Watergate scandal, President Nixon, and Landmark Services (MCA) scandal.
2. 1975: Journal detailing work for the National Park Service and life in Washington D.C., travel, and political issues. Subjects include General Haig, the Ford administration, Watergate jury decision, national parks in Alaska, SEC 106 guidelines pertaining to Alaska, the Grand Canyon, and Landmark Services (MCA) scandal.
1976: Journal detailing work for the National Park Service and life in Washington D.C., travel, and political issues. Subjects include NPS reorganization and Utley’s position, the Presidential and congressional elections, the Ford administration, the Carter administration, Utley’s move from NPS to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, and Utley’s divorce and personal life.
Box 2: Journals 1. 1977: Journal detailing work for the NPS and life in Washington D.C., travel, and political issues. Subjects include the Carter administration, Utley’s departure from the NPS, development of the National Heritage program, and personal life, including his divorce.
2. 1978: Journal detailing work for the National Park Service and life in Washington D.C., travel, and political issues. Subjects include the Carter administration, the federal government and the economy, the Alaska Land Use bill failure, U.S. foreign relations with China and the Soviet Union, tensions in the Middle East, the internal political composition of NPS, and works in progress.
3. 1979: Journal detailing work for the NPS and life in Washington D.C., travel, and political issues. Subjects include the 1980 presidential elections, the Carter administration, the U.S. Embassy in Iran, the U.S. economy and gas prices, preparing for retirement from the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and relocation to Santa Fe with Melody Webb.
4. 1980-1981: Journal detailing work for the NPS and life in Washington D.C., New Mexico, and California. Subjects include Ronald Reagan’s victory in the 1980 presidential election; the Iran-Iraq war and Iran hostage crisis; the economy, inflation, and auto industry layoffs; retirement from the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; the Alaska Lands bill and the Historic Preservation Act; marriage to Melody Webb and personal life; USSR-Poland crisis.
Box 3: Journals Folder: 1. 1982-1984: Journal detailing work and life in New Mexico, travel, and political issues. Subjects include the Reagan administration; the economy and unemployment trends; completed manuscript for “Indian Frontier” and continuing fictional work on Charles Eastman; personal life including death of his father; involved in local volunteer fire department; changes to NPS management; Lincoln County Wars; honorary doctorate from Indiana University; reunion of his Army OCS graduating class. (note: remainder of 1984 journal was composed on computer format and is not present in this collection.)
2. A personal accounting ledger which belonged to Don Utley, Robert Utley’s father, dated 1929-1939.
Box 4: General Correspondence Folder: 1. Correspondence received, alphabetical by year, ‘A’, 1950-1982. Correspondents include Alexander Adams, Mrs. Ahern, Don E. Alberts, Horace Albright, Stephen Ambrose, Harry Anderson, Roy Appleman, Sam Arnold, Jack August, Hilda Avery, and others.
2. Correspondence received, alphabetical by year, ‘A’, 1982-1993. Correspondents include James Abarr, Mollie Yasuda-Abramitis, Don Alberts, Horace Albright, Mr. and Mrs. Aldrich, Craig Allin, Stephen Ambrose, Gary Anderson, Margaret B. Anderson, Aaron and Ethel Armstrong, Jason Armstrong, Rex Arrowsmith, Jack August, and others.
3. Correspondence received, alphabetical by year, ‘B’ 1947-1961. Correspondents include Frances Baker, Joseph Balmer, Casey E. Barthelmess, F. Lee Benns, Ray Billington, Ruth Blickenstaff, John P. Bloom, David Blumberg, Jim Bowers, Louis Brechemin III, Willis Briggs, and others.
4. Correspondence received, alphabetical by year, ‘B’, 1960-1977. Correspondents include Andy Baldwin, Ray Billington, Nick Blesser, Joe Tice Bloom, John P. Bloom, David Blumberg, Dicie Bower, Sidney B. Brinkerhoff, Thomas Buckley, Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr., and others.
5. Correspondence received by year, ‘B-2’, 1977-1981. Correspondents include Warren E. Barnard, Edwin C. Bearss, John Bernard, Ray Billington, Peter Blodgett, John P. Bloom, David Blumberg, Reyman R. Branting, Jack Burrows, and others.
6. Correspondence received, alphabetical by year, ‘B-2’ 1982-1988. Correspondents include Edwin C. Bearss, Brian W. Beltman, Senator Charles Bennett, Randy Beutler, Senator Jeff Bingaman, John P. Bloom, David Blumberg, William Boyes, Bill Brown, and others.
7. Correspondence received by year, ‘B-3’ 1988-1990. Correspondents include Allen Barker, Edwin C. Bearss, Bill Bell, Senator Jeff Bingaman, David Blumberg, William Boyes, Raymond L. Breun, Chet Brooks, Leonard R. Bruguier, Michele Butts, and others.
Box 5: General Correspondence Folder: 1. Correspondence received by year, ‘B-3’ 1991-1993. Correspondents include Edwin C. Bearss, David Blumberg, and John P. Bloom.
2. Correspondence received by year, ‘C’ 1951-1980. Correspondents include Jack Carroll and Col. Brice Custer; and the Department of the Interior regarding work at the Custer Battlefield.
3. Correspondence received by year, ‘C-2’ 1979-1981. Correspondents include David Clary and Jack Carroll.
4. Correspondence received by year, ‘C-2’ 1983-1987.
5. Correspondence received by year, ‘C-3’ 1987-1988. Correspondents include John M. Carroll, Jack Carroll, and Bill Chalfant regarding book chapters.
6. Correspondence received by year, ‘C-3’ 1989-1990. Correspondents include John Carroll and Bill Chalfant about research and personal news.
7. Correspondence received by year, ‘C-4’ 1990-1993. Correspondents include Bill Chalfant, Jack Carroll, and Ernest Connally.
Box 6: General Correspondence Folder: 1. Correspondence received, alphabetical by year, ‘D’ 1945-1983. Includes correspondence about the Utley family tree and other subjects.
2. Correspondence received, alphabetical by year, ‘D’ 1984-1987. Includes correspondence from Russell Dickenson, Director of the National Parks Service, concerning policy changes and John S. duMont relating to the Custer Battlefield.
3. Correspondence received by year, ‘D’ 1988-1993.
4. Correspondence received by year, ‘E’ 1961-1993.
5. Correspondence received by year, ‘F’ 1948-1987. Includes correspondence from Bert Fireman, Lawrence Frost, and others, plus inquiries about the availability of Custer’s Last Stand.
6. Correspondence received by year, ‘F’ 1987-1993..
7. Correspondence received by year, ‘G’ 1950-1987. Includes correspondence from Rowland Gill, Congressman Charles A. Halleck concerning appointment at West Point, and Colonel W.A. Harris concerning the Custer Battlefield.
8. Correspondence received by year, ‘G’ 1985-1993.
Box 7: General Correspondence Folder: 1. Correspondence received by year, ‘H’ 1987-1988. Correspondents include Eugene Hollon, Paul Hutton, and James Hutchins.
2. Correspondence received by year, ‘H-2’ 1983-1985 . Correspondents include Hardwood P. Hinton, Representative Barbara Boxer, and Mike Harrison of UC-Davis.
3. Correspondence received by year, ‘H-3’ 1985-1993. Correspondents include Paul Hutton, Mike Harrison of UC-Davis, Robert Hart, Jim Hutchins, George Hartzog Jr., and Eugene Hollon.
4. Correspondence received by year, ‘H-4’ 1989-1993. Correspondents include Don Horn concerning the Little Big Horn Associates newsletter, Paul Hutton, Robert Hart, and Eugene Hollon.
5. Correspondence received by year, ‘I-J’ 1949-1993. Including correspondence from Colonel Wilfred Jackson about visits and Custer history.
Box 8: General Correspondence Folder: 1. Correspondence received, alphabetical by year, ‘K’ 1951-1991. Includes correspondence from Michael Koury about research and other news.
2. Correspondence received by year, ‘K-2’ 1991-1993. Includes correspondence from Carla Kelly, a grad student writing about Utley, and Dr. Robert Keller about research.
3. Correspondence received by year, ‘L’ 1947-1982. Includes correspondence from Savoie Lottinville of the OU Press about a possible publication.
4. Correspondence received by year, ‘L-2’ 1982-1990. Includes correspondence from Ed Linenthal about research, publishing, visits, etc.
5. Correspondence received by year, ‘L-3’ 1990-1993. Includes correspondence from Ed Linenthal about research, and Ruther and Ware Lantz about personal news.
Box 9: General Correspondence Folder: 1. Correspondence received by year, ‘M’ 1955-1982. Includes requests for Utley’s Custer booklet, and correspondence from Eugene McAuliffe about work for the National Parks Service, William P. MacKinnon about a manuscript, and Russell Mortensen about manuscripts and news.
2. Correspondence received by year, ‘M-2’ 1982-1985. Includes correspondence from William Penn Mott, National Park Service Director, in regards to restoring parts of the Pecos National Monument; and Barry Mackintosh of NPS about return of NPS files.
3. Correspondence received by year, ‘M-3’ 1986-1991.
4. Correspondence received by year, ‘M-4’ 1991-1993. Includes correspondence from Barry Mackintosh of the NPS about news, research, publishing, and NPS business.
5. Correspondence received by year, ‘N’ 1952-1989. Includes correspondence from Richard Ellis of the University of New Mexico about Utley’s honorary degree; and Less and Marsha Nohl.
6. Correspondence received by year, ‘N-2’ 1989-1992. Includes correspondence from Less and Marsha Nohl about news; and Paul Northrop about research.
Box 10: General Correspondence Folder: 1. Correspondence received by year, ‘O’ 1963-1993. Includes correspondence from Peter Olch about research and news; and Utley’s sister, Nancy O’Connell.
2. Correspondence received by year, ‘PQ’ 1949-1989. Includes correspondence about planning for the publication of Utley’s first Custer booklet.
3. Correspondence received by year, ‘PQ-2’ 1989-1993. Includes correspondence from Jill Pelis, a young pen pal.
4. Correspondence received by year, ‘R’ 1947-1982. Includes correspondence from Arthur Reid
5. Correspondence received by year, ‘R’ 1982-1993. Includes correspondence from Jerry Russell of Order of the Indians; and Matthew A. Richardson about an original Billy the Kid print.
Box 11: General Correspondence Folder: 1. Correspondence received by year, ‘S’ 1947-1988. Includes correspondence about Utley seeking admittance to the Sons of Confederate Veterans; and friend Hugh Shick about news and manuscripts.
2. Correspondence received by year, ‘S-2’ 1975-1987. Includes correspondence from Hugh Shick about a manuscript.
3. Correspondence received by year, ‘S-3’ 1987-1991. Includes correspondence from Alexander Sudak, and Wayne Sarf.
4. Correspondence received by year ‘S-4’ 1991-1993. Includes correspondence with Alexander Sudak, and writer Larry Sklenar.
5. Correspondence received by year ‘S,T, U’ 1946-1984. Correspondents include the Shorey Bookstore regarding Utley’s Custer booklet; Don Utley (Utley’s father); Erwin N. Thompson; and sons Phillip and Don Utley.
Box 12: General Correspondence Folder: 1. Correspondence received by year ‘S,T,U-2’ 1987-1989. Includes letters from sons Phillip and Don Utley, and Gregory Urwin about research and writing.
2. Correspondence received by year ‘S,T,U-3’ 1989-1993. Includes letters with Herman J. Viola (curator of the Smithsonian), and sons Don and Philip Utley.
3. Correspondence received by year ‘V,W’ 1947-1983. Includes letters with General J. M. Wainwright, Dr. O.O. Winther of the University of Indiana, Leslie H. Fishel of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, and Ron Walker, former director of the National Park Service.
4. Correspondence received by year ‘V,W-2’ 1983-1993. Correspondence includes letters to and from the World Book Inc. about an encyclopedia entry.
5. Correspondence received by year ‘X,Y,Z’ 1950-1993. Correspondence includes letters to and from Professor Gerhard Zeller about research and Yale University about book reviews.
Box 13: General Correspondence Folder: 1. Correspondence received by year ‘A-D’ 1994. Includes a note from Irene Appleman about the death of her husband Roy Appleman; and letters from Edwin C. Bearss, John P. Bloom, Bill Bell, and Bill Brown.
2. Correspondence received by year ‘A-D’ 1995. Includes correspondence from Bill Chalfant about books written and research.
3. Correspondence received by year ‘E-G’ 1994-1995.
4. Correspondence received by year ‘H-L’ 1994-1995. Includes correspondence with Eugene Hollon, Michael Harrison of UC-Davis, and Paul Hedren.
5. Correspondence received by year ‘H-L 2’ 1994-1995. Includes correspondence from graduate student Carla Kelly; and Swedish Billy the Kid enthusiast Mathilda Luckner.
Box 14: General Correspondence Folder: 1. Correspondence received by year ‘Mc-N’ 1994-1995. Includes correspondence with Barry Mackintosh of the National Park Service, Jean Maclean (daughter of Norman Maclean), historian Gregory Michno, and friends Less and Marsha Nohl.
2. Correspondence received by year ‘O-S’ 1994-1995. Includes correspondence with Tom O’Neil, and Alexander Sudak.
3. Correspondence received by year ‘O-S 2’ 1994-1995.
4. Correspondence received by year ‘T-Z’ 1994-1995. Includes correspondence from artist Leon Treadwell; and sons Don and Phillip Utley.
5. Correspondence received by year ‘T-Z #2’ 1994-1995.
Box 15: General Correspondence Folder: 1. Correspondence received by year ‘A-C’ 1996-1998. Includes correspondence with novelist Margot Abbott, Bill Bell, and William Chalfant.
2. Correspondence received by year ‘D-F’ 1996-1998.
3. Correspondence received by year ‘G-H’ 1996-1998. Includes correspondence with Mark Gardner, Eugene Hollon, and Paul Hutton.
4. Correspondence received by year ‘I-L’ 1996-1998. Includes correspondence with Carla Kelly, and Ed Linenthal.
5. Correspondence received by year ‘Mc-M’ 1996-1998. Correspondents include Michael McGregor and Barry Mackintosh.
Box 16: General Correspondence Folder: 1. Correspondence received by year ‘N-P’ 1996-1998. Correspondents include Barry Mackintosh, Tom O’Neil, and Pierce Olson.
2. Correspondence received by year ‘R-S’ 1996-1998. Includes correspondence with Alexander Sudak, Wayne Sarf, and Larry Sklenar.
3. Correspondence received by year ‘T-Z’ 1996-1998. Correspondents include Erwin Thompson, sons Don and Philip Utley, and Chris Wheeler.
Box 17: General Correspondence Folder: 1. Correspondence between Robert Utley and R.G. Cartwright 1947-1976. Letters discuss happenings at Custer Battlefield National Monument, details of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, manuscript editing, and personal lives.
2. Correspondence between Robert Utley and John S. du Mont 1951-1958. Letters discuss du Mont’s visit to the Custer battlefield, research and discussion pertaining to Custer, and personal news.
3. Correspondence between Robert Utley and Fred Dustin 1951-1953. Letters discuss details of Custer history, details and sale of Utley’s Custer pamphlet, some personal exchange.
4. Correspondence between Robert Utley and Maurice Frink 1947-1972. Letters include Frink proposing an article about Utley and his work at the Custer battlefield; discussion of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, careers, and personal lives.
5. Correspondence between Robert Utley and Lawrence Frost 1948-1975. Letters discuss visits to Custer sites such as the Custer battlefield and Custer’s home in Michigan, Custer research, news about mutual friends, and details of personal lives.
6. Correspondence between Robert Utley and W.A. Graham 1948-1954. Letters discuss details of the uniform and dress of the 7th Cavalry, details about Custer’s final battle, news about mutual friends, articles about Custer art, discussion of the whereabouts of 7th Cavalry relics, and the publication of Custer books.
7. Correspondence between Robert Utley and James S. Hutchins 1952-1963. Letters discuss details about Custer’s life and battles, proposals for illustrations to accompany articles about Custer, military memorabilia, and personal lives.
Box 18: General Correspondence Folder: 1. Correspondence between Robert Utley and R. C. Jenkins 1947-1957. Letters discuss Robert Utley’s booklet about Custer, and personal news.
2. Correspondence between Robert Utley and Roy P. Johnson 1947-1961. Letters discuss Custer research, and personal news.
3. Correspondence between Robert Utley and Charles Kuhlman 1951-1955. Letters discuss Utley’s research for his thesis, sources for Custer information, and personal news.
4. Correspondence between Robert Utley and E.S. Luce 1947-1963. Letters discuss details of Utley’s work at the Custer Battlefield, Utley’s work on his booklet, plus general and personal news.
5. Correspondence from Robert Utley to Norman Maclean 1955-1980. Letters discuss information about Custer, work on writing projects, news of mutual friends, and personal news. NOTE: To access letters written from Norman Maclean to Robert Utley please apply for permissions at the University of Chicago: Special Collections Research Center The University of Chicago Library 1100 East 57th Street Chicago, Illinois 60637 Phone: (773) 702-8705
6. Correspondence between Robert Utley and Don Russell 1949-1963. Letters discuss mutual friends and acquaintances, articles for publication, reviews of Custer publications, placement of Custer artifacts, and personal news.
Box 19: Professional Correspondence Folder: 1. American West Magazine, 1966-1969 2. American West Magazine, 1969-1975 3. Brandt & Brandt Literary Agents, 1989-1994 4. Brandt & Brandt Literary Agents, 1994-1998 5. Custer and Me, University of Oklahoma Press, 2000-2008 6. Eastern National – EN (nonprofit organization), 1989-1998 7. Friends of Fort Davis, 1965-1987
Box 20: Professional Correspondence Folder: 1. History Book Club Tour, 1989 2. History of Eastern National, 1995-1996 3. Indian Frontier, University of New Mexico Press, 2001-2002 4. Montana Magazine 1985-1999 5. National Historical Society, 1969-1975
Box 21: Professional Correspondence Folder: 1. National Historical Society – NHS, 1976-1977 2. Newberry Library, Center of American Indian History File 1, 1972-1976 3. Newberry Library, Center of American Indian History File 2, 1977-1980 4. Order of Indian Wars– OIW, 1979-1982 5. Oxford University Press, 2003-2006 6. Society of America Historians, 1996-2006
Box 22: Professional Correspondence Folder: 1. Story of the West, Smithsonian/DK Publishing, 1994-2003 2. Television –Miscellaneous, 1987-2001 3. Television – Greystone Productions, 1992-2000 4. Television – How the West was Lost, KUSA Denver,1991-1993 5. Television - Way West, Ric Burns, 1991-1995 6. Television – How the West Was Lost, KUSA Denver, Promotional Packet
Box 23: Professional Correspondence Folder: 1. Television – West, Ken Burns, 1992-1996 2. Television - Wild West 1, Rattlesnake Productions, 1992-1993 3. Television - Wild West 2, Rattlesnake Productions, 1993 4. Television - Wild West 3, Rattlesnake Productions, 1993 5. Television - Wild West 4, Reviews, 1993 6. Texas Institute of Letters –TIL, 2003-2006 7. Television – The First Americans, Rattlesnake Productions, Production Plan
Box 24: Professional Correspondence Folder: 1. University of Nebraska Press, 1980-1999 2. University of Nebraska Press– UNP, 2000-2005 3. University of New Mexico Press– UNM, 1985-2000 4. University of Oklahoma Press, 1989-1999 5. University of Oklahoma Press (continued), 2000-2006
Box 25: Professional Correspondence Folder: 1. Western History Association – WHA, 1967-1969 2. Western History Association – WHA, 1969-1972 3. Western History Association – WHA, 1973-1975 4. Western History Association – WHA, 1976-1987 5. Western History Association – WHA, 1987-1991
Box 26: Professional Correspondence Folder: 1. Western History Association – WHA, 1994 2. Western Historical Quarterly – WHQ, 1969-1984 3. Western Writers of America - WWA, 1987-2004
Box 27: Professional Correspondence Folder: 1. Westerners Association, Santa Fe Corral, 1962-1967 2. Westerners Association, Potomac Corral, 1956-1977 3. Yale Press, 2001-2005
Box 28: Calendars Folder: 1. Daily calendars with appointments and short entries about travel and daily happenings, one auto record book. 1970-1972.
2. Daily calendars with appointments and short entries about travel and daily happenings. 1980, 1981, 1986.
3. Daily calendars with appointments and short entries about travel and daily happenings. 1991-1992.
Box 29: Calendars Folder: 1. Daily calendars with appointments and short entries about travel and daily happenings, 1993-1994.
2. Daily calendars with appointments and short entries about travel and daily happenings, 1995.
3. Daily calendars with appointments and short entries about travel and daily happenings, 1996-1997.
Box 30: Calendars Folder: 1. Daily calendars with appointments and short entries about travel and daily happenings, 1998-1999.
2. Daily calendars with appointments and short entries about travel and daily happenings, 2000-2001.
3. Daily calendars with appointments and short entries about travel and daily happenings, 2002.
Box 31: Calendars Folder: 1. Daily calendars with appointments and short entries about travel and daily happenings, 2003, 2003-2004.
2. Daily calendars with appointments and short entries about travel and daily happenings, 2004-2005.
3. Daily calendar with appointments and short entries about travel and daily happenings, 2006.
Box 32: Personal Documents Folder: 1. Military Service, 1964-2008 2. Miscellaneous, 1947-1974 3. National Park Service – NPS, 1977-1984 4. National Park Service – NPS (office humor), 1965 5. Officer Candidacy School (U.S. Army) Reunion, 1984
Box 33: Personal Documents Folder: 1. NPS Personnel File for Robert M. Utley, 1970-1976 2. Retirement, 1980 3. George J. Svejda File, National Park Service, 1966-1980 4. Robert M. Utley’s vita and list of publications, 2008 5. “1876-1976: Centennial Commemoration Battle of the Little Big Horn”. Custer Battlefield National Monument, June 24-25, 1976. (Event packet with photographs)
Box 34: Speeches and Manuscripts Folder: 1. “The Legend of the Little Big Horn” by Robert M. Utley, presented at the Potomac Corral of the Westerners meeting, December 14, 1955.
“Edward S. Luce: 'Commanding General' (Retired), Department of the Little Bighorn” by Norman Maclean and Lt. Robert M. Utley, April 18, 1956.
“Fort Bowie: Arizona Outpost” by Robert M. Utley, article draft for Arizona Highways, c. 1959.
2. “The Victors Both Died” manuscript by Robert M. Utley and associated correspondence, c. 1960. Alternate title: “The Suicide Fight of Head Chief and Young Mule.”
3. “The Role of the Federal Government in Preserving Western History” by Robert M. Utley, draft, October 1961.
“Historical Activities of the National Parks Service in Arizona” by Robert M. Utley, Arizona Parks and Recreation Association, Tucson, AZ., December 16, 1962.
“Behind the Last Indian War: The Causes of the Sioux Troubles of 1890” paper by Robert M. Utley, presented at MVHA in Omaha, NE. April 1963.
“The Second Conquest of the Sioux: The Impact of the Reservation on the Tetons of Dakota” by Robert M. Utley, presented at MVHA, May 1963.
4. “Coronado National Memorial, Arizona. Draft, Historical Part,” by Robert M. Utley, 1964.
5. Text of a speech given by Robert M. Utley to the Westerners, “Not Exaggerating This Public Fascination,” regarding the popularity of the subject of Custer and the Little Bighorn. May 1965.
Untitled speech on the Historic Sites Act of 1935 by Robert M. Utley, given in Florida February 1, 1965.
Statement of Robert M. Utley, Chief, Division of History Studies, National Park Service, to Historic Sites Committee, Organization of American Historians, Kansas City, Missouri. April 22, 1965.
6. “Geronimo” by Robert M. Utley, written for BIA, February 1966.
“Draft of Secretary's Talk on Historic Preservation Act before Texans” by Ed Gass, November 1966.
“Arizona Vanquished: Army Impressions of Vanished Arizona” by Robert M. Utley, Western History Association, Tucson, Arizona, October 18, 1968.
Remarks by George B. Hartzog, Jr. at the Second Regional Conference for State Liaison Officers, Richmond, VA., January 11-12, 1968.
Remarks of Ernest Allen Connally at Dedication of Upper Green River Rendezvous Site as a National Historic Landmark, Pinedale, WY., July 14, 1968.
Remarks of Robert M. Utley at Dedication of Expedition Island as a National Historic Landmark, Green River, WY., May 24, 1969.
Remarks by Robert M. Utley on the papers of Chaput and Ellis for the 1969 Western History Association meeting in Omaha, Nebraska.
7. “Proposal for Preservation of Federal Buildings as National Monuments” by Robert M. Utley, draft, April 12, 1970.
“Custer - New Role for a Perennial Hero” by Robert M. Utley, manuscript for the New York Times, January 8, 1970.
“The Indian's Dilemma: Historical Roots of Modern Tragedy,” a speech by Robert M. Utley at the Utah Historical Society Banquet, Brigham Young University. September 1971; and another draft of “The Indian’s Dilemma” for Purdue University, December 6, 1969.
“Adaptive Use: Preserving Historic Landmarks of the Past for Present Purposes,” for Albert Rains of Alabama at the Historic Preservation Conference, Montgomery, Alabama. July 2, 1971.
Address of Robert M. Utley, Chief Historian National Park Service, at Annual Meeting of Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation, Stratford Hall, Virginia. May 2, 1971.
“Fort Bowie: Symbol of the Westward Movement,” by Robert M. Utley, presented at the Dedication of Fort Bowie National Historic Site, Arizona, July 29, 1972.
“An Endangered Species: Our Civil War National Parks,” delivered by Hartzog, March 1973.
“Historic Preservation and the Environment,” by Robert M. Utley, at Banquet Launching Historic Preservation Week, Colorado Historic Preservation Conference, Albany Hotel, Denver, Colorado, May 4, 1973.
8. “Oral History Interview of Robert Utley” by S. Herbert Evison, May 17, 1973. (manuscript)
9. “Toward a New Preservation Ethic.”Robert Utley. National Park Service Newsletter, October 15, 1974.
“Living History” by Robert Utley. National Park Courier, August 1974.
“The Nation's Heritage: What Should be Saved? Federal Agencies and the Nation's Heritage” by Robert M. Utley, February 26, 1974.
Address to National Parks and Recreation Association by Robert M. Utley, Denver, Colorado, October 24, 1974.
“Confessions of a Bureaucratic Historian, Or, How to Get Ahead in the Profession without Toiling in the Corridors of Academe,” by Robert M. Utley, Presented at the Phi Alpha Theta banquet, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, April 3, 1975.
“Federal Historic Preservation Programs” by Robert M. Utley, National Archives Conference on Local History, May 9, 1975.
10. National Park Service news release: “Remarks by Robert M. Utley… at the Ceremony Marking the Centennial of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Custer Battlefield National Monument, Montana.” June 24, 1976.
“Remarks of Robert M. Utley… at the Opening of the Orangerie, Hampton National Historic Site.” May 23, 1976.
“Staff Paper on Federal Historic Preservation Programs,” prepared by the staff of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. March 1977.
“A Structure for the Nation's Program of Historic Preservation: A Working Paper for the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.” April 1977.
“Statement of Robert M. Utley… for Panel on National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers in Formulation and Execution of National Historic Preservation Policy and Programs.” February 27, 1978.
“The Role of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation in the Protection of Cultural Resources.” Statement by Robert M. Utley to National Planning Conference for Cultural Resource Management and Preservation, St. Louis, Missouri. March 21, 1978.
Testimony of Robert M. Utley on the Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act (P.L. 94- 541) Before the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, April 6, 1978.
“Carlisle Indian School Revisited: A Centennial Perspective” by Robert M. Utley, at the annual banquet of the Cumberland County Historical Society, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. November 15, 1979.
“The Trooper” by Robert M. Utley, presented at the Sixth Montana History Conference, Montana Historical Society, Helena, Montana. October 12, 1979.
“Fort Larned: Symbol of the Westward Movement,” by Robert M. Utley. Address at the dedication of the visitor center at Fort Larned National Historic Site, Kansas, August 18, 1979.
“Fort Davis: Symbol of the Westward Movement.”
Outlines and notes for “Frontier Army” speech: “The U.S. Army on the Western Frontier, 1848-1890.”
“Frontier Army” speech outline by Robert M. Utley, March 20, 1979.
11. Correspondence, printed materials, and speech notes for Robert M. Utley’s participation in the annual meeting of the National Conference for State Historic Preservation Offices (NCSHPO), Historic Preservation Mandate Training in San Antonio, Texas. March 1, 1980.
12. Address of Robert M. Utley… at 111th Anniversary of Driving the Last Spike in the Pacific Railroad, Golden Spike National Historic Site, Utah. May 10, 1980. Includes correspondence, and “Address of Howard R. Stagner… to the ‘Golden Gate Empire’ Breakfast, Ogden, Utah, April 28, 1966.”
“The Custer Experience: Mythology and Local History.” Address by Robert M. Utley at the annual banquet of the Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, Ohio. September 27, 1980. Includes correspondence.
Comments on sessions held at the 1981 Western History Association Conference. Titled, “Nontraditional History” and “Frontier Military.”
“A Time to Bury the Hatchet” by Robert M. Utley, speech given at the Order of Indian Wars Annual Meeting, Oklahoma City, OK., May 7, 1981.
“Custer: Hero or Butcher?” by Robert M. Utley, banquet speech at annual meeting of Little Bighorn Associates in Billings, Montana, June 21, 1983.
“Pecos Bill Shafter and the Buffalo Soldiers” by Robert M. Utley, Banquet Address, Order of the Indian Wars, Fort Davis, Texas, September 17, 1983.
“The Undying Sins of Which Custer Died: Interpreting the Indian Frontier” by Robert M. Utley, Worlds Apart Exhibition Lecture, Colorado Historical Society, Denver, Colorado, June 21, 1984.
Indiana University, Seminar on Educational Programs in Historic Preservation with Utley's lecture notes, March 4, 1980.
Washington State University Symposium: Historic Preservation - A Multi-Disciplinary Endeavor. April 14, 1980.
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Montgomery Lecture Series, April 8, 1980.
13. “Threshold of Catastrophe: The Indian World in the Twilight of the Mountain Man” by Robert Utley. Recursors de Santa Fe Symposium on Plains Indian Arts, August 27, 1982.
14. “Colonel Dudley and the Lincoln County War” speech by Robert M. Utley, presented at a meeting of the Albuquerque Corral of The Westerners. April 10, 1986.
“The Custer Challenge” by Robert M. Utley, Hutchinson Community College, April 19, 1986.
“Don Russell - An Appreciation” by Robert M. Utley, Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wyoming, May 3, 1986.
Box 35: Speeches and Manuscripts Folder: 1. Transcript of taped interview with Robert M. Utley, by James A. Glass, Cornell University, July 22, 1986.
2. Letters referencing speech “The Frontier Army” by Robert M. Utley to be presented at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College for the S.L.A. Marshall Military History Lecture Series on November 10, 1987. Includes two pamphlets.
“The Real General Custer” by Robert M. Utley for the Northern Montana College in Havre, Montana, April 10, 1987.
Untitled speech by Robert M. Utley for the Colorado Historical Society in Denver, Colorado, February 10, 1987.
Draft manuscript for a history of the Department of the Interior, with correspondence from Barry Mackintosh. June 1987.
“Lincoln Talk” regarding Billy the Kid, by Robert Utley. August 27, 1988.
3. “An Interview with Robert M. Utley on the History of Historic Preservation in the National Park Service, 1947-1980” by Southwest Cultural Resources Center, Professional Papers No. 16, Richard W. Sellers and Melody Webb, Santa Fe. 1988.
“The Courage to Write” by Robert M. Utley, presented at the NPS Interpreters Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. November 11, 1988.
4. “White and Red: An American Tragedy” by Robert M. Utley, Legends of the American West Symposium at Hillsdale College, Michigan, November 3-7, 1996.
“Mountain Men at the Crossroads” by Robert M. Utley, presented to the History America Tour Group at Worth Hotel, Jackson, Wyoming. August 19, 1996.
“White and Red: An American Tragedy” by Robert M. Utley, Legends of the American West Symposium at Hillsdale College, Michigan, November 3-7, 1996.
“Remembering the Battlefield” by Robert M. Utley, for the Mitchell Indian Museum, Kendall College, Evanston, Illinois. November 3, 1997.
“Life Wild and Perilous” (short version) by Robert M. Utley, talk to precede autographing, August 1997.
“Mountain Men and Westward Expansion” by Robert M. Utley, for WWA, Cheyenne, Wyoming. June 28, 1997.
“Sitting Bull: The Lance and the Shield” by Robert M. Utley, presented at Texas A&M, February 14, 1997.
“Life Wild and Perilous” by Robert M. Utley, talk to precede autograph, August 1997.
“Mountain Men and America's Continental Destiny” by Robert M. Utley, keynote address for symposium The Fur Trade Era hosted by the Museum of the Mountain Man in Pinedale, Wyoming. September 14, 1997.
5. “History of Eastern National” by Robert M. Utley at Superintendent’s Orientation, Savannah, Georgia. January 23, 1998.
“Remembering the Battlefield” by Robert M. Utley, Hardin, Montana. August 28, 1998.
“The Fur Trade, Mountain Men, and America's Continental Destiny” by Robert M. Utley, at Clark College in Vancouver, WA., August 30, 1998.
“Life Wild and Perilous” by Robert M. Utley, Continuing Education Lecture at Sun City, Georgetown, Texas. May 18, 1998.
“Life Wild and Perilous” by Robert M. Utley, LAMP Lecture at University of Texas, January 15, 1998.
“The Settlement of Central Texas” by Robert M. Utley / Melody Webb, Georgetown Sesquicentennial Lecture at Southwest University, April 20, 1998.
Untitled speech by on the National Park Service by Robert M. Utley for the Public Relations Society of America, Austin, Texas. July 28 1998.
“Georgetown's Contributions to the Texas Rangers: James O. Rice” by Robert M. Utley, presented to the Georgetown Sertoma Club, August 26, 1999.
6. “The Texas Rangers: A Newcomer Looks at an Old Subject” by Robert M. Utley, Texas State Historical Association Awards Luncheon, Austin, Texas. March 3, 2000.
“Outdoor Archives: Landscapes and Structures in the Writing of History” by Robert M. Utley, for the Western History Association National Park Service Symposium, San Antonio, Texas. October 11, 2000.
“Billy the Kid” by Robert M. Utley, at the Wesleyan Retirement Center, Georgetown, Texas. August 7, 2000.
“Remembering the Battlefield” by Robert M. Utley, Hardin, Montana, June 26, 2001.
Little Bighorn Remembered, park anniversary dedication flier, by the Friends of the Little Bighorn Battlefield, June 26, 2001.
“Trailing Billy the Kid” by Robert M. Utley, Fellows Luncheon, October 15, 2001.
Untitled speech by Robert M. Utley, Texas Book Festival, November 16, 2002.
“The Texas Rangers in History and Legend” by Robert M. Utley, Oyster Bay, Yale, Denver, Fort Collins - 2002.
“Texas Rangers” by Robert M. Utley, New Haven Rotary, February 2002.
“Texas Rangers” by Robert M. Utley, Texas Signing Talk, June 2002.
“Texas Rangers” by Robert M. Utley, presented to the Round Rock Rotary, September 2002.
“Images of the Texas Rangers” by Robert M. Utley, Columbus, Texas. May 3, 2003.
“Texas Rangers” by Robert M. Utley, presented to the Georgetown Kiwanis Club, September 18, 2003.
“Story of the West” by Robert M. Utley, book signing at a Borders bookstore, November 22, 2003.
“Texas Rangers” by Robert M. Utley, at Angleton Library, Angleton, Texas. November 6, 2003.
“Texas Rangers” by Robert M. Utley, at the Summit Christian Academy in Cedar Park, Texas. November 5, 2003.
“Texas Rangers” by Robert M. Utley, at DRT Alamo, Texas. November 4, 2003.
“Fort Hood” by Robert M. Utley, October 2, 2003.
“Adventures of Chief Historian” by Robert M. Utley, at Lakeway, Texas. July 14, 2004.
“Gratifying and Aggravating: A Historian's Interdisciplinary Experience” by Robert M. Utley, Master of Liberal Arts Ceremony at St. Edwards University, Austin, Texas. April 1, 2004.
7. “Texas Rangers: The First Century” by Robert M. Utley, Hill Country TBF, April 9, 2005.
“Who Owns the Place Where Custer Died?” by Robert M. Utley, for the Duane Smith Lecture at Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado. December 14, 2005.
“Who Owns the Place Where Custer Died?” by Robert M. Utley, book signing at the Tattered Cover book store, Denver, Colorado. March 11, 2005.
“Custer and Me” by Robert M. Utley, Sun City, Texas. May 18, 2005.
“Texas Rangers: Then and Now” by Robert M. Utley, presented to the Kiwanis Club of Taylor, Texas. March 22, 2005.
“Texas Rangers: Then and Now” by Robert M. Utley, presented to the Elderberries of the First Baptist Church of Round Rock, Texas. April 7, 2005.
“Texas Rangers: 20th Century Highlights” by Robert M. Utley, presented to the Sons of the Republic of Texas, Austin, Texas. June 15, 2005.
“The Texas Rangers: The First Century: Sons of the Republic of Texas” by Robert M. Utley, June 15, 2006.
“The Ghost Dance Religion and the Sioux Indians” by Robert M. Utley, at Sayre School in Lexington, Kentucky. March 11, 2006.
“What Were They Thinking? The NHPA 40 Years Ago and Today” by Robert M. Utley, for the National Trust for Historic Preservation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 2, 2006.
“The Contribution of the Frontier to the American Military Tradition” by Robert M. Utley, presented at Fort Robinson, Nebraska. April 26, 2007.
“My Ambivalent Relationship with Captain Pratt,” by Robert M. Utley at the Army Heritage Center Foundation (Perspectives Lecture), October 17, 2007. Includes printed brochure and invitation.
Robert Utley's Acceptance Speech at the Texas Society Daughters of the American Revolution History Award Medal, August 14, 2008.
8. “A Personal View of the Western Experience” by Robert M. Utley for the Western Writers’ Conference, Utah State University in Logan, Utah. June 11-15, 1973.
“That the Past Shall Live” by Robert M. Utley, no date.
“Historic Preservation in the United States of America” by Robert M. Utley, no date.
Brief notes, “Lance and Shield” by Robert M. Utley, no date.
Brief notes, “Three Faces of SB (Sitting Bull)” by Robert M. Utley, no date.
Brief notes, “SB (Sitting Bull) and the Four Virtues” by Robert M. Utley, no date.
“Basic Summary” by Robert M. Utley regarding 'Lone Star Justice', no date.
“The Three Faces of Sitting Bull” by Robert M. Utley, no date.
“The Army and the Lincoln County War” by Robert M. Utley, no date.
9. Information packet for the Seventh Military History Symposium of the U.S. Air Force Academy, 1976. Includes Robert M. Utley’s speech, “The Contribution of the Frontier to the American Military Tradition.”
Box 36: Reports Folder 1. “Report of Special Committee on Historic Preservation,” May 24-25, 1966.
“Report of Special Committee on Historic Preservation,” September 30, 1966.
Public Law 89-665, 89th Congress, S. 3035, October 15, 1966.
“The Historic Preservation Program: Report of the Director of the National Park Service to the Secretary of the Interior on Progress during 1967.” January 1968.
“Summary Report of the 1967-68 Regional Conferences on The New Preservation Under The National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, Public Law 89-665, 1968.
Memorandum from Director, National Parks Service to Secretary of the Interior, with attached files, dated August 1974.
Memorandum from Benjamin Levy and Kate Cole on 'The Distinctions Between the Landmarks and National Register Procedures', December 19, 1974.
2. “Journal of UNESCO Study: Mission to Japan, May 12 - June 21, 1974” by Robert M. Utley, 1974.
“Report on UNESCO Study Mission in Japan” by Robert M. Utley, August 1974.
“Cultural Preservation in Japan: Some Lessons for America” by Robert M. Utley, for Preservation News article, 1974.
Memorandum from Assistant Director, Park Historic Preservation to Office of International Activities, Office of the Secretary regarding India trip report, February 14, 1974.
Department of Interior Team's Visit: India Itinerary and Schedule of Appointments, January 20 - February 2, 1974.
3. Correspondence concerning the Alaska Native Settlements Claim Act of 1971 (ANSCA 14(h)), including relevant National Historic Site contracts, 1976-1990.
4. “Case of Paish Against Murtagh - National Register Comments.”
5. Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), internal memorandums, correspondence, and document drafts, 1980-85.
Box 37: Research on Billy the Kid (Willliam H. Bonney) Folder: 1. Billy the Kid: Angel and Watkins Report: J.E. Haley Interviews 2. Billy the Kid: Angel and Watkins Report: Lew Wallace 3. Billy the Kid: Angel and Watkins Report: Watkins Reports 4. Billy the Kid: Angel and Watkins Report: Fulton UAL 5. Billy the Kid: Angel and Watkins Report: Biographical 1 6. Billy the Kid: Angel and Watkins Report: Biographical 2 7. Billy the Kid: Angel and Watkins Report: Misc. Dudley Inquiry 8. Billy the Kid: Angel and Watkins Report: Military Records 9. Billy the Kid: Angel and Watkins Report: Agent Wild Secret Service
Box 38: Research on Billy the Kid (William H. Bonney) Folder: 1. Billy the Kid: Angel and Watkins Report: Rasch Collection 2. Billy the Kid: Angel and Watkins Report: Court Records, Newspapers, Misc. 3. Billy the Kid: Angel and Watkins Report: NM Territorial Archive 4. Billy the Kid: Angel and Watkins Report: Angel Report Newspapers 5. Billy the Kid: Angel and Watkins Report: Walz, Courts, WPA Interviews 6. Billy the Kid: Angel and Watkins Report: Mullin Collection 7. Billy the Kid: Angel and Watkins Report: Misc. Biography 1 8. Billy the Kid: Angel and Watkins Report: Misc. Biography 2 9. Billy the Kid: Angel and Watkins Report: Lincoln & Other 10. Billy the Kid: Angel and Watkins Report: Mullin Misc. 11. Billy the Kid: Angel and Watkins Report: Meadows & Tunstall 12. Billy the Kid: Angel and Watkins Report: Kid Legend 13. Billy the Kid: Angel and Watkins Report: McSween, Widenmann & Tunstall
Box 39: Research on Billy the Kid (William H. Bonney) Folder: 1. Billy the Kid: Angel and Watkins Report: Angel & Watson Report, File 1 2. Billy the Kid: Angel and Watkins Report: Angel & Watson Report, File 2 3. Billy the Kid: Newspapers 4. Billy the Kid: Sallie Chisum 5. Billy the Kid: Kid Origins 6. Billy the Kid: Poe 7. Billy the Kid: Rudulph, Dykes, & East
Box 40: Research on Billy the Kid (William H. Bonney) Folder: 1. Billy the Kid: Accounts & Inventories 2. Billy the Kid: Kid in Arizona 3. Billy the Kid: Fulton Letters, University of Arizona 4. Billy the Kid: District of New Mexico, U.S. Army Commands 5. Billy the Kid: Phil Rasch Articles 6. Billy the Kid: Kid Biography 7. Billy the Kid: Kid-Big Picture
Box 41: Research on Billy the Kid (William H. Bonney) Folder: 1. Billy the Kid, Research File 1 2. Billy the Kid, Research File 1 (part 2) 3. Billy the Kid, Research File 2 4. Billy the Kid, Research File 2 (part 2) 5. Billy the Kid, Research File 3 6. Billy the Kid, Research File 3 (part 2)
Box 42: Research on Billy the Kid, and George Armstrong Custer Folder: 1. Billy the Kid, Research File 4 2. Billy the Kid, Reviews 3. Custer: Miscellaneous, 1 4. Custer: Miscellaneous, 2 5. Custer: Miscellaneous, 3
Box 43: Research on George Armstrong Custer, and Little Big Horn Association Folder: 1. Custer: Miscellaneous, 4 (John Carroll) 2. Custer: Miscellaneous, 5 (Nathan Short) 3. Custer: Lakota History Miscellaneous 4. Custer/LBH: New Mexico, 1994-2001 5. Custer/LBH: New Mexico, Mike Donahue
Box 44: Research on George Armstrong Custer, and Little Big Horn Association Folder: 1. Custer 2. Little Big Horn Visitor’s Center, FONSI 2008 3. Little Big Horn Association (LBHA) v. Custer Battlefield National Monument (CBNM) 4. LBH Indian Memorial 5. LBH 1993-1994
Box 45: Research on George Armstrong Custer Folder: 1. Custer: Wounded Knee Hearings 1976 2. Lakota History, Miscellaneous 3. Custer: Typed Manuscript of an unidentified book 4. Custer: Elizabeth Bacon Custer to 1865 5. Custer: Elizabeth Bacon Custer, 1865-1869 6. Custer: Elizabeth Bacon Custer, 1870-
Box 46: Research on the Lakota Folder: 1. Lakota, Miscellaneous Articles 2. Lakota, Bibliography 3. Lakota, Campbell U. 4. Lakota Newspapers, 1877-1881 5. Lakota Culture 6. Lakota Origins 7. Lakota, Contemporary Descriptions 8. Lakota, Winter Counts
Box 47: Research, Sitting Bull Folder: 1. Sitting Bull, 1876 Nov-Dec 2. Sitting Bull, 1877 3. Sitting Bull, 1878 4. Sitting Bull, 1879 5. Sitting Bull, 1880 6. Sitting Bull, 1881
Box 48: Research, Sitting Bull Folder: 1. Sitting Bull, 1882-1885 2. Sitting Bull, 1886-1889 3. Sitting Bull, 1890-1892 4. Sitting Bull: Deloria- Lakota Society 5. Sitting Bull: Wissler-Societies & Ceremonies Associations. 6. Sitting Bull: Densmore-Teton Sioux Music 7. Sitting Bull: Mirsky-Dakota 8. Sitting Bull: Dorsey-Siouan Cults
Box 49: Research, Sitting Bull and the Last Days of the Sioux Nation Folder: 1. Sitting Bull: Lakota, 1867-1868 2. Sitting Bull: G. Spencer Minnesota Outbreak 3. Sitting Bull: Blish- Pictographic History 4. Sitting Bull: Photographs 5. Last Days: Miscellaneous File 1 6. Last Days: Miscellaneous File 2 7. Last Days: Report of Lt. Colonel E. V. Sumner, 2-3-91 8. Last Days: Wounded Knee Investigation
Box 50: Research, Sitting Bull and the Last Days of the Sioux Nation Folder: 1. Last Days: Wounded Knee, John M. Carroll 2. Last Days: Ricker Collection Interviews 3. Last Days: Land Commission 4. Last Days: Report of the Commission of Indian Affairs, 1889-1891 5. Last Days: Report from Secretary of War, 1891 6. Last Days: Crazy Horse 7. Last Days: Legare
Box 51: Research, Sitting Bull Folder: 1. Sitting Bull: General 2. Sitting Bull: Legare 3. Sitting Bull: Chronology 4. Sitting Bull: Walsh 5. Sitting Bull: Standing Rock Census, 1885-92 6. Sitting Bull, up to 1859 7. Sitting Bull,1860-64 8. Sitting Bull,1865 9. Sitting Bull,1866-67
Box 52: Research, Sitting Bull Folder: 1. Sitting Bull, 1868-70 2. Sitting Bull, 1871-72 3. Sitting Bull, 1873-74 4. Sitting Bull, 1875 5. Sitting Bull, 1876 Jan.-May 6. Sitting Bull, 1876 June
Box 53: Research, Sitting Bull Folder: 1. Sitting Bull, 1876 July-August 2. Sitting Bull, 1876 September-October 3. Sitting Bull: Miscellaneous Biographies 4. Sitting Bull: Miscellaneous Monographs 5. Sitting Bull: Miles Letters
Box 54: Research, Sitting Bull Folder: 1. Sitting Bull: New York Herald (newspaper) 2. Sitting Bull: Northern Pacific Railroad 3. Sitting Bull: One Bull 4. Sitting Bull: Peace Commission, 1867-1868 5. Sitting Bull: Pfaller-McLaughlin 6. Sitting Bull: Reservation 7. Sitting Bull: Eli S. Ricker 8. Sitting Bull: Sibley & Sully 1 9. Sitting Bull: Sibley & Sully 2
Box 55: Research, Sitting Bull Folder: 1. Sitting Bull: Bones 2. Sitting Bull: Death 3. Sitting Bull: Pictographs 4. Sitting Bull: Miscellaneous Biographies 5. Sitting Bull: Youth 6. Sitting Bull: Sully Papers 7. Sitting Bull: Upper Missouri Forts 8. Sitting Bull: Travel & Exploration 9. Sitting Bull: Upper Missouri General 10. Sitting Bull: Vestal File 1 11. Sitting Bull: Vestal File 2 12. Sitting Bull: Waggoner 13. Sitting Bull: White Bull
Box 56: Research, Sitting Bull Folder: 1. Sitting Bull: Ahern 2. Sitting Bull: Allison 3. Sitting Bull: Bear Soldier 4. Sitting Bull: Bent-Hyde 5. Sitting Bull: Jas Bradley 6. Sitting Bull: Bureau of Indian Affairs 7. Sitting Bull: Camp-Hammer, Brigham Young University 8. Sitting Bull: Canada Newspapers 9. Sitting Bull: Canada Miscellaneous 10. Sitting Bull: Canada North West Mounted Police
Box 57: Research, Sitting Bull Folder: 1. Sitting Bull: Canada Official 2. Sitting Bull: J.M. Walsh 3. Sitting Bull: Crazy Horse 4. Sitting Bull: Samuel R. Curtis, Papers 5. Sitting Bull: De Smet 6. Sitting Bull: Dimon Papers 7. Sitting Bull: Fisk Expeditions 8. Sitting Bull: Fiske-Life & Death of Sitting Bull 9. Sitting Bull: Fort Pierre 10. Sitting Bull: Fort Randall 11. Sitting Bull: Frontier Scout
Box 58: Research, Sitting Bull Folder: 1. Sitting Bull: Government Docs 1 2. Sitting Bull: Government Docs 2 3. Sitting Bull: Grinnell 4. Sitting Bull: Higheagle 5. Sitting Bull: Hoffman 6. Sitting Bull: Inkpaduta 7. Sitting Bull: H.H. Larned 8. Sitting Bull: Legare 9. Sitting Bull: Little Soldier 10. Sitting Bull: Mallery-Pictograph 11. Sitting Bull: McClernand
Box 59: Research, Sitting Bull Folder: 1. Sitting Bull, 1 2. Sitting Bull, 2 3. Sitting Bull, 3 4. Sitting Bull: Pictures 5. Sitting Bull: Reviews
Box 60: Research, Life Wild and Perilous Folder: 1. Life Wild and Perilous: Fort Tecumseh Journal, 1830-1832 2. Life Wild and Perilous: Monographs, 1820s 3. Life Wild and Perilous: Trappers 4. Life Wild and Perilous: Frost notes on Ashley 5. Life Wild and Perilous: Fremont 6. Life Wild and Perilous: Marsh: Isaac Rose 7. Life Wild and Perilous: George Bent 8. Life Wild and Perilous: Oglesby: Manuel Lisa 9. Life Wild and Perilous: Sunder: Joshua Pilcher 10. Life Wild and Perilous: Dale Morgan Newspapers
Box 61: Research, Life Wild and Perilous Folder: 1. Life Wild and Perilous: Dale Morgan Finding Aid 2. Life Wild and Perilous: St. Louis Papers Catalogue 3. Life Wild and Perilous: Chronology through 1823 4. Life Wild and Perilous: Chronology, 1824-1826 5. Life Wild and Perilous: Chronology, 1827-1831
Box 62: Research, Life Wild and Perilous Folder: 1. Life Wild and Perilous: Chronology, 1832 2. Life Wild and Perilous: Chronology, 1833 3. Life Wild and Perilous: Chronology, 1834 4. Life Wild and Perilous: Robert Campbell Narrative 5. Life Wild and Perilous: Tom Fitzpatrick 6. Life Wild and Perilous: Interpretation 7. Life Wild and Perilous: Kit Carson 8. Life Wild and Perilous: New Mexico 1820+
Box 63: Research, Life Wild and Perilous Folder: 1. Life Wild and Perilous: Government Documents 2. Life Wild and Perilous: Jim Bridger 1 3. Life Wild and Perilous: Jim Bridger 2 4. Life Wild and Perilous: Hudson’s Bay Company 1 5. Life Wild and Perilous: Hudson’s Bay Company 2 6. Life Wild and Perilous: Fur Trade Misc. 7. Life Wild and Perilous: G.K. Warren
Box 64: Research, Life Wild and Perilous Folder: 1. Life Wild and Perilous: California 1 2. Life Wild and Perilous: California 2 3. Life Wild and Perilous: Nidever & Newell 4. Life Wild and Perilous: Oregon 5. Life Wild and Perilous: Indians 6. Life Wild and Perilous: Overlanders 7. Life Wild and Perilous: Missionaries 8. Life Wild and Perilous: George Yount 9. Life Wild and Perilous: Before 1820
Box 65: Research, Life Wild and Perilous Folder: 1. Life Wild and Perilous: Chronology, 1835-1836 2. Life Wild and Perilous: Chronology, 1837-1839 3. Life Wild and Perilous: Missionaries, 1834-1855 4. Life Wild and Perilous: Chronology, 1846-1850
Box 66: Research, Life Wild and Perilous Folder: 1. Life Wild and Perilous: Chronology, 1851-1904
Life Wild and Perilous: Chronologies - Special Topics 2. Chronology 3. Chronicle, Jim Chronicle, Tom Chronicle, Kit
4. Special Topic: Trapper 5. Special Topic: Wilderness Skill Special Topic: Indian Sense Special Topic: Westward Impulse 6. Chronicle: Bridger-B Chronicle: Carson-B Chronicle: Fitzpatrick-B 7. Life Wild and Perilous: General Files 8. Life Wild and Perilous: Barnitz –Sources 9. Life Wild and Perilous: Jennie Barnitz-Diaries/Letters 10. Life Wild and Perilous: Barnitz Letters-1867
Box 67: Research, Lone Star Justice Folder: 1. Life Wild and Perilous: Barnitz Diary-1867-1868
Life Wild and Perilous: Barnitz Letters-1868 2. February 18, 1868 – September 30, 1868 3. July 21, 1866 – October 5, 1868 Copies of Miscellaneous Related Material
Lone Star Justice Chronicle, 1820-1840 5. 1820-1838 6. 1839 7. 1840
Box 68: Research, Lone Star Justice Folder: 1. Lone Star Justice Chronicle, 1841-1842 2. Lone Star Justice Chronicle, 1843-1844 3. Lone Star Justice Chronicle, 1845 4. Lone Star Justice Chronicle, 1846 5. Lone Star Justice Chronicle, 1847-1848 6. Lone Star Justice Chronicle, 1849-1850 7. Lone Star Justice Chronicle, 1851-1857 8. Lone Star Justice Chronicle, 1858-1859 9. Lone Star Justice Chronicle, 1860
Box 69: Research, Lone Star Justice Folder: 1. Lone Star Justice General Files & Biographies 2. Lone Star Justice Chronicle, 1861-1866 3. Lone Star Justice Chronicle, 1870-1874 4. Lone Star Justice Chronicle, 1875 5. Lone Star Justice Chronicle, 1876-1877 6. Lone Star Justice Chronicle, 1878-1879 7. Lone Star Justice Chronicle, 1880
Box 70: Research, Lone Star Justice Folder: 1. Lone Star Justice, 1881 2. Lone Star Justice, 1884 3. Lone Star Justice, 1886 4. Lone Star Justice, 1888-1890 6. Lone Star Justice, 1891 7. Lone Star Justice, 1894-1896 8. Lone Star Justice, 1898 9. Lone Star Justice, 1900
Box 71: Research, Lone Star Justice Folder: 1. Lone Star Justice: Texas Rangers 2: Bibliographies 2. Lone Star Justice: Texas Rangers File 1 3. Lone Star Justice: Texas Rangers File 2 4. Lone Star Justice: Texas Rangers 2 5. Lone Star Justice: Texas Rangers Maps 6. Lone Star Justice: Texas Rangers Reviews
Box 72: Research, Lone Star Justice Folder: 1. Lone Star Justice: Miscellaneous, 1 2. Lone Star Justice: Miscellaneous, 2 3. Lone Star Justice: Miscellaneous, 3 4. Lone Star Justice: Salt War, 1 5. Lone Star Justice: Salt War, 2
Box 73: Research, Lone Star Justice Folder: 1. Lone Star Justice: Adjutant General, 1874-1883 2. Lone Star Justice: Adjutant General,1884-1908 3. Lone Star Justice: Bibliography 4. Lone Star Justice: Ranger Museum 5. Lone Star Justice: Davis Museum Exhibit 6. Lone Star Justice: Guns 7. Lone Star Justice: Legend 8. Lone Star Justice: McNelly 9. Lone Star Justice: JB Jones 10. Lone Star Justice: Mexican Border Commission, 1873 11. Lone Star Justice: Frontier Troubles, 1876
Box 74: Research, Lone Star Justice Folder: 1. Lone Star Justice: Border Troubles, 1878 2. Lone Star Justice: Detectives, Fence-Cutters 3. Lone Star Justice: Thurber Labor Unrest 4. Lone Star Justice: Frontier Battalion Legislative History 5. Lone Star Justice: McKinney 6. Lone Star Justice: Paredes/Cortez
Box 75: Research, Lone Star Justice Folder: 1. Lone Star Justice: Miscellaneous, Early-1 2. Lone Star Justice: Miscellaneous, Early-2 3. Lone Star Justice: Mexican War-1 4. Lone Star Justice: Mexican War-2 5. Lone Star Justice: Mexican War-3
Box 76: Research, Lone Star Justice Folder: 1. Lone Star Justice: Texas Rangers Service Records, 1830-1846 2. Lone Star Justice: Hays Sketch Bancroft 3. Lone Star Justice: Reid-McCulloch’s Rangers 4. Lone Star Justice: Nichols-Now Hear Horn 5. Lone Star Justice: Sul Ross 6. Lone Star Justice: Brown & Sowell 7. Lone Star Justice: Sam Huston 8. Lone Star Justice: Indians, 1850s 1 9. Lone Star Justice: Indians, 1850s 2
Box 77: Research, Lone Star Justice Folder: 1. Lone Star Justice: Cortina-1 2. Lone Star Justice: Cortina-2 3. Lone Star Justice: Civil War 4. Lone Star Justice: Indians & Reconstruction 5. Lone Star Justice: McDonald/Weiss 6. Lone Star Justice: Pidge/McNelly 7. Lone Star Justice: Aten Memoir
Box 78: Research, Lone Star Lawmen Folder: 1. Lone Star Lawmen, 1962-1966 2. Lone Star Lawmen, 1968 3. Lone Star Lawmen, 1972-1974 4. Lone Star Lawmen, 1976-1978 5. Lone Star Lawmen, 1980-1982 6. Lone Star Lawmen, 1984-1986 7. Lone Star Lawmen, 1988-1996 8. Lone Star Lawmen: Official, 1 (pre-Department of Public Safety)
Box 79: Research, Lone Star Lawmen Folder: 1. Lone Star Lawmen: Official, 2 (pre-Department of Public Safety) 2. Lone Star Lawmen: Official, 3 (pre-Department of Public Safety) 3. Lone Star Lawmen: Miscellaneous, 1 (pre-Department of Public Safety), File 1 4. Lone Star Lawmen: Miscellaneous, 1 (pre-Department of Public Safety), File 2
Box 80: Research, Lone Star Lawmen Folder: 1. Lone Star Lawmen: Miscellaneous, 2 (pre-Department of Public Safety) 2. Lone Star Lawmen: Miscellaneous, 3 (pre-Department of Public Safety), File 1 3. Lone Star Lawmen: Miscellaneous, 3 (pre-Department of Public Safety), File 2 4. Lone Star Lawmen: Laws of Texas, 1915-1935 5. Lone Star Lawmen: Adjutant General Reports, 1912-1935 6. Lone Star Lawmen: Rocha Dissertation, 1910-1919
Box 81: Research, Lone Star Lawmen Folder: 1. Lone Star Lawmen: El Paso, 1912 2. Fall CTE 3. Lone Star Lawmen: Chronology 4. Lone Star Lawmen: Biography
Box 82: Research, Lone Star Lawmen Folder: 1. Lone Star Lawmen: Texas State Archives-Department of Public Safety Inventory, 1935- 1995 2. Lone Star Lawmen: Texas State Archives-Adjutant General, Finding Aid 3. Lone Star Lawmen: McClung, Ph.D. dissertation: Texas Rangers on Rio Grande 4. Lone Star Lawmen: Charlton, MA Thesis: Texas Department of Public Safety 5. Lone Star Lawmen: Schuster, BA Thesis: Modernization of Texas Rangers 6. Lone Star Lawmen: Ward, Ph.D. Dissertation: Texas Rangers, 1919-1935 7. Texas Rangers Hall of Fame, Inventory of Papers, File 1 8. Texas Rangers Hall of Fame, Inventory of Papers, File 2
Box 83: Research, Lone Star Lawmen Folder: 1. Lone Star Lawmen: Leal, Dissertation: 1967-1968 2. Lone Star Lawmen: Gunpowder Justice 3. Lone Star Lawmen: Davidians, File 1 4. Lone Star Lawmen: Davidians, File 2 5. Lone Star Lawmen: Nieman, File 1 6. Lone Star Lawmen: Nieman, File 2 7. Lone Star Lawmen: Nieman, File 3
Box 84: Research, Lone Star Lawmen Folder: 1. Lone Star Lawmen: Lucas 2. Lone Star Lawmen: Hall of Fame 3. Lone Star Lawmen: Company A Monthly Returns, 1911-1915 4. Lone Star Lawmen: Company B Monthly Returns, 1911-1918 (Warren, Porvenir), File 1 5. Lone Star Lawmen: Company B Monthly Returns, 1911-1918 (Warren, Porvenir), File 2 6. Lone Star Lawmen: Company C Monthly Returns, 1911-1915
Box 85: Research, Lone Star Lawmen Folder: 1. Lone Star Lawmen: Company D Monthly Returns, 1902-1905 2. Lone Star Lawmen: Company D Monthly Returns, 1910-1918 3. Lone Star Lawmen: Miscellaneous, 4 (Department of Public Safety) 4. Lone Star Lawmen: Miscellaneous, 5 (Department of Public Safety)
Box 86: Research, Lone Star Lawmen Folder: 1. Lone Star Lawmen: Miscellaneous, 6 (Department of Public Safety) 2. Lone Star Lawmen: Department of Public Safety, newspaper records 3. Lone Star Lawmen: Texas State Libraries Vertical Files, Press 4. Lone Star Lawmen: Department of Public Safety, Publications, File 1 5. Lone Star Lawmen: Department of Public Safety, Publications, File 2 6. Lone Star Lawmen: Department of Public Safety, O’Daniel
Box 87: Research, Lone Star Lawmen Folder: 1. Lone Star Lawmen: Department of Public Safety, Stevenson 2. Lone Star Lawmen: Department of Public Safety, Jester 3. Lone Star Lawmen: Department of Public Safety, Shivers 4. Lone Star Lawmen: Rigler Dissertation, 1971 5. Lone Star Lawmen: Galveston 6. Lone Star Lawmen: Texas Rangers Hall of Fame, 1910s 7. Lone Star Lawmen: Texas Rangers Hall of Fame, 1920s, File 1 8. Lone Star Lawmen: Texas Rangers Hall of Fame, 1920s, File 2 9. Lone Star Lawmen: Texas Rangers Hall of Fame, Department of Public Safety 10. Lone Star Lawmen: Texas Rangers Hall of Fame, 1935-1940 11. Lone Star Lawmen: Texas Rangers Hall of Fame, 1940s
Box 88: Research, Lone Star Lawmen Folder: 1. Lone Star Lawmen: Texas Rangers Hall of Fame, 1950s 2. Lone Star Lawmen: Texas Rangers Hall of Fame, 1960s 3. Lone Star Lawmen: Texas Rangers Hall of Fame, 1970s 4. Lone Star Lawmen: Texas Rangers Hall of Fame, 1980s 5. Lone Star Lawmen: Texas Rangers Hall of Fame, 1990s 6. Lone Star Lawmen Chronicles, 1911 7. Lone Star Lawmen Chronicles, 1912 8. Lone Star Lawmen Chronicles, 1913 9. Lone Star Lawmen Chronicles, 1914
Box 89: Research, Lone Star Lawmen Folder: 1. Lone Star Lawmen Chronicles, 1915, File 1 2. Lone Star Lawmen Chronicles, 1915, File 2 3. Lone Star Lawmen Chronicles, 1916 4. Lone Star Lawmen Chronicles, 1917 5. Lone Star Lawmen Chronicles, 1918, File 1 6. Lone Star Lawmen Chronicles, 1918, File 2
Box 90: Research, Lone Star Lawmen Folder: 1. Lone Star Lawmen Chronicles, 1919 2. Lone Star Lawmen Chronicles, 1920 3. Lone Star Lawmen Chronicles, 1921 4. Lone Star Lawmen Chronicles, 1922 5. Lone Star Lawmen Chronicles, 1923 6. Lone Star Lawmen Chronicles, 1924 7. Lone Star Lawmen Chronicles, 1925 8. Lone Star Lawmen Chronicles, 1927 9. Lone Star Lawmen Chronicles, 1929 10. Lone Star Lawmen Chronicles, 1930 11. Lone Star Lawmen Chronicles, 1932 12. Lone Star Lawmen Chronicles, 1934 13. Lone Star Lawmen Chronicles, 1935 14. Lone Star Lawmen Chronicles, 1936 15. Lone Star Lawmen Chronicles, 1938
Box 91: Research, Lone Star Lawmen Folder: 1. Lone Star Lawmen Chronicles, 1940 2. Lone Star Lawmen Chronicles, 1945 3. Lone Star Lawmen Chronicles, 1950 4. Lone Star Lawmen Chronicles, 1955 5. Lone Star Lawmen: Department of Public Safety, Case Files 1, Part 1 6. Lone Star Lawmen: Department of Public Safety, Case Files 1, Part 2 7. Lone Star Lawmen: Department of Public Safety-Texas State Archives, File 1 8. Lone Star Lawmen: Department of Public Safety-Texas State Archives, File 2
Box 92: Research, Lone Star Lawmen Folder: 1. Lone Star Lawmen: Memos to Captains 2. Lone Star Lawmen: Company A (Houston) 3. Lone Star Lawmen: Company B (Dallas/Garland) 4. Lone Star Lawmen: Company C (Lubbock) 5. Lone Star Lawmen: Company D (San Antonio) 6. Lone Star Lawmen: Company D (San Antonio)-2 7. Lone Star Lawmen: Company E (Midland)
Box 93: Research, Lone Star Lawmen Folder: 1. Lone Star Lawmen: Company F- (Waco) 2. Lone Star Lawmen: Abolish, File 1 3. Lone Star Lawmen: Republic of Texas, 1996-1997
Box 94: Research, 1962-1988 Folder: 1. Custer Controversy 2. Last Days of the Sioux Nation: Yale 3. Last Days of the Sioux Nation: Reviews 4. Yale: Cheyenne Memos 5. Yale: Pratt 6. Frontiersmen in Blue 7. Frontier Regulars
Box 95: Research Folder: 1. Frontiersmen in Blue & Frontier Regulars 2. Frontier Regular Reviews 3. American Heritage Indian Wars 4. Barnitz 5. Indian Frontier
Box 96: Research Folder: 1. Texas Forts 2. High Noon, 1 3. High Noon, 2 4. Custer, 1
Box 97: Research Folder: 1. Custer, 2 2. Mountain Men, 1 3. Mountain Men, 2 4. Mountain Men, Maps 5. Mountain Men, Illustrations
Box 98: Research Folder: 1. Mountain Men Reviews 2. Albright 3. Smithsonian Handbook 4. Custer Battlefield National Monument Park Handbook 5. Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Brochure 6. Texas State Historical Association /Wooster 7. Koury Video 1988 8. Encyclopedia of the Old West, for the Philip Lief Group, Inc.
Box 99: Research Folder: 1. Macmillan Encyclopedia, File 1 2. Macmillan Encyclopedia, File 2 3. Binder of Billy the Kid Photos 4. Southwestern University 5. Mengak/Hartzog
Box 100: Research, Indian Wars Folder: 1. Texas 2. Pacific and Pacific North West 3. Mountain and Basin 4. Plains to 1866 5. Plains, 1866-1871
Box 101: Research, Indian Wars Folder: 1. Plains, 1870s 2. Plains, 1880s-1890s 3. Military Policy, File 1 4. Military Policy, File 2 5. Indian Policy
Box 102: Research, Indian Wars Folder: 1. Army, File 1 2. Army, File 2 3. Army Deployment, 1866-1890 4. Indians 5. Biography 6. Bibliography 7. Map Data 8. Photo Data
Box 103: Research, Indian Wars, and Aborted Projects Folder: Indian Wars: 1. Miscellaneous 2. American Indian Movement v. Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1972 3. Texas State Troopers, Private William Drown
Aborted Projects: 4. Boston Publishing Co. 5. Chapman-McCaskey 6. Eastman Project 7. Steck Project 8. Rio Grande 9. Schroeder/Yavapai
Box 104: Published and Printed Materials Folder: 1. Robert M. Utley. “Echoes of the Little Bighorn.” American Heritage Vol. XXII, No. 4. June 1971.
Robert M. Utley. “The Ordeal of Plenty Horses.” American Heritage Vol. XXVI, No. 1. December 1974.
2 Robert M. Utley. “Billy the Kid Country.” American Heritage Vol. 42, No. 2. April 1991.
Robert M. Utley. “Tales of the Texas Rangers.” American Heritage Vol. 53, No. 3. June/July 2002.
Robert M. Utley. “The West.” American Heritage Vol. 55, No. 6. November/December 2004 (50th Anniversary Edition).
3 Robert M. Utley. “Kit Carson and the Adobe Walls Campaign.” The American West Vol. II, No. 1. Winter 1965
Robert M. Utley. “'Pecos Bill' on the Texas Frontier.” The American West Vol.VI, No. 1. January 1969
Robert M. Utley. “Arizona Vanquished.” The American West Vol. VI, No. 6. November 1969
Robert M. Utley. “A Chained Dog: The Indian Fighting Army.” The American West Vol. X, No. 4. July 1973 (Special Issue: The American Indian)
Robert M. Utley. “Collector's Choice.” The American West Vol. XI, No. 2. March 1974.
4 Robert M. Utley. “Campaigning with Custer.” The American West Vol. XIV, No. 4. July/August 1977.
Robert M. Utley. “Portrait for a Western Album.” The American West Vol. XV, No. 5. September/October 1978.
Robert M. Utley. “The Presence of the Past.” The American West Vol. XVI, No. 2. March/April 1979.
Robert M. Utley. “Wounded Knee and Other Dark Images.” The American West Vol. XVI, No. 3. May/June 1979.
Robert M. Utley. “The Presence of the Past.” The American West Vol. XVII, No. 2. March/April 1980.
Box 105: Published and Printed Materials Folder: 1 Program: Distinguished Service Award for Robert M. Utley. Thirty Ninth Honor Awards Convocation. Washington D.C. June 7, 1971. U.S. Department of the Interior.
Robert M. Utley. “Towards a New Preservation Ethic.” NPS Newsletter. Vol. 9, No. 18. October 15, 1974. U.S. Department of the Interior.
2 “An Interview with Robert M. Utley on the History of Historic Preservation in the National Park Service -- 1947-1980.” Southwest Cultural Resource Center, Professional Papers No. 16. 1988. U.S. Department of the Interior.
3 Robert M. Utley. “Last Stand.” MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History Vol. 1, No. 1. Autumn 1988.
Robert M. Utley. “Crook and Miles, Fighting and Feuding on the Indian Frontier.” MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History Vol. 2, No. 1. Autumn 1989.
4 Robert M. Utley. “Geronimo.” MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History Vol. 4, No. 2. Winter 1992
Robert M. Utley. “Sitting Bull.” MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History Vol. 5, No. 4. Summer 1993.
5 Robert M. Utley. “Los Diablos Tejanos.” MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History Vol. 14, No. 3. Spring 2002.
Robert M. Utley. “Rangers, Regulars, and Comanches.” MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History Vol. 17, No. 2. Winter 2005.
6 Robert M. Utley. “Red River War: Last Uprising in the Texas Panhandle.” MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History Vol. 20, No. 1. Autumn 2007.
Robert M. Utley. “Victorio's War.” MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History Vol. 21, No. 1. Autumn 2008.
Box 106: Published and Printed Materials Folder: Western History Association Annual Conference Programs: 1. Program Pamphlet of the Conference on the History of Western America. Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe. October 12-14, 1961.
Program Pamphlet of the Second Conference on the History of Western America. Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe. October 11-13, 1962.
Annual Conference on the History of Western America. University of Utah. October 17- 19, 1963.
Fourth Annual Conference on the History of Western America. The University of Oklahoma. October 29-31, 1964.
Fifth Annual Conference on the Western History Association. The National Historical Society. October 14-17, 1965.
Sixth Annual Conference of the Western History Association. The University of Texas. October 13-15, 1966.
7th Annual Conference of the Western History Association. The University of Texas. October 12-14, 1967.
8th Annual Conference of the Western History Association. The University of Arizona October 17-19, 1968.
“Thank you - Mr. Utley.” Farewell address by Barry Goldwater at the 8th Annual Conference of the WHA. The West that Was. October 18, 1968.
2. 9th Annual Conference of the Western History Association. The University of Nebraska October 9-11, 1969.
10th Annual Conference of the Western History Association. The University of Nevada October 8-10, 1970.
11th Annual Conference of the Western History Association. The University of New Mexico October 14-16, 1971.
New Haven Conference of the Western History Association. Yale University. October 11-14, 1972.
13th Annual Conference of the Western History Association. Texas Christian University. October 10-13, 1973.
Western History Association 14th Annual Conference. The University of South Dakota. October 2-5, 1974.
Western History Association 15th Annual Conference. The University of Tulsa. October 8-11, 1975.
Western History Association 16th Annual Conference. Denver Hilton. October 13-15, 1976.
Western History Association 17th Annual Conference. Portland, Oregon. October 12-15, 1977.
3. Western History Association 18th Annual Conference. Hot Springs, Arkansas. October 11-14, 1978.
Western History Association 19th Annual Conference. San Diego, California. October 17-20, 1979.
Western History Association 20th Annual Conference. Kansas City, Missouri. October 15-18, 1980.
Western History Association 21st Annual Conference. San Antonio, Texas. October 14- 17, 1981.
Western History Association 22nd Annual Conference. Phoenix, Arizona. October 20-23, 1982.
Western History Association 23rd Annual Conference. Salt Lake City, Utah. October 12- 15, 1983.
Western History Association 23rd Annual Conference Banquet Pamphlet. Hilton Hotel. October 14, 1983.
4. Western History Association 24th Annual Conference. St. Paul, Minnesota. October 10- 13, 1984.
Western History Association 25th Annual Conference. Sacramento, California. October 9-11, 1985.
Western History Association 26th Annual Conference. Billings, Montana. October 15-18, 1986.
Western History Association 26rd Annual Conference Banquet Pamphlet. Billings Sheraton Hotel. October 17, 1986.
Western History Association 27th Annual Conference. Los Angeles. October 7-10, 1987.
Western History Association 28th Annual Conference. Wichita. October 12-15, 1988.
Western History Association 29th Annual Conference. Tacoma, Washington. October 11- 14, 1989 (2 copies).
Box 107 Published and Printed Materials Folder: 1. Western History Association 30th Annual Conference. Reno-Sparks, Nevada. October 17-20, 1990 (2 copies).
Western History Association 31st Annual Conference. Austin, Texas. October 16-19, 1991 (2 copies).
Western History Association 32nd Annual Conference. New Haven, Connecticut. October 14-17, 1992 (2 copies).
2. Western History Association 33rd Annual Conference. Tulsa, Oklahoma. October 13-16, 1993 (2 copies).
Western History Association 34th Annual Conference. Albuquerque, New Mexico. October 20-23, 1994 (2 copies).
3. Western History Association 35th Annual Conference. Denver, Colorado. October 11-14, 1995 (2 copies).
Western History Association 36th Annual Conference. Lincoln, Nebraska. October 2-5, 1996 (2 copies).
4. Western History Association 37th Annual Conference. St. Paul, Minnesota. October 15- 18, 1997 (2 copies).
Box 108 Published and Printed Materials Folder: 1. Western History Association 38th Annual Conference. Sacramento, California. October 14-17, 1998 (2 copies).
Western History Association 39th Annual Conference. Portland, Oregon. October 6-9, 1999 (2 copies).
2. Western History Association 40th Annual Conference. San Antonio, Texas. October 11- 14, 2000 (2 copies).
Western History Association 41st Annual Conference. San Diego, California. October 4- 7, 2001 (2 copies).
3. Western History Association 42nd Annual Conference. Colorado Springs, Colorado. October 16-19, 2002.
Western History Association 43rd Annual Conference. Fort Worth, Texas.. October 8-11, 2003.
4. Western History Association 44th Annual Conference. Las Vegas. October 13-16, 2004 (2 copies).
Box 109 Published and Printed Materials Folder: 1. Western History Association 45th Annual Conference. Scottsdale, Arizona. October 13- 16, 2005 (2 copies).
2. Western History Association 46th Annual Conference. St. Louis, Missouri. October 11- 14, 2006.
Western History Association 47th Annual Conference. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. October 3-6, 2007.
Western History Association 48th Annual Conference, October 22-25, 2008, Salt Lake City, UT, 2008.
3. WHA Newsletter Preliminary Issue. November, 1965. (7 copies).
WHA Newsletter Vol. 1 No. 1. February, 1966. (2 copies).
WHA Newsletter Vol. 1 No. 2. May, 1966. (2 copies).
4. WHA Newsletter Vol. 1 No. 3. September, 1966. (2 copies).
WHA Newsletter Vol. 1 No. 4. November, 1966. (2 copies).
WHA Newsletter Vol. 2 No. 2. May, 1987. (2 copies).
WHA Newsletter Vol. 2 No. 3. September, 1967. (2 copies).
WHA Newsletter Vol. 2 No. 4. November, 1967. (2 copies).
5. WHA Newsletter Vol. 3 No. 1. February, 1968. (2 copies).
WHA Newsletter Vol. 3 No. 2. May, 1968.
WHA Newsletter Vol. 3 No. 3. September, 1968.
WHA Newsletter Vol. 3 No. 4. November, 1968.
WHA Newsletter Vol. 4 No. 1. February, 1969.
WHA Newsletter Vol. 4 No. 2. May, 1969.
WHA Newsletter Vol. 4 No. 3. September, 1969.
WHA Newsletter Vol. 4 No. 4.November, 1969.
WHA Newsletter No. 17. March, 1973. (2 copies).
WHA Newsletter No. 18. July, 1973.
WHA Newsletter No. 19. March, 1974.
WHA Newsletter No. 20. August, 1974.
WHA Newsletter No. 21. April, 1975.
6. Western History Quarterly Vol. II, No. 4. October 1971.
“But for Custer's Sins.” by Robert M. Utley. Special Reprint from Western History Quarterly Vol. II, No. 4. October 1971.
Western History Quarterly Vol. VIII, No. 4. October 1977.
“Beyond Pedagogy: History out of School.” by Robert M. Utley. Special reprint from Western History Quarterly Vol. VIII, No. 4. October 1977. (booklet)
Western History Association Prize Recipient, 1988: Robert M. Utley. Special reprint from Western History Quarterly Vol. XX, No. 2. May 1989. (booklet)
Box 110 Published and Printed Materials, Miscellaneous Folder: 1. Robert M. Utley. “The Custer Battle in the Contemporary Press.” North Dakota History. The State Historical Society of North Dakota. Vol. 20, No. 3. July 1953.
Robert M. Utley. “The Celebrated Peace Policy of General Grant.” North Dakota History. (Publication). The State Historical Society of North Dakota. Vol. 22, No. 1&2. January-April 1955.
2. Robert M. Utley. “The Legend of the Little Bighorn.” Corral Dust. Potomac Corral of the Westerners Association. Vol. 1, No. 2. June 1956.
Robert M. Utley. “The Dash to Promontory.” Utah Historical Quarterly. Utah State Historical Society. Vol. XXIX, No. 2. April, 1961. (2 copies)
3. Robert M. Utley. “The Bascom Affair: A Reconstruction.” Arizona and the West. The University of Arizona Press. Vol. 3, No. 1. Spring 1961. (2 copies)
Robert M. Utley. “The Reservation Trader in Navajo History.” El Palacio. The Museum of New Mexico. Vol. 68, No. 1. Spring 1961.
4. Robert M. Utley. “Fort Union and the Santa Fe Trail.” New Mexico Historical Review. Historical Society of New Mexico. Vol. XXXVI, No. 1. January 1961. (2 copies).
Robert M. Utley. “Challenged by History.” The Santa Fe Scene. Piñon Publishing Company. Vol. 5, No. 11. March 31, 1962.
Robert M. Utley. “Captain John Pope's Plan of 1853 for the Frontier Defense of New Mexico.” Arizona and the West. The University of Arizona Press. Vol. 5, No. 2. Summer 1963.
5. Robert M. Utley. “The Surrender of Geronimo.” Arizoniana. Arizona Pioneers' Historical Society. Vol. IV, No. 1. Spring 1963.
Robert M. Utley. “The Past and Future of Old Fort Bowie.” Arizoniana. Arizona Pioneers' Historical Society. Vol. V, No. 4. Winter 1964.
Robert M. Utley. “The Range Cattle Industry in the Big Bend of Texas.” The Southwestern History Quarterly. Vol. LXIX, No. 4. April 1966.
6. “Origins of National Park Service Administration of Historic Sites”. By Horace M. Albright, Eastern National Park and Monument Association. 1971.
Robert M. Utley. “Archaeology and the National Register.” Historic Archaeology. The Society for Historical Archaeology. Vol. VII. 1973. (2 copies).
Robert M. Utley. “Yellowstone and the National Park Concept, 1872-1972.” Western American History in the Seventies. Daniel Tyler. Robinson Press, 1973.
Program, Purdue University, One Hundred and Twenty-Second Commencement. May 10, 1974.
Robert M. Utley. “Historic Preservation and the Environment.” The Colorado Magazine. The State Historical Society of Colorado. Vol. 51, No. 1. Winter 1974.
Box 111 Published and Printed Materials, Miscellaneous Folder: 1. “A Brief History and the Membership Roster: 1974-1975 Season.” The Potomac Corral of the Westerners. 1975.
Robert M. Utley. “Historic Preservation and the Environment.” The Review. Vol. XVII, No. 2. Winter 1975.
Robert M. Utley. “Historic Preservation in a Democracy.” Monument Vol. XIII, 1976. (2 copies).
Robert M. Utley. “Custer's CRUNCH 100 years after!” Buckskin Bulletin. Vol. X, No. 4. Fall 1976.
Robert M. Utley. “A Preservation Ideal.” Historic Preservation. National Trust for Historic Preservation. April-June 1976.
2. Expert Witness Testimony of Robert M. Utley. “Wounded Knee Massacre.” Hearings Before the Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate, Ninety Fourth Congress. S.1147 and S.2900. February 5-6, 1976.
3. “The Contributions of the Frontier to the American Military Tradition.” by Robert M. Utley. U.S. Air Force Academy, 1977.
“Good Guys and Bad: Changing Images of Soldier and Indian.” by Robert M. Utley. Custer Battlefield Historical and Museum Association. 1978.
“The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania.” by. Brig. Gen. R.H. Pratt with Introduction by Robert M. Utley. Cumberland County Historical Society, 1979. (reprint).
The Robert M. Utley Bibliographical Checklist. J.M. Carrol and Company, 1983.
Robert M. Utley. “Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War.” New Mexico Historical Review. Historical Society of New Mexico. Vol. 61, No. 2. April 1986.
Robert M. Utley. “Oliver Otis Howard.” New Mexico Historical Review. Historical Society of New Mexico. Vol. 62, No. 1. January 1987.
4. Robert M. Utley. “The Military Frontier on the Northern Plains: 1850-1900.” Fort Buford and the Military Frontier on the Northern Plains, 1850-1900. State Historical Society of North Dakota. 1987.
Robert M. Utley. “Are Bad Men Worthy of Serious Study?” Wyoming History News. Vol. 41, No. 9. October 1994.
5. Robert M. Utley. “Ostatnia Walka (Last Battle).” Tawacin. Issue 1 [37]. Spring 1997. (Polish publication on Native Americans)
“Present at the Creation: Robert M. Utley Recalls the Beginnings of the National Historic Preservation Program.” The Public Historian. Vol. 24, No. 2. Spring 2002.
Melody Webb. “Misjonarze I Handlarze (Missionaries and Dealers).” Tawacin. Issue 1 [77]. Spring 2007. (Polish publication on Native Americans)
Robert M. Utley. “Dzieje Szlaku Bozemana (The History of the Bozeman Trail)”. Tawacin. Issue 2 [82]. Summer 2008. (Polish publication on Native Americans) (2 copies).
“Oliver Otis Howard.” By Robert M. Utley. Reprint. New Mexico Historical Review. (no date).
“Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War.” By Robert M. Utley. Reprint. New Mexico Historical Review. (no date).
“The Frontier Army: John Ford or Arthur Penn?” by Robert M. Utley. (no date).
Diplomas: 6. High School Diploma. Dayton High School. Tippecanoe County, Indiana. May 8, 1947.
7. Diploma for Bachelor of Science. Purdue University. June 10, 1951. Includes the commencement program, and the printed commencement address by Frederick L. Hovde.
8. Diploma for Master of Arts Degree. Indiana University Graduate School. June 16, 1952.
Awards: 9. Congratulatory letters regarding Robert Utley’s Citation for Distinguished Service at the U.S. Department of the Interior. June 7, 1971.
10. Coin of Excellence. U.S. Army War College. Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. n.d.
Box 112 Awards Plaque “Award of Merit for 'Last Days of the Sioux Nation'.” The American Association for State and Local History. October 30, 1964.
Plaque “Sheriff - Potomac Corral.” The Westerners Association. 1973.
Plaque “Distinguished Alumni Service Award.” Indiana University. May 1977.
Plaque “Honor Roll in the Officer Candidate Hall of Fame.” U.S. Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia. December 7th, 1979.
Plaque “Commendation for activities consistent with the objectives of the Council on America's Military Past, U.S.A., Inc.” Council on America's Military Past, U.S.A. April 27, 1985.
Plaque of Appreciation “Chairman of the Board.” The Eastern National Park and Monument Association. 1987.
Plaque “Prize for Distinguished Published Writing in the field of American Western History.” The Western History Association. October 14, 1988.
Box 113 Awards Award Plaque for “The Civil War Custer versus the Frontier Custer: A Study in Contrast.” Civil War Round Table, Brazos Valley. August 4, 1992.
Plaque “Owen Wister Award”. Western Writers of America, Inc. 1993.
Plaque of Appreciation “Chairman of the Board.” The Eastern National Park and Monument Association. 1993.
Phi Alpha Theta Speakers Series Plaque of Appreciation. Chadron State College. March 25, 1994.
Plaque “The Caughey Western History Association Prize.” Given in recognition of The Lance and the Shield: The Life and Times of Sitting Bull. Western History Association. 1994.
Box 114 Awards Plaque “The George Melendez Weight Award for Excellence.” The U.S. Department of the Interior. April 20, 1995.
Plaque “The Jeff Dykes Memorial Award for Notable Contributions to Western Affairs.” The Westerners Association. 1997.
Plaque “Distinguished Service Award.” Eastern National Association. January 23, 1998.
Plaque “T.R. Fehrenbach Book Award.” In Recognition of “Lone Star Justice: The First Century of the Texas Rangers.” Texas Historical Commission. May 16, 2003. (Item is glass, handle with care.)
Plaque “Walter T. Cox Award”. The Clemson University George B. Hartzog, Jr. Environmental Awards Program. 2004.
Award, True West Reader’s Choice for “Best Living Nonfiction Writer,” 2008. Includes the corresponding issue of True West, Vol. 55, Issue 1, 2008.
Award Plaque “Presented to Bob Utley Who Knows Pore Bull from Fat Cow.” The Fort, Colorado Territory. n.d. (Note: This plaque has an affixed blade. Please handle with caution.)
Award Plaque for “Lone Star Justice: The First Century of the Texas Rangers.” The Dallas Historical Society. n.d.
Oversized Flat Folder (Location 08333): Spirit of the West Literary Achievement Award. Mountains & Plains Booksellers Association. 2006.
Oversized Box 1: Plaque “Jay D. Smith Award.” In Recognition of 'Custer and the Great Controversy'. The Little Big Horn Association. 1996.
Plaque: Award of Appreciation. U.S. Army, 1st Squad, 7th Cavalry Regiment. Presented at the Annual Ball, Fort Hood, Texas. October 2003.
Copy of a photograph of Sioux leaders, with many individuals identified by name. Caption on reverse reads, “This picture was taken June 4, 1875 in the inner court of the Interior Dept. by the operator of the U.S. Patent Office. The delegation of prominent Northwest Indians came to the capital to confer over the sale of the Black Hills. The chiefs were from Red Cloud, Spotted Tail, and Cheyenne River Agencies.”
“The American Soldier” Portrait Collection, Set No. 1. Contains depictions by H. Charles McBarron of American soldiers for the years 1781, 1786, 1794, 1805, 1812, 1814, 1827, 1836, 1863, 1898, 1903, 1918, 1941, 1945, 1951, 1960, and 1963. Office Chief of Military History Headquarters, Department of the Army.
“The American Soldier” Portrait Collection, Set No. 3. Contains depictions by H. Charles McBarron of American soldiers for the years 1775, 1782, 1819, 1839, 1863, 1918, 1938, 1944, 1950, 1965, Office Chief of Military History. Headquarters, Department of the Army.
Sketches by William E. Loechel. Size: 11 ½” x 14”. o Sketch “Questionable Company.” No date. Marked Chapter 1. o Sketch “Geographers and Feathers.” No date. Marked Chapter 2. o Sketch “Waiting to be Next.” No date. Marked Chapter 3. o Untitled Sketch. No date. Marked Chapter 4. (2 copies) o Untitled Sketch. No date. Marked Chapter 5. (2 copies) o Untitled Sketch. No date. Marked Chapter 6. (2 copies) o Untitled Sketch. No date. Marked Chapter 7.
Oversized Box 2: Jay D. Smith award plaque, as presented to Robert M. Utley for “Cavalier in Buckskin.” The Little Big Horn Association, 2005.
Plaque “Emil H. Haury Award.” Southwest Parks and Monuments Association. n.d.
Framed photograph of Admiral Arthur Radford, U.S. Navy. Inscribed to Robert M. Utley, August 15, 1951.
Framed, untitled print by artist Nick Eggenhofer.
Oversized Box 3: Framed Picture, “Utley as Custer.” As presented as award to Utley at the Western History Association Dinner in Salt Lake City, Utah. 1983.
Framed Poster “Dreamscape Desperado Billy the Kid and the Outlaw in America.” The Albuquerque Museum of Art and History. Signed by Paul Hutton to Bob Utley. June 2007.
Framed newspaper clippings, “Famed Custer Battle Area Visited by 75,000 Annually,” that includes a picture of Robert M. Utley as a 17-year old authority on the subject. Frame includes enlargement of the section that mentions Utley.
Framed color photograph of Robert M. Utley with three children holding a 7th Cavalry Regiment flag, and titled, “Garryowen and Glory!” The print is inscribed, presumably by the children.
Framed Poster “My Ambivalent Relationship with Captain Pratt.” Robert M. Utley. Perspectives in Military History 40th Annual Seminar Series. Ridgeway Hall, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. October 17, 2007.
Certificates and Diplomas Collection: Utley, Robert M. 1. Certificate of Appointment: Historic American Engineering Record Advisory Committee. U.S. Department of the Interior. April 12, 1972.
2. Certificate of Honorary Membership. The Order of the Stars and Bars, Military Society of Confederate Officers. February 30, 1953.
3. Certificate of Award, Naming Robert M. Utley as an Affiliate Scholar of Southwestern University, n.d.
4. Certificate of Appointment as Reserve Commissioned Officer: Grade of Second Lieutenant The United States Army. May 26, 1954.
5. Certificate of Appointment as Reserve Commissioned Officer: Grade of First Lieutenant. The United States Army. September 1, 1956.
6. Certificate of Appointment as Reserve Commissioned Officer: Grade of Captain The United States Army. August 13, 1960.
7. Certificate of Completion: Leaders' Course. Camp Roberts, California. June 13, 1953.
8. Certificate of Completion: Infantry Officer Candidate Course. The Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia. May 26, 1954.
9. Certificate of Honorable Discharge. United States Army. May 25th, 1954.
10. Commendation for Outstanding Work with Alaska Planning Group. U.S. Department of the Interior. January 1975.
11. Certificate, “Distinguished Alumni Service Award.” Indiana University. May 1977.
12. Edgar Lee Hewett Award. The Historical Society of New Mexico. April 23, 1988.
13. Certificate of Appointment: Chair of Military Affairs. U.S. Marine Corps. Command and Staff College Foundation. April 8-14, 1990.
See also Poster Collection See also Map Collection See also Sound Recordings Collection See also Film and Video Collection