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Historian Chester L. Brooks has received the maps, which have been helpful. With the help of Harry F. Roberts, he also found a useful map at the Chateau de Mores.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-04-14
Under separate cover, Historian Chester L. Brooks returns books to the Library of Congress.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-04-07
Historian Chester L. Brooks returns the book Keogh, Comanche and Custer, which was very helpful, and describes the Keogh Trail.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-03-27
Historian Chester L. Brooks has interviewed T. Frank Roberts regarding the Keogh Trail and examines some of Roberts’s assertions.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-03-24
Handwritten notes from an interview with T. Frank Roberts, containing abbreviated stories of the pioneer days in Dakota Territory.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-03-18
Historian Chester L. Brooks thanks Kate Roberts Pelissier for the article. He has been working on his “Badlands to 1879” project, which is nearing completion. Brooks will be working on the Roosevelt period next and looks forward to cooperating with Pelissier.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-03-30
Historian Chester L. Brooks has not received the books he requested and speculates that the mailing address was incorrect. He requests that the books be forwarded to his office.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-03-24
Historian Chester L. Brooks thanks Director Toole and Rita McDonald for their assistance regarding the Major Lazelle expedition.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-03-24
Historian Chester L. Brooks requests information on an 1877 expedition by Major H. M. Lazelle.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-03-10
Historian Chester L. Brooks thanks Prudence Gearey Sand for the loan of On Creaking Wheels.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-03-05
Historian Chester L. Brooks has found On Creaking Wheels very helpful; it is the only resource that he has located covering a trip over the Keogh Trail.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-03-05
Historian Chester L. Brooks returns two articles and asks Father Pfaller if he has any information on Captain Dickey’s Trail or Major H. M. Lazelle’s Trail.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-03-10
Historian Chester L. Brooks requests information on David Sloane Stanley’s expedition for the Northern Pacific Railroad survey. He notes that members of the Smithsonian accompanied the expedition to collect scientific information, and that the Smithsonian may have photographs from the expedition.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-02-20
Historian Chester L. Brooks requests information on the Badlands expeditions of Major Lazelle and Captain Dickey. He would also like to borrow the book Keogh, Comanche and Custer.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-02-26
Historian Chester L. Brooks requests several books for his “The Badlands to 1879” project.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-02-19
Historian Chester L. Brooks asks if mountain howitzers were called plank cannons at the time of General Sully’s 1864 campaign, and why. Miss Rose may be able to locate a copy of Ole Johnson’s journal.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-02-17
Historian Chester L. Brooks requests several maps from the National Archives.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-02-12
Historian Chester L. Brooks requests to loan the report of the Secretary of War for 1871, 1872, and 1873 for his research on the Northern Pacific Railroad surveys.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-02-04
Historian Chester L. Brooks requests to loan General David Sloane Stanley’s Personal Memoirs.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-02-04
Historian Chester L. Brooks requests several maps for his research on military trails in western North Dakota.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-01-22