Letter from George F. Will to Chester L. Brooks
George F. Will briefly summarizes the evidence of prehistoric peoples that lived in the area of present day North Dakota.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1953-07-14
Your TR Source
Brooks, Chester L.
Letter from Arthur F. Wegener to Chester L. Brooks
Arthur F. Wegener encloses a sample of oil that might be used to treat and preserve the Maltese Cross cabin. He offers suggestions for how to give the wood a weathered look by adding pigment to the oil.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1956-07-26
Creator(s)
Letter from Ray H. Mattison to Chester L. Brooks
Historian Ray H. Mattison is conducting an historical study of the Elkhorn Ranch site. He asks if Chester L. Brooks might have any information regarding the site.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1958-12-04
Creator(s)
Letter from Anne McDonnell to Chester L. Brooks
The accompanying map is not present in either copy of the Larocque journal held by the Historical Society of Montana. Anne McDonnell suggests contacting W. Kaye Lamb, the Dominion Archivist of Canada.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1952-01-17
Creator(s)
Letter from Anne McDonnell to Chester L. Brooks
As requested, the Larocque journal has been mailed.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1952-03-14
Creator(s)
Letter from Clara S. Paine to Chester L. Brooks
Secretary Paine will search for the Nasatir article after returning from vacation.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1952-03-12
Creator(s)
Letter from Edward S. Luce to Chester L. Brooks
Superintendent Luce is sending his book, Keogh, Comanche and Custer. Luce is not familiar with the Keogh Trail and the trails in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana have not been researched heavily.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1953-03-23
Creator(s)
Letter from Ray W. Lingk to Chester L. Brooks
Ray W. Lingk is continuing his research on the Sentinel Butte graves and is attempting to locate old maps with military trails.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1953-05-10
Creator(s)
Letter from Herman R. Friis to Chester L. Brooks
Chief Archivist Herman R. Friis has located a photostat of the map requested by Historian Chester L. Brooks and a positive photostat will be created and mailed. The map is of “General J. N. G. Whistler’s reconnaissance from the Missouri River to the Yellowstone River in 1871.”
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1953-05-26
Creator(s)
Letter from Ray W. Lingk to Chester L. Brooks
Ray W. Lingk enjoyed the bird book and has been looking for the earliest mention of land being named Sentinel Butte.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1953-04-24
Creator(s)
Letter from Elisabeth H. Gazin to Chester L. Brooks
No photographs of the 1873 Stanley expedition were found at the Smithsonian Institution or the National Archives.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1953-04-13
Creator(s)
Letter from Herman R. Friis to Chester L. Brooks
The map of the 1864 Sully Expedition drawn by Lieutenant Colonel Pattee and requested by Historian Brooks could not be located. However, Chief Archivist Friis provides information on a different map from the same expedition, a copy of which could be provided upon request.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1953-02-27
Creator(s)
Letter from Dana Wright to Chester L. Brooks
Dana Wright is sending a few maps and would be pleased to make some trips with Chester L. Brooks. He hopes that Major Frank L. Anders publishes or releases his notes on the North Dakota military trails as they are the most complete source on the subject.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1953-04-10
Creator(s)
Letter from Kate Roberts Pelissier to Chester L. Brooks
Kate Roberts Pelissier sends an unnamed item to Historian Brooks.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
Unknown
Creator(s)
Letter from Rita McDonald to Chester L. Brooks
Assistant Librarian McDonald encloses some excerpts from the Avant Courier regarding Major Lazelle’s expedition.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1953-03-17
Creator(s)
Letter from Richard G. Wood to Chester L. Brooks
The National Archives does not loan out older records, but will try to make arrangements with the National Park Service to have microfilm available of the “records relating to Yellowstone Expeditions of 1871, 1872, and 1873.”
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1953-02-19
Creator(s)
Letter from Richard G. Wood to Chester L. Brooks
Chief Archivist Richard G. Wood will require further information in order to locate the documents requested by Historian Chester L. Brooks.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1953-02-12
Creator(s)
Letter from Herman R. Friis to Chester L. Brooks
Chief Archivist Herman R. Friis responds to Historian Chester L. Brooks’s request for several maps. Photostats of the maps can be made available.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1953-02-09
Creator(s)
Letter from Dana Wright to Chester L. Brooks
Dana Wright encloses his membership fee for the Nature and History Association of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. He has been researching the Sully expeditions and the Sibley march of 1863.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1952-12-29
Creator(s)
Letter from Dana Wright to Chester L. Brooks
Dana Wright has obtained a “Johnson-Anders write up” of the Custer Trail of 1874 and disagrees with several aspects of the map. He also has microfilm of Sibley and Custer records but was unable to view it due to a malfunctioning microfilm viewer.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1954-01-28