Fort McKinney, Wyoming photograph album
Overview
Scenes of army life at Fort McKinney, Wyoming. Included in the collection are photographs of troops drilling, soldiers at recreation, officer's homes, a Chinese laundry, and other buildings at the fort. Among the army units shown are Troop H, C 8th Infantry, 6th Cavalry, and the 9th Cavalry. There are also views of the Custer Battlefield and towns in Wyoming including Clearmont, Buffalo, and Newcastle, as well as two photographs of Kansas City, Missouri. The album contains albumen and cyanotype photographs.
Dates
- Creation: approximately 1870s
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Extent
.25 Linear Feet (1 document case (153 photographs))
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
RH PH 143
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Glenn Books, 1990
- Title
- Guide to the Fort McKinney Collection
- Subtitle
- Fort McKinney, Wyoming photograph album
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by nd, 1992. Finding aid encoded by rw, 2008. Finding aid revised by dsw, 2020.
- Date
- 2008
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/1296928339
- Preferred citation
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Fort McKinney Collection, Kansas Collection, RH PH 143, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository