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Benjamin Henry Grierson Papers

Descriptive Summary

Title
Benjamin Henry Grierson Papers
Identifier
VAULT.Ayer.MS.3039
Repository
The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts
Language
English
Size
2.0 linear feet (5 boxes)
Dates
1865-1890
Collection Stack Location
VAULT 26 1-2
Abstract
Volunteer military officer during the Civil War, organizer of the U.S. Army Tenth Cavalry in 1866, commander of various Western army posts and active in opening the Western frontier until retirement in 1890. Grierson’s papers consist of correspondence (including over a hundred letters to his wife, Alice Kirk Grierson), documents such as orders, reports and maps and other military material, as well as personal miscellany relating to his service in the Western Territories. Microfilm copy available in the Newberry Library.
Language
Materials are in English.
Creator
Grierson, Benjamin Henry, 1826-1911

Provenance

Purchase, 1938, 1942.

Conditions Governing Access

The Benjamin Henry Grierson Papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).

Ownership and Literary Rights

The Benjamin Henry Grierson Papers are the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections.

Cite As

Benjamin Henry Grierson Papers, The Newberry Library, Chicago.

Processed by

Virginia Hay Smith, 2011.

Processing Information note

This collection was surveyed as part of the Black Metropolis Research Consortium's Survey Initiative on 2011 April14 by Lisa Calahan and Andrew Steadham.

Biography of Benjamin Henry Grierson

United States Army officer.

Benjamin Henry Grierson was born in Pittsburgh in 1826, grew up in Ohio, and finally settled in Jacksonville, Illinois, where he taught music and started a business career. At the start of the Civil War Grierson volunteered and soon became a staff officer in command of several cavalry divisions, achieving distinction during the years of conflict.

Although not a graduate of West Point, after the war Grierson decided to remain in the Regular Army. Given the rank of colonel, he accepted the appointment to organize the 10th U.S. Cavalry, one of two mounted regiments composed of black enlisted men and white officers that became known as the Buffalo Soldiers. He was brevetted brigadier general and major general in the regular army in 1867, beginning a long and vigorous career serving on the western frontier.

Grierson headed the District of the Indian Territory, commanding Fort Riley, Kansas and Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, from 1867 until 1869. He selected the site for Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and commanded the post until 1872. After two years supervising recruiting efforts in St. Louis, in 1875 he was sent to Fort Concho, Texas, where he then commanded the District of the Pecos from 1878 until 1880. In the following years he was in charge of the District of New Mexico and then the Department of Arizona.

For nearly a quarter of a century Grierson was actively engaged in scouting and exploring throughout the western states and territories, often in the midst of the most hostile Indians of the frontier. He was known to treat both Indians and his black troops as tolerantly as was possible and seems to have earned affection and loyalty from those men who served closely with him.

Grierson married Alice Kirk in 1854, and they had seven children. Alice died in 1888, and in 1897, Grierson married the widow Lillian Atwood King. In 1890, after finally being awarded the rank of brigadier general in the regular army, Grierson retired to his ranch in Concho, Texas. He died of a stroke in 1911.

Scope and Content of the Collection

Covering a quarter of a century of military service, the Benjamin H. Grierson Papers include correspondence; orders and reports (both manuscript and officially printed); miscellaneous military documents; miscellaneous material both professional and personal; some memorabilia, including cartes de visite of Grierson; and eleven maps, both published and manuscript.

The outgoing correspondence is mainly to Grierson’s wife, Alice Kirk Grierson, consisting of more than a hundred letters and telegrams. Among the few other letters are some to his brother John Grierson, to Indian Commissioner Felix Brunot, to President Grant, and to Generals Sheridan and Sherman. The large collection of incoming correspondence contains a number of letters from Grierson’s adjutants, Henry E. Alvord, Robert G. Smither and Samuel L. Woodward, as well as letters from Felix Brunot, William B. Hazen, Generals Ranald Mackenzie, Philip Sheridan and William T. Sherman. Other miscellaneous letters include one from William T. Sherman to Winfield Scott Hancock written in 1867 in praise of Grierson.

The military documents include journals of expeditions, orders to Grierson, and reports from Grierson, both officially printed and handwritten, and other miscellaneous military material include endorsements, pamphlets, rosters, etc. Among other miscellany are extensive reports and information on the 1887 Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation in New Mexico, newspaper clippings, poems and maps.

Organization

Papers are organized in the following series:

    Title Box
    Series 1: Outgoing Correspondence, 1865-1888
    Box 1
    Series 2: Incoming Correspondence, 1867-1890
    Boxes 2-3
    Series 3: Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1868-1889
    Box 3
    Series 4: Military Documents, 1866-1889
    Boxes 4-5
    Series 5: Miscellaneous Material, approximately 1865-1888
    Box 5
    Series 6: Maps, 1868-1889
    Box 5

Catalog Record

https://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/nby/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&v1=1&BBRecID=134330

Indexed Terms

Indexed Terms

Inventory

Series 1: Outgoing Correspondence,
1865-1888
Scope and Contents note

Letters to Grierson’s wife Alice Kirk Grierson, followed by a few to his brother John Grierson, to Indian Commissioner Felix Brunot, to Generals Philip Sheridan and William T. Sherman and President Grant. Includes a letter written in defense of black officer Henry O. Flipper.

Arrangement note

Arranged with Alice’s letters first, then alphabetically by correspondent.

Box 1
Folder 1
Title
To Alice Kirk Grierson,
Dates
Oct. 22, 1866
Box 1
Folder 2
Title
To Alice Kirk Grierson,
Dates
Sept. 20, 27, Oct. 6, 7 (and undated), 1867
Box 1
Folder 3
Title
To Alice Kirk Grierson,
Dates
June 10, 22, 23, July 5, 1868
Box 1
Folder 4
Title
To Alice Kirk Grierson,
Dates
Nov. 23, Dec. 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 1868
Box 1
Folder 5
Title
To Alice Kirk Grierson,
Dates
Dec. 18, 19, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 1868
Box 1
Folder 6
Title
To Alice Kirk Grierson,
Dates
Jan. 1, 6, 8, 9, 10, 1869
Box 1
Folder 7
Title
To Alice Kirk Grierson,
Dates
Jan. 12, 19, 20, 26, 27, 1869
Box 1
Folder 8
Title
To Alice Kirk Grierson,
Dates
Mar. 5, 11, 18, 20, 27, 31, 1869
Box 1
Folder 9
Title
To Alice Kirk Grierson,
Dates
April 2, 3, 7, Oct. 28, 1869
Box 1
Folder 11
Title
To Alice Kirk Grierson,
Dates
May 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 10, 1872
Box 1
Folder 12
Title
To Alice Kirk Grierson,
Dates
May 11, 12, 13, 15, 1872
Box 1
Folder 13
Title
To Alice Kirk Grierson,
Dates
May 16, 17, 18, 20, 22, 1872
Box 1
Folder 10
Title
To Alice Kirk Grierson,
Dates
Aug. 14, 1871
Box 1
Folder 14
Title
To Alice Kirk Grierson,
Dates
Apr. 16, Jun. 22, Jul. 9, 13, Sept. 17, 1875
Box 1
Folder 15
Title
To Alice Kirk Grierson,
Dates
Aug. 14, Sept. 10, 1876, Aug. 10, Dec. 12, 17, 20, 1877
Box 1
Folder 16
Title
To Alice Kirk Grierson,
Dates
May 20, 24, 25, 29, June 1, 1878
Box 1
Folder 17
Title
To Alice Kirk Grierson,
Dates
Oct. 11, 23, 24, 25, 1878
Box 1
Folder 18
Title
To Alice Kirk Grierson,
Dates
Nov. 5, 13, 15, 1878
Box 1
Folder 19
Title
To Alice Kirk Grierson,
Dates
April 16, 18, July 26, Aug. 19, 31, Nov. 15, 1879
Box 1
Folder 20
Title
To Alice Kirk Grierson, 7 telegrams,
Dates
1880
Box 1
Folder 21
Title
To Alice Kirk Grierson,
Dates
Mar. 29, 30, 31, 1880
Box 1
Folder 22
Title
To Alice Kirk Grierson,
Dates
April 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 1880
Box 1
Folder 23
Title
To Alice Kirk Grierson,
Dates
April 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 29, 1880
Box 1
Folder 24
Title
To Alice Kirk Grierson,
Dates
May 11, 12, 13, July 16, 20, 1880
Box 1
Folder 25
Title
To Alice Kirk Grierson,
Dates
Aug. 1, 2, 25, 29, Sept. 8, Oct. 18, 19, 1880
Box 1
Folder 26
Title
To Alice Kirk Grierson,
Dates
May 24, 31, June 17, 1885
Box 1
Folder 27
Title
To Henry E. Alvord,
Dates
April 12, 1869
Box 1
Folder 28
Title
To (Acting) Asst. Adj. General, Dept. of Arizona (in the field),
Dates
July 18, 1886
Box 1
Folder 29
Title
To Asst. Adj. General, Dept. of the Missouri,
Dates
May 20, 1870
Box 1
Folder 30
Title
To Asst. Adj. General, Dept. of Texas, San Antonio, TX,
Dates
March 8, 1878
Box 1
Folder 31
Title
To Asst. Adj. General, Dept. of Texas, San Antonio, TX,
Dates
April 5, 1882
Box 1
Folder 32
Title
To Felix Brunot,
Dates
Aug. 1869 and Nov. 22, 1872
Box 1
Folder 33
Title
To Lt. Connelly,
Dates
188-?
Box 1
Folder 34
Title
To President Grant,
Dates
Dec. 29, 1872
Box 1
Folder 35
Title
To John Grierson,
Dates
Mar. 23, Apr. 3, Dec. 2, 24, 1868
Box 1
Folder 36
Title
To John Grierson,
Dates
Jan. 2, 26, 30, Mar. 5, July 28, Aug. 9, Nov. 2, 1869
Box 1
Folder 37
Title
To John Grierson,
Dates
Feb. 25, 1870, June 6, July 24, 31, Aug. 10, 1871
Box 1
Folder 38
Title
To Gen. Joseph Hawley,
Dates
Feb. 1, 1888
Box 1
Folder 39
Title
To Lt. Col. Daniel Huston,
Dates
April 29, 1869
Box 1
Folder 40
Title
To John Kirk,
Dates
April 6, 1869
Box 1
Folder 41
Title
To Brig. Gen. C. McKeever,
Dates
June 19, 1867
Box 1
Folder 42
Title
To Col. W.G. Mitchell,
Dates
Feb. 10, 1870
Box 1
Folder 43
Title
To Quartermasters Agent,
Dates
June 16, 1886
Box 1
Folder 44
Title
To Col. A.F. Rockwell,
Dates
April 27, 1869
Box 1
Folder 45
Title
To Gen. Philip Sheridan,
Dates
Mar. 5, 1869
Box 1
Folder 46
Title
To Gen. William S. Sherman,
Dates
Feb. 22, 1869, Sept. 5, 1871
Box 1
Folder 47
Title
To Robert G. Smither,
Dates
Aug. 11, 1871
Box 1
Folder 48
Title
To Lawrie Tatum,
Dates
Sept. 30, 1869
Box 1
Folder 49
Title
To James N. Tyner,
Dates
Sept. 18, 1878
Box 1
Folder 50
Title
To Whom it concerns (re: charges against Henry O. Flipper),
Dates
Nov. 1, 1881
Series 2: Incoming Correspondence,
1867-1890
Scope and Contents note

Includes correspondence to Grierson from Henry E. Alvord, Felix Brunot, Ulysses S. Grant, William B. Hazen, Ranald S. Mackenzie, Philip H. Sheridan, William T. Sherman, Robert G. Smither and Samuel L. Woodward.

Arrangement note

Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.

Box 2
Folder 51
Title
Asst. Adj. General to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
May 9, 1879
Box 2
Folder 52
Title
Alvord, Henry E. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
May 21, 23, Nov. 3, 11, Dec. 22, 1867
Box 2
Folder 53
Title
Alvord, Henry E. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Feb. 29, Mar. 15, 30, Sept. 27, Oct. 4, 11, Nov. 12, 16, 1868
Box 2
Folder 54
Title
Alvord, Henry E. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Jan. 4, 10, 30, Feb. 2, 9, 1869
Box 2
Folder 55
Title
Alvord, Henry E. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Mar. 4, April 10, 18, 19, 21, 24, 28, 1869
Box 2
Folder 56
Title
Alvord, Henry E. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
May 2, 5, 8, 19, Aug. 10, Sept. 22, 1869
Box 2
Folder 57
Title
Alvord, Henry E. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Jan. 23, Mar. 6, Apr. 10, Aug. 20, Oct. 16, Dec. 21, 1870
Box 2
Folder 58
Title
Alvord, Henry E. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Jan. 11, Mar. 12, 1871, June 9, Sept. 8, 19, Oct. 31, Nov. 5, Dec. 22, 1872
Box 2
Folder 59
Title
Alvord, Henry E. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Jan. 19, Feb. 20, Sept, 28, 1873, Jan. 19, 1874
Box 2
Folder 60
Title
Alvord, Henry E. to B.H. Grierson, fragments (2),
Dates
undated
Box 2
Folder 61
Title
Ayers, John to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Oct. 17, 1887
Box 2
Folder 62
Title
Baldwin, S.A. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Sept. 15, 1871, Nov. 27, 1872
Box 2
Folder 63
Title
Barber, M. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
June 14, 1886, May 3, Oct. 31, Nov. 3, 1887
Box 2
Folder 64
Title
Beck, William H. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Dec. 14, 1872, Sept. 21, Oct. 26, 1873, July 23, Sept. 5, 1874
Box 2
Folder 65
Title
Boone, A.G. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Aug. 25, 1869
Box 2
Folder 66
Title
Brunot, Felix R. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Nov. 1, Dec. 17, 1869, Feb. 15, May 12, June 18, 1870
Box 2
Folder 67
Title
Carpenter, Louis Henry to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Mar. 10, Sept. 20, 1869, June 27, Nov. 6, 1872, Jan. 29, Aug. 5, 1874, Feb. 6, 1887
Box 2
Folder 68
Title
Chandler, William B. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Oct. 18, 1887
Box 2
Folder 69
Title
Colyer, Vincent to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
May 15, 1869
Box 2
Folder 70
Title
Cooper, Charles to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Aug. 22, 1880, June 17, 1881
Box 2
Folder 71
Title
Cox, Charles G. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Feb. 22, 1869
Box 2
Folder 72
Title
Davis, Charles L. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Oct. 4, Nov. 20 (2), 1888
Box 2
Folder 73
Title
de Savines, de Lafourey (?) to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Oct. 7, 1883
Box 2
Folder 74
Title
J.G. Evans and Co. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Feb. 8, 1870
Box 2
Folder 75
Title
Floyd-Jones, DeLancey to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Mar. 22, 27, 1869
Box 2
Folder 76
Title
Ford, C.W. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
April 19, 1873
Box 2
Folder 77
Title
Forsythe, George A. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
June 4, 1869
Box 2
Folder 78
Title
Foulke, W.L. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Sept. 16, 1872
Box 2
Folder 79
Title
Fry, James B. to B.H. Grierson (2 telegrams),
Dates
187-
Box 2
Folder 80
Title
U.S. Grant to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Oct. 10, 1882
Box 2
Folder 81
Title
Grimes, W.M. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Dec. 21, 1868, Jan. 11, 15, 1869
Box 2
Folder 82
Title
Harmon, William R. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Dec. 9, 1872
Box 2
Folder 83
Title
Hatch, Edward to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
July 18, 1868, Mar. 15, 1873
Box 2
Folder 84
Title
Hazen, William B. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Nov. 10, 1868, Mar. 6, 7, 10, 10, 19, 1869
Box 2
Folder 85
Title
Hazen, William B. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Apr. 10, 12, June 23, Jul. 9, Aug. 22, Sept. 1, 1869, Jul. 5, 1871
Box 2
Folder 86
Title
Headquarters, Dept. of the Missouri to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Jan. 25, 1870
Box 2
Folder 87
Title
Henderson, Richmond to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Aug. 16, 1870
Box 2
Folder 88
Title
Haog, Enoch to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Sept. 11, 1872
Box 2
Folder 89
Title
Howard, O.O. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
May 19, 1890
Box 2
Folder 90
Title
Jones, Horace P. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Aug. 15, 1883
Box 2
Folder 91
Title
Jones, John B. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Jul. 5, 1872
Box 2
Folder 92
Title
Kelly, J.M. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Sept. 9, 1874
Box 2
Folder 93
Title
Keyes, A.S.B. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Jan. 11, 1873
Box 2
Folder 94
Title
Lawson, G. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
June 4, 1874
Box 2
Folder 95
Title
Mackenzie, Ranald S. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
June 24, Jul. 7, 1871, July 27, undated
Box 2
Folder 96
Title
Marcy, Randolph B. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
June 8, 1871
Box 2
Folder 97
Title
Mathewson, William to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Mar. 1, 1873
Box 2
Folder 98
Title
Maxon, M.M. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
1882
Box 2
Folder 99
Title
McKeever, C. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Mar. 19, 1868
Box 2
Folder 100
Title
McLaughlin, John H. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Mar. 27, 1890
Box 2
Folder 101
Title
Miles, Nelson A. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Mar. 29, 1885, Jan. 4, 31, 1886, Sept. 20, Dec. 17, 1887, Mar. 4, 1889, undated
Box 2
Folder 102
Title
Mills, Anson to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Aug. 11, 1882
Box 2
Folder 103
Title
Myers, J. Will. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Jul. 13, 1874
Box 2
Folder 104
Title
Myrick, John D. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
June 21, 1871
Box 2
Folder 105
Title
Nordstrom, Charles E. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
April 17, 1869, Jul. 31, 1872, Jul. 15, Aug. 23, 25, Sept. 6, 11, 1874
Box 2
Folder 106
Title
Oakes, James to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Oct. 7, 1869, Sept. 17, 1870
Box 2
Folder 107
Title
Penrose, William H. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Nov. 4, 1884, Jan. 24, 1888
Box 2
Folder 108
Title
Pope, John to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Jul. 15, 1870
Box 2
Folder 109
Title
Prince, L. Bradford (Governor) to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Mar. 18, 1890
Box 2
Folder 110
Title
Quigle (?) to B.H. Grierson (telegrams),
Dates
188-
Box 2
Folder 111
Title
Quimby (?) to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Dec. 19, 18-
Box 2
Folder 112
Title
Rees, R. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Jan. 5, 8, 1869
Box 2
Folder 113
Title
Richards, Jonathan to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Jul. 9, 1870
Box 2
Folder 114
Title
Rockwell, Almon F. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
May 26, 1869
Box 2
Folder 115
Title
Roy, James P. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Feb. 15, Mar. 5, 9, 12, 17, 26, 30, April 14, 1869
Box 3
Folder 116
Title
Schofield, George W. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Aug. 12, 13 (2), 30, Sept. 15, 1871, Apr. 2, 1872
Box 3
Folder 117
Title
Sheridan, Philip H. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Jan. 3, 1868, Feb. 14, 23, May 1, 1869, Mar. 2, 1872, Dec. 2, 30, 1873, undated
Box 3
Folder 118
Title
Sherman, William T. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
June 12, 23, Aug. 13, 1871, Sept. 28, Nov. 29, Dec. 30, 1872, Feb. 20, 1873, Jan. 4, 1881, Dec. 14, 1887
Box 3
Folder 119
Title
Smither, Robert G. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Mar. 9, June 3, Aug. 31, 1874, Mar. 20, Apr. 9, May 14, 1879, Jul. 17, Aug. 6, 22, 29, 1880, May 1, 1882, May 6, 1883, May 27, June 18, 1886, Aug. 14, 1887
Box 3
Folder 120
Title
Smither, Robert G. to B.H. Grierson: letter with letter to Indianapolis News,
Dates
Aug. 31, 1880
Box 3
Folder 121
Title
Stanley, David to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Nov. 26, 1884, Feb. 6, 1889, undated
Box 3
Folder 122
Title
Stanton, Edwin M. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
June 3, 1863
Box 3
Folder 123
Title
Strong, John D. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Dec. 4, 1867
Box 3
Folder 124
Title
Strout, F.W. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Mar. 12, 1883
Box 3
Folder 125
Title
Tatum, Lawrie to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Feb. 9, 1870, Aug. 18, 1872
Box 3
Folder 126
Title
Taylor, [?] to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Sept. 22, 1876
Box 3
Folder 127
Title
Thayer, John Milton (Nebraska Governor) to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
April 9, 1887
Box 3
Folder 128
Title
Tiffany, W.H. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Sept. 1, 1875
Box 3
Folder 129
Title
Valle, Adolfo to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
July 25, 27, 1880
Box 3
Folder 130
Title
Vincent, Thomas M. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Mar. 20, 1879, Feb. 11, 1880, July 19, 1882, Sept. 15, 1883, Dec. 13, undated
Box 3
Folder 131
Title
Volkmar, William J. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
May 27, 1889
Box 3
Folder 132
Title
Webb, John W. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
June 1, 1880
Box 3
Folder 133
Title
Whaley, H.A. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Jul. 3, 1870
Box 3
Folder 134
Title
Welton, H.S. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
May 29, June 29, Sept. 1, 1888, Mar. 10, Apr. 6, 1889
Box 3
Folder 135
Title
Whipple, William D. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Nov. 16, 1874
Box 3
Folder 136
Title
Woodward, Samuel L. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Sept. 19, Oct. 1, Oct. 16, Nov. 3, 1868
Box 3
Folder 137
Title
Woodward, Samuel L. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Mar. 8, Apr. 16, 21, 24, 27, May 4, 8, 1869
Box 3
Folder 138
Title
Woodward, Samuel L. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
May 4, 22, Jul. 3, 11, Aug. 25, Sept. 28, Nov. 24, 1870
Box 3
Folder 139
Title
Woodward, Samuel L. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Aug. 30, 1871, May 10, 1872
Box 3
Folder 140
Title
Woodward, Samuel L. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Sept. 3, 9, 23, Oct. 12, 15, 18, Dec. 7, 28, 1874
Box 3
Folder 141
Title
Woodward, Samuel L. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Jan. 12, 17, Feb. 23, Mar. 6, 21, 27, 1875
Box 3
Folder 142
Title
Woodward, Samuel L. to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Dec. 29, 1879, Jul. 27, Sept. 19, 1880, Mar. 13, 1882, Sept. 9, 1889, Mar. 3, 1890
Box 3
Folder 143
Title
Zulick, C. Meyer to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Mar. 15, 31, 1887
Series 3: Miscellaneous Correspondence,
1868-1889
Scope and Contents note

Group of letters not written to or from Grierson, including letters written by General Nelson A. Miles and William T. Sherman, both in praise and support of Grierson.

Arrangement note

Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.

Box 3
Folder 144
Title
Alvord, Henry E. to Samuel Woodward (with Indian roster),
Dates
Feb. 5, 1869
Box 3
Folder 145
Title
Alvord,
Dates
Martha to Alice Kirk Grierson, Jan. 18, 1868
Box 3
Folder 146
Title
Armstrong, Fr. C. to Nelson A. Miles,
Dates
Jul. 11, 1889
Box 3
Folder 147
Title
Atkins, J.D. to H.S. Welton,
Dates
June 27, 1887
Box 3
Folder 148
Title
Bryant, M. to R. Rees,
Dates
Mar. 20, 1869
Box 3
Folder 149
Title
Buckley and Evans (Proposition to cultivate corn for Fort Sill, Indian Territory),
Dates
Apr. 21, 1871
Box 3
Folder 150
Title
Byrne, Edward, to Adj. General, Dept. of the Missouri with response of B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Aug. 9, 1869
Box 3
Folder 151
Title
Carpenter, L.H. to Mrs. Grierson,
Dates
Nov. 2, 1878
Box 3
Folder 152
Title
Carpenter, Louis Henry to J. Will Myers,
Dates
June 21, 1871
Box 3
Folder 153
Title
Caziare, Louis V. to "Gen'l Gordon" (re: cyphers),
Dates
Feb. 18, 1869
Box 3
Folder 154
Title
Central Pacific Railroad to Albert G. Brackett,
Dates
Apr. 2, [1885]
Box 3
Folder 155
Title
Checote, Samuel to Major Vore (?),
Dates
Sept. 3, 1872
Box 3
Folder 156
Title
Connelly, Lt. (2 telegrams),
Dates
1886
Box 3
Folder 157
Title
Crittenden, J.J. to Charles H. Grierson,
Dates
Nov. 8, 1887
Box 3
Folder 158
Title
Crook, George to U.S.A. Adjutant General,
Dates
Feb. 19, 1886
Box 3
Folder 159
Title
Grierson, Charles H. to Mr. Hartman,
Dates
Oct. 1, 1887
Box 3
Folder 160
Title
Grierson, Robert K. to Alice Kirk Grierson,
Dates
July 19, 1880
Box 3
Folder 161
Title
Grierson, Robert K. to "Bessie",
Dates
Oct. 21, 22, 1880
Box 3
Folder 162
Title
Hazen, William B. to James P. Roy,
Dates
Nov. 7, 1868
Box 3
Folder 163
Title
Headquarters at Camp Wichita to A.F. Rockwell (fragment),
Dates
April 9, 1869
Box 3
Folder 164
Title
Hoag, Enoch to Philip McKusker,
Dates
Jan. 3, 1871
Box 3
Folder 165
Title
Hunter, R.W. to Samuel Woodward,
Dates
Sept. 28, 1887
Box 3
Folder 166
Title
Lee, P.L. to Samuel Woodward,
Dates
Oct. 8, 1874
Box 3
Folder 167
Title
Lochoharjo [sic] (Creek Indian Chief Locher Harjo) to Enoch Hoag,
Dates
Sept. 10, 1872
Box 3
Folder 168
Title
Miles, Nelson to Adj. Gen. of the Army, Washington D.C.,
Dates
Mar. 1, 1887
Box 3
Folder 169
Title
Myers, W. to William H. Gilman,
Dates
Feb. 13, 1871
Box 3
Folder 170
Title
Quartermaster Generals Office, Wash. D.C. to Col. D.H. Rucker,
Dates
Mar. 24, 1871
Box 3
Folder 171
Title
Rockwell, A.F. (Quartermaster) to Fort Gibson, Fort Leavenworth, Fort Sill,
Dates
Jan.-Dec., 1871
Box 3
Folder 172
Title
Schofield, John to Adj. Gen., U.S. Army, Washington D.C.,
Dates
Nov. 1, 1886
Box 3
Folder 173
Title
Sherman, William T. to Winfield S. Hancock,
Dates
Jan. 25, 1867
Box 3
Folder 174
Title
Shufeldt, R.W. to Sec. of War,
Dates
Oct. 14, 1887
Box 3
Folder 175
Title
Smither, Robert G. to Post Adj., Fort Davis, TX,
Dates
Jul. 21, 1884
Box 3
Folder 176
Title
Stanley, David S. to Adj. General, Division of the Missouri,
Dates
Mar. 24, 1885
Box 3
Folder 177
Title
Townsend, E.D. to Philip H. Sheridan,
Dates
Feb. 18, 1869
Box 3
Folder 178
Title
Woodward, Samuel L. to John [?],
Dates
Aug. 12, 1877
Series 4: Military Documents,
1866-1889
Scope and Contents note

Includes journals, orders, reports and miscellaneous military documents. Material includes journals and diaries of expeditions in western territories (1868, 1878, 1879). Also, manuscript and printed field, general, and special orders (1868-1888) and both manuscript and printed reports (1866-1889). Also miscellaneous military documents, such as endorsements, Heliograph Department Reports, published reports on military careers and services of Grierson and adjutant Samuel L. Woodward, and rosters for the Department of Arizona.

Arrangement note

Arranged alphabetically and by type of material.

Box 4
Folder 179
Title
Journals/Diaries: Memorandum of March from Ft. Riley, Kansas to Ft. Gibson, C.N. Indian Territory (April, 1868) by W.M. Grimes,
Dates
1868
Box 4
Folder 180
Title
Journals/Diaries: Journal of an Expedition to the Wichita Mountains from June 1 to July 13, 1868 by Brig. Major S.L. Woodman, U.S. Army (See Ayer MS Map #6),
Dates
July, 1868
Box 4
Folder 181
Title
Journals/Diaries: Report of Expedition from Fort Arbuckle, C.N. to the Wichita Mountains by B.H. Grierson,
Dates
July 14, 1868
Box 4
Folder 182
Title
Journals/Diaries: Diary of Two Trips in the Up Country [C.S. Hodges],
Dates
May 14-June 26, 1878, Oct. 27-Nov. 25, 1879
Box 4
Folder 183
Title
Journals/Diaries: Tabular Statement of Expeditions and Scouts made in the District of the Pecos, during the year ending Dec. 31,
Dates
1879
Box 4
Folder 184
Title
Orders: Headquarters of the Army, Adj. General's Office, Washington, General Orders No. 17,
Dates
Mar. 15, 1869
Box 4
Folder 185
Title
Orders: Headquarters of the Army, Adj. General's Office, Washington, General Court Martial, Orders No. 35,
Dates
June 18, 1879
Box 4
Folder 186
Title
Orders: Headquarters of the Army, Adj. General's Office, Washington, Special Orders,
Dates
1872-1883
Box 4
Folder 187
Title
Orders: Headquarters Army of the United States, St. Louis, MO, Special Orders No. 24,
Dates
Apr. 16, 1875
Box 4
Folder 188
Title
Orders: Department of the Arizona, in the Field, Fort Bowie, A.T. Field Orders No. 29,
Dates
Apr. 15, 1886
Box 4
Folder 189
Title
Orders: Headquarters Department of the Arizona in the Field, Fort Bowie, A.T. Field Orders No. 42,
Dates
May 7, 1886
Box 4
Folder 190
Title
Orders: Headquarters Department of the Arizona in the Field, Fort Bowie, A.T. Field Orders No. 49,
Dates
May 21, 1886
Box 4
Folder 191
Title
Orders: Headquarters Department of the Arizona, Los Angeles, General Orders No. 24,
Dates
Aug. 20, 1887
Box 4
Folder 192
Title
Orders: Headquarters Department of the Arizona, Los Angeles, Special Orders No. 9,
Dates
Jan. 27, 1887
Box 4
Folder 193
Title
Orders: Headquarters Department of the Arizona, Whipple Barracks, Prescott, Special Orders Nos. 41, 54, 56, 59, 92, 106,
Dates
May 3-Oct. 25, 1886
Box 4
Folder 194
Title
Orders: Headquarters Military Division of the Missouri, Chicago, IL, General Orders No. 8,
Dates
June 29, 1869
Box 4
Folder 195
Title
Orders: Headquarters Military Division of the Missouri, Chicago, IL, Special Orders No. 94,
Dates
Sept. 15, 1882
Box 4
Folder 196
Title
Orders: Headquarters Department of the Missouri, Fort Leavenworth, KS, General Orders,
Dates
1869-1872
Box 4
Folder 197
Title
Orders: Headquarters Department of the Missouri, Fort Leavenworth, KS, Special Orders No. 162,
Dates
Aug. 19, 1868
Box 4
Folder 198
Title
Orders: Headquarters Department of the Missouri in the Field, Medicine Bluff Creek, Wichita Mountains, I.T., Special Field Orders No. 17,
Dates
Feb. 13, 1869
Box 4
Folder 199
Title
Orders: Headquarters Department of the Missouri, St. Louis, MO, Special Orders No. 231,
Dates
Dec. 9, 1869
Box 4
Folder 200
Title
Orders: Headquarters District of New Mexico, in the Field, Mescalero Agency, NM, General Field Orders No. 3,
Dates
April 17, 1880
Box 4
Folder 201
Title
Orders: Headquarters District of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM, Special Orders No. 26, 48,
Dates
May 24, Oct. 3, 1887
Box 4
Folder 202
Title
Orders: Headquarters District of the Pecos, Fort Concho, TX, General Orders No. 3,
Dates
July 9, 1880
Box 4
Folder 203
Title
Orders: Headquarters District of the Pecos, Fort Concho, TX, Special Orders No. 1, 6,
Dates
Mar. 25, 1873, Mar. 6, 1880
Box 4
Folder 204
Title
Orders: Headquarters District of Texas, San Antonio, TX, General Orders No. 5,
Dates
Apr. 3, 1872, Sept. 22, 1883
Box 4
Folder 205
Title
Orders: Headquarters District of Texas, San Antonio, TX, Special Orders,
Dates
1873-1883
Box 4
Folder 206
Title
Orders: Headquarters Tenth U.S. Cavalry, Whipple Barracks, A.T., Orders No. 17,
Dates
July 10, 1886
Box 4
Folder 207
Title
Orders: Headquarters Tenth U.S. Cavalry, Santa Fe, NM, Orders No. 57,
Dates
Sept. 26, 1887
Box 4
Folder 208
Title
Reports: Alvord, Henry E.-Report on site for army post and Indian reservation in the Washita River valley,
Dates
Jan. 9, 1869
Box 4
Folder 209
Title
Reports: Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., Reports on Indians,
Dates
June 20-26, 1871
Box 4
Folder 210
Title
Reports: District of the Pecos, descriptive report,
Dates
undated
Box 4
Folder 211
Title
Reports: Grierson, B.H. to Asst. Adj. General, Dept. of the Missouri, Report on Indians near Fort Sill, I.T.,
Dates
Aug. 10, 1869
Box 4
Folder 212
Title
Reports: Grierson, B.H. to Asst. Adj. General, Dept. of the Missouri, Report on Indians near Fort Sill, I.T.,
Dates
June 14, 1870
Box 4
Folder 213
Title
Reports: Grierson, B.H. to Asst. Adj. General, Dept. of the Missouri, Report on Indians near Fort Sill, I.T.,
Dates
June 24, 1870
Box 4
Folder 214
Title
Reports: Grierson, B.H. to Asst. Adj. General, Dept. of the Missouri, Fort Leavenworth, KS, Report on territory around Fort Sill, I.T.,
Dates
Sept. 4, 1871
Box 4
Folder 215
Title
Reports: Grierson, B.H., Fort Concho, TX to Asst. Adj. General, Report on explorations made of country from Concho to Pena Colorado, TX,
Dates
Sept. 23, 1879
Box 4
Folder 216
Title
Reports: Grierson, B.H. to Asst. Adj. General, Report from Fort Concho, TX,
Dates
Oct. 18, 1879
Box 4
Folder 217
Title
Reports: Grierson, B.H. to Asst. Adj. General, Dept. of Texas, Report on District of the Pecos, Fort Concho, TX,
Dates
Dec. 31, 1879
Box 4
Folder 218
Title
Reports: Grierson, B.H. to Asst. Adj. General, Dept. of Texas, Report on Expedition to Mescalero Agency, NM,
Dates
May 21, 1880
Box 4
Folder 219
Title
Reports: Grierson, B.H. to Asst. Adj. General, Dept. of Texas, Regarding actions of Captain (Robert) Smither,
Dates
Mar. 14, 1885
Box 4
Folder 220
Title
Reports: Grierson, B.H., Annual Report of Desertions in the Dept. of Arizona,
Dates
1889
Box 4
Folder 221
Title
Reports: Headquarters Dept. of Texas, San Antonio, TX, Brig. Gen. E.O.C. Ord to Adj. Gen. of the Army, Washington, D.C., concerning a map of Western Texas,
Dates
Apr. 16, 1879
Box 4
Folder 222
Title
Reports: Headquarters Dept. of Texas, San Antonio, TX, Maj. Gen. E.O.C. Ord to Adj. Gen., Military Division of the Missouri, Chicago, IL,
Dates
Oct. 1, 1880
Box 4
Folder 223
Title
Reports: Headquarters Dept. of Texas, San Antonio, TX, Report by Medical Director of the department, relative to the soldiers ration…,
Dates
Dec. 6, 1880
Box 4
Folder 224
Title
Reports: Headquarters Fort Sill, I.T. to Asst. Adj. Gen. Department of the Missouri, St. Louis, MO,
Dates
June 21, 1870
Box 4
Folder 225
Title
Reports: Headquarters Dist. Indian Territory, Fort Gibson, C.N., Report on Indians (unsigned),
Dates
Feb. 22, 1869
Box 4
Folder 226
Title
Reports: Descriptive report of Fort Sill in Indian Territory,
Dates
Feb. 15, 1872
Box 4
Folder 227
Title
Reports: Navajo Agency, NM, Annual Report,
Dates
Sept. 1, 1888
Box 4
Folder 228
Title
Reports: Notes and fragments on Indian matters,
Dates
undated
Box 4
Folder 229
Title
Reports: Ordnance Returns, Fort Sill, I.T., 1st quarter of 1870
Box 4
Folder 230
Title
Reports: Quartermaster's Invoice of Clothing, Camp and Garrison Equipage, Fort Leavenworth, KS,
Dates
Apr. 1, 1867
Box 4
Folder 231
Title
Reports: Quartermaster's Monthly Return of Stores, Fort Leavenworth, TX,
Dates
Dec. 1866
Box 4
Folder 232
Title
Reports: Ramsey, Frank D. to Commanding Officer Fort Verde, A.T., Report of Reservation,
Dates
Apr. 22, 1889
Box 4
Folder 233
Title
Reports: Whipple Barracks, A.T. to Maj. Barbour, Asst. Adj. Gen.,
Dates
June 18, 1886
Box 5
Folder 234
Title
Miscellaneous: Deposition of M. Armstrong of Buckley Beef Contractor,
Dates
Feb. 13, 1871
Box 5
Folder 235
Title
Miscellaneous: 3 depositions (by W. McPherson, W. Madden, M. Armstrong) re: Buckley Beef Contractor's unethical practices,
Dates
Feb. 14, 17, 21, 1871
Box 5
Folder 236
Title
Miscellaneous: Catalogue of Maps and Tracts in Engineer Office Headquarters of Arizona,
Dates
Dec. 1, 1890
Box 5
Folder 237
Title
Miscellaneous: Endorsement of Brig. Gen. Nelson A. Miles of Col. B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Mar. 3, 1887
Box 5
Folder 238
Title
Miscellaneous: Endorsement to Adj. Gen. of the Army, Headquarters Division of the Pacific,
Dates
Mar. 26, 1890
Box 5
Folder 239
Title
Miscellaneous: Grierson's application for appointment as Brig. General, U.S. Army with printed letters of recommendation,
Dates
Mar. 28, 1887, Apr. 4, 1888
Box 5
Folder 240
Title
Miscellaneous: Headquarters Fort Sill, I.T., letter to post traders J.S. Evans and Co. concerning trading with Indians (fragment),
Dates
Nov. 15, 1869
Box 5
Folder 241
Title
Miscellaneous: House of Representatives, Committee on Military Affairs, Washington D.C., Questionnaire to B.H. Grierson,
Dates
Feb. 21, 1872
Box 5
Folder 242
Title
Miscellaneous: Instructions for the Guidance of Signal Officers in charge of Heliograph Divisions and Stations, Headquarters Dept. of Arizona,
Dates
May, 1890
Box 5
Folder 243
Title
Miscellaneous: Military Record of Samuel L. Woodward, U.S. Army,
Dates
1861-1885
Box 5
Folder 244
Title
Miscellaneous: Personnel report on Maj. Meredith H. Kidd,
Dates
undated
Box 5
Folder 245
Title
Miscellaneous: Record of Gen. Grierson's services (1861-1882) during the war and since on the frontier,
Dates
undated
Box 5
Folder 246
Title
Miscellaneous: Report of Concerted Practice Department Heliograph System…, Headquarters Dept. of Arizona,
Dates
Dec. 16, 1889
Box 5
Folder 247
Title
Miscellaneous: Roster Department of Arizona, Asst. Adj. General's Office, Los Angeles, CA,
Dates
Jan. 1, Mar. 1, 1889
Box 5
Folder 248
Title
Miscellaneous: Roster Department of Arizona, Asst. Adj. General's Office, Los Angeles, CA,
Dates
Oct. 15, 1888
Series 5: Miscellaneous Material,
approximately 1865-1888
Scope and Contents note

Includes an address and argument by Governor Edmund G. Ross of New Mexico (1888), extensive reports and information on the Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation in NM (1887), newspaper clippings, poems and other memorabilia and cartes-de-visite of Grierson.

Arrangement note

Arranged alphabetically by type of material.

Box 5
Folder 249
Title
Address of Gov. Ross of New Mexico in behalf of legislation for the settlement of Spanish and Mexican land grants in NM,
Dates
Jan. 11, Feb. 11, 1888
Box 5
Folder 250
Title
Concert program, 10th Cavalry Band at Fort Concho,
Dates
Apr. 2, 1881
Box 5
Folder 251
Title
Concert program, 24th Infantry Band at Fort Davis, TX,
Dates
Jul. 15, Sept. 10, 1880
Box 5
Folder 252
Title
Description of area around Tucson, AZ (fragment),
Dates
undated
Box 5
Folder 253
Title
Fort Davis and Marfa Railway Co., Stockholders Meeting,
Dates
Jan. 12, 1885
Box 5
Folder 254
Title
Invitation to meet Sherman,
Dates
May 26, 1871
Box 5
Folder 255
Title
Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation, Reports by survivors of the territory,
Dates
Aug. 15, Oct. 1, 1887
Box 5
Folder 256
Title
Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation, U.S. Office of Indian Affairs, correspondence to H.S. Welton,
Dates
Mar.-Sept. 1887
Box 5
Folder 257
Title
Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation, Pres. Cleveland Executive Order to establish territory in NM for Jicarilla Apaches (copy),
Dates
Feb. 11, 1887
Box 5
Folder 258
Title
Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation, H.S. Welton Notebook of Bona fide and Fraudulent Claimants and Settlers,
Dates
1887
Box 5
Folder 259
Title
Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation, H.S. Welton, U.S. Indian Agent, copies of letters regarding Jicarilla Apaches,
Dates
Mar. 28-Sept. 11, 1887
Box 5
Folder 260
Title
Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation, newspaper clipping,
Dates
Oct. 15, 1887
Box 5
Folder 261
Title
Memorabilia: Invitations, calling card, program, sketch,
Dates
1876, 1886, undated
Box 5
Folder 262
Title
Newspaper clippings, undated misc., Grierson and Indian affairs,
Dates
1860-1890
Box 5
Folder 263
Title
Photographs: Grierson, B.H.,
Dates
undated
Box 5
Folder 264
Title
Poems,
Dates
1880 and undated
Box 5
Folder 265
Title
Report on irrigation and reclamation of arid lands by Edward B. Mosely, Asst. Surgeon, U.S.A.,
Dates
undated
Box 5
Folder 266
Title
Sherman, William T., Note on books,
Dates
undated
Box 5
Folder 267
Title
Tom Green County, TX to 25th Judicial District: petition for a jail and schools,
Dates
Nov. 13, 1875
Series 6: Maps,
1868-1889
Scope and Contents note

Each map is individually cataloged in the Newberry online catalog.

Arrangement note

Five small maps are housed with the Papers, six larger maps are located in the Vault map drawer.

Box 5
Folder 268
Title
Map #1[cataloged 4033.T61872] Fort Concho and Fort Chadbourne regions in west central Texas,
Dates
1872
Box 5
Folder 269
Title
Map #2 [cataloged 4022.C3 1869.R6] Canadian River in Oklahoma (with letter) drawn by (?) Aird,
Dates
Feb. 20, 1869
Box 5
Folder 270
Title
Map #3 [cataloged 4020 1872.07] Routes of Gens. Grierson, MacKinzie, Davidson, Cols. Schofield, Carpenter, Capt. Baldwin over the plains,
Dates
1872
Box 5
Folder 271
Title
Maps #4 and #5 [cataloged 4324.F6 1886.F6, F6a] Fort Selden, NM with written description,
Dates
1886
Box 5
Folder 272
Title
Map #6 [LOCATED IN VAULT MAP DRAWER]: Route of U.S. Cavalry expedition to the Wichita Mts., Indian Territory,
Dates
1868
Box 5
Folder 273
Title
Map #7 [LOCATED IN VAULT MAP DRAWER]: Outline sketch of the military reservation of Fort Verde, Arizona,
Dates
1889
Box 5
Folder 274
Title
Map #8 [LOCATED IN VAULT MAP DRAWER]: Fractional township No. 5 South range, No. 13 West, San Bernardino meridian,
Dates
1888
Box 5
Folder 275
Title
Map #9 [LOCATED IN VAULT MAP DRAWER]: Showing the location of military posts, Indian reservations and principal routes in the states and territories…,
Dates
1872
Box 5
Folder 276
Title
Map #10 [LOCATED IN VAULT MAP DRAWER]: Map of military reservation at Fort Grant,
Dates
1886
Box 5
Folder 277
Title
Map #11 [LOCATED IN VAULT MAP DRAWER]: Map of Navajo Indian reserve,
Dates
1886