Elizabeth Burt papers
Contributors: Burt, Andrew, 1771?-1817; Burt, Andrew Gano, 1810-1875; Burt, Andrew, 1839-1915
Language: eng
Number of pages: 60
Subjects: Correspondence; United States; United States. Army; Government relations; Indians of North America; Fortification; Military bases; Army spouses; Shoshoni Indians
Description: Typescript of Burt's autobiographical account, "An Army Wife's Forty Years in the Service, 1862-1902," and letters to her daughter, Edith Burt, discussing family matters and describing the routines of military post life at Fort Bidwell, Calif.; Forts Bridger, Laramie, D. A. Russell, Sanders, and Washakie, Wyo.; Forts Missoula and C. F. Smith, Mont.; Forts Omaha and Robinson, Neb., and elsewhere.  Subjects include relations with the Indians, particularly Shoshone Chief Washakie, and social events and meetings with Mark Twain and Owen Wister.  Includes correspondence, diaries, and other papers of Burt's husband Andrew Burt, her father-in-law Andrew Gano Burt, and Andrew Burt.
Notes: Open to research.

Microfilm edition available, no. 16,808.

Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1976.

In part, positive photocopies and typewritten transcripts. [S.l.].

Gift, Brig. Gen. Reynolds J. Burt, 1957-1964.