05090cpcaa2200805 a 4500 mm 78039297 DLC 20260227111626.0 cr ||||||||||| 781106|||||||||||| eng mm 78039297 ms 60000573 DLC dacs DLC DLC R lcmd Scott, Hugh Lenox, 1853-1934. Hugh Lenox Scott papers, 1582-1981 (bulk 1845-1934). 40,000 items. 108 containers. 5 microfilm reels. 43.2 linear feet. Open to research. Correspondence, diaries, memoranda, memoirs, drafts of writings, speeches, reports, notes, biographical and genealogical material, account books, financial papers, lists, printed material, maps, photographs, drawings, prints, and other papers relating to Scott's career in the U.S. Army from 1876 to his retirement following World War I, to his service as a member of the Board of Indian Commissioners (1919-1933) and as chairman of the State Highway Commission of New Jersey (1920s), and to his work on Indian languages at the Smithsonian Institution Bureau of Ethnology. Includes drafts of his memoir, Some Memories of a Soldier; a typescript of a journal (1845) kept by his father, William McKendree Scott; and family correspondence (1874-1933). Topics include expeditions against the Sioux (Dakota) and Nez Percé Indians, the ghost dance of the Plains Indians, sign language, government relations, religion, and other aspects of Indian life and culture; the Spanish-American War and administration of military government in Cuba; Scott's appointment as superintendent of the United States Military Academy; military preparation for World War I; and Scott's role as army chief of staff, superintendent of the United States Military Academy, and member of the U.S. special diplomatic mission to the Soviet Union in 1917. Correspondents include Tasker Howard Bliss, John J. Pershing, Mary Merrill Scott, Pancho Villa, Woodrow Wilson, and Leonard Wood. Microfilm edition of container 1 available, no. 16,787. Microfilm edition of containers 2-5 available, no. 17,249. Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1976-1978. In part, positive photocopies. [S.l.]. Some photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Some maps transferred to Library of Congress Geography and Map Division. Army officer and public official. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003070 Bliss, Tasker Howard, 1853-1930 Correspondence. Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948 Correspondence. Scott, Mary Merrill, active 1880 Correspondence. Villa, Pancho, 1878-1923 Correspondence. Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 Correspondence. Wood, Leonard, 1860-1927 Correspondence. Scott family Correspondence. New Jersey. State Highway Commission. Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of Ethnology. United States. Army Officers. United States. Board of Indian Commissioners. United States Military Academy. Dakota Indians Wars. Diplomatic and consular service, American Soviet Union. Ghost dance. Indian sign language. Indians of North America Government relations. Indians of North America Great Plains. Indians of North America Languages. Indians of North America Religion. Military readiness. Nez Percé Indians Wars, 1877. Spanish-American War, 1898. World War, 1914-1918. Cuba Politics and government 1899-1902. Soviet Union Foreign relations United States. United States Foreign relations Soviet Union. Army officers. itoamc Public officials. itoamc Scott, Hugh Lenox, 1853-1934. Some memories of a soldier. 1928. Scott, William McKendree, 1817-1861. William McKendree Scott papers. 1845. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003070 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003070.3 40012 40012