Scott, Hugh Lenox 1853-1934 creator mixed material monographic eng 40,000 108 5 43.2 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. Open to research. 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 Public officials Scott, Hugh Lenox, 1853-1934 Scott, William McKendree, 1817-1861 mm 78039297 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms003070 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms003070.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003070 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003070.3 Open to research. DLC 781106 20260227111626.0 mm 78039297