AHJ_ah10451 Inventory of the Robert Dunlap Clarke Papers 1867-1868 Clarke (Robert Dunlap) Papers Processed by D.C. Thompson University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
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2006

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 Finding aid encoded by SPI Content Sciences Inc., April 2003 Finding aid is in English Robert Dunlap Clarke Papers, 1867-1868 Collection number: 10451 University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. Publication date: 2006 Contact Information American Heritage Center Dept. 3924, 1000 E. University Avenue University of Wyoming Laramie, WY 82071 Phone: 307.766.2574 Fax:307.766.5511 Email:ahcref@uwyo.edu URL:https://ahc.uwyo.edu/ 1998

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 Collection Summary Clarke, Robert Dunlap Robert Dunlap Clarke Papers 1867-1868 10451 .25 cubic ft. (1 box) University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English 1867 and 1868 diaries with transcripts of the U.S. Army paymaster who was stationed along the Bozeman Trail in Wyoming and Montana. Biography

Robert Dunlap Clarke traveled along the Bozeman Trail in 1867 and 1868 as United States Army paymaster for the forts along the Trail. Clarke was born in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Kenyon College, Ohio. He married Mary Evans Willson with whom he had three children: Alpheus, Sarah Robertina, and Eliza Willson. Eliza Willson Clarke married Major Thomas Tipton Thornburgh who was killed during the White River Ute war of 1879. Major Clarke lived in Washington D.C. after retiring from the army. He is buried in Uniontown, Pennsylvania.

 Scope and Content

The collection contains two diaries kept by Clarke from October to November 1867, and from May to July 1868, while he was traveling as paymaster to Forts Phil Kearny, Fetterman, and Reno in present-day Wyoming and Fort C.F. Smith in present-day Montana. Clarke drew sketches of the forts and surrounding areas in his diaries, and in the back of the 1867 diary he transcribed personal anecdotes and myths and history of the Sioux and other Plains tribes told to him by Nicholas Janis, guide for the party. The collection also contains three photoprints of drawings of Fort Omaha by Clarke, a drawing of Fort Omaha by fellow army officer Albert G. Brackett, and some items regarding Major Thornburgh.

 Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by Robert Dunlap Clarke at the date of processing.

 Restriction: Transcripts and photocopies for research use

Photoprints of the sketches and transcripts and photocopies of the diaries have been provided for research use as the originals are in fragile condition.

 Copyright Information

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 Processing Information

The collection was processed by D.C. Thompson in 1998

Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Robert Dunlap Clarke Papers, Collection Number 10451, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

 Existence and Location of Copies

Digital reproductions of this entire collection are available at: https://digitalcollections.uwyo.edu/luna/servlet/uwydbuwy~94~94.

 Access Terms Janis, Nicholas Brackett, Albert G. (Albert Gallatin), 1829-1896. Indians of North America -- Anecdotes Fort C.F. Smith (Mont.) Fort Phil Kearny (Wyo.) Fort Fetterman (Wyo.) Fort Omaha (Neb.) Fort Reno (Wyo.) Wyoming -- History -- To 1899 Diaries <?xm-replace_text {Title as Subject}?> Politics, Government, and Law Military Immigration and American Expansion Native Americans Container List Safe Folder Diary 1867 1 1867 Diary transcript Safe Folder Diary 1868 1 1868 Diary transcript Additional Container Lists

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