Scope and Contents
The collection includes correspondence, reports, and other records documenting the Crow War of 1887, when Ruger served as the commander of the Department of Dakota. Papers from Ruger's post at the Military Division of the Missouri document the treatment of the Chiricahua Apache prisoners of war held at Fort Sill, 1894-1895. The collection contains officers' reports of armed conflicts with Native American tribes, lists of tribal leaders and Native Americans suspected of unrest, and records of Native Americans enlisting in the United States Army as scouts. There are also transcriptions of speeches by Native Americans and accounts of Native Americans' grievances against white settlers, Indian agents, and the United States government.
Other military papers document Ruger's term as president of the Military Service Institution of the United States, 1901-1907. Personal correspondence documents Ruger's family life and travels, including extensive correspondence with his wife and daughters. Family papers include the correspondence of Ruger’s wife Helen Moore Ruger, daughters Helen Ruger Hay and Anna Ruger, and son-in-law Thomas A. H. Hay. Other family papers include genealogical records, wills, and correspondence relating to Ruger’s family after his death.
Dates
- 1821-1958
- Majority of material found within 1878-1907
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Conditions Governing Use
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Arrangement
Extent
5.21 Linear Feet ((13 boxes) + 1 roll)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
Thomas Howard Ruger (1833-1907)
Processing Information
- Apache Indians
- Arapaho Indians
- Cheyenne Indians
- Chiricahua Indians
- Crow Indians
- Crow Indians -- Wars
- Dakota Indians
- Dakota Indians -- Wars, 1890-1891
- Fort Sill (Okla.)
- Generals -- United States
- Generals -- United States
- Ghost dance
- Hay, Helen Ruger, 1859-1920
- Hunkpapa Indians
- Indian scouts -- United States
- Indians of North America -- Government relations
- Indians of North America -- Great Plains
- Indians of North America -- Montana
- Indians of North America -- North Dakota
- Indians of North America -- Oklahoma
- Indians of North America -- South Dakota
- Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1866-1895
- Indians of North America -- Wyoming
- Kicking Bear, 1853-1904
- Lakota Indians
- Lakota Indians -- Wars
- Maps (documents)
- Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925
- Military Service Institution of the United States
- Miniconjou Indians
- Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation (Mont.)
- Oglala Indians
- Ruger, Anna, 1867-1944
- Ruger, Helen Moore, 1837-1912
- Ruger, Thomas Howard, 1833-1907
- Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
- Siksika Indians -- Montana
- Sitting Bull, 1831-1890
- South Dakota -- Maps
- United States Infantry and Cavalry School (1886-1901)
- United States. Army (Officers)
- United States. Army. Department of California (1865-1913)
- United States. Army. Department of Dakota
- United States. Army. Department of the East
- United States. Army. District of Montana
- United States. Army. Military Division of the Missouri
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Blackfeet Agency
- West (U.S.) -- Description and travel
- Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890 -- Maps
- Title
- Guide to the Thomas Howard Ruger Papers
- Author
- Stephanie Bredbenner
- Date
- 2010, 2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
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Location
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New Haven, CT 06511
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