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Title: Munroe McFarland Collection
Dates: 1884-1922
Collection Number: GC 1135
Creator/Collector:
McFarland, Munroe
Extent: (Boxes: 2 legal; 1 record storage)
Repository:
Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Abstract: Correspondence, photographs, clippings and military documents relating to the career of Munroe McFarland, United States Army.
Language of Material: English
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Munroe McFarland Collection. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Biography/Administrative History
McFarland (1867-1924) entered West Point in 1884 and graduated in 1888. He rose to the rank of Brigadier General in his military
career.
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence, photographs, clippings and military documents relating to the career of Munroe McFarland, United States Army.
Subject matter includes cadet life at West Point in the 1880s; army life in South Dakota. There are photographs of the Battle
of Wounded Knee, 1890, published by Northwestern Photograph Company, Chadron, Nebraska, and a group photo, 1890, with Buffalo
Bill. There are personal travel photos taken abroad in 1912.
United States Military Academy.