PROJECT ABSTRACT
Colorado Plateau Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
(Cooperative Agreement # H1200-09-0005)
Park: Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
Project Title: Digitize Historic Photographs, Newspapers, and Military Records
Funding Amount: $77,300
CPCESU Partner Institution: Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona
Principal Investigator: Richard C. Lange, Research Specialist, Principal, Arizona State
Museum, University of Arizona, PO Box 210026, Tucson, AZ 85721-0026; telephone:
(520) 621-6275; fax: (520) 626-6761; email: langer@email.arizona.edu
NPS Key Official: Lynn Mitchell, Archivist, Museum Services Program, Western
Archeological and Conservation Center, 255 N Commerce Park Loop, Tucson, AZ
85745; telephone: (520) 791-6404; fax: (520) 791-6465; email: lynn_mitchell@nps.gov
Start Date: December 28, 2009
End Date: June 30, 2012
Abstract: Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument intends to make notable
components of its nationally-significant archival collections available to the public
through a variety of printed and interactive media. In order to achieve this goal, the
designated collections must be digitized and metadata entered to facilitate access to these
rare and unique materials, most of which have never been seen by the general public. An
estimated 15,000 digital images will be created, including 19th century images from the
park’s Photograph Collection, documents from the 7th Cavalry War Records Collection,
and newspaper clippings from the Elizabeth Bacon Custer Collection. The updated
Register of the Little Bighorn Battlefield Photograph Collection will facilitate the use of
these images by researchers.
Museum collections