Featured in this lot is this "Dancing Indians" correspondence letter ALS original from David F. Barry to John Kleinschmidt circa 1922; from the ex-collection of the C.M. Russell Museum and John Kleinschmidt. The letter features the personal correspondence and accompanying typed letter between David F. Barry and John Kleinschmidt discussing a series of photographs involving Native Sioux dancers and about current time in around Bismarck and Mandan with mention of Fort Lincoln. The condition of this D.F. Barry hand written letter is well preserved with no obvious signs of damage and shows a well preserved overall condition. The measurements of this letter is 8 1/2" x 11". The collective weight of this letter is U4oz. David Francis Barry (1854-1934) was one of the most noted photographers of the American Indian and U.S. Army participants in the Sioux War of 1876 and is attributed with some of the most recognizable surviving images from this period in the history of the American West. Barry first came to the west in the 1870’s to apprentice under photographer O.S. Goff, who worked as the photographer at Fort Abraham Lincoln. It was from this post the Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer led his Seventh U.S. Cavalry division in May 1876 to the battle of the Little Bighorn in southwestern Montana. This is considered one of the largest collection of Barry photographs from one historic Montana family offered for public sale.