Featured in this lot is this David F. Barry handwritten letter to John Kleinschmidt ALS original circa 1931; from the ex-collection of the C.M. Russell Museum and John Kleinschmidt. The letter is correspondence regarding a conversation that David F. Barry had with Elisabeth Custer in the constructing of a statue of General Custer either at Bismarck or Mandan before she passed away. The letter includes hand written notes at the bottom of the second page prospectively from Mr. John Kleinschmidt. The envelope included is the original envelope with its original 2 cent stamp and on a D.F. Barry Photographer legitimate envelope letter head stamped from Feb. 8. The condition of this David F. Barry letter and original envelope is well preserved with the letter being opened but otherwise shows a well preserved condition. The measurements of the letter is 11" x 8 1/2" and the envelope measures 9 1/4" x 4 1/8". The collective weight of this letter and envelope 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.