Featured in this lot is this hand written ALS correspondence complaint letter from David F. Barry (born in 1854 and died in 1934) original letter circa 1926 to John Kleinschmidt; ; from the ex-collection of the C.M. Russell Museum and John Kleinschmidt. The letter features a hand written correspondence between David F. Barry and Mr. John Kleinschmidt about a local photographer in Mandan and a party there that copied original copyright photographs from D.F. Barry and he is requesting Kleinschmidt send him copies of the photographs for evidence of copyright infringement. The second letter is a typed letter from Kleinschimdt acknowledging the receiving of photographs for his collection in conjunction to the original hand written letter from D.F. Barry. The condition of this D.F. Barry correspondence is well preserved with some some slight fading to the bottom of the letter but otherwise shows a well preserved condition. The measurements of this letter are 11" x 8 1/2". The collective weight of this letter is a 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.