Press Release: June 19, 2006
Central Plains Region
"Elizabeth Custer" to Appear at the National Archives
Lori Cox-Paul
816-268-8071
In conjunction with a special temporary display of documents relating to participants at the Battle of the Little Bighornon view at the National Archives-Central Plains Region, Elizabeth Custer will be making a special appearance.
The program will be held on Thursday, July 13 at 11:00 a.m. at the Central Plains Region, 2312 E. Bannister Road, Kansas City, MO 64131. Reservations are not required, but seating is limited and is on first come-first serve basis.
Deborah Buckner will be portraying Mrs. Custer in a 30-minute program entitled, "The Custers in Kansas." Audience members will hear Mrs. Custer's "living history," of her days as an Army wife on the Kansas Plains, of the beginnings of the Seventh Cavalry, of earthquakes and tornadoes, of encounters with Wild Bill Hickok and Buffalo Bill Cody.
Deborah Buckner, a resident of Overland Park, is a licensed attorney and former state government lobbyist. During her career, she has been a frequent lecturer and presenter on legal topics, most notably the Missouri Open Meetings and Open Records Law. She is happy to use those skills to share her childhood fascination with the Custers which has become an adult obsession.
Ms. Buckner's portrayal is part of on-going programming associated with a temporary display of documents entitled, Boots and Saddles: George Armstrong Custer and the Seventh Cavalry in the Records of the Central Plains Region, which is on view until August 31.
The Central Plains Region is one of 14 facilities nationwide where the public has access to federal archival records. It is home to more than 43,000 cubic feet of historical records dating from the 1820s to the 1990s created or received by nearly 100 federal agencies. The Central Plains Region houses records from the states of Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
The facility is located at 2312 E. Bannister Rd., Kansas City, MO 64131. It is open to the public Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. or visit our web site at http://www.archives.gov/central-plains/kansas-city/
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