The Elizabeth Custer Papers consist of a photocopied letter written by Custer to Dr. Fred Stockton dated May 18 (year unknown). The letter thanked Dr. Stockton for his interest and appreciation of General Custer. Besides the photocopied letter, a transcription and a short biographical sketch of Dr. Stockton were provided by David Nelson, Stockton's grandson.

Fred Everett Stockton was born in 1877, near the town of Meadville, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Rochester Theological Seminary and served as a pastor in Baptist churches in Madison and Watertown, South Dakota, and in Grand Forks, North Dakota. In 1920, he became the general superintendent of the North Dakota Baptist State Convention based out of Fargo. He remained in this position until his death in 1938. He received an honorary doctorate from Sioux Falls College.