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University of Wyoming

 Organization

Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

Guide to the Acting Governor Amos W. Barber records

 Collection
Identifier: RG0001.12
Abstract

Records of Wyoming's Acting Governor Amos W. Barber feature the usual topics associated with the office. Notable issues include state legislative correspondence, conventions, oil and mineral deposits, University of Wyoming matters, aid for famine in Russia, requests for the great seal, women's suffrage, Indians, and livestock matters. Proclamations, requisitions and extradition requests, rewards, petitions for pardons and appointment records are included.

Dates: 1890-1893

Guide to the Barrett Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: H97-33
Abstract

Collection of personal and political records of the Barrett Family.

Dates: 1901-1997

Guide to the Barton Thomas Ryan Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: HC-73
Abstract The collection consists mainly of correspondence but also includes military, social, business and financial records. The bulk of the collection consists of letters from Ryan and Ridding family members and friends. Topics include life in Burlington, Iowa, the Civil War, the military, and general life in the American West. Of particular interest are letters to and from Mary Ridding as the two tried to keep alive their nearly 1000-mile-love affair. In these letters, Ryan also talks about...
Dates: 1848 - 2013

Guide to the Capitol Building Commission/State Building Commission Records

 Collection
Identifier: RG0103
Abstract

The Wyoming Capitol Building Commission records document the aquisition, construction, and maintenance of state buildings, as well the as the placement of monuments and plaques in the State Capitol Complex Grounds.

Dates: 1886-2016

Guide to the Charles G. Coutant Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: H74-9
Abstract

The Charles G. Coutant Collection consists of biographies and assorted Wyoming history material that was probably intended for the unfinished "History of Wyoming volumes II and III" as planned by Coutant.

Dates: circa 1867-1940; Majority of material found within 1867-1905

Guide to the Eugene Emerson Collection

 Collection — Box: 686
Identifier: H2001-9

Guide to the Eunice G. Anderson Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: H71-8
Abstract

Records collected by the Wyoming State Historian relating to WWI including Wyoming servicemen, homefront war efforts, and post-war activities.

Dates: 1917-1921

Guide to the George Guy Collection

 Collection — Box: 469
Identifier: H81-22
Abstract

The George Guy Collection includes information related primarily to George Guy's interests and profession: the sport of polo, the University of Wyoming, and the military.

Dates: 1937-1980

Guide to the Governor Frank C. Emerson records

 Collection
Identifier: RG0001.25
Abstract

Records of Frank C. Emerson's term as Governor of Wyoming feature the usual topics associated with the office. Notable issues include records concerning the state's finances, including minutes of a Citizens' Tax Committee meeting and a list of corporations who status was revoked for failure to file anual reports. Many appointment files and Stage agency correspondence are also included.

Dates: 1927-1931; 1911-1945

Guide to the Governor Frank Houx records

 Collection
Identifier: RG0001.20
Abstract

Records of Frank Houx' term as Governor of Wyoming feature the usual topics associated with the office. Notable issues include World War I, Wyoming Council for the National Defense, Women's War Work, the establishment of the US Food Administration, and prohibition. Many extradition and requisition records are included.

Dates: 1917 - 1919; 1910-1929