Guide to the Gertrude Wyoming Dobbins Collection

Collection

Identifier: H70-143

Staff Only

Scope and Content

The Gertrude Wyoming Dobbins collection primarily consists of materials apparently assembled by Emma Dobbins. Of note are copies of Wyoming state song sheet music and a 1924 campaign brochure for Nellie Tayloe Ross.

Dates

1892-1937

Creator

Dobbins, Emma J., 1853-1932 (Person)

Language of Materials

English

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Copy Restrictions

Limited duplication of print materials allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.

Biographical Note

Gertrude Wyoming Dobbins was the daughter of Cheyenne pioneers Asa C. and Emma J Dobbins (1853-1932). Emma Jane Eames was born in 1853 in England. Her father converted to Mormonism and moved his family to America. The Eames family traveled to Utah by ox train and once the family reached Salt Lake City Mr. Eames left the Mormons and joined the ‘Morrisites’ a separatist Mormon religion began by John Morris. The Mormons attacked and drove the Morrisites out of Utah, including the Eames family. The family then lived for a number of years at Fort Bridger. In later years the family moved to Denver and finally to Cheyenne where Emma married Asa C. Dobbin, Cheyenne’s first weather station operator, in 1872.