Guide to the Charles E. Lane Collection
Scope and Content
This collection is comprised of various records about his professional and personal life. Included are records about the family genealogy, correspondence and notebooks about his father, William, and transcripts and newspaper articles about State of Wyoming vs. Yee Geow. Yee, a Chinese national, was found guilty of murder when he shot two men while attempting to illude capture by immigration enforcement agents in Cheyenne in 1920.
Also included is correspondence about his work with regard to John Arp and the Wherry Housing Project at Warren Air Force Base, the Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, and the Republican National Convention of 1940. Some of the letters describe the intent to use the Wherry Housing Project and Van Tassell Estates, a former temporary WWII war housing project on the south side of Cheyenne, for discriminatory housing of Black soldiers and their families.
H73-31 was added to this collection. It included 7 deeds, presumably for property owned by family members. The properties were located in Cheyenne and in Colorado. The accession also included 2 copies of a flier titled “Should the Water Board Resign?”
Dates
- 1875-1961
Creator
- Lane, Charles Elmer, 1878-1964 (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 / Historical
Charles E. Lane (1878-1964) was a prominent Cheyenne lawyer. After graduating from Cheyenne High School in 1896, Lane taught in country school, was a newspaper reporter, an accountant and later assistant manager of the Cheyenne Light Company, and secretary to Senator Francis E. Warren. Lane received his law degree from Georgetown University in 1911 and was admitted to the Wyoming State Bar in 1912. He served as county prosecuting attorney from 1918 to 1921, and went into private practice from 1921 until his retirement. In addition, Lane was active in many social, professional, and political organizations groups.
Extent
.5 cubic feet
Abstract
Genealogy records, letters, notebooks, newspaper articles, deeds and fliers about Lane's professional and personal life.
Arrangement
Alphabetical
Acquisition Information
Donated in 1971 by Mrs. Charles E. Lane.
Processing Information
Processed by Curtis Greubel and Carl Hallberg. Finding aid last updated in 2006. Encoded in 2022.
H73-31 was added to this collection.
- Arp, John Claus, 1889-1980
- Barrett, Frank A. (Frank Aloysius), 1892-1962
- Cheyenne (Wyo.)
- Cheyenne Light, Fuel and Power Company
- Chinese--Wyoming
- Diaries
- Discrimination in housing
- F.E. Warren Air Force Base (Wyo.)
- Geow Yee, 1886-1921
- Housing developments -- Wyoming -- 1950-1960
- Lane, William W., 1840-1922
- Warren, Francis E. (Francis Emroy), 1844-1929
Creator
- Lane, Charles Elmer, 1878-1964 (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Charles E. Lane Collection
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Carl Hallberg and Curtis Greubel
- Date
- 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Repository Details
Part of the Wyoming State Archives, Wyoming Cultural Resources Division, Wyoming Department of State Parks & Cultural Resources Repository
Barrett Building
2301 Central Avenue
Cheyenne Wyoming 82002 United States
(307) 777-7826
wyarchive@wyo.gov