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Guide to the Cheyenne Jaycees Collection

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Identifier: H2007-63

Scope and Content

The collection includes 8mm movie film, with voice narrative, and a DVD copy featuring the Cheyenne Jaycees project for the 1967 Cheyenne Centennial celebration: “Hell on Wheels.” The event was held in Holliday Park. “Hell on Wheels” was an annual event for several succeeding years. The collection also includes a 1968 film and DVD copy of a project, “Red Ball Express,” to fill swamp area at the Park. Additional items include an 8mm movie projector with accessories, a cassette tape with narrative to accompany the “Hell on Wheels” film, and a few related printed items (bumper sticker, postcard, invitation). A 1993 program for the Cheyenne Jaycees “Exhausted Roosters Night” is also in the collection. Accession 2012-58 is part of this collection

Note: The projector accessories and movie film are housed in a case provided to Oldsmobile automobile dealers. The inside cover of the case has information on Oldsmobile models introduced in 1967. The donor of this collection owned a Cheyenne dealership

Dates

  • 1967-1968, 1972, 1993

Creator

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.

Extent

1 cubic foot

Abstract

DVD of 8mm film- Jaycees service organization and its work on the “Hell on Wheels” frontier town project in Cheyenne’s Holliday Park in 1967 and, DVD of film- project, “Red Ball"

Arrangement

None

Acquisition Information

Collection was donated in 2007

Processing Information

Processed by Curtis Greubel. Finding aid last updated in 2013. Encoded in 2022.

Creator

Title
Guide to the Cheyenne Jaycees Collection
Status
Edited Full Draft
Author
Curtis Greubel
Date
© 2022
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

Contact:
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Cheyenne Wyoming 82002 United States
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