Guide to the Cheyenne Jaycees Collection
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
- Cheyenne Jaycees (Organization)
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
- Cheyenne Jaycees (Organization)
- 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
Barrett Building
2301 Central Avenue
Cheyenne Wyoming 82002 United States
(307) 777-7826
wyarchive@wyo.gov