Guide to the Robert Earl Richardson Collection

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: H2010-20

Staff Only

Scope and Content

The collection consists of two groups of documents. Group One includes personal and business correspondence and records. The materials reveal interesting aspects of conducting a private business in wartime (World War II), as well as his relationships with family members and business associates

Documents in Group Two are more closely related to the family of Richardson’s daughter-in-law, Evagene (Davis), wife of Robert Clark Richardson, and to Sheridan, Wyoming history. Several manuscripts, a scrapbook, photographs, and news clippings are included in this group. Narratives in manuscripts make reference to establishment of the Sheridan newspaper and the first winter delivery of mail by horseback over the Big Horn Mountains. Surnames in this material include: Lupton, Kimmel, Newell, Wallace, Carkey, Davis, Phillips, Joyce, and Cessac

Dates

1909-1952

Creator

Richardson, Robert Earl, 1881-1952 (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

Robert Earl Richardson was born on February 28, 1881, in Cambridge Iowa. His family moved to Nebraska and then to Windsor, Colorado. Richardson graduated from the Colorado Agricultural College (later Colorado State University) in Fort Collins in 1902. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering, and in 1903 he began working for the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company in Colorado and New Mexico. In 1907, Richardson married Olive Clark. They lived in Longmont, Colorado for nine years where Richardson worked as the Longmont City Engineer. The Richardsons had four children – three daughters: Jeanette (Stewart), Roberta (Anderson), Eleanor (Denman), and one son: Robert Clark Richardson

In 1916 the family moved to Lovell, Wyoming, when Richardson accepted the position of manager of the Lovell Gas and Electric Company. Over the years Richardson became a prominent Lovell businessman. In 1929, Mr. and Mrs. Richardson, along with their business partner W. C. Hopkin, formed the Lovell Clay Products Company, with factories in Lovell and in Billings, Montana. Richardson was president of the company at the time of his death in 1952. A detailed obituary of Richardson from the Lovell Chronicle and a copy of his death certificate are included in the collection