Guide to the Governor DeForest Richards records
Scope and Content
General correspondence and records dealing with topics such as appointments, official reports, fugitives, legislative issues, commercial fairs and congresses, routine matters, Hot Springs Reservation, McKinley National Memorial Fund, the Tom Horn/Willie Nickels indicent and petitions for pardons of convicts.
Dates
- 1899-1903
Creator
- Richards, DeForest, 1846-1903 (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
DeForest Richards was born in Charleston, New Hampshire on August 6, 1846. After receiving his education, Richards actively participated in the Reconstruction period following the Civil War. Banking and merchandizing in Chadron, Nebraska followed and with the experienced gained there, Richards helped organize and later served as president to the First National Bank of Douglas, Wyoming. Success in the livestock and mercantile businesses followed and he turned to politics. Richards served in succession as mayor in Douglas, commanding officer of the Wyoming National Guard, member of the Constitutional Convention, and as Senator in the Wyoming State Legislature. Elected Governor of Wyoming in 1898, Governor Richards served until his death four months into his second term in 1903. DeForest Richards died on April 28, 1903 and was buried in Cheyenne.
Extent
8 cubic feet (16 boxes)
Abstract
The papers from Governor DeForest Richard's office deal with routine matters associated with the office. This includes communications with federal government offices, and topics such as requisitions, inquiries, Commercial Fairs and Conferences, School Lands, Game and Fish Laws, Arid Lands, Hot Springs Reservation, Rhodes Scholarship, U.S. Monitor Silver Service, financial records and reports, petitions for pardon, Spanish-American War medals, Tom Horn and Willie Nickels incident, and miscellaneous legislative information.
Existence and Location of Originals
Unless otherwise noted, originals of records listed in this finding aid are housed at the Wyoming State Archives. Material may be stored off site. Please contact staff to view.
Alternate Formats Available
Digital and microfilm copies may be available. See notes in container list.
Processing Information
The finding aid for this collection was entered in 1989 and has been periodically updated as needed through 2006.
- American Mining Congress
- Arid Lands---Wyoming
- Clemency -- Wyoming
- Extradition -- Wyoming
- Fugitives from justice -- Wyoming
- Horn, Tom, 1860-1903--Trials, litigation
- Hot Springs State Park (Wyo.)
- Hunting--Wyoming
- Indians of North America -- Wyoming
- Justices of the Peace---Wyoming
- Land
- Legislature of the State of Wyoming
- Livestock -- Wyoming
- Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
- McKinley National Memorial Fund
- Railroad.
- Rhodes Scholarships
- School lands---Wyoming
- Sheep.
- Spanish-American War, 1898--Medals
- Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress
- USS Monitor--Silver Service
- United States. Carey Act of 1894
- Wyoming State Penitentiary
- Wyoming. State Inspector of Coal Mines
Creator
- Richards, DeForest, 1846-1903 (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Governor DeForest Richards records, 1899-1903
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Cindy Brown
- Date
- "©" 2020
- 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