Scope and Content From the Collection: This collection consists of personal correspondence between Alice Richards and her fiancé Guy McCreery from May 1901 to March 1902, when they were married. Mr. McCreery was a Methodist Minister, and much of his correspondence was written from Boston University, School of Theology. The collection also includes Ms. Richards’ diaries, dating from 1896 to 1902, when the Richards family resided in Cheyenne and Washington D.C. Alice Richards father, William A. Richards, was Governor of...

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Note on front of book " Diary 1896, Alice Richards, Cheyenne"

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Note on front of book "Diaries etc. 1899 to 1902, Washington, DC"

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Scrapbook kept by Alice Richards during her visit to Washington, DC, as guest of Mrs. Frances E. Warren. Includes calling cards, programs, notes and letters from her visit.

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On September 25, 1911, newlyweds Thomas and Edna Richards Jenkins were found dead in a cabin on Edna's father's ranch at Red Banks in Northern Wyoming. The coroner initally ruled the act a murder-suicide, but this was later reversed by the coroner's jury who rulled it a double homicide. Though several men were suspected, the case remains unsolved.

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Scrapbook of newspaper clippings related to W.A. Richards and family.