Box 281
Contains 23 Results:
Guide to the Olson - Hanna Letter Collection
Letter from M.M. Hanna (Hamma?) to a Mr. Olson referencing a newspaper and indicating that Hanna was the first male to receive a diploma in Wyoming. Neither the nature of the diploma, nor the location, is given.
Guide to the Early Wyoming Airports Collection
Engraver's proofs of plans/diagrams of early Wyoming airport landing fields in several Wyoming communities.
Guide to the Colorado River Compact Collection
Letter from Jean Emerson Grothe (wife of former State Engineer and Governor Frank Emerson), to a Dr. Hudley regarding legislative attempts to stop the Colorado River Compact.
Guide to the E.T. Payton Collection
Payton struggled with mental illness and published two booklets detailing his experiences and his perspective of them. This collection consists of one copy of a second edition of |Mad Men|, and two copies of |Behind the Scenes in Evanston|
Guide to the Spanish-American War, Wyoming Appointments Collection
The letter deals with the appellation “Rough Riders,” Colonel Jay L. Torrey, and statistical information on the 2nd United States Volunteer Cavalry. The letter indicates that many officers of this organization, including Torrey, were appointed from Wyoming.
Guide to the Fort Phil Kearny Escort Collection
Orders dated August 9, 1867 from Major J. Van Voast, commander at Fort Reno, to Bvt. Major H. B. Freeman, the officer commanding an escort for ox trains en route to Fort Phil Kearny and Fort C.F. Smith.
Guide to the Luke Murrin collection
Letter dated September 11, 1875 from Luke Murrin "Major General – Militia of Wyoming Territory," to the President of Sharps Rifle Company with a special request for a rifle. The letter mentions a rifle club in the Territory.
Guide to the Robert L. Irvine Collection
Records include a blank piece of letterhead for Robert L. Irvine, Cattle Grower; a memorial poem for Edna Irvine Moore, Robert’s sister; and 1937 and 1938 brochures with speeches given by Irvine regarding his abstinence from liquor.
Guide to the Emma Eames Dobbins Collection
The Emma Jane Eames Dobbins Collection contains a memoir manuscript written by Dobbins, an early Wyoming pioneer and a scrapbook kept by her daughter, Gertrude Wyoming Dobbins.
Guide to the William F. Hooker Collection
This collection consists of correspondence to and from Hooker, mainly with the Wyoming State Historian. Topics include suggested contacts for articles, acquaintances, historical artwork, reminiscences, topics for articles, Fort Fetterman, and John Hunton.