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.

Union Pacific Railroad pass for Chief Washakie, good until December 31, 1869.

Letter from J.J. Hollingsworth of Portland, Indiana to John C. Friend of Rawlins, Wyoming about the establishment of Fort Halleck. Includes some description of the area around the fort

Letter and postcard addressed to the postmaster at Egbert, Wyoming from Dan W. Egbert of Batavia, Illinois. Letter briefly describes a confrontation with Indians near Hillsdale in 1868, and some brief observations about the area. The card advises the Egbert residents to grow sugar beets.

Blank stationery for two Cheyenne businesses

This collection includes a report on New York Oil Company’s (NYOC) natural gas reserves in Wyoming, and an appraisal of the natural gas property of the Northern Gas Utilities Company (NGUC), Casper, Wyoming.

Board of survey created to investigate the loss of clothing at the Fort Fetterman and special order for detachment charged with determining the distance between Fort Fetterman and Fort Steele with the results of the survey

List of 1904 tour dates and locations for Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show in Great Britain and a business card for John Shangrau

Biographical information on Fenimore Chatterton and copies of genealogical information on the Hugus family

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.