Letters relating to appointments, recommendations, and resignations of appointees to state offices.

Correspondence and record series covering appointment records, petitions for pardons, the requisition and extradition of fugitives, military and legislative affairs. Some general topics include livestock, irrigation and water projects, oil and gas, public lands, roads, labor issues, women's suffrage, Wyoming’s resources, and various national governor’s conferences.

Files related to military concerns. Including incoming and outgoing correspondence regarding Wyoming National Guard activities and from individuals offering their services to the Wyoming contingent of U.S. forces should war break out with Mexico. Also contains correspondence concerning efforts in the United States to influence warring European nations toward an armistice (Governor Carey's views on an armistice are included in his responses).