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Cowboys

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Variant(s): Bronco busters Broncobusters Buckaroos Buckeroos Stockmen (Animal industry) Vaqueiros Vaqueros See also: Cattle herders Horsemen and horsewomen Gauchos Found in: McGrath, A. Born in cattle, 1987. OED (Stockman) Web. 3 (stockman; buckaroo or buckeroo; by folk etymology from Sp. vaquero; cowboy; broncobuster) Macquarie dict. (Stockmen) Baker, S.J. A dict. of Australian slang, 1982: p. 79 (stockman) Hawkins, J.M. The Ox. paperback dict., 1983: p. 62 (stockman, pl. stockmen: a man in charge of livestock) Black’s agr. dict. (stockman: a man in charge of livestock) Dict. agr. term. (stockman: a person who is engaged primarily in the production of livestock in contrast with a farmer) Heide, R. Box-office buckaroos : the cowboy hero from ... 1989. Rojas, A.R. Vaqueros and buckaroos, 1979. Lee, A.S.G. The flying cathedral : the story of ... cowboy, bronco buster ... 1965.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Barber Family Photo Album

 Collection
Identifier: H65-23
Abstract

Bound album of photographs by Charles D. Kirkland documenting a group of men traveling through the Western Wyoming, examples of images of cowboys in southeast Wyoming taken for Kirkland's "Views of Cowboy Life" series, and various images of the Barber and Kent families. Photographs were mounted onto the cardboard pages by the photographer.

Dates: 1890s
Found in: Wyoming State Archives, Wyoming Cultural Resources Division, Wyoming Department of State Parks & Cultural Resources / Barber Family Photo Album

Guide to the Leslie A Miller Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: H70-140
Abstract

Two scrapbooks and loose scrapbook pages pertaining to U.S. presidents, political issues, Governor Miller, and cowboy themes. Newspaper clippings comprise the bulk of the scrapbook materials, including Governor Miller’s memoirs.

Dates: circa 1918-1960
Found in: Wyoming State Archives, Wyoming Cultural Resources Division, Wyoming Department of State Parks & Cultural Resources / Guide to the Leslie A Miller Collection

Guide to the Rainsford Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: H58-21
Abstract

The Rainsford Photograph Collection contains photographs of the Diamond Ranch and Rainsford house in Cheyenne, as well as horses bred by George D. Rainsford. The photographs were taken by Cheyenne photographer William G. Walker.

Dates: 1880s-1890s
Found in: Wyoming State Archives, Wyoming Cultural Resources Division, Wyoming Department of State Parks & Cultural Resources / Guide to the Rainsford Photograph Collection

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