Archives West Finding Aid
Table of Contents
- Overview of the Collection
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Biographical Note
- Content Description
- Use of the Collection
- Administrative Information
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Detailed Description of the Collection
- A-C
- D-F
- G
- H-K
- L-Lowdermilk
- Lumpkin-O'Malley
- Lumpkin-O'Malley
- O'Malley
- Owen - Turner
- University of Illinois - Words and Music
- Concerning Old Songs
- Files on Old Songs
- Subject Files - A
- Subject Files - B
- Subject Files - C
- Subject Files - D
- Subject Files - F
- Subject Files - G
- Subject Files - H-J
- Subject Files - K-Longhorns
- Subject Files - M
- Subject Files - Octagon House
- Subject Files - O-P
- Subject Files - R
- Subject Files - Sod Houses
- Subject Files - S-U
- Subject Files - W
- Subject Files - Wister, Owen
- Subject Files - Z
- Git Along Little Dogies
- Git Along Little Dogies
- Page Proofs/Caption Proofs
- Photos and Cartoons used in Git Along Little Dogies - and spares not used
- Old Issues of the Stock Growers Journal - (1889-1893) Miles City, Montana - and special Golden Jubilee (May 24, 1934) - In addition, there are additional copies of some John I. White artticles
- File of 3x5 cards containing information on songs, biographies of selected song writers, Western books, sheet music, and other printed materials on songs
- Plaques
- John I. White's cowboy hat
- Names and Subjects
John I. White papers, 1860-1994
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- John I. White papers
- Dates
- 1860-1994 (inclusive)18601994
- Quantity
- 36 boxes, (20.5 linear feet)
- Collection Number
- UUS_COLL MSS 201
- Summary
- Contains correspondence, research files, and artifacts. Includes correspondence related to songs and song makers of the American West
- Repository
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Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu - Access Restrictions
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No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
John I. White (1902-1992) was a writer, singer of cowboy songs, radio personality, and map draftsman. His singing career culminated when he played his guitar and sang as "The Lonesome Cowboy" on the NBC radio drama "Death Valley Days" sponsored by 20-Mule-Team Borax from 1929-1936. He maintained a lifelong interest in cowboy songs and the American West, researching and writing articles and two books on this and other topics.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Contains correspondence, research files, and artifacts. Includes correspondence related to songs and song makers of the American West; significant correspondents such as Will C. Barnes, Badger Clark, Gail Gardner, Romaine Lowdermilk, Dominick J. O'Malley, Powder River Jack Lee, Austin Fife, and many other cowboy songwriters, singers, and scholars. Also includes fan mail written to White, who sang as "The Lonesome Cowboy" for the "Death Valley Days" radio show in the 1930s. Research files contain research notes, ideas for articles and plays, drafts of articles, original scripts, and related correspondence. Artifacts include White's guitar and the cowboy hat given to him by cowboy poet Dominick J. O'Malley.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the John I. White papers must be obtained from the Special Collections and Archives manuscript curator and/or the Special Collections and Archives department head.
Preferred Citation
Initial Citation:John I. White papers, MSS 201, Box #. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.
Following Citations: USU_COLL MSS 201, USUSC.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Correspondence arranged alphabetically by correspondent; research arranged alphabetically in order that John I. White placed them.
Acquisition Information
Donated in 1992 by his widow, Augusta Postles White, and two children, Jennifer White Fischer and Jonathan Postles White.
RHL copy of roughdraft of "Big Corral" article in the Arizona Republic in box 5, folder 18 was donated to USU Special Collections and Archives by Romy Gerould in 2018.
Correspondence from John I. White to Romaine Lowdermilk dated March 14 and May 23 1965, November 28 1966, April 2 and 26, 1967 in box 5, folder 12, and August 2 1968, May 1 1969 in box 5, folder 13 were donated to USU Special Collections and Archives by Romy Gerould in 2018.
"There is 'Great Grandma' Too" paper in box 5, folder 25 was donated to USU Special Collections and Archives by Romy Gerould in 2018.
"References to Strawberry Roan" in box 31, folder 14 was donated to USU Special Collections and Archives by Romy Gerould in 2018.
Processing Note
Processed by USU Special Collections and Archives.
Related Materials
John I. White photograph collection; Also located at Utah State University, Merrill Library, Special Collections and Archives, P0037
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
A-C, 1860-1994Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Adams, Andy |
1934 |
| 1 | 2 | Babb, John - John I. White gives notice to NBC |
1930 June 30 |
| 1 | 3 | Barnes, W.C. |
1889-1930 |
| 1 | 4 | Barnes, W.C. |
1889-1930 |
| 1 | 5 | Barnes, W.C. |
1889-1930 |
| 1 | 6 | Barnes, W.C. - concerning "Portrait for a Western Album" published in American West March/April 1979 |
1979 |
| 1 | 7 | Barnes, W.C. - articles by John I. White about Barnes |
1889-1994 |
| 1 | 8 | Barnes, W.C. - articles about Barnes |
1889-1994 |
| 1 | 9 | Barnes, W.C. - articles and notes about Barnes |
1889-1994 |
| 1 | 10 | Barnes, W.C. - articles and notes about Barnes |
1889-1994 |
| 1 | 11 | Boyd, Joe Dan |
1889-1994 |
| 1 | 12 | Boyd, Joe Dan - articles |
1889-1994 |
| 1 | 13 | Bond, Johnny |
1889-1994 |
| 1 | 14 | Brininstool, E.A. |
1889-1994 |
| 1 | 15 | Buehler, Richard E. - managing editor for Abstracts of Folklore Studies
|
1968 February-March |
| 1 | 16 | Cannon, Hal |
1889-1994 |
| 1 | 17 | Chittenden, William Lawrence |
1889-1994 |
| 1 | 18 | Cheetham, Everett |
1889-1994 |
| 1 | 19 | Clark, Badger |
1889-1994 |
| 1 | 20 | Clark, Badger |
1889-1994 |
| 1 | 21 | Clark, Badger |
1889-1994 |
| 1 | 22 | Clark, Badger |
1889-1994 |
| 1 | 23 | Clark, Badger - files |
1889-1994 |
| 1 | 24 | Clark, Badger - Border Affair |
1889-1994 |
| 1 | 25 | Clark, Badger - music to Border Affair |
1889-1994 |
| 1 | 26 | Clark, Badger - The Glory Trail |
1889-1994 |
| 1 | 27 | Clark, Badger - Badger Clark Ballads |
1889-1994 |
| 1 | 28 | Clark, Badger - Arizona Highways article |
1969 February |
| 1 | 29 | Clark, Badger - Biographical Material |
1889-1994 |
| 1 | 30 | Cohen, Norm |
1889-1994 |
| 1 | 31 | Coolidge, Dane - concerning "Zebra Dun" |
1889-1994 |
| 1 | 32 | Critchlow, R.R. - relations with Lomax and Fife |
1889-1994 |
D-F, 1860-1994Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 2 | 1 | Daniel, Harlan |
1964-1966 |
| 2 | 2 | Daniel, Harlan |
1967-1968 |
| 2 | 3 | Daniel, Harlan |
1970-1989 |
| 2 | 4 | Dobie, J. Frank - single letter |
1934 February 26 |
| 2 | 5 | Dobie, J. Frank - articles by and about Dobie |
1889-1994 |
| 2 | 6 | Fan mail addressed to John I. White's radio personality, the "Lonesome Cowboy" |
1930-1939 |
| 2 | 7 | Fan Mail (Lonesome Cowboy) |
1930-1939 |
| 2 | 8 | Fan Mail (Lonesome Cowboy) |
1930-1939 |
| 2 | 9 | Fan Mail (Lonesome Cowboy) |
1930-1939 |
| 2 | 10 | Fan Mail (Lonesome Cowboy) |
1930-1939 |
| 2 | 11 | Fife, Austin |
1980-1989 |
| 2 | 12 | Fife, Austin |
1970-1979 |
| 2 | 13 | Fife, Austin |
1960-1969 |
| 2 | 14 | Fife, Austin - articles by Austin Fife |
1889-1994 |
| 2 | 15 | Fletcher, Tex |
1967-1971 |
| 2 | 16 | Foster, Jesse May to Newell Hart |
1982 November 2 |
G, 1860-1994Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 3 | 1 | Gardner, Gail |
1930-1939 |
| 3 | 2 | Gardner, Gail |
1960-1969 |
| 3 | 3 | Gardner, Gail |
1970-1979 |
| 3 | 4 | Gardner, Gail |
1980-1989 |
| 3 | 5 | Gardner, Gail - Orejana Bull for Cowboys Only
|
1930-1989 |
| 3 | 6 | Gardner, Gail - Arizona Republicarticles on Gardner |
1967 |
| 3 | 7 | Gardner, Gail - articles and poems by |
1930-1989 |
| 3 | 8 | Gardner, Gail - articles about |
1930-1989 |
| 3 | 9 | Gardner, Gail - "Tying knots in the devil's tail" or "The Sierry Petes" |
1930-1989 |
| 3 | 10 | Gentry, Dr. E. Linnell |
1973-1976 |
| 3 | 11 | Gillespie, Angus |
1980-1989 |
| 3 | 12 | Gordon, Robert W. |
1889-1994 |
| 3 | 13 | Gray, Harry J. |
1983 |
| 3 | 14 | Gressley, Gene |
1960-1969 |
| 3 | 15 | Gressley, Gene |
1970-1979 |
| 3 | 16 | Gressley, Gene |
1980-1989 |
| 3 | 17 | Griffith, Jim - University of Arizona |
1980-1989 |
| 3 | 18 | Green, Archie - University of Illinois |
1960-1979 |
H-K, 1860-1994Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 4 | 1 | Haden, Walter - University of Tennessee at Martin |
1969-1974 |
| 4 | 2 | Halpert, Herbert |
1968-1970 |
| 4 | 3 | Hanson, Joseph Mills |
1933-1934 |
| 4 | 4 | Hanson, Joseph Mills - correspondence with Mrs. Hanson |
1965-1970 |
| 4 | 5 | Hanson, Joseph Mills - correspondence with editors about publishing an article |
1889-1994 |
| 4 | 6 | Hanson, Joseph Mills |
1889-1994 |
| 4 | 7 | Hanson, Joseph Mills |
1889-1994 |
| 4 | 8 | Hanson, Joseph Mills - "A Ballad in Search of an Author" |
1889-1994 |
| 4 | 9 | Hanson, Joseph Mills - "Last Day with the Dogies" |
1889-1994 |
| 4 | 10 | Hanson, Joseph Mills - "Maverick Cowboy Songs" |
1889-1994 |
| 4 | 11 | Hanson, Joseph Mills - "Railroad Corral" |
1889-1994 |
| 4 | 12 | Hanson, Joseph Mills - Railroad Corral" |
1889-1994 |
| 4 | 13 | Hanson, Joseph Mills - World War I and military material |
1889-1994 |
| 4 | 14 | Haviland Publishing Co. concerning the Lonesome Cowboy Songbook
|
1932-1933 |
| 4 | 15 | Hennessey, Paul |
1860-1994 |
| 4 | 16 | Hickerson, Joseph - head of Archive of Folksong at the Library of Congress |
1966-1978 |
| 4 | 17 | Ives, Charles |
1889-1994 |
| 4 | 18 | Keller, Shirley |
1988 |
| 4 | 19 | KiLarr, Stanley - lost songs detective |
1973-1974 |
| 4 | 20 | Korn, Michael |
1985-1989 |
| 4 | 21 | Korn, Michael |
1984-1985 |
L-Lowdermilk, 1860-1994Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lair, John W. |
1966-1978 |
| 5 | 2 | Lawless, Ray |
1965-1969 |
| 5 | 3 | Laws, Malcolm |
1965-1970 |
| 5 | 4 | Lee, Katie |
1968-1972 |
| 5 | 5 | Lee, Katie |
1973-1975 |
| 5 | 6 | Lee, Katie |
1976-1986 |
| 5 | 7 | Lee, Powder River Jack |
1934 |
| 5 | 8 | Lodgson, Guy |
1976-1988 |
| 5 | 9 | Lomax, Alan |
1935 |
| 5 | 10 | Lomax, John A. |
1934-1937 |
| 5 | 11 | Lowdermilk, Romaine |
1930-1939 |
| 5 | 12 | Lowdermilk, Romaine |
1964-1967 |
| 5 | 13 | Lowdermilk, Romaine |
1968-1969 |
| 5 | 14 | Lowdermilk, Romaine |
1970-1979 |
| 5 | 15 | Lowdermilk, Romaine - files and prints of "Big Corral" from songbooks and discography |
1889-1994 |
| 5 | 16 | Lowdermilk, Romaine - "Big Corral" article |
1889-1994 |
| 5 | 17 | Lowdermilk, Romaine - rough draft of "Big Corral" article for The Instructor
|
1889-1994 |
| 5 | 18 | Lowdermilk, Romaine - "Big Corral" article in Arizona Republic
|
1889-1994 |
| 5 | 19 | Lowdermilk, Romaine - "Big Corral" |
1889-1994 |
| 5 | 20 | Lowdermilk, Romaine - "Great Grandad" |
1889-1994 |
| 5 | 21 | Lowdermilk, Romaine - "He Put Great Grandad on the Map" - concerning the article |
1889-1994 |
| 5 | 22 | Lowdermilk, Romaine - "He Put Great Grandad on the Map" - published AFF Word
|
1889-1994 |
| 5 | 23 | Lowdermilk, Romaine - drafts of "He Put Great Grandad on the Map" |
1889-1994 |
| 5 | 24 | Lowdermilk, Romaine - copies of the published song "Great Grandad" |
1889-1994 |
| 5 | 25 | Lowdermilk, Romaine - notes on the "Great Grandad" article |
1889-1994 |
| 5 | 26 | Lowdermilk, Romaine - Yarapai Magazine
|
1928 June |
Lumpkin-O'Malley, 1860-1994Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lumpkin, Ben Gray |
1966-1968 |
| 6 | 2 | Lumpkin, Ben Gray |
1967-1969 |
| 6 | 3 | Lumpkin, Ben Gray |
1969-1972 |
| 6 | 4 | Lumpkin, Ben Gray - publications |
1889-1994 |
| 6 | 5 | Mare, Frank |
1988 |
| 6 | 6 | Michener, James A. |
1976 |
| 6 | 7 | O'Malley, D.J. |
1932 |
| 6 | 8 | O'Malley, D.J. |
1933 |
| 6 | 9 | O'Malley, D.J. |
1934 January-March |
| 6 | 10 | O'Malley, D.J. |
1934 April-May |
| 6 | 11 | O'Malley, D.J. |
1934 June-December |
| 6 | 12 | O'Malley, D.J. |
1935 January-March |
| 6 | 13 | O'Malley, D.J. |
1936 |
| 6 | 14 | O'Malley, D.J. |
1935 April-December |
| 6 | 15 | O'Malley, D.J. |
1937-1938 |
| 6 | 16 | O'Malley, D.J. |
1889-1994 |
| 6 | 17 | O'Malley, D.J. |
1968-1971 |
| 6 | 18 | O'Malley, Alicia and Margaret |
1972-1975 |
| 6 | 19 | O'Malley, Alicia and Margaret |
1977-1978 |
| 6 | 20 | O'Malley, Alicia and Margaret |
1979-1982 |
| 6 | 21 | O'Malley, Alicia |
1984-1985 |
| 6 | 22 | O'Malley, Alicia |
1984-1985 |
| 6 | 23 | O'Malley, D.J. - proposed item for the 75th Anniversary of of D-2 Horse Wrangler for the Denver Post
|
1889-1994 |
| 6 | 24 | O'Malley, D.J. - photo caption for Montana magazine article on O'Malley |
1889-1994 |
| 6 | 25 | O'Malley, D.J. - captions sent to Mrs. Paladin for O'Malley article in Montana magazine |
1889-1994 |
| 6 | 26 | O'Malley, D.J. - material for Montana magazine |
1889-1994 |
| 6 | 27 | O'Malley, D.J. - draft of footnotes for Montana magazine article |
1889-1994 |
| 6 | 28 | O'Malley, D.J. - drafts for Montana magazine article |
1889-1994 |
Lumpkin-O'Malley, 1860-1994Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 6a | 1 | O'Malley, D.J. - John I. White correspondence with the editor of the Miles City Star
|
1967-1969 |
| 6a | 2 | O'Malley, D.J. - John I. White correspondence with Vivian A. Paladin, editor of Montana
|
1967 |
| 6a | 3 | O'Malley, D.J. - John I. White correspondence with various people - used in Montana article - (Laura E. Root, William Tracy Page, Charles Marshall, Miles City Star, Jack McCausland, Roberta Cheney, Frank M. Jacobs) |
1934-1970 |
| 6a | 4 | O'Malley, D.J. - Poems |
1934 |
| 6a | 5 | O'Malley, D.J. - notes on his poems |
1934 |
| 6a | 6 | O'Malley, D.J. - xerox copies of correspondence between O'Malley and J.B. Moore |
1935-1938 |
| 6a | 7 | O'Malley, D.J. - xerox copies of correspondence between O'Malley and Mrs. D. Shy |
1935-1938 |
| 6a | 8 | O'Malley, D.J. - "An Eyewitness account of the early days in rip-roaring Miles City was given by D.J. O'Malley in one of his newspaper articles written in the mid-1930's" |
1935 |
| 6a | 9 | O'Malley, D.J. - John I. White's notes for articles |
1960-1989 |
O'Malley, 1860-1994Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 7 | 1 | O'Malley, D.J. - "D.J. O'Malley Cowboy Poet" by D.J. O'Malley and John I. White |
1889-1994 |
| 7 | 2 | O'Malley, D.J. - two early drafts for an A.F.S Journal article by John I. White |
1889-1994 |
| 7 | 3 | O'Malley, D.J. - concerning A.F.S. article on O'Malley |
1889-1994 |
| 7 | 4 | O'Malley, D.J. - final draft for A.F.S. article entitled "A Montana Cowboy Poet" |
1889-1994 |
| 7 | 5 | O'Malley, D.J. - "A Montana Cowboy Poet" - children's version published in Highlights for Children
|
1974 |
| 7 | 6 | O'Malley, D.J. - O'Malley's article about Indian removal |
1889-1994 |
| 7 | 7 | O'Malley, D.J. - O'Malley's article for American West |
1889-1994 |
| 7 | 8 | O'Malley, D.J. - articles written by O'Malley |
1889-1994 |
| 7 | 9 | O'Malley, D.J. - "After the Roundup" |
1889-1994 |
| 7 | 10 | O'Malley, D.J. - "A Busted Cowboy's Christmas" editorial work on converting Montana magazine article into chapter of book |
1889-1994 |
| 7 | 11 | O'Malley, D.J. - "Moving Day for the Second" by D.J. O'Malley |
1889-1994 |
| 7 | 12 | O'Malley, D.J. - "Montana Cowboy Dominick J. O'Malley" by John I. White |
1889-1994 |
| 7 | 13 | O'Malley, D.J. - "A Cowboy Poet" by John I. White |
1889-1994 |
| 7 | 14 | O'Malley, D.J. - newspapers sent to John I. White by D.J. O'Malley |
1889-1994 |
| 7 | 15 | O'Malley, D.J. - newspapers sent to John I. White by D.J. O'Malley |
1889-1994 |
| 7 | 16 | O'Malley, D.J. - newspapers sent to John I. White by D.J. O'Malley |
1889-1994 |
| 7 | 17 | O'Malley, D.J. - newspapers sent to John I. White by D.J. O'Malley |
1889-1994 |
Owen - Turner, 1860-1994Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 8 | 1 | Owen, John R. |
1967-1968 |
| 8 | 2 | Owen, John R. |
1967-1970 |
| 8 | 3 | Owen, John R. |
1971-1976 |
| 8 | 4 | Owen, John R. |
1977-1984 |
| 8 | 5 | Reese, Justin |
1889-1994 |
| 8 | 6 | Reese, Lowell Otus |
1933-1934 |
| 8 | 7 | Russell, Tony |
1973-1974 |
| 8 | 8 | Scheips, Paul J. |
1979-1984 |
| 8 | 9 | Scheips, Paul J. - "Will Croft Barnes A Westerner of Parts" |
1979-1984 |
| 8 | 10 | Shelly, Jim - concerning a 1979 article on John I. White |
1979 |
| 8 | 11 | Simon, Bill |
1968-1970 |
| 8 | 12 | Simon, Bill |
1976 |
| 8 | 13 | Sprague, Carl - miscellaneous correspondence and Sprague's biography written by John I. White |
1960-1980 |
| 8 | 14 | Sprague, Carl |
1968-1969 |
| 8 | 15 | Sprague, Carl |
1970-1973 |
| 8 | 16 | Sprague, Carl |
1974-1977 |
| 8 | 17 | Sprague, Carl |
1980 |
| 8 | 18 | Tinsley, Jim Bob |
1956-1983 |
| 8 | 19 | Toborg, Dick |
1972-1982 |
| 8 | 20 | Turner, Nevada Slim (Dallas) - correspondence and Western Gospel Roundup
|
1973 |
University of Illinois - Words and Music, 1860-1994Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 9 | 1 | University of Illinois Press |
1976 |
| 9 | 2 | University of Illinois Press |
1975 |
| 9 | 3 | University of Illinois Press |
1974 |
| 9 | 4 | University of Illinois Press |
1973 |
| 9 | 5 | University of Illinois Press |
1969-1972 |
| 9 | 6 | U.S. Information Agency |
1975-1977 |
| 9 | 7 | Vogel, Jerry - transfer of rights - The Lonesome Cowboy Songs of the Plains and Hills to Jerry Vogel |
1934-1936 |
| 9 | 8 | Vogel, Jerry |
1966-1968 |
| 9 | 9 | Vogel, Jerry |
1969-1974 |
| 9 | 10 | Vogel, Jerry |
1978-1980 |
| 9 | 11 | Weize, Richard |
1972-1975 |
| 9 | 12 | West, John - editor of The American Folklore Newsletter
|
1977-1979 |
| 9 | 13 | West, John - reprint from Western Folklore "Jack Thorp and John Lomax: Oral or Written Transmission" |
1967 April |
| 9 | 14 | Winkelman, Don - editor of Abstracts of Folklore Studies
|
1964-1967 June-September |
| 9 | 15 | Woodman, Ruth |
1934-1970 |
| 9 | 16 | Words and Music |
1968-1988 |
| 9 | 17 | Miscellaneous |
1889-1994 |
Concerning Old Songs, 1860-1994Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 10 | 1 | Adams, Ramon F. |
1966 -1970 |
| 10 | 2 | B |
1889-1994 |
| 10 | 3 | Barthelmess, Casey |
1969 |
| 10 | 4 | Billington, Ray A. - Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery |
1969-1970 |
| 10 | 5 | Botkin, B.A. |
1965-1974 |
| 10 | 6 | Clark, Kenneth |
1934 |
| 10 | 7 | Comber, Chris |
1974 |
| 10 | 8 | Coteau, Gene - "The Night Hawks Lullaby" ©1934 |
1934 |
| 10 | 9 | Cox, John A. |
1934 |
| 10 | 10 | Cunningham, Eugene |
1934 |
| 10 | 11 | Cunningham, Keith |
1972-1973 |
| 10 | 12 | Dorson, Richard |
1974 |
| 10 | 13 | E - G |
1968-1974 |
| 10 | 14 |
Granger's Index to Poetry
|
1974 - 1977 |
| 10 | 15 | Forrest, Earle A. |
1934-1935 |
| 10 | 16 | Fuld, James J. |
1968-1973 |
| 10 | 17 | Gaines, Newton Texas Christian University |
1934 |
| 10 | 18 | German, George B. - reporter WNAX-570 Sioux Falls |
1966-1973 |
| 10 | 19 | Hadfield, Jim |
1974 |
| 10 | 20 | Haywood, Charles - Queens College |
1973 |
| 10 | 21 | Hoeptner, Fred |
1968-1972 |
| 10 | 22 | Hunter, Marvin |
1933-1934 |
| 10 | 23 | Jackson, W.H. |
1936 |
| 10 | 24 | Jarrett, Merrick |
1969-1970 |
| 10 | 25 | L |
1967-1969 |
| 10 | 26 | Lingenfelter, Richard E. - University of California |
1968-1969 |
| 10 | 27 | M |
1889-1994 |
| 10 | 28 | Makara, Steve |
1973-1975 |
| 10 | 29 | McCutcheon, Dick - songs sent to John I. White |
1932 |
| 10 | 30 | Myran, Ole H. |
1968-1969 |
| 10 | 31 | O-P |
1889-1994 |
| 10 | 32 | R |
1889-1994 |
| 10 | 33 | Randolph, Vance |
1934-1939 |
| 10 | 34 | Russell, Don |
1970-1971 |
| 10 | 35 | Sackett, S.J. |
1967-1969 |
| 10 | 36 | Sandburg, Carl |
1934-1936 |
| 10 | 37 | Shellans, Herbert |
1968-1974 |
| 10 | 38 | Sires, Ina |
1967-1974 |
| 10 | 39 | Tobitt, Janet E. |
1966 |
| 10 | 40 | Tucker, Steve |
1975 |
| 10 | 41 | Tye, Otis |
1934-1935 |
| 10 | 42 | V |
1889-1994 |
| 10 | 43 | W-Z |
1889-1994 |
Files on Old Songs, 1860-1994Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 11 | 1 | Sheet music written out by John I. White |
1889-1994 |
| 11 | 2 | "Baldy Green" - Ed Stiles, author |
1933 |
| 11 | 3 | "Banks of Sacramento" |
1889-1994 |
| 11 | 4 | "Bell Brandon" |
1889-1994 |
| 11 | 5 | "The Bold Vaquero" |
1889-1994 |
| 11 | 6 | "Buffalo Skinners" - with clipping of poem |
1887 |
| 11 | 7 | "Bury Me Not" or "Lone Prairie" - early newspaper clippings |
1889-1994 |
| 11 | 8 | Miscellaneous B |
1889-1994 |
| 11 | 9 | C |
1889-1994 |
| 11 | 10 | "Cowboy's Lament" |
1860/1994 |
| 11 | 11 | D |
1889-1994 |
| 11 | 12 | G |
1889-1994 |
| 11 | 13 | "God Bless America" |
1889-1994 |
| 11 | 14 | F |
1889-1994 |
| 11 | 15 | H |
1889-1994 |
| 11 | 16 | "Happy Miner" |
1889-1994 |
| 11 | 17 | "He's the Man for Me" |
1889-1994 |
| 11 | 18 | I |
1889-1994 |
| 11 | 19 | J |
1889-1994 |
| 11 | 20 | "Jingle Bells" |
1889-1994 |
| 11 | 21 | L |
1889-1994 |
| 11 | 22 | "Last Roundup" |
1889-1994 |
| 11 | 23 | "Lorena" |
1889-1994 |
| 11 | 24 | M |
1889-1994 |
| 11 | 25 | "Molly O Molly" |
1889-1994 |
| 11 | 26 | O |
1889-1994 |
| 11 | 27 | "Oh My Pretty Quadroon" |
1889-1994 |
| 11 | 28 | P |
1889-1994 |
| 11 | 29 | R |
1889-1994 |
| 11 | 30 | S |
1889-1994 |
| 11 | 31 | T |
1889-1994 |
| 11 | 32 | "Take Me Back to Old Montana" |
1889-1994 |
| 11 | 33 | U |
1889-1994 |
| 11 | 34 | V |
1889-1994 |
| 11 | 35 | W |
1889-1994 |
| 11 | 36 | "Wreck of Old 97" |
1889-1994 |
| 11 | 37 | Y |
1889-1994 |
Subject Files - A, 1860-1994Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 12 | 1 | "A Day on the Cowtrail" |
1889-1994 |
| 12 | 2 | "Acres of Clams" - Ivar Haglund placemat |
1889-1994 |
| 12 | 3 | African-Americans in the West - research |
1889-1994 |
| 12 | 4 | Alaska - "Wires in the Wilderness" - research, correspondence, and text published in Westworld
|
1979 June |
| 12 | 5 | Allen, Jules |
1889-1994 |
| 12 | 6 | American Vignettes - Dr. Jackson (First Transcontinental Motorist) |
1889-1994 |
| 12 | 7 | Artists and Writers of the West |
1889-1994 |
| 12 | 8 | Audio Project - proposed tapes for schools - text and correspondence |
1889-1994 |
| 12 | 9 | Audio Project - "Texas Longhorns Pointed North" - text, reference, dates, and correspondence |
1889-1994 |
| 12 | 10 | Audio Project - research for "Close Call for the Buffalo" tape |
1889-1994 |
| 12 | 11 | Audio Project - "Last Day with the Longhorns" - tape, text, and research |
1889-1994 |
| 12 | 12 | Audio Project - "Homesweet Homestead" - tape, text, and correspondence |
1889-1994 |
| 12 | 13 | Audio Project - tape ideas |
1889-1994 |
| 12 | 14 | Automobile Collection (Harrah) - "Wall to Wall Automobiles" |
1889-1994 |
Subject Files - B, 1860-1994Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 13 | 1 | "Baby Makes Three?" - play by John I. White |
1889-1994 |
| 13 | 2 | "Bachelor's Dream" article |
1889-1994 |
| 13 | 3 | "Backfire" - play by John I. White |
1889-1994 |
| 13 | 4 | Barbed Wire research |
1889-1994 |
| 13 | 5 | Biographical Material on John I. White |
1889-1994 |
| 13 | 6 | Biographical Material on John I. White - graduating class |
1889-1994 |
| 13 | 7 | Biographical Material on John I. White - wedding |
1930 October 4 |
| 13 | 8 | Biographical Material - on John I. White - University of Maryland Glee Club |
1923 |
| 13 | 9 | "Bivouac of the Dead" - music by John I. White |
1889-1994 |
| 13 | 10 | "Blood on the Saddle" |
1889-1994 |
| 13 | 11 | :Bounty Jumper" - encapsulated |
1889-1994 |
| 13 | 12 | "Brevity is the Soul of Wit" and "On Keeping it Short" - text and research |
1889-1994 |
| 13 | 13 | Buffalo, wolf, cayote, and burro research |
1889-1994 |
| 13 | 14 | Buffalo, bison, and beefalo research |
1889-1994 |
| 13 | 15 | Buffalo - "Return from Oblivion" and "It was Inevitable" - text and correspondence |
1889-1994 |
| 13 | 16 | "Busted Cowboy's Christmas" - text and correspondence |
1889-1994 |
Subject Files - C, 1860-1994Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 14 | 1 | Calendar - Exxon - "That Amazing Contrivance The Calendar" |
1981 |
| 14 | 2 | Calendar - Exxon - "Rivers of America" |
1982 |
| 14 | 3 | Calendar - "A Birthday for Our Calendar" |
1889-1994 |
| 14 | 4 | Cattle Breeding |
1889-1994 |
| 14 | 5 |
Chatham Journal and New Vernon News - 4 600 word pieces |
1889-1994 |
| 14 | 6 | Chatham, New Jersey - Creative Chathams - newspaper clippings |
1889-1994 |
| 14 | 7 | Chisolm Trail paper delivered to American Fork Society |
1976 |
| 14 | 8 | Chisolm Trail - "A Song of Cowboy Life" |
1889-1994 |
| 14 | 9 | "Chisolm Trail" - song |
1889-1994 |
| 14 | 10 | Cowboy - Song Reprints |
1889-1994 |
| 14 | 11 | Cowboy - Singing to the Herd |
1889-1994 |
| 14 | 12 | Cowboy - Llibrary of Congress: The American Cowboy exhibit |
1889-1994 |
| 14 | 13 | Cowboy - "Marvels of the New West" by William Thayer - Chapter on cowboys and stockraising |
1889 |
| 14 | 14 | Cowboy - general information and research |
1889-1994 |
| 14 | 15 | Cowboy - hall of fame |
1889-1994 |
| 14 | 16 | Cowboy - newspaper clippings and articles |
1889-1994 |
| 14 | 17 | Cowboy - obituaries |
1889-1994 |
| 14 | 18 | Cowboy - personal notes |
1889-1994 |
| 14 | 19 | "Miss Cunningham's Shadow" - correspondence, research, and text |
1889-1994 |
Subject Files - D, 1860-1994Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 15 | 1 | Dalhart, Vernon |
1889-1994 |
| 15 | 2 | Dalhart, Vernon |
1889-1994 |
| 15 | 3 | Deals with the Devil |
1889-1994 |
| 15 | 4 | Death Valley Days - Pacific Coast Borax Co. booklet |
1931 |
| 15 | 5 | Death Valley Days - Pacific Coast Borax Co. booklet |
1931 |
| 15 | 6 | Death Valley Days - Pacific Coast Borax Co. "Better Ways to Wash & Clean" pamphlet |
1889-1994 |
| 15 | 7 | Death Valley Days - Hauling 20 mule team Borax puzzle - Pacific Coast Borax Co. |
1933 |
| 15 | 8 | Death Valley Days - tourist pamphlet |
1931 |
| 15 | 9 |
Death Valley Tales as told by the Old Ranger
|
1934 |
| 15 | 10 |
Old Ranger's Yarns of Death Valley
|
1930-1939 |
| 15 | 11 |
Old Ranger's Yarns of Death Valley
|
1930-1939 |
| 15 | 12 |
Old Ranger's Yarns of Death Valley
|
1930-1939 |
| 15 | 13 | Death Valley Days - script - "The World's Biggest Job" |
1935 April 11 |
| 15 | 14 | Death Valley Days - script - "The World's Biggest Job" |
1935 April 11 |
| 15 | 15 | Death Valley Days - 2nd-6th series |
1889-1994 |
| 15 | 16 | Death Valley Days - picture sheet |
1889-1994 |
| 15 | 17 | Death Valley Days - NBC Artist Passes |
1889-1994 |
| 15 | 18 | Death Valley Days - NBC Studio Notes |
1933 |
| 15 | 19 | Death Valley Days - Lonesome Cowboy newspaper clippings |
1889-1994 |
| 15 | 20 | Death Valley Days - ads for The Lonesome Cowboy songs of the Plains and Hills
|
1889-1994 |
| 15 | 21 | Dogies - origins of the term |
1889-1994 |
| 15 | 22 | Duryea, Frank - Thanksgiving Day race |
1889-1994 |
Subject Files - F, 1860-1994Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 16 | 1 | Fillers: 80-150 words |
1889-1994 |
| 16 | 2 | Fletcher, Curly |
1889-1994 |
| 16 | 3 | Fletcher, Tex |
1889-1994 |
| 16 | 4 | Folk Festivals/Cowboy Poetry Gatherings - Elko |
1993 |
| 16 | 5 | Folk Festivals/Cowboy Poetry Gatherings - Elko |
1994 |
| 16 | 6 | Folk Festivals/Cowboy Poetry Gatherings - Middletown Folk Festival |
1973 |
| 16 | 7 | Folk Festivals/Cowboy Poetry Gatherings - National Folk Festival |
1966 May |
| 16 | 8 | Folk Festivals/Cowboy Poetry Gatherings - club dates for singing performances |
1889-1994 |
| 16 | 9 | Folk Festivals/Cowboy Poetry Gatherings - University of Illinois |
1965-1966 |
| 16 | 10 | Folk Festivals/Cowboy Poetry Gatherings - "An Evening of Western Song with J.I.W" |
1889-1994 |
| 16 | 11 | Folk Festivals/Cowboy Poetry Gatherings - Wickenburg Cowboy Poetry Gathering |
1990 |
| 16 | 12 | Folk Music - Singers research |
1889-1994 |
| 16 | 13 | Folk Music - Singers research |
1889-1994 |
| 16 | 14 | Fort Apache - "Adventures at Ft. Apache" - correspondence and research |
1889-1994 |
| 16 | 15 | Fort Apache - Maps |
1889-1994 |
| 16 | 16 | Fort Stevens - Washington D.C. |
1889-1994 |
| 16 | 17 | Fort Stevens - newspaper clippings |
1889-1994 |
| 16 | 18 | Fort Stevens |
1889-1994 |
Subject Files - G, 1860-1994Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 17 | 1 | General Drafting Co. |
1889-1994 |
| 17 | 2 | "Giant's Glen" - play by John I. White |
1889-1994 |
| 17 | 3 | "Grass of Uncle Sam" - correspondence about |
1889-1994 |
| 17 | 4 | "Grass of Uncle Sam" - articles, notes, and words to |
1889-1994 |
| 17 | 5 | Grasshopper Plows |
1889-1994 |
| 17 | 6 | "Great Grandma" - articles about |
1889-1994 |
| 17 | 7 | "Great Grandma" - publication of the song |
1889-1994 |
| 17 | 8 | "Great Grandma" - correspondence and article |
1889-1994 |
| 17 | 9 | "Green Chiffon" - play by John I. White |
1889-1994 |
| 17 | 10 | Guion, David |
1889-1994 |
Subject Files - H-J, 1860-1994Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 18 | 1 | Hall, Myra - article "Cowboy Ballads" published in Kansas Historical Quarterly
|
1939 February |
| 18 | 2 | Hall, Sharlot M. - "Songs of the Old Cattle Trails," "Old Range Days," and "New in Arizona" from Outwest
|
1908 March |
| 18 | 3 | "He Rode for Independence" - article about Caesar Rodney |
1889-1994 |
| 18 | 4 | "A Hero Returns" - play by John I. White |
1889-1994 |
| 18 | 5 | "High Jinks in the Rockies" - article about John T. O'Keefe |
1889-1994 |
| 18 | 6 | "Home on the Range" - (words 1876) and "Where the Deer and the Antelope Play" - by John I. White |
1889-1994 |
| 18 | 7 | "Home on the Range" - The Story of Home on the Range pamphlet by Kirke Mecham |
1889-1994 |
| 18 | 8 | "Home on the Range" - Trailing a Ballad Frontier Times
|
1935 April |
| 18 | 9 | "Home on the Range" - controversy-correspondence |
1889-1994 |
| 18 | 10 | "Home on the Range" - controversy-correspondence |
1889-1994 |
| 18 | 11 | "Home on the Range" - correspondence regarding article by John I. White |
1889-1994 |
| 18 | 12 | "Home on the Range" - correspondence |
1889-1994 |
| 18 | 13 | "Home on the Range" - diary/notes of visit with Jerry Vogel |
1889-1994 |
| 18 | 14 | "Home on the Range" - research notes |
1889-1994 |
| 18 | 15 | "Home on the Range" - research notes |
1889-1994 |
| 18 | 16 | Homesteading-Timber Act |
1889-1994 |
| 18 | 17 | Homestead research |
1889-1994 |
| 18 | 18 | Homestead - "Home Sweet Homestead" and "Little Sod Shanty on the Plain" - correspondence and text |
1889-1994 |
| 18 | 19 | Homestead - "Home Sweet Homestead" by Daniel Freeman |
1889-1994 |
| 18 | 20 | Homestead - "When Land was Free in the West" |
1889-1994 |
| 18 | 21 | "I Want to be a Cowboy" - parody on "I Want to be an Angel" |
1889-1994 |
| 18 | 22 | Inventions in the West |
1889-1994 |
| 18 | 23 | "Jackpot" - play by John I. White - Univac Picks Horses newspaper clippings |
1959 |
| 18 | 24 | "Jackpot" - play by John I. White - Univac Picks Horses newspaper clippings |
1959 |
Subject Files - K-Longhorns, 1860-1994Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 19 | 1 | Kiskaddon, Bruce - "The Brandin' Corral" and "Pullin' Bog" |
1889-1994 |
| 19 | 2 | Language of the West |
1889-1994 |
| 19 | 3 | "Last Day with the Dogies" - correspondence and text |
1889-1994 |
| 19 | 4 | Last Great Roundup |
1889-1994 |
| 19 | 5 | Leadbelly - newspaper clippings about his marriage and refrain to "Whoa Back Buda" sung by Leadbelly |
1935 January 4 |
| 19 | 6 | Leutze, Emanuel - note cards for paintings |
1889-1994 |
| 19 | 7 | Leutze, Emanuel - notes on paintings and correspondence |
1889-1994 |
| 19 | 8 | "Liberty Bells Galore" |
1889-1994 |
| 19 | 9 | Longhorn - "Return of the Fabulous Texas Longhorn" |
1889-1994 |
| 19 | 10 | Longhorn - "Return of the Fabulous Texas Longhorn" - published in Highlights for Children - correspondence |
1974 November |
| 19 | 11 | Longhorn - "Report on a Rescue" - correspondence and text - published in American Heritage
|
1972 |
| 19 | 12 | Longhorn - "The Longhorns Saved the Day" |
1889-1994 |
| 19 | 13 | Longhorn - "The Texas Longhorns Make a Comeback" - correspondence |
1889-1994 |
| 19 | 14 | Longhorn - "The Texas Longhorns Make a Comeback" - research and text |
1889-1994 |
| 19 | 15 | Longhorn - correspondence on longhorns |
1889-1994 |
| 19 | 16 | Longhorn - Trail Herding File |
1889-1994 |
Subject Files - M, 1860-1994Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 20 | 1 | "The Martians Are Coming" |
1889-1994 |
| 20 | 2 | Master Copies of John I. White articles - "A Cowboy Poet" (about D.J. O'Malley) |
1889-1994 |
| 20 | 3 | Master Copy - "And That's How a Folksong was Born" (about Romaine Lowdermilk) |
1889-1994 |
| 20 | 4 | Master Copy - "Assist for a Fallen Hero" (about Mark Twain) |
1889-1994 |
| 20 | 5 | Master Copy - "Will C. Barnes also a Song Plugger" |
1889-1994 |
| 20 | 6 | Master Copy - "A Busted Cowboy's Christmas" |
1889-1994 |
| 20 | 7 | Master Copy - "Badger Clark" |
1889-1994 |
| 20 | 8 | Master Copy - "The Ford-Seldon Patent Squabble" |
1889-1994 |
| 20 | 9 | Master Copy - "The Father of the Automobile" |
1889-1994 |
| 20 | 10 | Master Copy - "Gail Gardner-Cowboy Poet Lariat" |
1889-1994 |
| 20 | 11 | Master Copy - "Great Grandad the Story of a Song" |
1889-1994 |
| 20 | 12 | Master Copy - "Great Grandma" |
1889-1994 |
| 20 | 13 | Master Copy - "Happiness was an Eight Sided House" |
1889-1994 |
| 20 | 14 | Master Copy - "Home on the Range Controversy Settled" |
1889-1994 |
| 20 | 15 | Master Copy - "Move Slow Dogies" |
1889-1994 |
| 20 | 16 | Master Copy - Notes and Queries |
1889-1994 |
| 20 | 17 | Master Copy - "Red Carpet for a Romanov" |
1889-1994 |
| 20 | 18 | Master Copy - "Return of the Fabulous Texas Longhorn" |
1889-1994 |
| 20 | 19 | Master Copy - "The Strange Career of the Strawberry Roan" |
1889-1994 |
| 20 | 20 | Master Copy - "That Zenith of Architecture - The Soddy" |
1889-1994 |
| 20 | 21 | Master Copy - "The Ups and Downs of the Zipper" |
1889-1994 |
| 20 | 22 | Master Copy - "The Virginian" |
1889-1994 |
| 20 | 23 | Master Copy - "Owen Wister and the Dogies" |
1889-1994 |
| 20 | 24 | Master Copy - "Zebra Dun" |
1889-1994 |
| 20 | 25 | Master Copy - List of Published Magazine Articles |
1889-1994 |
| 20 | 26 | Military History - Indian Wars |
1889-1994 |
| 20 | 27 | Miscellaneous - Western Pamphlets |
1889-1994 |
| 20 | 28 | Miscellaneous - Old Songs |
1889-1994 |
| 20 | 29 | Miscellaneous - stories by John I. White |
1889-1994 |
| 20 | 30 | Murray, Arthur - "It Takes Two to Tango" - newspaper clippings on dance fraud |
1889-1994 |
Subject Files - Octagon House, 1860-1994Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 21 | 1 | Octagon House - reference material |
1889-1994 |
| 21 | 2 | Octagon House - reference material |
1889-1994 |
| 21 | 3 | Octagon House - pamphlets and brochures |
1889-1994 |
| 21 | 4 | Octagon House - photos
Photos have been removed to create the Jon I. White photograph collection (P0037)
|
1889-1994 |
| 21 | 5 | Octagon House - correspondence |
1889-1994 |
| 21 | 6 | Octagon House - Michigan |
1889-1994 |
| 21 | 7 | Octagon House - New England |
1889-1994 |
| 21 | 8 | Octagon House - "Happiness was an Eight Sided House" - correspondence and text published in Pen
|
1973 April |
| 21 | 9 | Octagon Houses - Connecticut - published in Yankee - "Happiness was an Eight Sided House" |
1973 November |
| 21 | 10 | Octagon Houses - Connecticut - published in Yankee - "Happiness was an Eight Sided House" |
1973 November |
| 21 | 11 | Octagon House - "Happiness was a House with Eight Sides" - children's version - correspndence and text |
1889-1994 |
| 21 | 12 | Octagon House - "Living in an Octagon" - for textbook |
1889-1994 |
Subject Files - O-P, 1860-1994Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 22 | 1 | Ostrich farming in the U.S. |
1889-1994 |
| 22 | 2 | Ostrich farming in the U.S. - Cawston Ostrich Farm |
1889-1994 |
| 22 | 3 | Ostrich farming in the U.S. - reference material - John I. White text |
1889-1994 |
| 22 | 4 | Ostrich farming in the U.S. - reference material - John I. White text |
1889-1994 |
| 22 | 5 | Ostrich farming in the U.S. - reference material - John I. White text |
1889-1994 |
| 22 | 6 | Ostrich farming in the U.S. - reference material - John I. White text |
1889-1994 |
| 22 | 7 | New Jersey Corral of Westerners - correspondence and newsletters |
1889-1994 |
| 22 | 8 | "No More Sleep" - play by John I. White |
1889-1994 |
| 22 | 9 | "Pages from a Nebraska Album" - text and correspondence |
1889-1994 |
| 22 | 10 | "Oh Come Along Boys and Listen to my Tale" - suggested book |
1889-1994 |
| 22 | 11 | "Oh Come Along Boys and Listen to my Tale" - suggested book |
1889-1994 |
| 22 | 12 | Permissions |
1889-1994 |
| 22 | 13 | Presidents |
1889-1994 |
| 22 | 14 | "Pushbutton Parking" - Parking Towers - research information and text |
1889-1994 |
| 22 | 15 | "Get Yourself a Pretzel Factory" - idea for an article |
1970 September 21 |
Subject Files - R, 1860-1994Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 23 | 1 | "The Railroad Corral" - published in Cobblestone
|
1982 June |
| 23 | 2 | "Red Carpet for a Romanov" - published in The American West - correspondence, research, and text |
1972 January |
| 23 | 3 | Requests for Photographs |
1889-1994 |
| 23 | 4 | "Rhyme on the Ranges" - John I. White reprinted from America Speech
|
1927 July |
| 23 | 5 | Rodeo |
1889-1994 |
| 23 | 6 | Rogers, James Grafton |
1889-1994 |
| 23 | 7 | "Royal Gorge" - play by John I. White |
1889-1994 |
| 23 | 8 | "Royal Gorge" - play by John I. White |
1889-1994 |
| 23 | 9 | "Russia's Floating Saucers" - The State - text, correspondence, and research |
1979 September |
| 23 | 10 | Russel, Charles M. |
1889-1994 |
| 23 | 11 | Russel, Charles M. - newspaper clippings |
1889-1994 |
Subject Files - Sod Houses, 1860-1994Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 24 | 1 | Sod Houses - correspondence |
1889-1994 |
| 24 | 2 | Sod Houses - correspondence |
1889-1994 |
| 24 | 3 | Sod Houses - reference material |
1889-1994 |
| 24 | 4 | Sod Houses - "How Prairie Pioneers Built their Houses" |
1889-1994 |
| 24 | 5 | Sod Houses - "Sod Houses on the Prairie" |
1889-1994 |
| 24 | 6 | Sod Houses - "The Windows Have No Glass" and "The Little Sod Shanty on the Plain" - correspondence and text |
1889-1994 |
| 24 | 7 | Sod Houses - "And the Windows Have No Glass" - American History Illustrated
|
1986 January |
| 24 | 8 | Sod Houses - "Little Old Sod Shanty" - notes on the song |
1889-1994 |
| 24 | 9 | Sod Houses - "Little Old Sod Shanty" |
1889-1994 |
| 24 | 10 | Sod Houses - "The Little Old Sod Shanty on the Claim" - information on the song |
1889-1994 |
| 24 | 11 | Sod Houses - "Happiness was a Sod House" |
1889-1994 |
| 24 | 12 | Sod Houses - "When Happiness was a Sod House" - correspondence and text |
1889-1994 |
| 24 | 13 | Sod Houses - "When Happiness was a Sod House" - George White Soddy captions |
1889-1994 |
| 24 | 14 | Sod Houses - "When Happiness was a Soddy" |
1889-1994 |
| 24 | 15 | Sod Houses - "Sod House in America" |
1889-1994 |
| 24 | 16 | Sod Houses - Sod House in Canada - research and writings |
1889-1994 |
| 24 | 17 | Sod Houses - Rammed Earth Houses |
1889-1994 |
| 24 | 18 | Sod Houses - "Prairie Schoolhouse" - correspondence and text published in NRTA Journal
|
1971 January/February |
| 24 | 19 | Sod Houses - Sod Schoolhouses |
1889-1994 |
| 24 | 20 | Sod Houses - J.C. Cram soddy |
1889-1994 |
| 24 | 21 | Sod Houses - Harry Chrisman - correspondence about sod houses |
1889-1994 |
| 24 | 22 | Sod Houses - "On the Lone Prairie" - Chrisman Girls |
1889-1994 |
| 24 | 23 | Sod Houses - "On the Lone Prairie" and "American Girls: Prairie Style" - correspondence and text |
1889-1994 |
| 24 | 24 | Sod Houses - "American Girl" - correspondence with Scott Foresman Co. |
1889-1994 |
| 24 | 25 | Sod Houses - Two Story Sod House Built by Isidore Haumont |
1889-1994 |
| 24 | 26 | Sod Houses - "The Sod House on the Prairie" - children's book |
1889-1994 |
| 24 | 27 | Sod Houses - "The Sod House on the Prairie" - illustrative material |
1889-1994 |
| 24 | 28 | Sod Houses - "The Sod House on the Prairie" - John I. White's sketches |
1889-1994 |
| 24 | 29 | Sod Houses - Sod House Illustrations |
1889-1994 |
Subject Files - S-U, 1860-1994Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 25 | 1 | "She was Beautiful" - play by John I. White |
1889-1994 |
| 25 | 2 | Sheet Music: Cowboy Songs - Red River Valley, Old Paint, Home on the Range, The Tenderfoot, Greer County, and Lane County Bachelor |
1889-1994 |
| 25 | 3 | "Shoeing a Broncho" - submitted to The American West
|
1977 |
| 25 | 4 | Sidelights on American History - book project correspondence |
1889-1994 |
| 25 | 5 | "Singin' to 'Em" |
1889-1994 |
| 25 | 6 | Skits |
1889-1994 |
| 25 | 7 | Songs of Open Spaces - book layout |
1889-1994 |
| 25 | 8 | Songs of Open Spaces - finished manuscript |
1889-1994 |
| 25 | 9 | Songs of Open Spaces - raw song material |
1889-1994 |
| 25 | 10 | Songs of Open Spaces - material ready for typing |
1889-1994 |
| 25 | 11 | Spanish Prisoner Racket |
1889-1994 |
| 25 | 12 | Sprague, Carl T. |
1985 November |
| 25 | 13 | Standard Time - "It's About Time" - Presbyterian Survey
|
1889-1994 |
| 25 | 14 | Standard Time - "A Hitch in Time" - research |
1889-1994 |
| 25 | 15 | Stanley, Clark |
1889-1994 |
| 25 | 16 | Steamboats - "Steam Comes to Ol' Man River" |
1889-1994 |
| 25 | 17 | Stephens, Harry |
1889-1994 |
| 25 | 18 | Thanksgiving - "Gobblers in Double Jeopardy" |
1889-1994 |
| 25 | 19 | Thorp, N. Howard (Jack) |
1889-1994 |
| 25 | 20 | "Three Centuries on the Bottom" - It Really Happened Believe Me! |
1889-1994 |
| 25 | 21 | Twain, Mark - correspondence about photos |
1889-1994 |
| 25 | 22 | Twain, Mark - "Assist for a Fallen Hero" - correspondence and text |
1889-1994 |
| 25 | 23 | "Two Famous Songs of the Southwest" - The Strawberry Roan and Zebra Dun |
1889-1994 |
| 25 | 24 | "Two Pioneer Collectors" - Lomax and Thorp |
1889-1994 |
| 25 | 25 | University of Illinois Press publications |
1889-1994 |
Subject Files - W, 1860-1994Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 26 | 1 | Washington D.C. - plans and history |
1889-1994 |
| 26 | 2 | Washington, George - "The First President Tours the South" |
1889-1994 |
| 26 | 3 | Washington, George - "George Washington and the Calendar" - Old Farmer's Almanac - text and correspondence |
1889-1994 |
| 26 | 4 | Washington, George - G.W. Once Changed it Himself" - Grain Producers News
|
1978 September |
| 26 | 5 | Washington, George - "The First President Takes a Trip" - Highlights for Children - correspondence, maps, and text |
1889-1994 |
| 26 | 6 | Western History Association |
1889-1994 |
| 26 | 7 | Western Files - miscellaneous - "Where Did Those Cowboy Songs Come From" - article |
1889-1936 |
| 26 | 8 | Western Photographs, correspondence, and captions |
1889-1994 |
| 26 | 9 | Western Towns Looking for a Past - articles |
1889-1994 |
| 26 | 10 | Where to find more songs, records, and books |
1889-1994 |
| 26 | 11 | Where to find more songs, records, and books |
1889-1994 |
| 26 | 12 | Wells Fargo and Pony Express - research |
1889-1994 |
| 26 | 13 | "Who Said It?" - research on quotes and text |
1889-1994 |
| 26 | 14 | "Whoopee Ti Yi Yo" - article |
1889-1994 |
| 26 | 15 | "Whoopee Ti Yi Yo" - correspondence and notes |
1889-1994 |
| 26 | 16 | "Whoopee Ti Yi Yo" - Owen Wister and the Dogies |
1889-1994 |
| 26 | 17 | Wild Horses - research |
1889-1994 |
| 26 | 18 | Winchester - "Song of the Winchester" |
1889-1994 |
| 26 | 19 | Women in Politics - "Gentlemen Move Over" - research, text, and correspondence |
1889-1994 |
| 26 | 20 | Women in Politics - "Uncles Sam's Daughters in Politics" |
1889-1994 |
Subject Files - Wister, Owen, 1860-1994Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 27 | 1 | Wister, Owen - "Owen Wister, Song Writer" |
1889-1994 |
| 27 | 2 | Wister, Owen - "Owen Wister, Song Writer" |
1889-1994 |
| 27 | 3 | Wister, Owen - "Git Along Little Dogies" - Owen Wister and the Dogies |
1889-1994 |
| 27 | 4 | Wister, Owen - correspondence - Owen Wister to John I. White |
1934 |
| 27 | 5 | Wister, Owen - correspondence with Mrs. Stokes (Fanny Kemble Wister) |
1889-1994 |
| 27 | 6 | Wister, Owen - Stage version of The Virginian
|
1889-1994 |
| 27 | 7 | Wister, Owen - The Top Ten bestsellers of 1902 and what happened to them |
1902 |
| 27 | 8 | Wister, Owen - Underwoods Deviled Ham ad |
1889-1994 |
| 27 | 9 | Wister, Owen - "When You Call me that Smile!" - correspondence between John I. White and John S. Mayfield |
1966-1969 |
| 27 | 10 | Wister, Owen - Owen Wister Humorist |
1889-1994 |
| 27 | 11 | Wister, Owen - Owen Wister Humorist |
1889-1994 |
| 27 | 12 | Wister, Owen - The American West - "The Virginian" |
1970 September |
| 27 | 13 | Wister, Owen - "The Virginian" - Montana
|
1966 October |
| 27 | 14 | Wister, Owen - N. Orwin Rush data |
1889-1994 |
| 27 | 15 | Wister, Owen - Owen Wister - by Richard W. Etulain - Western Writers Series #7 - Boise State |
1973 |
Subject Files - Z, 1860-1994Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 28 | 1 | The Zebra Dun |
1889-1994 |
| 28 | 2 | The Zebra Dun - research and text |
1889-1994 |
| 28 | 3 | Theh Zebra Dun - correspondence |
1889-1994 |
| 28 | 4 | Zipper - "It Took Twenty Years: The Ups and Downs of the Zipper" - correspondence and text |
1889-1994 |
Git Along Little Dogies , 1860-1994Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 29 | 1 | Publicity |
1889-1994 |
| 29 | 2 | Publicity - sent to press, libraries, and bookstores |
1889-1994 |
| 29 | 3 | Advertising |
1889-1994 |
| 29 | 4 | Picture Captions |
1889-1994 |
| 29 | 5 | Book Reviews |
1889-1994 |
| 29 | 6 | Spares (for distribution) |
1889-1994 |
Git Along Little Dogies , 1860-1994Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 30 | 1 | Notes for book of cowboy songs proposed to University of Illinois Press |
1971 |
| 30 | 2 | Layout |
1889-1994 |
| 30 | 3 | John I. White discography |
1889-1994 |
| 30 | 4 | Death Valley Days radio material for introduction |
1889-1994 |
| 30 | 5 | Corrections and Changes in response to comments and criticisms from readers |
1973 June 30 |
| 30 | 6 | Introduction to book (playlist songs sung on Death Valley Days) |
1889-1994 |
| 30 | 7 | Editor's last minute queries |
1889-1994 |
| 30 | 8 | "Home on the Range" chapter |
1889-1994 |
| 30 | 9 | Reviews |
1889-1994 |
| 30 | 10 | Galleys |
1889-1994 |
| 30 | 11 | Galleys |
1889-1994 |
Page Proofs/Caption Proofs, 1860-1994Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 31 | 1 | D.J. "Kid" O'Malley - Montana's Cowboy Poet - Montana
|
July 1967 |
| 31 | 2 | Notes for White - Just for the Record - ch. 1-19 |
1889-1994 |
| 31 | 3 | Introduction - Just for the Record |
1889-1994 |
| 31 | 4 | "Git Along Little Dogies" |
1889-1994 |
| 31 | 5 | "Owen Wister, Songwriter" |
1889-1994 |
| 31 | 6 | ":ast Days with the Dogies" and "Curious History of 'The Railroad Corral'" |
1889-1994 |
| 31 | 7 | "Singin' to 'em" |
1889-1994 |
| 31 | 8 | "Move Slow, Dogies, Move Slow" |
1889-1994 |
| 31 | 9 | Will Barnes and "The Cowboy's Sweet Bye and Bye" |
1889-1994 |
| 31 | 10 | "The Grass of Uncle Sam" |
1889-1994 |
| 31 | 11 | "And That's How a Folksong was Born" |
1889-1994 |
| 31 | 12 | "Gail Gardner Cowboy Poet Lariat" |
1889-1994 |
| 31 | 13 | "Badger Clark Poet of Yesterday's West" |
1889-1994 |
| 31 | 14 | "The Strange Career of the Strawberry Roan" |
1889-1994 |
| 31 | 15 | "The Zebra Dun" |
1889-1994 |
| 31 | 16 | "Where the Deer and the Antelope Play" |
1889-1994 |
| 31 | 17 | "The Little Old Sod Shanty on the Claim" |
1889-1994 |
| 31 | 18 | "Great Grandad" |
1889-1994 |
| 31 | 19 | "Great Grandma" |
1889-1994 |
| 31 | 20 | "Carl T. Spraque, Singing Cowboy" |
1889-1994 |
| 31 | 21 | "Two Pioneers Collectors of Western Songs" |
1889-1994 |
| 31 | 22 | "A John White Discography" |
1889-1994 |
| 31 | 23 | "Where to Find More Western Songs" |
1889-1994 |
| 31 | 24 | Appendix A - "Where to Find More Western Songs" |
1889-1994 |
Photos and Cartoons used in Git Along Little Dogies - and spares not used, 1860-1994Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 32 | 1 | Singing to 'em - N.C. Wyeth |
1889-1994 |
| 32 | 2 | Move Slow, Dogies, Move Slow |
1889-1994 |
| 32 | 3 | The Grass of Uncle Sam |
1889-1994 |
| 32 | 4 | The Strange Career of the Strawberry Roan |
1889-1994 |
| 32 | 5 | Clark |
1889-1994 |
| 32 | 6 | Zebra Dun |
1889-1994 |
| 32 | 7 | Will Barnes - The Cowboy's Sweet Bye and Bye |
1889-1994 |
| 32 | 8 | Introduction - Photos of John I. White, Lowdermilk, and Death Valley |
1889-1994 |
| 32 | 9 | Introduction - Cartoons |
1889-1994 |
| 32 | 10 | Git Along Little Dogies |
1889-1994 |
| 32 | 11 | Where the Deer and the Antelope Play |
1889-1994 |
| 32 | 12 | Gail Gardner, Cowboy Poet Lariat |
1889-1994 |
| 32 | 13 | And That's How a folksong was Born |
1889-1994 |
| 32 | 14 | Two Pioneer Collectors |
1889-1994 |
| 32 | 15 | Great Grandma |
1889-1994 |
| 32 | 16 | Great Grandad |
1889-1994 |
| 32 | 17 | Sprague |
1889-1994 |
| 32 | 18 | The Little Old Sod Shanty on the Claim |
1889-1994 |
| 32 | 19 | Last Day With the Longhorns - The Railroad Corral |
1889-1994 |
| 32 | 20 | O'Malley |
1889-1994 |
Old Issues of the Stock Growers Journal - (1889-1893) Miles City, Montana - and special Golden Jubilee (May 24, 1934) - In addition, there are additional copies of some John I. White artticles, 1889-1934Return to Top
Container(s): Box 33
File of 3x5 cards containing information on songs, biographies of selected song writers, Western books, sheet music, and other printed materials on songs, 1860-1994Return to Top
Container(s): Box 34
Plaques, 1860-1994Return to Top
Container(s): Box 35
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
New Jersey Folk Festival award fro distinguished contributions in folk music |
1984 | |
Highlights for Children patriotic featureof the year - "A Presidential Quiz" |
1986 February | |
Banner for John I. White display at the Elko Cowboy Poetry gathering |
1994 |
John I. White's cowboy hat, 1889-1994Return to Top
Container(s): Box 36
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Country music--History--History--Sources.
- Cowboys--Songs and music--History--Sources.
- Death Valley Days (Radio program)
- Folk music--West (U.S.)--History--Sources.
- Folk musicians--Records and correspondence.
- Radio actors and actresses--Records and correspondence.
Corporate Names
- Utah State University. Libraries. Special Collections and Archives.
Finding aid/Register completed by USU Special Collections & Archives
2008
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