T.A. Larson papers, 1870's - 1997 (bulk 1940 - 1989)

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Larson, T.A.
Title
T.A. Larson papers
Dates
1870's - 1997 (bulk 1940 - 1989) (inclusive)
Quantity
19.50 cubic ft. ( 41 Document boxes, 1 Record box, 1 oversize folder)
Collection Number
400029
Summary
The T. A. Larson papers consist of material he collected or generated during his time as a professor of Wyoming history at the University of Wyoming from 1936 to 1975. Other material comes from his years of service as a Wyoming State Representative from 1976 until 1984 and with his service to the Wyoming State Historical Society. Much of the collection relates to the histories of the West, Wyoming, and the University of Wyoming.
Repository
American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY
82071
Telephone: 3077663756
ahcref@uwyo.edu
Access Restrictions
Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

Languages
English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

T. A. (Taft Alfred) Larson was a highly respected and popular professor of history at the University of Wyoming from 1936 to 1975. The son of Swedish immigrants, Larson was born on a farm in Wakefield, Nebraska on January 18, 1910. He entered the University of Colorado in 1928 where he earned both his BA and MA degrees in English History. He attended the University of Illinois where he was awarded a Ph.D. in 1937. He was hired by the University of Wyoming as a temporary lecturer for one year. Larson then attended the University of London. He was asked to return to the University of Wyoming to teach, and, among other classes, he was assigned the duty of teaching Wyoming history. This was the beginning of his scholarly fascination with Wyoming history. In 1943, Larson entered the Navy, and during his service he wrote a history of the Great Lakes Naval Training Center. He was discharged in 1946. Upon his return to Wyoming, Larson began writing "Wyoming’s War Years: 1941-1946," which was published in 1956. In 1965 he published, "The History of Wyoming." This 700-page book became a “model” for state histories throughout the country, and it became the standard text for teaching Wyoming history. Larson also wrote "Wyoming: A State History" (1977), "Wyoming: A Bicentennial History" (1978), and "Bill Nye’s Western Humor" (1968). Nye was a journalist who lived in Laramie during the 1880s. T. A. Larson was head of the History Department from 1948-1968, and he directed the School of American Studies from 1959-1968. Larson retired in 1975 and was elected to the Wyoming State House in 1976. He was appointed to the Joint Appropriations Committee during his first term and remained on that influential committee throughout his tenure in the House. He served four terms, retiring in 1984. He received many honors including the G. D. Humphrey Distinguished Faculty Award, the W. R. Coe Professor of American Studies Award, the UW Medallion Service Award, and an honorary Doctor of Law degree. He was a co-founder and president of the Wyoming State Historical Society, and he was president of the Western History Association. He died in California on January 26, 2001.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The T. A. Larson papers contain biographical material, correspondence, manuscripts, subject files, notes, recordings, and maps. Most of this material comes from his years as a professor of Wyoming history at the University of Wyoming from 1946 to 1975. Other materials come from his years of service as a Wyoming State Representative from 1976 until 1984. The biographical section of the collection includes resumes, family items, material related to his military service with the Navy during WWII and written and photographic material about professional colleagues. The rest of the collection contains personal and professional correspondence, book manuscripts, professional articles and reviews, and speeches. A collection of subject files includes general western, Wyoming, and University of Wyoming subjects. Women suffrage materials are included throughout. A collection of notecards contains many detailed notes related to Wyoming history. A record box of audio visual materials contains classroom recordings, speeches, and research recordings. A number of standard Wyoming maps are kept in a folder along with a rare Laramie City insurance map from the 1870s.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Copyright Information

The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

Preferred Citation

Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, T.A. Larson Papers, Collection Number 400029, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Related Materials

Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by T.A. Larson at the date of processing.

Acquisition Information

Acquisition Information

T. A. Larson gave the bulk of his papers to the American Heritage Center in 1992. These were supplemented by a smaller donation from his daughter, Mary Lou Larson, in 2002.

Processing Note

Processing Information

The collection was processed by John Hanks in 2002.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I.:  BiographicalReturn to Top

Arranged alphabetically. Includes obituaries, genealogies, resumes, photographs of family and colleagues, and Navy papers.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 1
Awards, Clippings, Family
 1936-1992
1 2
Bibliographies, Resumes
 1956-1973
1 3
Family Photographs
 Ca. 1920s-1980s
1 4
History and American Studies Photographs
 1950s-1970s
1 5
Mary Hawkins Larson Genealogy
 1955-1964
1 6
U. S. Navy Papers (photos)
 1943-1946
1 7
UW Colleagues, including Laura White
 1920s-1930s
1 8
UW Professional, Personal
 1940s

Series II.:  CorrespondenceReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Sub-series 1.: Personal
Arranged by date. Includes personal, professional, and family correspondence and photographs.
Box Folder
2 1-5
Personal
 1950-1958
Box Folder
2 6
Personal (Includes Photos)
 1959
2 7-10
Personal
 1960-1963
2 11
Personal (Includes Photos)
 1964
2 12
Personal
 1965
3 1-6
Personal
 1966-1969
4 1-5
Personal
 January 1970 - June 1972
4 6
Personal (Includes Photos)
 July - December 1972
5 1-5
Personal
 1973-1975
6 1-4
Personal
 1976-1978
7 1-5
Personal
 1979-1983
8 1
Personal
 January - June 1984
8 2
Personal (Includes Photos)
 July - December 1984
8 3-6
Personal
 1985-1988
9 1-3
Personal
 1989-1991
9 4
Personal
 No Date
Sub-series 2.: Subject
Arranged alphabetically. Includes persons, historical subjects, and places.
Box Folder
9 5
Casper College (Gift of Larson Books) 1996
Box Folder
9 6
Casper Star Tribune – Letters, Submissions, Reviews,
1981
9 7
Chadron State College – Speeches
 1979
9 8
Chadron State College – Speeches
 1957
9 9
Foreign Students - Evaluations, American Studies Report,
1960
9 10
Gelfand, Lawrence E., Professor
 1959-1967
9 11
1937-1949
 Hadsell Ranch, Elk Mountain (photos)
10 1
Hicks, John D., Professor
 1966
10 2
History of Wyoming
 1964-1966
10 3
Huntington Library
 1967-1971
10 4
Lamar, Howard, Yale University
 1972
10 5
Laramie Senior Center
 1980-1981
10 6
Laramie Senior Lyceum
 1990
10 7
Larson Brothers and Families
 1940-1980s
10 8
Nebraska Press
 1960-1973
10 9
Nye, Bill (Larson’s Book, Nye Relations)
 1952-1981
10 10
O’Callaghan, Jerry A., Professor
 1952-1971
10 11
Pacific Historical Review
 1950-1971
10 12
Rocky Mountain Social Science Association
 1969-1972
11 1
The Westerners
 1957-1990
11 2
Wyoming: A Bi-Centennial History
 1975-1983
11 3
Wyoming Dentists (Society, History, Activities),
1947-1951
11 4
Wyoming Oil Industry Study
 1946
11 5
Wyoming Recreation Commission
 1975-1978
11 6
Wyoming State Historical Societies (Albany County),
1950s-1991
11 7-9
Wyoming State Historical Society
 1943-1992

Series III.:  WritingsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Sub-series 1.: Manuscripts
Arranged alphabetically. Includes History of the U.S. Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois in World War II; Wyoming’s War Years, 1941-1945; and some historical article manuscripts.
Box Folder
12 1-2
Manuscript (Partial): History of the U. S. Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois in World War II
 1945
12 3-5
Manuscript (Partial): Wyoming’s War Years… ,
1954
13 1-5
Manuscript (Rough): Wyoming’s War Years…
 1945
14 1
Manuscript (Carbon) Wyoming’s War Years… (Photos) ,
1954
14 2-4
Manuscript (Carbon) Wyoming’s War Years…
 1954
14 5
Manuscript (Carbon) Wyoming’s War Years…
 1938-1972
14 6
Publications – Manuscripts by T. A. Larson
 1936-1972
14 7
Various Manuscripts: Entrepreneurs on the Oregon-Mormon-California Trail, Home Rule on the Range, Opposition to English Canals before 1800 (1937), Wyoming’s Contribution to the Regional and National Woman’s Rights Movement
 1934-no dates
Sub-series 2.: Other
Arranged alphabetically. Includes T. A. Larson articles, reviews of Larson’s books, and reviews and speeches by Larson.
Box Folder
15 1
Articles: Annals of Wyoming, “Wyoming’s Contribution to the Regional and National Women’s Right Movement” (Spring 1980), Idaho Yesterdays, “The Woman’s Rights Movement in Idaho” (Spring 1972), “Idaho’s Role in America’s Woman Suffrage Crusade” (Spring 1974), Montana – Women and the American West, “Women’s Role in the American West” (July 1974), Montana Western History, “Montana Women and the Battle for the Ballot” (Winter 1973),
1956-1974
Box Folder
15 2
Pacific Northwest Quarterly “Woman Suffrage in Wyoming” (April, 1965) “The Woman Suffrage Movement in Washington” (April 1976), Reclamation ERA, “Wyoming ‘Home on the Range’”(Nov., 1965),. Utah Historical Quarterly – Women in Utah “Woman Suffrage in Western America” (Winter 1970), Wyoming Law Journal “Exiling a Wyoming Judge” (Spring, 1956)
 1965-1980
15 3
Reviews: Bill Nye’s Western Humor
 1965-1971
15 4
Reviews: Historic Ranches of Wyoming
1988
15 5
Reviews: History of Wyoming
1965
15 6
Reviews: Wyoming: A Bi-Centennial History
1978-1979
15 7
Reviews: Wyoming: A Guide to Its History, Highways, and People (WPA Reprint)
1982
15 8
Reviews: Wyoming’s War Years – 1941-1945
1954-1955
15 9
Reviews by T. A. Larson
 1970-1985
15 10
Speeches - Academic Freedom
 1954
15 11
Speeches - Cheyenne History
 1986-1987
15 12
Speeches - Notecards of Larson Talks
 ca. 1970s
15 13
Speeches - TV Editorials – Cheyenne and Casper,
1969-1970
15 14
Speeches - Wyoming History Conference
 1991

Series IV.:  Subject FilesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Sub-series 1.: General
Arranged alphabetically including historical figures, subjects, and women.
Box Folder
16 1
Baker, Jim, – Mountain Man (1818-1898)
 1943-1976
16 2
Bridger, Jim – Explorer, Trapper
 1953
16 3
Bright, William H. – Introduced Wyo. Suffrage Bill,
1960-1974
16 4
Caldwell, George R. – Wyo. Journalist
 1963
16 5
Carey, Robert D. and Joseph M. – Wyoming Political Leaders
 1936
16 6
Clough, Wilson O. – U. of Wyoming Intellectual Historian
 1938-1990
16 7
Cody, William F. – Famous Scout and Showman,
1948
16 8
Dale, Edward Everett – Histories of the West,
1941-1947
16 9
Duniway, Abigail – Oregon Pioneer and Suffragette,
1976
16 10
Duniway, Clyde A. – Pres. of Universities of Oregon and Wyoming.
 1970-1972
16 11
Early Exploration
 1955-1975
16 12
Early Wagon Trails
 1942-1987
17 1
Erwin, Marie H. (Notes)
 no date
17 2
Fitzgerald, Mondie
 1920-1976
17 3-4
Forman, George
 no date
17 5
Fox, John J., The Far West in the 80s (Handwritten),
no date
17 6
Gage, Jack R. – Wyoming Governor, Politician,
no date
17 7
Gowdy, Curt – Wyo. Celebrity Sportscaster
 1972
17 8
Hebard, Grace Collection – Notes, Photocopies
 no date
18 1
Hardy, Eugene - UW Professor
 1957-1970
18 2
Hayford, James H. - Laramie Sentinel Publisher
 1970
18 3
Heart Path Project (Wyoming essay)
 1989
18 4
Historical Maps (Prepared by G. R. Hebard)
 1974
18 5
Historiography
 no date
18 6
Homesteading – Women
 1974
18 7
Hopkinson, Mark (Defendant in Jeff Green murder)
 1983
18 8
Horn, Tom – Cheyenne, Wyoming Hired Killer
 no date
18 9
Houx, Frank L. – Cody Mayor and Wyoming Governor
 no date
18 10
Humphrey, George Duke – U. of Wyoming President
 1976
18 11
Hunt, Lester C. – Wyoming Senator, Suicide
 1954-1975
18 12
Hunton, John – Ft. Laramie letters, Bullock, SE Ward (1885-1887)
 no dates
18 13
Hunton, John (Notes by T. A. Larson)
 no dates
18 14
Lockhart, Caroline – Author, Rancher, Publisher
 no dates
18 15
Long, Everett B. “Pete” (1919-1981) University of Wyoming Civil War history professor
 1981
18 16
McGee, Gale - Wyoming Senator (Correspondence)
 1946-1967
19 1-2
McGee, Gale - Wyoming Senator (Newsletters, Speeches, Clippings, Campaign Literature, Etc.)
 1958-1971
19 3
Medicine – Frontier
 no date
19 4
Meeker Massacre – Ute uprising – Jo Rankin
 no date
19 5
Miller, Leslie A., Wyoming Governor
 no date
19 6-7
Miller, Leslie A. – Wyoming Governor Autobiography, Part 1 and Part 2
 1957-1959, no date
20 1
Miscellaneous – Humor, Notes, Clippings
 1985-1986
20 2
Montana Military – Forts, Custer, Etc
 1971
20 3
Mormons
 1940
20 4
Morris, Esther Hobart – Wyoming Suffragette
 no date
20 5
Native Americans – Utes, Arapahoe, Sioux
 1968
20 6
Nebraska
 no date
20 7
Nussbaum, Frederick Louis, University of Wyoming History Professor
 1943-1958
20 8
Nye, Bill, The Background of Bill Nye in American Humor by Walter Blair (Dissertation)
 1931
20 9
Nye, Bill – Humorist (Notes)
 no dates
20 10
Nye, Bill – Photographs
 no dates
20 11
Nye, Bill – Research Materials
 1971-1978
21 1
Nye, Bill – Writings (Reprints)
 1950s
21 2
O’Mahoney, Joseph C. – Wyoming Senator
 1952-1989
21 3
Parks, Samuel C. - Wyoming Judge (Correspondence with Sen. David Davis)
 no date
21 4
Paulley, Dave – Wyoming Painter
 1984-1987
21 5
Pony Express – National Pony Express Centennial Association
 1959-1961
21 6
Race – Ethnicity
 1971
21 7
Research Notes from Bancroft Library (Suffrage)
 no date
21 8
Research Notes from Huntington Library (Suffrage)
 no date
21 9
Research Sources – Index of Federal Sources
 no date
21 10
Research Sources – Lists of Research Libraries, Etc
 no date
21 11
Research Sources – U. S. Government Sources
 no date
22 1
Research Subjects (General) – Historic Ranches of Wyoming (Manuscripts, Reminiscences)
 1987
22 2
Research Subjects (General) – Wyoming Revision (Churches, Trout, Rock Springs, Casper Crossings, Etc.)
 1935-1973
22 3
Research Subjects (General) – List of University of Wyoming Documents
 no date
22 4
Rose, Robert Sr. - Kemmerer, Star Valley, W.W.I. (1914-1919 Reminiscences)
 no date
22 5
Ross, Nellie Tayloe – Wyoming Governor and Director of U.S. Mint
 no date
22 6
Russin, Robert – Wyoming Artist/Sculptor of Lincoln Highway Bust
 1959
22 7
Sacajawea Monument Dedication (Photos)
 1924-1988
22 8
Simpson Family – Wyoming Political Dynasty
 1984
22 9
Stimson, Joseph E. - Wyoming Photographer
 no date
22 10
Stimson, Joseph E. – Photographs (Copies)
 no date
22 11
Van Devanter, Winslow B. – Wyoming Judge and U.S. Supreme Court
 1942-1955
22 12
Verendrye Brothers – Early Explorers (1700s)
 1970s
22 13
Warren Air Force Base – Photographs (Originally Fort D. H. Russell)
 no date
23 1-2
Warren, Francis E
 1956-1967
23 3
West (Nostalgia, Turner Thesis, Romance)
 1947
23 4-5
Western History Association
 1968-1983
24 1-2
White, Laura A. – Wyoming Professor of History
 1945-1948
24 3
Wilderness Women Project
 1977
24 4
Women
 1969-1973
24 5
Women (Equality, Equal Rights)
 1969-1979
24 6
Women – Larson Research Notes from Trip (Susan B. Anthony, Carrie Chapman Catt, Anti-Suffrage
 1973
24 7
Women – Liberation (Clippings)
 1969-1971
24 8
Women – Organizations – National Council of Women Voters (Notes)
 no date
24 9
Women – Political Organizations – Congressional Union, Women’s Party (Notes)
 no date
24 10
Women – State of Arizona (Notes)
 1972
24 11
Women – State of California (Notes)
 no date
25 1
Women – State of Colorado (Notes)
 no date
25 2-3
Women – State of Idaho (Notes)
 no date
25 4
Women – State of Montana (Notes)
 no date
25 5
Women – State of Nevada (Notes)
 no date
25 6
Women – State of Oregon (Notes)
 no date
26 1
Women – State of Utah (Notes)
 1941-1971
26 2-4
Women – State of Washington (Notes, Photos)
 no date
26 5
Women’s Studies – Collection (Notes)
 no date
26 6
Women’s Suffrage Leaders – Carrie Chapman Catt (Notes)
 1968
27 1
Women Suffrage Leaders - Emma DeVoe, Carrie Catt (Notes)
 no date
27 2-3
Women’s Suffrage (Notes)
 1970
27 4
Women’s Suffrage – Pacific Northwest (Notes)
 no date
27 5
Women’s Suffrage – Rocky Mtn. West (Notes)
 1978
Sub-series 2.: Wyoming
Arranged alphabetically including cities, women’s suffrage, etc.
Box Folder
27 6
Actualities – General, Population, and Economics,
no date
27 7
Agriculture and Irrigation (Photos)
 1982
28 1
Arts
 no date
28 2
Aviation
 no date
28 3
Bi-Centennial - Wyoming Bi-Centennial
1976
28 4-5
Bi-Centennial – Wyoming Bi-Centennial Commission – Includes Documents Book
 1977
28 6
Centennial – Wyoming Centennial – 50 Legislature Session Laws
 1990
28 7-8
Centennial - Wyoming Centennial Commission (Includes Advisory Committee/Commemorative Book)
 1987-1990
28 9
Chinese Massacre
 1940
28 10
Cities - Buffalo (Photos)
 no date
28 11-12
Cities – Casper (Includes Casper College)
 no date, 1977
28 13
Cities – Cheyenne (Photos)
 1940-1966
28 14
Cities – Jackson Hole
 no date
29 1
Cities – Laramie (Photos)
 1983
29 2
Cities – Laramie (Cooper Mansion)
 1985
29 3
Cities – Laramie - Early
 1973
29 4
Cities – Laramie - Historical Notes & Pamphlets,
1944-1952
29 5
Cities – Laramie - Historical Walking Tour
 1989
29 6
Cities – Laramie – Laramie Plains Museum (Old Ivinson Mansion)
 1967-1975
29 7
Cities – Laramie Republican (Notes 1892)
 no date
29 8
Cities – Laramie – (Pamphlets - 1913-1919)
 no date
29 9
Cities – Laramie – Post Office (Stebner Committee),
1984
29 10
Cities – Laramie – Rolling Mill (Incl. Photos and Notes)
no date
29 11
Cities – Laramie – (Various Notes, Clippings, Publications.)
 no date
30 1
Cities – Newcastle
 no date
30 2
Cities – Sheridan (Photos)
 no date
30 3
Cities – Small Towns
 no date
30 4
Cities – Small Towns – Star Valley
 1958
30 5
Cities – Small Towns – Thermopolis
 no date
30 6
Climate
 1955
30 7
Condit Papers - Hole in the Wall, Dead Man’s Trail ,
no date
30 8
Congressional Documents – Index to Historical Material,
1937
30 9
Council for the Humanities
 1970s-1980s
30 10-11
“Cowboy State” (Livestock and Ranches)
 1959-1975
31 1
Dams and Reservoirs (Including Photos)
 1968
31 2
Education – History, Statistics
 no date
31 3
Education (1890-1940)
 no date
31 4
Forts – Fort Russell, Fort Bridger, Buffalo Soldiers.,
no date
31 5
Fort Sanders
 1989
31 6
“Freunds Castle”
 1976-1977
31 7
Government
 1941-1979
31 8
Government - Human Services
 1956
31 9
Government – Library and Archives, Historical Board, and Recreation Commission
 1977
31 10
Government – Portraits (Photos)
 no date
31 11
Health
 1987
31 12
Highways (Photos)
 1940-1956
31 13
Histories
 no date
31 14
Johnson County War, Mike Shonsey
 no date
31 15
Korean War
 1958
31 16
Landmark Photos – Oregon Trail, Etc.
 no date
32 1
Legislature (Constitution, Legislation, Speeches, Utilities)
 1980-1983
32 2
Legislature - Economic. Impact Study–Sheridan/Johnson Counties).
 1977
32 3
Legislature (Economic, Retirement Reform)
 1987-1988
32 4
Maps and Graphs
 no date
32 5
Mining – Coal and Power Plants (Photos)
 1920s-1978
32 6
Mining – Gems and Diamonds
 no date
32 7
Mining – Ores and Minerals (Photos)
 1955
32 8
Museums
 1978
32 9
National Parks and Monuments
 1950
32 10
Native Americans
 no date
32 11
Oil
 1957
32 12
Oil – Casper (Photos)
 no date
32 13
Outdoor Councils - Wyoming Outdoor Council
 1983
32 14
Outdoor Sports – Fishing, Racing. (Photos)
 no date
32 15
Politics – Campaign Flyers
 1986
32 16
Politics – Democrats
 1985
32 17
Politics – Republicans
 1987
32 18
Politics – Presidential Visits including Theodore Roosevelt and William Henry Taft
 no date
32 19
Politics – 1958 Campaign
 1958
33 1
Pony Express Centennial
 1958-1961
33 2
Railroads
 no date
33 3
Railroads – Ames Bros. Monument (UPRR Photos) ,
no date
33 4
Railroads – Construction (UPRR Photos)
 no date
33 5
Railroads – Diesel and Turbine Locomotives (UPRR Photos)
 no date
33 6
Railroads – Steam Locomotives (UPRR Photos) ,
no date
33 7
Ranches – Histories
 no date
33 8
Ranches – Sheep and Cattle
 no date
33 9
Recreation
 no date
33 10
Recreation - Wyoming Recreation Commission – National Register of Historic Sites (Consulting Commission)
 1967-1981
33 11
Religions
 no date
33 12
Rodeo – Frontier Days, Etc., Photos Included.,
no date
34 1
Scenery (Photos)
 no date
34 2
Scenery – Devil’s Tower (Photos)
 no date
34 3
Scenery – Grand Tetons (Photos)
 no date
34 4
Scenery – Yellowstone (Photos)
 no date
34 5
Statistics – General
 no date
34 6
Statue of Esther Morris for Capital (Morris and Suffrage Controversy and T. A. Larson)
 1954
34 7
Telecommunications
 1978-1988
34 8
Territorial Prison – Wyoming Territorial Prison,
1987-1990
34 9
Tourism
 1956-1968
34 10-12
Trails – Diaries (Excerpts)
 no dates
34 13
Trails – Overland
 no date
35 1
Water
 1887-1997
35 2
Wildlife
 1956
35 3
Women
1942-1972
35 4
Women – Calico Prairies – Behind Closed Doors,
1984-1985
35 5
Women – Equality
 1973-1979
35 6
Women - N.O.W. – National Organization for Women,
1973-1975
35 7
Women – State of Wyoming Commission for Women - Barriers to Employment for Women in Wyoming
1978
35 8
Women’s Suffrage
 1954-1967
35 9
Women’s Suffrage – Notes (1910-1971)
 no date
35 10
Women’s Suffrage – Notes
 no date
36 1
Women’s Suffrage – Notes
 no date
36 2
World War II – Japanese-American Internment (Gov. Hunt Correspondence)
 1943-1945
36 3
World War II – Japanese-American Internment (Sen. O’Mahoney Correspondence)
 1942-1945
36 4
World War II – (Photos)
 no date
36 5
World War II – Robert R. Larson Letters from European Theatre
 1943-1947
36 6
W.P.A - Works Progress Administration Writers,
1930s
36 7-8
W.P.A. - Works Progress Administration Writers – Laramie
 1930s
37 1-2
W.P.A. - Works Progress Administration Writers – Laramie
 1930s
37 3
Wyoming State Historical Society
 1954
37 4
Wyoming Territorial Park
 1990
Sub-series 3.: University of Wyoming
Arranged alphabetically including Departments of American Studies, History, etc.
Box Folder
37 5
American Heritage Center
 1969-1985
37 6
American Heritage Center Kenneth Diem Report,
1983
37 7
American Heritage Center Technical Assistance Building Proposal (Rejected)
 1984
38 1
American Studies and History
 no date
38 2
American Studies Committee (Minutes)
 1953-1954
38 3
Centennial Commission, Annual Fund
1985-1986
38 4
Centennial Committees, State-wide Activities,
1987
38 5
Commemorations
 1946-1976
38 6
Liberal Arts Programs
 1945
38 7
Medical School Proposal – Correspondence
 1978
38 8
Newcomen Society Dinner Speech
 1984-1986
38 9
Old Main Building – Historic Site
 1986
38 10
Phi Beta Kappa – Honorary
 1930s-1980s
38 11
Photographs of University
 1985
39 1-2
Publications – Annotated (Scholarly/Souvenir),
1941-1982
39 3
Publications by U. of Wyoming Colleagues
 1940-1956
39 4
Textbook Investigation for Left-Wing Ideas ,
1948-1949
39 5
University Faculty Association/University Retirees,
1976-1978
39 6
University in Casper
 1975-1979
39 7
Women’s Studies
 1977-1983

Series V.:  NotecardsReturn to Top

Wyoming subjects arranged alphabetically, including Laramie Daily Sentinal articles, 1877-1878.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
40 1
Early Cheyenne & Towns West, Economy, Education (Especially Higher), Indians, Fort Sanders, Jackson Hole Monument, Mining, Mines (Sweetwater)- Miscellaneous,, Nurses & Nursing, Oil History, Prohibition
no date
41 1
Notecard Articles taken from Laramie Daily Sentinel(July 1877 – December 1888) Includes Bill Nye, S. W. Downey, F. E. Warren, Woman suffrage, General Social and Cultural History
 no date
41 2
Public Lands, Railroads, Reclamation, Sheep, Spanish-American War, Wyoming Territory (Official Correspondence), Territorial Penitentiary, Francis Warren, W.W.I., W.W.II.
no date

Series VI.:  Audio-VisualReturn to Top

Arranged alphabetically including speeches, classroom lectures, and research.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
42 1
Larson, T. A. on Bill Nye (Audio Cassette)
 no date
42 2
Larson, T. A. - Classroom Lectures (7 Rolls of Scotch 3M 25mm Tapes)
no date
42 3
Nye, Bill (Recordak Film from 1880 Denver Tribune),
no date
42 4
Women in the West Shamrock recording tape
 May 1975
42 5
Women’s Rights (Roll of Microfilm; New York Public Library)
 no date

Series VII.:  MapsReturn to Top

Arranged alphabetically. Wyoming Geological Survey maps, highway maps, Medicine Bow National Forest maps, and an old Laramie City insurance map.

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
Oversize 1
Dept. of Interior State of Wyoming
 1912
Oversize 2
Dept. of Interior State of Wyoming
 1923
Oversize 3
Dept. of Interior State of Wyoming
 1923
Oversize 4
Laramie City Insurance Map
 1870s
Oversize 5
Medicine Bow National Forest
 1956
Oversize 6
Medicine Bow National Forest
 1973
Oversize 7
No Name – Big Piney-Pinedale Basin
no date
Oversize 8
U. S. Geological Survey - Oil and Gas Fields of the State of Wyoming
 1921
Oversize 9
U. S. Geological Survey of Wyoming – Wyoming Mines and Minerals
 1979
Oversize 10
Wyoming Highway Map
 1937

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • College teaching -- Wyoming

Corporate Names

  • University of Wyoming

Geographical Names

  • Wyoming -- History -- 1890--1918
  • Wyoming -- History -- 1919--1945
  • Wyoming -- History -- 1946--
  • Wyoming -- History -- To 1889

Titles within the Collection

  • College teachers

Processed by John Hanks
2005

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