Dave Jones papers - Archives West

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Jones, Dave.
Title: Dave Jones papers
Dates: 1906-1942 (inclusive)
19061942
Quantity: 3.15 cubic feet (7 boxes)
Collection Number: 00030
Summary
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 Note

Dave Jones was a Cody, Wyoming, businessman and oil speculator. Jones arrived in Cody in 1904 from Iowa and opened the Dave Jones clothing store in Cody in 1906. The store became known for its innovative advertising and use of display cases. Jones was also a member of the Board of Directors of the Western Oil and Gas Company of Cody, Wyoming.

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Content Description

Collection contains information relating to Jones' clothing store and the Western Oil and Gas Company. The collection includes correspondence (1928-1937) regarding Jones' store; ledgers (1906-1942) dealing with sales, inventories and expense accounts; catalogs of Jones' store (1938); newsclippings and advertisements of the store (1936-1942); and a manuscript by Jones in 1905 about his trip to Yellowstone National Park. The collection also includes Western Oil and Gas Company agreements and contracts (1908-1921); stock certificates (1918-1920); correspondence (1908-1925); and Board of Directors minutes of meetings (1908-1922).

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

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

Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

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Administrative Information

Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by Dave Jones at the date of processing.

Acquisition Information

The material was received from the estate of Dave Jones in September 1946

Processing Note

Processing Information

The collection was organized and described by Charles G. Roundy in 1970. It was encoded by Emily Brophy and D. Claudia Thompson in 2020.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Container List

Bank Books: Dave Jones' Account with the Shosone National Bank. Cody, Wyoming

Container: Box 6
- Description: Book #1
  
  Dates: February 3, 1931--November 1, 1934
  
  Container: Box 6
  
  Location: Bank Books: Dave Jones' Account with the Shosone National Bank. Cody, Wyoming
- Description: Book #2
  
  Dates: November 2, 1931-January 31, 1938
  
  Container: Box 6
  
  Location: Bank Books: Dave Jones' Account with the Shosone National Bank. Cody, Wyoming
- Description: Book #3
  
  Dates: February 1938-January 31, 1941
  
  Container: Box 6
  
  Location: Bank Books: Dave Jones' Account with the Shosone National Bank. Cody, Wyoming
- Description: Book #4
  
  Dates: February 1942-March 31, 1943
  
  Container: Box 6
  
  Location: Bank Books: Dave Jones' Account with the Shosone National Bank. Cody, Wyoming
Description: Broadsides, Handbills, and Leaflets: Advertising the Dave Jones Clothing Store., Cody, Wyoming (23 items)

Dates:

Container: Box 1
Correspondence:

Container: Box 1
- Description: To: Mrs. Mary Jester Allen. From: H.F. McLaury
  
  Dates: June 18, 1928
  
  Container: Box 1
  
  Location: Correspondence:
- Description: To: Mrs. Mary Jester Allen. From H. F. McLaury
  
  Dates: August 8, 1928
  
  Container: Box 1
  
  Location: Correspondence:
- Description: To: Dave Jones. From: George Lawrence Company
  
  Dates: March 17, 1932
  
  Container: Box 1
  
  Location: Correspondence:
- Description: To: Dave Jones. From: Thomas H. Mullen
  
  Dates: August 31, 1936
  
  Container: Box 1
  
  Location: Correspondence:
- Description: To: Dave Jones. From: Walter Fanning
  
  Dates: September 3, 1936
  
  Container: Box 1
  
  Location: Correspondence:
- Description: To: Dave Jones. From E.C. Pfeffor
  
  Dates: September 2, 1936
  
  Container: Box 1
  
  Location: Correspondence:
- Description: To: B.M. Hill. From: Dave Jones
  
  Dates: September 3, 1936
  
  Container: Box 1
  
  Location: Correspondence:
- Description: To: Dave Jones. From: B. Harold Miller
  
  Dates: September 3, 1936
  
  Container: Box 1
  
  Location: Correspondence:
- Description: To: Dave Jones. From E.R. Richer
  
  Dates: September 9, 1936
  
  Container: Box 1
  
  Location: Correspondence:
- Description: To: Dave Jones. From: E.R. Richer
  
  Dates: September 18, 1936
  
  Container: Box 1
  
  Location: Correspondence:
- Description: To: Allan Seinsheimer. From Dave Jones
  
  Dates: November 10, 1936
  
  Container: Box 1
  
  Location: Correspondence:
- Description: To: Dave Jones. From: Allan Sinsheimer
  
  Dates: November 16, 1936
  
  Container: Box 1
  
  Location: Correspondence:
- Description: To: Dave Jones. From: E.R. Richer
  
  Dates: November 19, 1936
  
  Container: Box 1
  
  Location: Correspondence:
- Description: To: Dave Jones. From: E.R Richer
  
  Dates: June 25, 1937
  
  Container: Box 1
  
  Location: Correspondence:
Data on Tourism (Yellowstone National Park Statistics and Information Releases):

Container: Box 1
- Description: "Yellowstone Park, Wyoming October 1925 "
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Box 1
  
  Location: Data on Tourism (Yellowstone National Park Statistics and Information Releases):
- Description: "1925 Comparative Travel Figures With 1924 and 1923 Season to August 31st, inclusive"
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Box 1
  
  Location: Data on Tourism (Yellowstone National Park Statistics and Information Releases):
- Description: "Yellowstone Park, Wyoming, October, 1924"
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Box 1
  
  Location: Data on Tourism (Yellowstone National Park Statistics and Information Releases):
- Description: "1924 Comparative Travel Figures With 1923 and 1922 Season to August 31st, Inclusive"
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Box 1
  
  Location: Data on Tourism (Yellowstone National Park Statistics and Information Releases):
- Description: "Yellowstone 1926 Season Smashes All Travel Records"
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Box 1
  
  Location: Data on Tourism (Yellowstone National Park Statistics and Information Releases):
- Description: "1926 Comparative Travel Figures With 1925 and 1924 Season to July 31st, Inclusive"
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Box 1
  
  Location: Data on Tourism (Yellowstone National Park Statistics and Information Releases):
- Description: "Memorandum Regarding Travel Via the Cody Gateway in 1928"
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Box 1
  
  Location: Data on Tourism (Yellowstone National Park Statistics and Information Releases):
- Description: Maps (3 identical) of Yellowstone Park and Table of Distances (1928)
  
  Dates: 1928
  
  Container: Box 1
  
  Location: Data on Tourism (Yellowstone National Park Statistics and Information Releases):
Description: Decals: Advertising Justin Boots (9)

Dates:

Container: Box 1
Journals (All of the financial type, and pertaining mainly to the Dave Jones Clothing Store):

Container: Box 2
- Description: No. 1: Sales and Other Entries
  
  Dates: 1899-1923
  
  Container: Box 2
  
  Location: Journals (All of the financial type, and pertaining mainly to the Dave Jones Clothing Store):
- Description: No. 2: Sales Entries
  
  Dates: February 1908-January 2, 1912
  
  Container: Box 2
  
  Location: Journals (All of the financial type, and pertaining mainly to the Dave Jones Clothing Store):
- Description: No 3: Sales Entries
  
  Dates: December 24, 1919-February 1925
  
  Container: Box 2
  
  Location: Journals (All of the financial type, and pertaining mainly to the Dave Jones Clothing Store):
- Description: No. 4: Sales Entries
  
  Dates: February 1923-February 1924
  
  Container: Box 2
  
  Location: Journals (All of the financial type, and pertaining mainly to the Dave Jones Clothing Store):
- Description: No 5: Invoice and Inventory Entries
  
  Dates: February 1936- February 1942
  
  Container: Box 2
  
  Location: Journals (All of the financial type, and pertaining mainly to the Dave Jones Clothing Store):
Ledgers:

Container: Box 2
- Description: Ledger
  
  Dates: 1900-1905
  
  Container: Box 2
  
  Location: Ledgers:
- Description: Ledger entitled " David Jones, Veo, Iowa, No. 585 Ledger"; Loose items within include: Scientific American Map of Cuba, "From December 28, 1890-JOURNAL". Furnance Fire-building directions, Chas. W. Gates, Oct. 28, 1913 acct. sheet, Receipt December 13, 1900 by J.M. Jones
  
  Dates: December 28, 1890, October 28, 1913, and December 13, 1900
  
  Container: Box Oversized
  
  Location: Ledgers:
- Description: Day-book (ledger)
  
  Dates: February 3, 1909-December 26, 1913
  
  Container: Box Oversized
  
  Location: Ledgers:
- Description: Expense Account
  
  Dates: June 1, 1912-February 29, 1920
  
  Container: Box Oversized
  
  Location: Ledgers:
- Description: Expense Account
  
  Dates: February 1920-February 1925
  
  Container: Box Oversized
  
  Location: Ledgers:
- Description: Transfer Sheets, General Ledger and Accts. Payable (Alphabetical subject arrangement)
  
  Dates: circa 1925-circa 1930
  
  Container: Box 3
  
  Location: Ledgers:
- Description: General Ledger (Alphabetical subject arrangment to include the following: Accounts (General), Assets, Liabilities, Revenues, Expenses, Payable accounts)
  
  Dates: 1925-1934
  
  Container: Box 3
  
  Location: Ledgers:
- Description: Sales Distribution for the Month of _____, Dave Jones, Cody Wyoming
  
  Dates: February 1925-January 1928
  
  Container: Box 4
  
  Location: Ledgers:
Order Books (Fitting Charts and Order Forms for Clothing Store):

Container: Box 5
- Description: Dave Jones, Cody, Wyoming
  
  Dates: March 1909 to August 11, 1911
  
  Container: Box 5
  
  Location: Order Books (Fitting Charts and Order Forms for Clothing Store):
- Description: Dave Jones, Cody, Wyoming
  
  Dates: March 1907- May 16, 1908
  
  Container: Box 5
  
  Location: Order Books (Fitting Charts and Order Forms for Clothing Store):
Pamphlets, Brochures, and Leaflets pertaining to the Tourist Attractions of the Cody-Yellowstone Park, Wyoming area and to other areas:

Container: Box 6
- Description: Aldrich Lodge, Ishawooa, Wyoming (2)
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Box 6
  
  Location: Pamphlets, Brochures, and Leaflets pertaining to the Tourist Attractions of the Cody-Yellowstone Park, Wyoming area and to other areas:
- Description: Beartooth Absaroka & Shoshone National Forest Vacation Region
  
  Dates: 1926
  
  Container: Box 6
  
  Location: Pamphlets, Brochures, and Leaflets pertaining to the Tourist Attractions of the Cody-Yellowstone Park, Wyoming area and to other areas:
- Description: Big Horn Basin, Wyoming
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Box 6
  
  Location: Pamphlets, Brochures, and Leaflets pertaining to the Tourist Attractions of the Cody-Yellowstone Park, Wyoming area and to other areas:
- Description: Big Horn Hot Springs, Thermopolis, Wyoming
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Box 6
  
  Location: Pamphlets, Brochures, and Leaflets pertaining to the Tourist Attractions of the Cody-Yellowstone Park, Wyoming area and to other areas:
- Description: The Buffalo Bill Country Calls You
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Box 6
  
  Location: Pamphlets, Brochures, and Leaflets pertaining to the Tourist Attractions of the Cody-Yellowstone Park, Wyoming area and to other areas:
- Description: The Cody Stampede, Cody, Wyoming
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Box 6
  
  Location: Pamphlets, Brochures, and Leaflets pertaining to the Tourist Attractions of the Cody-Yellowstone Park, Wyoming area and to other areas:
- Description: The Cody Road, to Yellowstone Park
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Box 6
  
  Location: Pamphlets, Brochures, and Leaflets pertaining to the Tourist Attractions of the Cody-Yellowstone Park, Wyoming area and to other areas:
- Description: Custer Battlefield HiWay
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Box 6
  
  Location: Pamphlets, Brochures, and Leaflets pertaining to the Tourist Attractions of the Cody-Yellowstone Park, Wyoming area and to other areas:
- Description: The Dalles and Dufur, Oregon
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Box 6
  
  Location: Pamphlets, Brochures, and Leaflets pertaining to the Tourist Attractions of the Cody-Yellowstone Park, Wyoming area and to other areas:
- Description: Dude Ranches in the Big Horn Mountains
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Box 6
  
  Location: Pamphlets, Brochures, and Leaflets pertaining to the Tourist Attractions of the Cody-Yellowstone Park, Wyoming area and to other areas:
- Description: The Elbud Ranch for Boys (C158-wy)
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Box 6
  
  Location: Pamphlets, Brochures, and Leaflets pertaining to the Tourist Attractions of the Cody-Yellowstone Park, Wyoming area and to other areas:
- Description: Festival of Mountain and Plain and State Fair
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Box 6
  
  Location: Pamphlets, Brochures, and Leaflets pertaining to the Tourist Attractions of the Cody-Yellowstone Park, Wyoming area and to other areas:
- Description: Holm Lodge
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Box 6
  
  Location: Pamphlets, Brochures, and Leaflets pertaining to the Tourist Attractions of the Cody-Yellowstone Park, Wyoming area and to other areas:
- Description: Land of the Shining Mountain (Billings Gazette Supplement)
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Box 6
  
  Location: Pamphlets, Brochures, and Leaflets pertaining to the Tourist Attractions of the Cody-Yellowstone Park, Wyoming area and to other areas:
- Description: Medford Rogue River Valley
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Box 6
  
  Location: Pamphlets, Brochures, and Leaflets pertaining to the Tourist Attractions of the Cody-Yellowstone Park, Wyoming area and to other areas:
- Description: The National Park-to-Park Highway
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Box 6
  
  Location: Pamphlets, Brochures, and Leaflets pertaining to the Tourist Attractions of the Cody-Yellowstone Park, Wyoming area and to other areas:
- Description: Old Oregon Trail Guidebook (2)
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Box 6
  
  Location: Pamphlets, Brochures, and Leaflets pertaining to the Tourist Attractions of the Cody-Yellowstone Park, Wyoming area and to other areas:
- Description: Pacific Coast to Chicago via Yellowstone National Park
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Box 6
  
  Location: Pamphlets, Brochures, and Leaflets pertaining to the Tourist Attractions of the Cody-Yellowstone Park, Wyoming area and to other areas:
- Description: The Pacific Northwest
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Box 6
  
  Location: Pamphlets, Brochures, and Leaflets pertaining to the Tourist Attractions of the Cody-Yellowstone Park, Wyoming area and to other areas:
- Description: Picturesque Colorado
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Box 6
  
  Location: Pamphlets, Brochures, and Leaflets pertaining to the Tourist Attractions of the Cody-Yellowstone Park, Wyoming area and to other areas:
- Description: Ranch Life in the Buffalo Bill Country (5 copies of 3 editions)
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Box 6
  
  Location: Pamphlets, Brochures, and Leaflets pertaining to the Tourist Attractions of the Cody-Yellowstone Park, Wyoming area and to other areas:
- Description: Richard Ranch, Cody, Wyoming
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Box 6
  
  Location: Pamphlets, Brochures, and Leaflets pertaining to the Tourist Attractions of the Cody-Yellowstone Park, Wyoming area and to other areas:
- Description: See Yellowstone Park
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Box 6
  
  Location: Pamphlets, Brochures, and Leaflets pertaining to the Tourist Attractions of the Cody-Yellowstone Park, Wyoming area and to other areas:
- Description: Scenic Idaho
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Box 6
  
  Location: Pamphlets, Brochures, and Leaflets pertaining to the Tourist Attractions of the Cody-Yellowstone Park, Wyoming area and to other areas:
- Description: The Snyder Ranch, Ishawooa, Wyoming
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Box 6
  
  Location: Pamphlets, Brochures, and Leaflets pertaining to the Tourist Attractions of the Cody-Yellowstone Park, Wyoming area and to other areas:
- Description: Walla Walla Valley, Washington
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Box 6
  
  Location: Pamphlets, Brochures, and Leaflets pertaining to the Tourist Attractions of the Cody-Yellowstone Park, Wyoming area and to other areas:
- Description: The Warner-Gage Pack Trip from Cody, Wyoming
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Box 6
  
  Location: Pamphlets, Brochures, and Leaflets pertaining to the Tourist Attractions of the Cody-Yellowstone Park, Wyoming area and to other areas:
- Description: Wyoming Worth Knowing
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Box 6
  
  Location: Pamphlets, Brochures, and Leaflets pertaining to the Tourist Attractions of the Cody-Yellowstone Park, Wyoming area and to other areas:
- Description: The Yakima Valley
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Box 6
  
  Location: Pamphlets, Brochures, and Leaflets pertaining to the Tourist Attractions of the Cody-Yellowstone Park, Wyoming area and to other areas:
- Description: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, 1924 (Department of Interior publication of rules and regulations)
  
  Dates: 1924
  
  Container: Box 6
  
  Location: Pamphlets, Brochures, and Leaflets pertaining to the Tourist Attractions of the Cody-Yellowstone Park, Wyoming area and to other areas:
- Description: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming 1925 (Deparment of Interior publication of rules and regulations)
  
  Dates: 1925
  
  Container: Box 6
  
  Location: Pamphlets, Brochures, and Leaflets pertaining to the Tourist Attractions of the Cody-Yellowstone Park, Wyoming area and to other areas:
- Description: Yellowstone Park Camps
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Box 6
  
  Location: Pamphlets, Brochures, and Leaflets pertaining to the Tourist Attractions of the Cody-Yellowstone Park, Wyoming area and to other areas:
Photos:

Container: Box vertical files
- Description: Bald Ridge
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Folder B19r
  
  Location: Photos:
- Description: Bear
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Folder B38
  
  Location: Photos:
- Description: Big Creek
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Folder B48c
  
  Location: Photos:
- Description: Bridge (unidentified)
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Folder B764u
  
  Location: Photos:
- Description: Buffalo Bill Stage Coach
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Folder B-C64w
  
  Location: Photos:
- Description: Buffalo Bill Museum (2)
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Folder B-C64wm
  
  Location: Photos:
- Description: Buffalo Bill and Daughter
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Folder B-C64w
  
  Location: Photos:
- Description: Buffalo
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Folder B-855
  
  Location: Photos:
- Description: Capitol, Cheyenne Wyoming
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Folder W99-cap
  
  Location: Photos:
- Description: Clock Tower and Goose
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Folder C621t&G
  
  Location: Photos:
- Description: Cody Ranch (T.E. Ranch)
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Folder B-C64w
  
  Location: Photos:
- Description: Crow Indians (2)
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Folder C88
  
  Location: Photos:
- Description: Coyote
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Folder C8391
  
  Location: Photos:
- Description: Dam (unidentified)
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Folder D1987u
  
  Location: Photos:
- Description: Dead Indian Hill
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Folder B482
  
  Location: Photos:
- Description: Dude Ranch, Cody, Wyo.
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Folder D86
  
  Location: Photos:
- Description: Elk
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Folder EL5
  
  Location: Photos:
- Description: Fish (trout)
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Folder F53
  
  Location: Photos:
- Description: Holy City, Wyo.
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Folder H7473c
  
  Location: Photos:
- Description: "Hoodoo Rocks"
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Folder R595
  
  Location: Photos:
- Description: "Laughing Pig"
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Folder R-5959-Lp
  
  Location: Photos:
- Description: Marble Mountain (2)
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Folder M328m
  
  Location: Photos:
- Description: Painter Ranch
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Folder R15-pai
  
  Location: Photos:
- Description: Paradise Valley (2)
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Folder P211v
  
  Location: Photos:
- Description: Palace Aids
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Folder P171
  
  Location: Photos:
- Description: Powder River
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Folder P87
  
  Location: Photos:
- Description: Sheep Camp
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Folder Sh3ca
  
  Location: Photos:
- Description: Sheep Mountain
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Folder Sh3m
  
  Location: Photos:
- Description: Spillway and Road Tunnels
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Folder Sp45-rt
  
  Location: Photos:
- Description: Spring Creek
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Folder Sp823-cr
  
  Location: Photos:
- Description: Stinking Water Peak (2)
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Folder C64r
  
  Location: Photos:
- Description: Shoshone Canyon
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Folder C64
  
  Location: Photos:
- Description: Sunlight Creek (4)
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Folder B482m
  
  Location: Photos:
- Description: Sunlight Ranch (2)
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Folder B482m
  
  Location: Photos:
- Description: Sunlight Valley (3)
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Folder B482m
  
  Location: Photos:
- Description: Tetons, the Mighty
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Folder T29m
  
  Location: Photos:
- Description: Twin Peaks
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Folder T923p
  
  Location: Photos:
- Description: Wind River Canyon (6)
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Folder W72c
  
  Location: Photos:
- Description: Worland Saloon
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Folder W887
  
  Location: Photos:
- Description: Unindentified Photos (16) and Negatives (5)
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Box 1
  
  Location: Photos:
Mail Order Catalogs:

Container: Box 1
- Description: Anderson Brothers, Denver, Colorado
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Box 1
  
  Location: Mail Order Catalogs:
- Description: Dave Jones Catalog of Western Merchandise
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Box 1
  
  Location: Mail Order Catalogs:
- Description: Dave Jones Catalog For a Gentleman's Chirstmas
  
  Dates: 1938
  
  Container: Box 1
  
  Location: Mail Order Catalogs:
- Description: Denver Dry Goods Company's "Stockmen's Supplies 1941-1942"
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Box 1
  
  Location: Mail Order Catalogs:
- Description: N. Porter Saddle & Harness Company, Pheonix, Arizona, Catalog for 1931
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Box 1
  
  Location: Mail Order Catalogs:
- Description: White and Davis Mail Order Catalog, Spring and Summer 1932
  
  Dates: 1932
  
  Container: Box 1
  
  Location: Mail Order Catalogs:
- Description: Various Catalog Entires Mounted on (9) loose leaf notebook pages
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Box 1
  
  Location: Mail Order Catalogs:
Magazines:

Container: Box 1
- Description: National Clothier (Contains an article entitled "Friendly Copy for a Friendly Community" that featured the effective advertising techniques of Dave Jones Clothing Stores, Cody, Wyoming).
  
  Dates: June 1937
  
  Container: Box 1
  
  Location: Magazines:
- Description: Saturday Evening Post (contains a feature article about life on a Wyoming dude ranch)
  
  Dates: June 10, 1939
  
  Container: Box 1
  
  Location: Magazines:
Description: Manuscript: "Then and Now" by Dave Jones, a brief account (5 pages) of an August, 1905, trip from Cody into Yellowstone Park--1905 being the first year the the East Entrance approach road was open to horse-drawn vehicles

Dates: August 1905

Container: Box 1
Miscellaneous Items:

Container: Box 1
- Description: Bulletin, Frist Presbyterian Church, Cody
  
  Dates: April 5, 1938
  
  Container: Box 1
  
  Location: Miscellaneous Items:
- Description: Business card for The Little Shop Santa Fe, New Mexico
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Box 1
  
  Location: Miscellaneous Items:
- Description: Cody Merchants' Credit Association, Rating Book
  
  Dates: January 1922
  
  Container: Box 1
  
  Location: Miscellaneous Items:
- Description: Dave Jones (business) blank stationary
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Box 1
  
  Location: Miscellaneous Items:
- Description: Envelope, Return address being the Shoshone National Bank of Cody
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Box 1
  
  Location: Miscellaneous Items:
- Description: Invitations to the Fire Department Banquets of 1907 and 1937 that were sponsered by Dave Jones (explanatory clippings attached)
  
  Dates: 1907 and 1937
  
  Container: Box 1
  
  Location: Miscellaneous Items:
- Programs:
  
  Container: Box 1
  - Description: Dedication Service of Hoopes Memorial Chapel
    
    Dates: March 15, 1938
    
    Container: Box 1
    
    Location: Miscellaneous Items: / Programs:
  - Description: 12th Annaul Meeting, Dude Ranchers Association, Cody, Wyo.
    
    Dates: 1937
    
    Container: Box 1
    
    Location: Miscellaneous Items: / Programs:
  - Description: 13th Annual Meeting, Dude Ranchers Association, Livingston Montana
    
    Dates: 1938
    
    Container: Box 1
    
    Location: Miscellaneous Items: / Programs:
  - Description: Fraternal Order of Eagles 16th Convention, Cody, Wyo.
    
    Dates: June 13-14, 1938
    
    Container: Box 1
    
    Location: Miscellaneous Items: / Programs:
  - Description: Various High School and public events (programs compliments of Dave Jones)
    
    Dates:
    
    Container: Box 1
    
    Location: Miscellaneous Items: / Programs:
- Description: The Spur, Meeteetse (Wyo.) High School Class of 1927 Annual
  
  Dates: 1927
  
  Container: Box 1
  
  Location: Miscellaneous Items:
- Description: Menu (s) of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company
  
  Dates: July 2 and 3, 1928
  
  Container: Box 1
  
  Location: Miscellaneous Items:
Newspaper Clippings:

Container: Box 1
- Description: Dave Jones Advertisements (188 ads, mostly undated)
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Box 1
  
  Location: Newspaper Clippings:
- Description: "Dave Jones Store Birthday, Cody Enterprise)
  
  Dates: March 11, 1942
  
  Container: Folder Dave Jones Bio File (B-J713d)
  
  Location: Newspaper Clippings:
- Description: "Local Merchant Draw Praise of Prominent National Advertiser," Cody Enterprise
  
  Dates: September 16, 1936
  
  Container: Folder Dave Jones Bio File (B-J713d)
  
  Location: Newspaper Clippings:
Newspapers:

Container: Box 1
- Description: Cody Enterprise
  
  Dates: May 11, 1931
  
  Container: Box 1 (Unless otherwise noted)
  
  Location: Newspapers:
- Description: Cody Enterpise (D861ra) (pp 1-2 only)
  
  Dates: October 31, 1934
  
  Container: Box 1 (Unless otherwise noted)
  
  Location: Newspapers:
- Description: Cody Enterpise
  
  Dates: December 22, 1937
  
  Container: Box 3 (Unless otherwise noted)
  
  Location: Newspapers:
- Description: Cody Enterpise (pp 1-2 only)
  
  Dates: December 7, 1938
  
  Container: Box 1 (Unless otherwise noted)
  
  Location: Newspapers:
- Description: Cody Enterpise (B-D9315e) (pp 1-2 only)
  
  Dates: March 29, 1939
  
  Container: Box 5 (Unless otherwise noted)
  
  Location: Newspapers:
- Description: Cody Enterpise
  
  Dates: December 12, 1941
  
  Container: Box 1 (Unless otherwise noted)
  
  Location: Newspapers:
- Description: Enterprise-Ad-News (Cody) (W99-t-cod)
  
  Dates: January 21, 1938
  
  Container: Box 7 (Unless otherwise noted)
  
  Location: Newspapers:
- Description: Enterprise-Ad-News (Cody) (B-C64w)
  
  Dates: February 18, 1938
  
  Container: Box 1 (Unless otherwise noted)
  
  Location: Newspapers:
- Description: Enterprise-Ad-News (Cody)
  
  Dates: April 18, 1941
  
  Container: Box 9 (Unless otherwise noted)
  
  Location: Newspapers:
- Description: Enterprise-Ad-News (Cody)
  
  Dates: December 12, 1941
  
  Container: Box 1 (Unless otherwise noted)
  
  Location: Newspapers:
Description: Notebooks: Small blank notebooks (2) distrubuted by Dave Jones Store

Dates: 1929 and 1932

Container: Box 6
Western Oil & Gas Company Materials:

Container: Box 7
- Additional and Amended Location Certificates (Placer Oil Claims):
  
  Container: Box 7
  - Description: Excelsior Oil Placer Claim
    
    Dates: February 17, 1914
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Additional and Amended Location Certificates (Placer Oil Claims):
  - Description: Excelsior Oil Placer Claim
    
    Dates: January 1, 1915
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Additional and Amended Location Certificates (Placer Oil Claims):
  - Description: Crickett Oil Placer Claim (page 2 only)
    
    Dates: Undated
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Additional and Amended Location Certificates (Placer Oil Claims):
- Agreements and Contracts:
  
  Container: Box 7
  - Description: Between Western Oil & Gas Co. and the Torch Light Company, Ltd.
    
    Dates: November 30, 1908
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Agreements and Contracts:
  - Description: Between Western Oil & Gas Co. and the Shoshone Oil Company
    
    Dates: September 13, 1911
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Agreements and Contracts:
  - Description: Between Western Oil & Gas Co. and the Mountain States Oil Co.
    
    Dates: December 11, 1913
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Agreements and Contracts:
  - Description: Between Western Oil & Gas Co. and Charles E. Burkhardt
    
    Dates: December 31, 1915
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Agreements and Contracts:
  - Description: Between Western Oil & Gas Co. and Crystal Creek Petroleum & Refining Company
    
    Dates: May 11, 1917
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Agreements and Contracts:
  - Description: Between Western Oil & Gas Co. and Charles P. Whitney
    
    Dates: February 13, 1918
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Agreements and Contracts:
  - Description: Between Western Oil & Gas Co. and Wm. D. Livingston (Agreement not completed)
    
    Dates: January __, 1921
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Agreements and Contracts:
- Certificates for Shares of Stock:
  
  Container: Box 7
  - Description: C.F. Whitney-1000 shares of Western Oil & Gas Co.
    
    Dates: January 8, 1918
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Certificates for Shares of Stock:
  - Description: Clyde J. Siggins- 1000 shares of Western Oil & Gas Co.
    
    Dates: January 8, 1918
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Certificates for Shares of Stock:
  - Description: Ray B. Siggins-1000 shares of Western Oil & Gas Co.
    
    Dates: January 8, 1918
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Certificates for Shares of Stock:
  - Description: F.O Thompson-1 share of Cody Stampede
    
    Dates: June 19, 1920
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Certificates for Shares of Stock:
- Certificate of Stock Register:
  
  Container: Box 7
  - Description: List issues of August 8, 1908 to March 30, 1909
    
    Dates: August 8, 1908-March 30, 1909
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Certificate of Stock Register:
  - Description: List of Stockholders and Number of Shares of Western Oil & Gas Co.., (This list is undated and loose inside the stock register)
    
    Dates: Undated
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Certificate of Stock Register:
- Checkbooks (Western Oil & Gas Co.):
  
  Container: Box 7
  - Description: No.1 Checks
    
    Dates: December 17, 1914-March 22, 1919
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Checkbooks (Western Oil & Gas Co.):
  - Description: No. 2 Check (remainder intact in blank form)
    
    Dates: June 16, 1923
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Checkbooks (Western Oil & Gas Co.):
- Correspondence:
  
  Container: Box 7
  - Description: To: F.O. Thompson. From: L. Curtis Hinkle
    
    Dates: August 8, 1908
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: Western Oil & Gas Co. From: Big Horn (Wyo.) County Clerk's Office
    
    Dates: April 13, 1909
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: Charles P. Whitney. From Mariner & Hoskins
    
    Dates: April 28, 1909
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: Western Oil & Gas Co. From: Oil Well Supply Company
    
    Dates: April 28, 1909
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: F.O. Thompson. From: W.J Deegan
    
    Dates: October 13, 1911
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: F.O. Thompson. From: W.H. Morrison
    
    Dates: October 22, 1912
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: F.O. Thompson. From: Frederick A. Williams
    
    Dates: January 9, 1914
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: F.O. Thompson. From: Charles P. Whitney
    
    Dates: April 26, 1915
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: C.E. Hayden. From: Frederick A. Williams
    
    Dates: July 9, 1915
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: C.E. Hayden. From: C.E. Spangler
    
    Dates: January 5, 1916
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: C.E. Hayden. From: Frederick A. Williams
    
    Dates: February 7, 1916
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: F.O. Thompson. From: Bavier C. Miller
    
    Dates: February 9, 1916
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: C.E. Hayden. From: F.O. Thompson
    
    Dates: February 11, 1916
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: Western Oil & Gas Co. From: Mountain States Oil Company
    
    Dates: February 21, 1916
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: C.E. Hayden. From: J.C. Klein
    
    Dates: March 12, 1916
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: Western Oil & Gas Co. From: Russell Kimball (Clipping attached)
    
    Dates: May 31, 1916
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: F.O. Thompson. From: J.P. Brunton
    
    Dates: February 28, 1917
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: F.O. Thompson From: J.P. Brunton (Enclosure sketch of Brunton Oil-Gas Development Co.)
    
    Dates: October 26, 1917
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: Western Oil & Gas Co. From: L.F. Speer
    
    Dates: February 13, 1918
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: F.O. Thompson. From: Frank W. Mondell
    
    Dates: Feburary 23, 1918
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: Hon. F.W. Mondell. From: F.O. Thompson
    
    Dates: Undated
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: F.O. Thompson. From: F.W. Mondell (telegram)
    
    Dates: February 27, 1918
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: F.O. Thompson. From: F.W. Mondell (telegram)
    
    Dates: March 9, 1918
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: F.W. Mondell. From F.O. Thompson (telegram)
    
    Dates: March 9, 1918
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: F.O. Thompson. From: F.W. Mondell
    
    Dates: March 13, 1918
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: F.O. Thompson. From: F.W. Mondell
    
    Dates: March 21, 1918
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: F.O. Thompson. From: Critchell, Miller, Whitney & Barbour, Chicago
    
    Dates: April 25, 1918
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: Register and Receiver, General Land Office (G.L.O), Lander, Wyo. From: Department of Interior, G.L.O, Washington, D.C.
    
    Dates: May 27, 1918
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: F.O. Thompson. From: Charles P. Whitney
    
    Dates: July 1, 1918
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: F.O. Thompson. From: Robert Connaghan
    
    Dates: July 5, 1918
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: Nell & Frank (Thompson). From: Ada R. Thompson
    
    Dates: August 12, 1918
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: F.O. Thompson. From: J.C. Fain
    
    Dates: September 10, 1918
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: A.W. Baker. From: F.O. Thompson
    
    Dates: September 28, 1918
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: F.O. Thompson. From: Charles R. Whitney
    
    Dates: October 7, 1918
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: F.O. Thompson. From: A.W. Baker
    
    Dates: October 11, 1918
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: "My Dear Brother" (F.O. Thompson) From: Ada R. Thompson
    
    Dates: November 6, 1918
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: Western Oil & Gas Company. From: L.A. Miller
    
    Dates: June 9, 1920
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: Register, United States Land Office, Lander, Wyoming. From: Western Oil & Gas Company
    
    Dates: July 2, 1920
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: Western Oil & Gas Company. From: Robert Connaghan
    
    Dates: July 7, 1920
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: Register, G.L.O., Lander, Wyoming. From: Western Oil & Gas Company
    
    Dates: July 25, 1920
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: Western Oil & Gas Company. From: Robert Connaghan
    
    Dates: July 28, 1920
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: F.O. Thompson. From: W.J. Lefler
    
    Dates: August 5, 1920
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: W.J. LeFler. From:F.O. Thompson
    
    Dates: August 12, 1920
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: W.H. Walls. From: F.O. Thompson
    
    Dates: August 12, 1920
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: F.O. Thompson. From: W.L. Walls
    
    Dates: August 14, 1920
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: Register, G.L.O., Lander, Wyoming. From: Western Oil & Gas Company
    
    Dates: August 20, 1920
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: F.O. Thompson. From: Why. H. Ealey
    
    Dates: August 31, 1920
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: F.O. Thompson. From: Wm. D. Livingston
    
    Dates: January 5, 1921
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: Wm. D. Livingston. From: F.O. Thompson
    
    Dates: January 15, 1921
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: W.D. Livingston. From C.E. Hayden
    
    Dates: Undated
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: F.O. Thompson. From: W.D. Livingston (agreement form attached)
    
    Dates: January 20, 1921
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: F.O. Thompson. From: Charles P. Whitney (Clipping attached)
    
    Dates: February 9, 1921
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: Joseph C. O'Mahony. From: F.O. Thompson
    
    Dates: February 14, 1921
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: W.L. Walls. From: F.O. Thompson
    
    Dates: February 16, 1921
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: F.O. Thompson. From W.L. Walls
    
    Dates: February 18, 1921
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: F.O. Thompson. From: Joseph C. O'Mahoney (Bill attached for retainer fee)
    
    Dates: February 23, 1921
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: W.L. Walls. From: Joseph C. O'Mahony (Letter to F.O. Thompson of 2/23/'21 attached)
    
    Dates: February 23, 1921
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: F.O. Thompson. From: W.L. Walls
    
    Dates: February 26, 1921
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: Joseph C. O'Mahoney. From: F.O. Thompson
    
    Dates: April 23, 1921
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: F.O. Thompson. From: Joseph C. O'Mahoney
    
    Dates: April 29, 1921
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To:Western Oil & Gas Company. From: E.H. Baston
    
    Dates: June 16, 1921
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: FO Thompson. From: W.L. Walls
    
    Dates: July 16, 1921
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: Collector of Internal Revenues, Cheyenne. From: F.O. Thompson
    
    Dates: August 15, 1921
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: F.O. Thompson. From: A.M. Cavey
    
    Dates: September 26, 1921
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: Collector of Internal Revenues, Cheyenne. From: F.O. Thompson
    
    Dates: September 28, 1921
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: Joseph C. O'Mahony. From: C.E. Hayden (telegram)
    
    Dates: March 26, 1922
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: C.E. Hayden. From: Haggard & O'Mahoney (telegram)
    
    Dates: March 27, 1922
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: C.E. Hayden. From: Joseph C. O'Mahoney (telegram)
    
    Dates: March 29, 1922
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
  - Description: To: "Dear Stockholder" (Dave Jones Copy) From: I.M. McGuffey (attached stock subscription privilege certificate)
    
    Dates: July 28, 1925
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Correspondence:
- Description: Financial Accounting Items: 52 bills, invoices, and recipts arranged chronologically, all pertaining to the Western Oil & Gas Company
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Box 7
  
  Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials:
- Description: Notice of Charges: "United States vs. Western Oil and Gas Company"
  
  Dates: June 11, 1918
  
  Container: Box 7
  
  Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials:
- Notice of Location of Placer Mining Claims: W.O. & G.C. No.; Claim Name; County Claim No.
  
  Container: Box 7
  - Description: 1. Prince of Monoca. 2976
    
    Dates: November 13, 1913
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Notice of Location of Placer Mining Claims: W.O. & G.C. No.; Claim Name; County Claim No.
  - Description: 2. Prince Albert. 2064
    
    Dates: November 13, 1913
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Notice of Location of Placer Mining Claims: W.O. & G.C. No.; Claim Name; County Claim No.
  - Description: 3. Prince Arthur. 2968
    
    Dates: November 13, 1913
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Notice of Location of Placer Mining Claims: W.O. & G.C. No.; Claim Name; County Claim No.
  - Description: 4. Douglass. 2949
    
    Dates: November 11, 1913
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Notice of Location of Placer Mining Claims: W.O. & G.C. No.; Claim Name; County Claim No.
  - Description: 5. Heart Mountain. 2948
    
    Dates: November 11, 1913
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Notice of Location of Placer Mining Claims: W.O. & G.C. No.; Claim Name; County Claim No.
  - Description: 6. Basin. 2946
    
    Dates: November 11, 1913
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Notice of Location of Placer Mining Claims: W.O. & G.C. No.; Claim Name; County Claim No.
  - Description: 7. Wyoming. 2947
    
    Dates: November 11, 1913
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Notice of Location of Placer Mining Claims: W.O. & G.C. No.; Claim Name; County Claim No.
  - Description: 8. Bennie. 2969
    
    Dates: November 13, 1913
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Notice of Location of Placer Mining Claims: W.O. & G.C. No.; Claim Name; County Claim No.
  - Description: 9. Johnnie. 2963
    
    Dates: November 13, 1913
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Notice of Location of Placer Mining Claims: W.O. & G.C. No.; Claim Name; County Claim No.
  - Description: 10. Casper. 2956
    
    Dates: November 11, 1913
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Notice of Location of Placer Mining Claims: W.O. & G.C. No.; Claim Name; County Claim No.
  - Description: 11. Utah. 2957
    
    Dates: November 11, 1913
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Notice of Location of Placer Mining Claims: W.O. & G.C. No.; Claim Name; County Claim No.
  - Description: 12. Buffalo. 2954
    
    Dates: November 11, 1913
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Notice of Location of Placer Mining Claims: W.O. & G.C. No.; Claim Name; County Claim No.
  - Description: 13. Reality. 2955
    
    Dates: November 11, 1913
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Notice of Location of Placer Mining Claims: W.O. & G.C. No.; Claim Name; County Claim No.
  - Description: 14. Montana. 2953
    
    Dates: November 11, 1913
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Notice of Location of Placer Mining Claims: W.O. & G.C. No.; Claim Name; County Claim No.
  - Description: 15. Sheridan. 2952
    
    Dates: November 11, 1913
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Notice of Location of Placer Mining Claims: W.O. & G.C. No.; Claim Name; County Claim No.
  - Description: 16. Ideal. 2950
    
    Dates: November 11, 1913
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Notice of Location of Placer Mining Claims: W.O. & G.C. No.; Claim Name; County Claim No.
  - Description: 17. Cheyenne. 2951
    
    Dates: November 11, 1913
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Notice of Location of Placer Mining Claims: W.O. & G.C. No.; Claim Name; County Claim No.
  - Description: 18. Margarite. 2966
    
    Dates: November 13, 1913
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Notice of Location of Placer Mining Claims: W.O. & G.C. No.; Claim Name; County Claim No.
  - Description: 19. Mary. 2962
    
    Dates: November 13, 1913
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Notice of Location of Placer Mining Claims: W.O. & G.C. No.; Claim Name; County Claim No.
  - Description: 20. Beauty. 2960
    
    Dates: November 13, 1913
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Notice of Location of Placer Mining Claims: W.O. & G.C. No.; Claim Name; County Claim No.
  - Description: 21. Strike. 2961
    
    Dates: November 13, 1913
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Notice of Location of Placer Mining Claims: W.O. & G.C. No.; Claim Name; County Claim No.
  - Description: 22. Slandby. 2965
    
    Dates: November 13, 1913
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Notice of Location of Placer Mining Claims: W.O. & G.C. No.; Claim Name; County Claim No.
- Meetings: (Minutes and Notices of various meetings of the stockholders and/or directors of the Western Oil & Gas Company)
  
  Container: Box 7
  - Description:
    
    Dates: Feburary 3, 1910
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Meetings: (Minutes and Notices of various meetings of the stockholders and/or directors of the Western Oil & Gas Company)
  - Description:
    
    Dates: November 4-5 1913
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Meetings: (Minutes and Notices of various meetings of the stockholders and/or directors of the Western Oil & Gas Company)
  - Description:
    
    Dates: May 20, 1918
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Meetings: (Minutes and Notices of various meetings of the stockholders and/or directors of the Western Oil & Gas Company)
  - Description:
    
    Dates: March 21, 1921
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Meetings: (Minutes and Notices of various meetings of the stockholders and/or directors of the Western Oil & Gas Company)
  - Description:
    
    Dates: March 28, 1922
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Meetings: (Minutes and Notices of various meetings of the stockholders and/or directors of the Western Oil & Gas Company)
  - Description: (2) Minutes and notes of meetings
    
    Dates: Undated
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Meetings: (Minutes and Notices of various meetings of the stockholders and/or directors of the Western Oil & Gas Company)
- Miscellaneous Items:
  
  Container: Box 7
  - Description: Check to Marshall Field Company
    
    Dates: June 22, 1915
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Miscellaneous Items:
  - Description: Aetna Life Insurance Company form receipt
    
    Dates:
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Miscellaneous Items:
  - Description: Death Notice-Rockwood W. Hosmer
    
    Dates: November 4, 1916
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Miscellaneous Items:
  - Description: Business card of Joseph C. O'Mahoney, 355 Munsey Bldg. Washington, D.C.
    
    Dates:
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Miscellaneous Items:
  - Description: Clipping "As Soon As Sufficient Wells Are Down"
    
    Dates:
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Miscellaneous Items:
  - Description: Map, Township 53, Range 101 (with some claims marked)
    
    Dates:
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Miscellaneous Items:
- Proof of Labor on Mining Claims (On work done of the Excelsior and Crickett Oil Placer Claims):
  
  Container: Box 7
  - Description:
    
    Dates: December 24, 1910
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Proof of Labor on Mining Claims (On work done of the Excelsior and Crickett Oil Placer Claims):
  - Description:
    
    Dates: December 31, 1911
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Proof of Labor on Mining Claims (On work done of the Excelsior and Crickett Oil Placer Claims):
  - Description:
    
    Dates: December 31, 1912
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Proof of Labor on Mining Claims (On work done of the Excelsior and Crickett Oil Placer Claims):
  - Description:
    
    Dates: December 30, 1915
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Proof of Labor on Mining Claims (On work done of the Excelsior and Crickett Oil Placer Claims):
  - Description:
    
    Dates: December 26, 1914
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Proof of Labor on Mining Claims (On work done of the Excelsior and Crickett Oil Placer Claims):
  - Description:
    
    Dates: December 12, 1918
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Proof of Labor on Mining Claims (On work done of the Excelsior and Crickett Oil Placer Claims):
  - Description:
    
    Dates: December 31, 1920
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Proof of Labor on Mining Claims (On work done of the Excelsior and Crickett Oil Placer Claims):
- Description: Proxies, Power(s) of Attorney: 25 separate manuscript items of this sort (various individuals involved)
  
  Dates:
  
  Container: Box 7
  
  Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials:
- Quit-Claim Deeds:
  
  Container: Box 7
  - Description: From C.G. Holland to Western Oil and Gas Company
    
    Dates: December 1913
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Quit-Claim Deeds:
  - Description: From B.E. Cogswell to Western Oil & Gas Company
    
    Dates: December 9, 1913
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Quit-Claim Deeds:
- Description: Record Book: Contains some of the minutes of the Western Oil & Gas Company's meetings between incorporation in May 1908 and 1918. (Minutes for 30 meetings are included, along with a list of shareholders as of May 17, 1915.
  
  Dates: May 1908 and 1918, May 17, 1915
  
  Container: Box 7
  
  Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials:
- Description: Statement of Account: Western Oil & Gas Company's account with the First National Bank of Cody (with 3 cancelled checks)
  
  Dates: January 29, 1916
  
  Container: Box 7
  
  Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials:
- Tax Records:
  
  Container:
  - Description: Treasurer's Office, Park Country (F.O. & Mrs. Thompson)
    
    Dates: 1915
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Tax Records:
  - Description: Receipt for Income and Excess Profits for 1913, Western Oil & Gas Co. Corporation
    
    Dates: 1913
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Tax Records:
  - Description: Income and Profits Tax Return
    
    Dates: 1919
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Tax Records:
  - Description: Corporation Income and Profits Tax Returns
    
    Dates: 1920
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Tax Records:
  - Description: Capital Stock Tax
    
    Dates: 1921
    
    Container: Box 7
    
    Location: Western Oil & Gas Company Materials: / Tax Records:

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Subject Terms

Advertising -- Wyoming -- Cody.
Clothing and dress -- Wyoming -- Cody.
Petroleum industry and trade -- Wyoming -- Cody.
Retail trade -- Wyoming -- Cody.

Corporate Names

Western Oil and Gas Company.

Geographical Names

Cody (Wyo.) -- History.

Form or Genre Terms

Catalogs, commercial.
Ledgers.
Minutes.
Stock certificates.

Occupations

Businessmen.

Other Creators

Corporate Names
- Dave Jones Clothing Store.

Dave Jones papers, 1906-1942

Table of Contents

Overview of the Collection

Historical Note

Content Description

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Preferred Citation

Administrative Information

Related Materials

Acquisition Information

Processing Note

Detailed Description of the Collection

Bank Books: Dave Jones' Account with the Shosone National Bank. Cody, Wyoming

Correspondence:

Data on Tourism (Yellowstone National Park Statistics and Information Releases):

Journals (All of the financial type, and pertaining mainly to the Dave Jones Clothing Store):

Ledgers:

Order Books (Fitting Charts and Order Forms for Clothing Store):

Pamphlets, Brochures, and Leaflets pertaining to the Tourist Attractions of the Cody-Yellowstone Park, Wyoming area and to other areas:

Photos:

Mail Order Catalogs:

Magazines:

Miscellaneous Items:

Programs:

Newspaper Clippings:

Newspapers:

Western Oil & Gas Company Materials:

Additional and Amended Location Certificates (Placer Oil Claims):

Agreements and Contracts:

Certificates for Shares of Stock:

Certificate of Stock Register:

Checkbooks (Western Oil & Gas Co.):

Correspondence:

Notice of Location of Placer Mining Claims: W.O. & G.C. No.; Claim Name; County Claim No.

Meetings: (Minutes and Notices of various meetings of the stockholders and/or directors of the Western Oil & Gas Company)

Miscellaneous Items:

Proof of Labor on Mining Claims (On work done of the Excelsior and Crickett Oil Placer Claims):

Quit-Claim Deeds:

Tax Records:

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Subject Terms

Corporate Names

Geographical Names

Form or Genre Terms

Occupations

Other Creators

Corporate Names