Archives West Finding Aid

Art

Posters (featuring famous characters, outlaws and lawmen of the early American West):

Bat Masterson

War Chief Gall

Black Bart

Wyatt Earp

Samuel Colt

Pat Garrett

Tom Smith

Butch Cassidy (George Leroy Parker)

Jesse James

Frank James

Pear Har

"Wild Bill" Hickok

Annie Oakley (Phoebe Moses)

Perry Owens

"Buffalo Bill" Cody (Colonel William F. Cody)

"Billy the Kid" (William Boney aka McCarty)

"Doc" Holliday (John Henry Holliday)

"Sitting Bull" (Sioux Chief, Tatanka Yotanka)

Statues (bronze, approximately 9" tall, with sculptors' illegible signature):

Billy the Kid

Wyatt Earp

Artifact

An American flag from the Bicentennial Celebration

Audio Tape

7" reel - 3 3/4 ips with 40-45 minutes duration of recording: An interview with Sheriff Donald Cox, former sheriff in Sacramento, California, 1931-1961. Participants were Kathy Scott, Bob Shaffer, interviwers and Inspector Clay Worthley

Awards

William T. Brannon service and author's awards:

"Personalities of the South"

"Notable Americans of the Bicentennial Era"

"Mystery Writers of America"

"1951 Edgar Allen Poe Award"

"Certificate of Merit from American Crime Writers"

Bibliography, by Elizabeth Brownell

"On Outlaws, Scofflaws and Lawmen" from holdings of the Teton County Historical Society of Jackson, Wyoming

Bibliographical File

Douglas LaConte Barker, b. 1924-d. 1960, by James R. Barker, his father and Betty, his widow. Photocopy.

W. E. "Dan" Ross, includes newspaper clippings and articles contributed by "Dan" Ross

Correspondence Files

Concerning Wiliam T. Brannon, author of true crime stories and a former president of NOLA. Arranged in folders, compiled and titled by W. T. Brannon; all photocopies, unless otherwise noted:

W.T.B and Frederick Dannay, co-writer with Manfred Lee, under the pseudonym "Ellery Queen"; also includes autobiographical memoirs by B. Kendrick

Miscellaneous letters "From Brannon"

Clues and Mystery Writers of America, also stories for True Experience and Coronet

Miscellaneous letters "To Brannon"

W.T.B. and his book, "Yellow Kid" Weil

Personal "Get Well" Cards

W.T.B. and Michael Avallone

W.T.B. and Lawrence G. "Larry" Blochman

W.T.B. and Howard Circher

W.T.B. and "Joe" Corona

W.T.B. and Anita Diamant

W.T.B. and David Dressler

W.T.B. and Bob Fish

W.T.B. and "Ed" Edward Gibbons

W.T.B. and Al Govoni

W.T.B. and Mauri Grashin

W.T.B. and Frank San Hamel

W.T.B. and Dale Harrison

W.T.B. and Ralph Hollenbeck, Editor of King Features Syndicate

W.T.B. and Ben Kartman

W.T.B. and King Features Syndicate

W.T.B. and Clark Kinnaird (includes 1974 biography of Clark Kinnaird from Contemporary Authors)

W.T.B. and Barbara Norville

W.T.B. and Hillary Waugh

W.T.B. and Phyllis A. Whitney

W.T.B. and Harry Whittington

Correspondence

Concerning NOLA and includes board business, lists of board members and committees; material was originally in a metal file box and then rearranged in folders:

NOLA - Board Business

NOLA - Forms and Publications (Quarterly and Newsletters)

NOLA - Inquiries

NOLA - Membership Lists

NOLA - Miscellaneous Mail Received

NOLA - Rendezvous

NOLA - University of Wyoming

NOLA - Letters of Jim Dullenty and John "Jack" De Mattos

NOLA - Letters from Jim Dullenty

NOLA - Letters of Mary Garman, President

NOLA - Letters of Frank Garman, former member and past president (2 folders)

NOLA - The Providence Mint re: O.K. Corral belt buckle

NOLA - Letters, etc. from Sue Van Slyke, treasurer

Correspondence, General

Letter from Frank O'Rourke, Secretary-Treasurer of Tri State Old Time Cowboys Memorial Museum, Chadron, Nebraska

Letters and clippings of Charles Paisens, collector of material on the lives of Western figures

Handbills

"$4,000 Reward for the capture of Robert Leroy Parker - Dead or Alive - wanted for robbery of the First National Bank of Winnemucca, Nevada, September, 19, 1900."

"$500 for the arrest and conviction of said unknown person, signed by Hiram W. Johnson, Governor of California, for the murderer of H. C. Pingrey, of Galt, County of Sacramento, California, November 3, 1912"..."upon arrest wire at once to Sheriff Dave Ahern, Sacramento, California"; also includes four numbered cases listing a description of the individual and the crime, signed by Dave Ahern, Sheriff of County of Sacramento. One card #197 on letterheard of the Sheriff of the County of Sacramento, signed by Dave Ahern

"Wanted for violation of Probation - John W. Mitchell", signed by W. F. Gormley, Sheriff of Sacramento County, California; other side "Wanted for Grand Larceny and Passing Fictitious Checks - Henry McCarthy, alias (Cohen)", signed by W. F. Gormley, Sheriff.

Manuscripts

Benteen, John:

Firing Squad, n. d., 161 pages, carbon copy, 2 folders

Shotgun Man, n. d., 163 pages, carbon copy, 2 folders

The Spotted Stallions, n. d., 159 pages, carbon copy, 2 folders (Sundance No. 9)

Title page missing, n. d., pages 2 through 158, carbon copy, 2 folders (Sundance No. 10)

Manuscripts

Betensen, Lula Parker:

My Brother, Butch Cassidy, as told to Dora Flack, 148 pages, photocopy

Butch Cassidy, My Brother, 201 pages, primarily carbon copy

Boren, Kerry Ross:

Arkansas Spanish Treasure Cave, 3 pages, carbon copy

James Baker, 27 pages, carbon copy

The Battle of the Arickaree: An Eye Witness Account, by John Grounds and K. R. Boren, 10 pages, carbon copy

Untitled Lecture Before the League of Utah Writers, 12 pages, original typescript

A Brief History of the Ancestry of Bob Ford, includes a biography of John Ford, and "Misconceptions of Some Western Outlaws" 3 short manuscripts, carbon copies

The Cabin of Uncle Jack Robinson, 12 pages, carbon copy

The Saga of Captain Jack, 15 pages, original typescript

Crazy John (page 1 original typescript; pages 2 through 5, carbon copies)

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: They Didn't Die in South America, 19 pages, carbon copy

Last Survivor of the Wild Bunch, 19 pages, carbon copy

Autobiography of Charles Garvin Dowd, as taken from taped interviews, orginial typescript; includes introduction and 59 pages, and a review by C. W. Breihan. A manuscript of an obituary for Charles Gervin Dowd, son of Cleophas J. Dowd, 2 pages, carbon copy

Cleophas J. Dowd, by his son, James S. at the age of 83 years; 4 pages of recollections, etc., carbon copy

Manuscripts

Boren, Kerry Ross (continued):

The Lost Ewing Mine, 12 pages, carbon copy (Jesse Ewing)

For Conscience' Sake: Trials of a Mormon Polygamist, 31 pages, carbon copy "A Manuscript of the History of the Life of Thomas Schofield"

Georgetown, Kentucky's Lost Yankee Loot, 6 pages, carbon copy, includes photocopies of articles concerning the history of Georgetown, pioneers, slaves and tresaure

The Gold of Carre-Shin-Ob, 10 pages, carbon copy

Grandad Knew Butch Cassidy, 20 pages, annotated original transcript

Amos Hill: Hermit of the Green River, 5 pages, carbon copy

In-Laws and Outlaws, 6 pages, carbon copy

Isles of Shoales Treasure, 2 pages, carbon copy

Frank and Jesse James in the Vicinity of Brown's Hole, 17 pages, carbon copy

Elijah "Lige" Driscoll of Henry's Fork, 3 pages, carbon copy

Liver-Eating Johnson, real name, John Johnston, 3 pages, carbon copy

The Lost Silver Crowns of the Appalachians, 8 pages, carbon copy

Dr. Marsh's Gold, 2 pages, carbon copy

The Story as Told of Jack Morrow, 1 page, carbon copy

The Old Stateline Schoolhouse, 3 pages, carbon copy

Big Nose George Parrot, 13 pages, original typescript

Dr. Parsons' Cabin of Brown's Park, Utah, 13 pages, carbon copy

The Red Sash Gang, 12 pages, handwritten in ink

The Untold Store of Chief Walker and the Mormons, "The Story of the settlement of Manti, Sanpete County, Utah, Isaac Morley, William W. Potter and other pioneers who made the settlement possible", 37 pages, carbon copy

Utah's Great Diamond Hoax, 8 pages, annotated original typescript

The Tortured Frenchman's Lost Tennessee Treasure, 5 pages, carbon copy, with attachments

Virginia's Haunted Treasures, 5 pages, carbon copy, with attachment

Washakie - The Friend of Peace: Chief of the Shoshones, 15 pages, carbon copies

Interview with John Massey, 5 pages, carbon copy

Interview with Tim Potter, 1 page, carbon copy

Introduction - "Guns and Gallows", 4 pages, carbon copy

Lecture Before the Daggett County Historical Society on Early Residents and the Fur Trade of Daggett County, Utah, 8 pages, carbon copy

Speech for Pioneer Day, 6 pages, carbon copy

Out-of-the-Way-West-Utah, 2 pages, carbon copy

Breihan, Carl W.:

C.W.B. and Marion Ballert, Billy the Kid, a Date with Destiny, Introduction and Chapters 1-23, 5 folders, annotated carbon copy

Quantrill, the Fifth Horseman, 123 pages, carbon copy

Bundy, Rex:

And Four Were Hanged, 16 pages, carbon copy

John B. Dunn - Old Style Lawman, 15 pages, carbon copy

Jim East, Western Lawman, 19 pages, carbon copy

Manuscripts

The following are all written by William T. Brannon for King Features Syndicate - True Crimes and Mysteries Series; all mechanically reproduced unless otherwise noted.

An 'Accidental' Fire and Triple Murder

An Alligator Finished the Bungled Murder

Bad Boy's One-Man Crime Wave

The Blind Date to Death

The Body was Surrounded by 22 Knives

Bloody Path Along the Tamiami Trail

Bloody Rampage of Milwaukee's Stab-Slayer

Bloody Saturday Night in Tampa

Bloody Trail of the Credit Card Killer

The Boy Who Ran Away to Death

The Brutal Ending to a Love Affair

A Bullet for Each Love Affair

The Case of the Accusing Killer

The Case of the Barefooted Killer

The Case of the Black Satin Murder Spree

The Case of the Body in the Barrel

The Case of the Body in the Bedspread

The Case of the Body in the Drawer

The Case of the Boy Who Wanted to Play Basketball

The Case of the Burning Killer

The Case of the Car-Stealing Killer

The Case of Charming 'Sweet Charlie'

The Case of the Cheating Sunday School Teacher

The Case of the Corpse in the Dump

The Case of the Crime Diaries

The Case of the Crucified Redhead

The Case of the Deadly Socialite

The Case of the Dismembered Scuba Diver

The Case of the Elusive Kidnapper

The Case of the Family Arsonist

The Case of the "Familiar" Killer

The Case of the Grave Robbing Addicts

The Case of the Green Plastic Bags

The Case of the Helpful Hookers

The Case of the Holiday Murder

The Case of the Killer on Crutches

The Case of the Unsearched Woman

The Case of the May-December Killers

The Case of the Missing Barmaid

The Case of the Missing Fireman

The Case of the Murdering Practical Joker

The Case of the Nude in the Bathtub

The Case of the Nude Body in the Bay (galley)

The Case of the Parking Lot Abductor

The Case of the Part-Time Murderer

The Case of the Profane Robber-Rapists

The Case of the Reckless-Driving Killer

The Case of the Rob-and-Run Crime Ring

The Case of a Scream in the Night

The Case of the Secret Witness

The Case of the Shocking Motive

The Case of the Slain Girl and Her Dog

The Case of the Smoked-Out Cop Killer

The Case of the Talkative Killer

The Case of the Teenage Sex Killer

The Case of the Telltale Teeth Marks

The Case of the Thirsty Slayer

The Case of the Wild-Eyed Killer

The Case of the Wizard Who Killed Satan

The Child Molester Turned to Murder

Citizens Helped Track the Killer

A Citizen's Valor Cost His Son's Life

Death Came with the Agent's Undercover Job

Death Ended the Drinking Date

Death Lurked at the Rest Stop

The Death Trail of the Most Immoral Outlaws

Death was the Disc Jockey's Sign-Off

The Doctor's Second Hospital was a Basement

Fame as a Mass Murderer was the Killer's Ambition

Final Scene for the Porno Film Dealer

Fire Failed to Cover the Crime

The Go-Go Gal's Flirting Led to Death

The Greedy Killer Got Nothing

He Killed at the Devil's Order

The Hitchhike to a Watery Grave

A Killer Broke the Peace of Christmas Eve

The Killer Came in the Front Door

The Killer Consulted a Lawyer Before the Murder

The Killer Had Time to Spare

The Killer Lost by a Hair

The Killer Set His Victims Aflame (with annotation The Killer Set Fire to the Beautiful Barmaid)

The Killer was Paroled to Murder

The Killers Expected Hidden Wealth

The Killers Replaced the Murder Weapon

The Killers Settled for a Young Boy

The Killer's Trail Began at the Library

The Knock on the Door Brought Death

The Love Beatings Turned Deadly

Money Moved the Heir to Murder

Multiple Murder Along the Gold Coast

Murder as a Favor for a Friend

Murder Ended the Blood Brother Feud

Murder Ended Her Stay at the Motel

Murder Ended the Love Worship

Murder Ended the Pen-Pals' Honeymoon

A Murder Ended the Wolfman's Crimes

Murder Interrupted a Pleasant Nature Hike

Murder Lurked at Disney World's Gate

Murder and Rape Ended the Killer's Drinking Spree

Murder Rode with the Hippie Hitchhikers

Murder Spree of the Jealous Suitor

Murder Stopped the Helpful School Teacher

Murder Trip for the Phony Hell's Angel

Murder Went to the Movies

A Murderous Night at the Cocktail Lounge

The Mystery of the Nude Blonde Body

The Mystery of the Nude Brunette

The Nightmare Ordeal of the Kidnapped Mothers

One Wild Night of Terror in Adrian

Poison Murder of the Fruit Picker's Children

The Policeman Avenged Her Husband's Murder (galley)

The Public Defender's Secretary Had No Defense Against Murder

The School Girl was Kidnapped from the Fair

The "Senseless" Killer Struck Three Times

The Socialite's Last Pick-Up was a Killer

A Teenage Beauty Foiled the Holdup Men

The Teenager was Dumped on a Trash Heap

This Murder was No Accident

Torture Death for the Spread-Eagled Nude

Torture Murder of a Teenage Girl

Tragedy Struck on Christmas Eve

A Traffic Violation Led to Bloodshed

The Trooper Trapped His Cousin's Murderer

The TV Star's Last Role was Deadly

The Victim Helped Track His Kidnappers

The Violent End of Susie Cream Cheese

The Violin Murder Case

There was No Hiding Place for the Cop Killer

Two Persons were Shot - Three Died

Where There's Smoke, There's Murder (galley)

Manuscripts

Brannon, William T.:

Bootblack Millionaire, 24 pages, original typescript

Memoirs of a Detective, No. 8, The Cream Puff Killers, William T. Brannon with John W. Norton, 22 pages, photocopy

Burroughs, John Rolfe:

Where the Old West Stayed Young, "Original publisher's Manuscript", original typescript with annotation, 714 pages, 8 folders

Manuscripts

Burroughs, John Rolfe:

Where the Old West Stayed Young, "Original title: Cattle Barons, Barbed Wire and Bad Men", an unedited carbon copy of the original script, 714 pages, 7 folders

Manuscripts

Burroughs, John Rolfe:

Where the Old West Stayed Young, galleys, 3 folders

Carpenter, Will:

"'Hell-Roarin' Bill", 12 pages, carbon copy

Donoho, R.:

Legend of the Tin Star, 9 pages, photocopy, with attachments and photo of 2 badges of the "tin star"

Douglas, Thorne:

Comanche Moon, 241 pages, carbon copy, "later title: Dark Rider, also outline.", story manuscript under title Dark Rider, 4 folders

Manuscripts

Douglas, Thorne ("1st page is missing, these are believed to be by the same author as the Dark Rider"):

Gannon, 252 pages, carbon copy

Killraine, 258 pages, carbon copy

Dowd, Ella (Wife of C. J. Dowd):

Personal Notes and Reminiscences of Ella Dowd, "Ella herein recalls some of the Wild Bunch and others; she was 100 years old in 1898", 8 pages, handwritten, photocopy

Dowd, J. S.:

Come On! "The Bear Fight", 16 pages, carbon copy

Come On!, 14 pages, carbon copy

Edson, J. T.:

Two Miles to the Border, 132 pages, original typescript with annotations

Isler, Anne (Roller):

Indian Red, 44 pages, galley

Mystery of the Indian Cave, 51 pages, galley

Manuscripts

Kirby, Edward M.:

Reminiscing with the Sundance Kid, photocopy (2)

Lee, Hector:

Temple of Sinawava and Narrows Trail, 40 pages, photocopy

Meade, Richard:

Cartridge Creek, annotated original typescript, photocopy, 2 folders

Cartridge Creek, "reader's set of galleys" (1-56), also 1 extra set (2)

Gaylord's Badge, 206 pages, 2 folders, carbon copy

Manuscripts

Rhoades, Gale and Kerry Ross Boren:

The Lost Mine (folder of correspondence concerning the book), "folder 1 of 6"

The Lost Rhoades Mine "B" Notes, handwritten, "folder 2 of 6"

The Lost Rhoades Mine "C" Notes, including interviews, "folder 3 of 6"

History of the Lost Rhoades Mine, handwritten, "folder 5 of 6"

Ross, W. E. Dan (pseudonym, Dan Roberts):

Incident at Haddon City, 156 pages, carbon copy

Renegade's Trail, 156 pages, carbon copy

Sheriff of Mad River!, (Sheriff Blade's Sixguns), 156 pages, carbon copy

Vengence Spur, 157 pages, carbon copy

Wyoming Showdown, 156 pages, carbon copy

Manuscripts

Weiss, Harold J., Jr.:

The Old West Lawman: Paths to Insignificant Reality, 18 pages, photocopy

Wilkins, Edson Buriah:

Memorable Experiences and Blessings of My Life

Author Unknown:

Ute Indians from the Book, "Builders of Uintah", "concerning 'Uncle Sam', 'Red Cap', Tecumsen', and 'Chepeta'", 4 pages, original typescript

My First Experience as an Officer of the Law, 4 pages, original typescript

Map

Portions of Ottumwa and Ottumwa No. 1 Claims, Sunny Brook Group, Cook's Canyon near Taylorsville, Plumas County, California. Original was hand-drawn, this is a photocopy

Plaques

National Association for Outlaw and Lawman History Hall of Fame, wooden plaques with gold lettering:

James K. Dullenty

William C. Linn

E. B. Mann

John J. Stewart

Clinton D. Vernon

Research Files

Correspondence, biographical information, documents such as wills, land and cattle sales, marriage records, census records, family and genealogical records, excerpts from court records, manuscripts (recollections of some early settlers concerning outlaws, lawnmen, and places), magazine clippings, newspapers and excerpts from newspapers such as the Salt Lake Tribune, Rock Springs Independent and others, primarily photocopies which were used as background material for western stories. Arranged in folders

Artemus "Art" Acord - newspaper article by Kerry Ross Boren, "Art Acord Was Utah's 'reel' Cowboy", The Salt Lake Tribune

Joseph Stewart Allen - carbon copy of a transcript of a letter by Allen, pioneer settler, trail blazer and Indian fighter, 1867 with author's note, Kerry Ross Boren

Ashley Valley - chronological dates and events leading up to the settlement of Ashley Valley

Sam Bass - reprint from the Nebraska Land Magazine, "Big Springs Gold Robbery Lent Glitter to the Immortal Legend of Old West Outlaw Sam Bass", and an article from Keith County News, "Sam Bass Marker Dedication Scheduled on Anniversary of Historic $60,000 Robbery"

Bear River City - untitled manuscript from "Ghost Towns of Wyoming" by Mary Lou Pence and Lola M. Homsher by Hastings House, New York, original typescript, 4 pages

William H. Bonney alias "Billy the Kid" - list of nine members of the Bonney family, includes family records sheets for P. F. Bonney and Levi Bonney, 1850 Census and Temple Ordinance Date; also "The Bonney Family" from the Detroit Society of Genealogical Research Magazine, Vol. 20

Brown's Park - two articles by Gale R. Rhoades and Kerry Ross Boren, "The Different World of Brown's Hole" and "A Ghost Walk Through Old Brown's Hole"; also a list, "Lodore Cemetery and School Yard"

William F. Cody, Colonel alias "Buffalo Bill" Cody - newspaper clipping with a photo and the obituary of Cody, "His Chronology-Biography 1846-1917"

Joseph Hyrum Bush - sheriff and miner, a family group sheet

Robert Calverly, Major - article from "Progressive Men of Wyoming", article from "Rich Memories: A History of Rich County Utah, D.U.P.", "Just a Cup of Strawberries", an excerpt from the Salt Lake Tribune, August 1, 1892 concerning Sheriff Robert Calverly and "The Manhunt for Patrick Coughlin and Fred George" as taken from the Salt Lake Tribune files, July 1895-December 1896

Carbon, Wyoming - "as taken from Wyoming Ghost Towns by Lola M. Homsher", photocopy

"Wild Bill" Carlisle - articles concerning the life of Carlisle, "Last of Real Outlaws Who Terrorized West Visits City, Asks Understanding of Bad Boys" and "Jennings Not Last Train Robber, Says Bill Carlisle - One Himself", also "Life of Crime Netted $1,023: Train Robber Carlisle Dies", 3 articles

Charles Edmond Carroll - two interviews with Roy Boren, 1969, and "The History of Heber Carroll and Elizabeth Jane Bills Carroll" from "The Early History of Duchesne County", 1948. The Orderville United Order of Zion, Utah Historical Quarterly, October 1939, photocopy; an article from Wasatch Wave, "Shot By An Indian: Wan Rodes Shoots John N. Carroll"; family record sheets for Charles E. Carroll, Joseph Hyrum Carroll, William Carroll, Charles Negus Carroll, Patrick Carroll, and John Bourne; also miscellaneous handwritten notes

Chinatown (Rock Springs, Wyoming) - three articles in a series by Richard Webster concerning Chinatown (Rock Springs, Wyoming), 1894-1914: "Pioneer Tells of Youth in County's Old Chinatown"; "Dragon Came from Evanston for Chinese New Year's Fete"; and "Webster Tells of Chinese Funerals and Mode of Dress", from the Green River Star

Moses Clawson - a copy of "History of Moses Clawson" courtesy of Archie Lamb, carbon copy

The Comet (Boat) - article, untitled, concerning The Comet, a stern wheel boat "built to ply between Green River and the mouth of Henry's Fork," with a photo, from the Green River Star

Charles Crouse - excerpt from The Salt Lake Tribune, microfilm, Salt Lake City Public Library, July 24, 1892 concerning Charley Crouse's sale of the "famous three-legged calf"; also the wills of Charles Crouse and Mary Crouse as taken from the Uintah County, Utah Probate Court Register of Wills, 1909, photocopies

George Sutherland Curry alias "Flat Nose George" - from the Wild Bunch at Robbers Roost, "Chapter IX: Flat Nose George and the Curry Boys", photocopy

Daggett County Historical Society - correspondence, a list of events, list of Prospective Oral History Subjects, a Historian Report; manuscript "The Stateline School", carbon copy and an advertisement announcing "American West Lecture by Fawn M. Brodie"

Isom Dart - article by Kerry Ross Boren, "First a Slave, Then a Utah Outlaw", from The Salt Lake Tribune Home Magazine

Johnny Devine alias "The Shanghai Chicken" - article by Annemarie Bert, "Chicken Devine" from The California Highway Patrolman, photocopy

John Dillinger - correspondence, letter to Kerry R. Boren and artilce by Sarah Spigot, "John Dillinger Died For You", from Playboy Enterprises, photocopy

Cleophus J. Dowd - marriage certificate of Cleophus J. Dowd and Eleanor R. Colton Dowd, photocopy

Dyer Mine - correspondence, Kerry R. Boren and LeVern Adams, n.d.; manuscript, "The Dyer Mine", by Kerry R. Boren, original typescript; also an interview with Roy Boren, carbon copy

Hobart Earp, cousin of Wyatt Earp and son-in-law of Chief Cochise: articles concerning Hobart Earl and Chief Cochise; also marriage license of Hobart Francis Earp and Anne Mildred Riley, photocopy

Jessie J. Evans - as taken from "Portraits in Gunsmoke" by the English Westerner's Society, carbon copy; biographical information concerning Evans

Gariboldi Gamble - genealogical archive record sheets for Gariboldi Gamble, Daniel Gamble, and William Jasper Rolfe; manuscript by Kerry Ross Boren, "Gariboldi 'B' Gamble", n.d., carbon copy; excerpts from the Vernal Express, Land Office, January 9, 1896 concerning "Gamble's Ranch"; and from "Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah", 1913 concerning Ellen Wilkshire and Samial Jones Role, 1947, carbon copy.

Buck Garrett - article from The Salt Lake Tribune, untitled, concerning Sheriff Buck Garrett's notice of temporary removal as Commander of the Local Post of the American Legion, photocopy

Robert "Bob" Hamilton - article and photos from the Daily Rocket, "Death of 91-Year Old Marks End of an Era", concerning the life of Hamilton, photocopy

Charles Rich Hanks - family record sheet for Hanks, article by Pearl Baker, "He Rode With Butch"

James Gipson Hardin - family record sheets for: James Gipson Hardin, Methodist preacher; John Wesley Hardin, outlaw; Clements _____; Martha Barnett; Neal (Neill) Bowen; John Henry "Jack" Dixon. Pedigree chart for John Wesley Hardin and Jane Bowen. One page of handwritten notes concerning the "History of Fannin County, Texas and the Hardin Family"

Robert Hereford - article from Granville Stuart Journals and Reminiscences, "Looking for a Cattle Range", n.d.; also an enrollment for George Hereford, father of Robert, photocopies

Ellen Hereford (Washakie) - article from the "Annals of Wyoming", July 1950 concerning "Ellen Hereford Washakie of the Shoshonies", 1878-1950, by Mary Lou Pence, photocopy. Also handwritten notes on Robert Lewis Hereford and others; excerpts from "Journals of Major John Owen", 1850-1870, 1927 concerning Capt. Hereford and from the U. S. Department of the Interior; Historical Index of American Indians and Persons Involved in Indian Affairs, 1966.

James Butler Hickok alias "Wild Bill" Hickok - pedigree charts of James Butler Hickok; on back notes by Kerry Ross Boren "Relationship"; and on Aaron Hickok

Thomas "Tom" Horn - correspondence concerning Horn to Duncan Clark, letter written from Cheyenne, Wyoming Jail, June 1, 1902 and others concerning Horn and Les Snow, 1966-1970; manuscript of an article from the Wyoming State Tribune, "Tom Horn", 1972; other articles concerning the hanging of Horn and those involved, such as E. J. Smalley, Leslie Snow, T. Joe Chaill and Clayton Danks, photocopies, 1907; family record sheets for Martin Horn, uncle of Tom Horn, Hardman Horn, and Thomas Horn; notes from an 1850 Census of Knox and Clay County, Ohio, and from an 1870 Census of Scotland and Harrison Counties, Missouri; articles concerning Martin Horn from "A Centennial Biography and History of Lewis, Clark, Knox, and Scotland Counties, Missouri, photocopy, 1887. Article concerning Charles and Thomas Horn from Fayette, Pickaway, and Madison Counties, Ohio, photocopy, 1891. Personal cards of Ron Donoho, Historian of the nevada Peace Officers Association.

James Brothers, Jesse James and Frank James - article by Louise Davis from the Nashville Tennessee Magazine, "Raw Oysters and Raw Whiskey" concerning Jesse and Frank James "were known to the White's Creek Community as 'Tom Howard' and 'Ben Woodson'"; newspaper clipping concerning Frank James by J. T. Ellis, photocopy. Court Actions of the Barren Circuit Court "clearing the name of T. J. Hunt of the 1880 Stage Coach Robbery", photocopy; article by Dennis Ockerstrom, "Kearney Ready to Claim James Brothers Legend", from the Green River Star; notes from the Liberty (Missouri) Tribune concerning Robert James, photocopy, 1850; notes from the 1850 Census of Logan County, Kentucky; pedigree chart for Jesse Woodson James (1847-1882), also some of his ancestors from 1755. Documents of Wills and Estates, Settlements, Appraisals, Inventories, Guardianship Report, concerning Robert Poor, Drury Woodson Poor, and John James, grandfather of Jesse James, as taken from court records of Logan County, Kentucky, photocopies, 1825-1850. Marriage records of "Nathl." West Dandridge and Jane Pollard, 1779; excerpts of typed and handwritten notes from the 1860 Census of Jackson County, Missouri, photocopies; correspondence concerning the "James Line", 1969; Kentucky Wills, Land Grants, Census 1789-1822, Census 1850 Murray County, Georgia, and 1850 Blount County, Tennessee, etc., 1795-1860 (excerpts) and notes.

Johnson County War - article by John M. Kennedy, "Rare Paper Details Bitter Range War", from the Deseret News

William Jones alias "Canada Bill", gambler - article by W. H. Hurlburt from The Union Pacific Magazine

William H. Kelsey - interview with Kelsey concerning boyhood memories of the Salt Lake City area in 1879, original typescript

Ladore School - correspondence of Kerry Ross Boren and others concerning preservation of the school; and manuscript, "The Old Ladore School." Most of the information derives from data by Marie Allen of Brown's Park, Utah; Allen, nee Taylor, was a student at Ladore School. Carbon copy

James Rogers Lamb, early settler family of the Ft. Bridger area and an acquaintance of Jim Bridger and friend of Uncle Jack Robinson - article, "To Tell of Jim Lamb", manuscripts of "James Rogers Lamb", carbon copy, and one untitled speech by Kerry Ross Boren given before the Daggett County Historical Society concerning James Rogers Lamb, February 1965; correspondence, a letter to James Lamb from Edgar Carter concerning Carter's father and reminiscences, August 1948; handwritten notes by Archie Lamb and family record sheets for James Rogers Lamb, Horace Merrill Lamb, and Abel (Cooper) Lamb.

Shadrach "Shade" James Large, a French-Canadian fur trapper and son of William Louis Large - a one-page manuscript of the life of Large, carbon copy

Marius N. Larsen - a manuscript, "Brief History of Lucern Valley and Irrigation System" by M. N. Larsen, March 5, 1940; notes and a newspaper article, "Yankee Peddler Comes to Spring Valley", from the New York Times, July 12, 1970.

Lincoln County, New Mexico - a booklet "The Old Lincoln County Courthouse", concerning 1878 History of the Lincoln County War, the county, and the town of Lincoln, NM.

Linwood, Utah - manuscripts by Kerry Ross Boren, "Old Linwood: Utah's Last Frontier" and "Linwood, Utah: Fiery End of a Fiery Era"; correspondence from Kerry Ross Boren to Roy Hudson concerning noted discrepancies in his earlier article on Linwood; two articles conerning Linwood, "A Watery Grave" by Frank Jensen and "70 Year Old Linwood Postal Service Ends", from the Daggett County News, photocopies.

Harry Longabaugh, Jr. - correspondence, a letter from Longabaugh to Mrs. Betenson concerning the men involved in the robbery of the First National Bank of Denver, March 20, 1889; transcript of "Material on Tape of Harry Longbaugh, Jr. Lecture in Ogden, Utah, June 1970", mimeo copy; articles concerning "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", "'Cassidy' Nears End of Run", "Actor's Claim Disputed", "'Son of Famous Outlaw' in Ogden", "Son of Sundance Kid To Tell Father's Life", "Was He 'Sundance' Kid?"

Manila, Daggett County, Utah - manuscript of an article concerning the founding of the town and the letters of James Reid and Edward H. Tolton which were published in regional newspapers, such as the Deseret Evening News, ca. 1896 to encourage settlement and promotion of Manila, then known as Sandtown

Manila Ward - microfilm #6417, record of members of the Manila Ward, photocopy

Maps - Counties of Missouri, including Buchanan, Jackson, Lafayette, and Ray Counties, photocopies

Philip Mass, pioneer settler, Henry's Fork, Wyoming - article in memoriam of Mass, 1914; "Philip Mass" from "Progressive Men of Wyoming, 1903; enrollment from Wyoming Pioneers, Philip Mass, freighter, cowboy, driver of Overland State 1855, Pony Express Rider, guide and scout for General Harney, and racher; correspondence, letter to Irma M. Rouse concerning her story, "Philip Mass My Great Grandfather As Told To Me By My Grandmother", photocopy; excerpt from The Salt Lake City Daily Tribune, microfilm Salt Lake City Public Library, July 18, 1891; Wyoming Wisps concerning Phil Maas (sic.), disposing of his horses and cattle and going into the sheep industry; manuscript by Kerry Ross Boren, "A Brief History of Phil Mass" - "Two Mountains Retain the name of Phil Mass: Phil's Peco and Phil Mass Mountain", carbon copy.

Nancy Maxwell - court record "in the matter of the Estate of Nancy Maxwell", from Grand County Court Records Probate Register #483516 p. 56, photocopy

Joe McCoy - death certificate of Joe McCoy, trapper and prospector, photocopy and note: "Joe McCoy was a notorious train robber, whose father rode with Quantrill's raiders. He had been a subject in the dramatic pursuit by the notorious Tom Horn, Pinkerton Detective..."

Robert "Bob" Meldrum - correspondence, letter concerning the article, "The Middle Years of Bob Meldrum in the Spring 1970 Old West" from Malcolm S. Major, carbon copy

Miscellaneous Outlaw Records - article "The Shirley and Sherley Families" from "A History of Collin County, Texas", photocopy; Census records (notes) concerning Campbell Longley, Caleb Longley, Preston Shirley, William Shepherd, Jesse Medley, Ellen Boren, and others, Jesse McIntosh, Samuel E. Rash; also family record sheets for James Canary, R. W. Canary, J. G. Hardin, Henry Holliday, Sarah Ann Henry, Campbell Longley, and Lan Tracy Severns

Nevada State Police - manuscript by Ron Donoho, "Nevada State Police", ca. 1975; correspondence to Charles Parsons from J. H. Williams and article, "Daltons Were Average Farm Folks, Neighbor Recalls" by Jim Colgrove, a Journal Staff Writer concerning J. R. Williams recollections of his boyhood and of the Dalton Boys, ca. 1890; also correspondence from George Bristow concerning Ike Rogers, who was an African-American and a Deputy U. S. Marshall who "was forced to capture Cherokee Bill (Crawford Goldsby)", ca. 1895. Virgil Earp's Oath of Office as Deputy Marshall of the United States, photocopy, November 1879; copies of bank register with names of Earps, Clantons, etc.; Earp family tree and 1881 Census of Cochise County, Territory of Arizona; Last Will and Testament of Virgil Earp, August 1879; petition for writ of habeus corpus for Wyatt Earp and J. H. "Doc" Holliday after the OK Corral fight, photocopies, 1881.

James Monroe Puffer - biographical information of Puffer (1831-1923); also for his wife, Eunice Clinda Twitchell and their children, carbon copy

Harry Rickards - manuscript, "A Brief Sketch of Pioneer Harry Rickards" who was living at Fort Bridger by the year 1868, employed by Judge William Carter in freighting. An employee of the Uintah-Ouray Indian Reservation 1880s-1900s.

Robbery of Major Daniel N. Bash, Paymaster, U. S. A. - articles concerning the robbery, "A Daring Robbery" from the Cheyenne Sun and the Democratic Leader, March 20, 1887, photocopies; correspondence received from, and instructions sent, to the Commanding General, Division of the Missouri, in "regard to robbery of public funds in the amount of $7400, from Major D. N. Bash at Antelope Springs, Wyoming", March 19, 1887; correspondence from the Adjutant General's Office, Washington, D.C. "rel. to robbery, reward of $1000", telegram of Majory Charles M. Terrell; report of Captain Dinnick "rel. efforts with troop 'H' to find the robber", April 16, 1887; correspondence between authorities such as George E. Pritchett, U. S. Attorney, T. J. Carr, U. S. Marshall, J. I. Nesbitt, County Attorney, Sheriff J. B. Doane and others concerning the award due for the capture of Charles Parker. Correspondence "re attendance of Charles Parker as a witness in the case against Johnson, Lucas and Bagnall, November 18, 1887." Court record of the indictment of Charles Parker, October 15, 1887. Among the correspondents are such names as E. L. Bierbower, U. S. Marshall, George E. Pritchett, U. S. Attorney, J. I. Nesbitt, County Attorney, J. W. McSay, County Attorney, J. B. Doane, Sheriff of Logan County and others; correspondence concerning the Petition of James Harris vs. E. B. Bierbower and J. B. Doane, September 1887; also three articles on the robbery from the Lincoln County Tribune, May-August 1887, all are photocopies.

John "Jack" Robinson, alias "Uncle Jack Robinson", first permanent settler in southwestern Wyoming, fur trader in that region for some fifty years - article by LeRoy R. Hafen, from "Mountain Men and the Fur Trade" 1969; several manuscripts concerning his cabin built in 1834-1835 at Henry's Fork near the Flaming Gorge. Kerry Ross Boren writes of this cabin, "in 1839 the cabin was headquarters of a little known trapping company comprising of Uncle Jack Robinson, James Bridger, and James Baker. In subsequent years, the cabin became the stopping place and temporary residence for such figures as "Buffalo Bill" Cody, "Calamity Jane", Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and the Wild Bunch, Major John Wesley Powell, the James Brothers, Tom Horn, Sacajawea, and many others." Some of these include brief stories of some of these figures.

Sacramento Police Department - History. Sacramento Police Department founded in 1849; seniority lists for 1935, 1946, and 1955, organizational chart. Correspondence and photo, also story by Joe W. Sims, Captain, Sacramento County Sheriff's Mounted Posse and Sheriff's Parade, 1975; articles concerning Vic Button's memory of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, "Generous Butch Cassidy: Sacramento Man Recalls Gift of a Horse" and "Robbery Recalled"; article by Doris Cavanaugh, "Shooting of Sheriff Lamb" concerning Sheriff Graham Lamb, who was killed while attempting to arrest Glen Hibbs in 1933.

Sacramento Sheriff's Department - Trail of the Serpant - forward (cases of Inspector Worthley during the time he served as coroner and sheriff), photocopies

Keith Smith Papers - certificates, Post office appointment as Postmaster of Linwood, Uinta, Utah, October 17, 1903; Cattle Certificates, 1926; Selective Service Appreciation, WWII, February 1946 and August 1951, Certificate of Election as State Representative of Daggett County, Utah, November 8, 1960, photocopies; Fellow of the Council of the American Georgraphical Society, November 21, 1916 and Certificate of Merit and Selective Service Medal signed by President Harry Truman, original certificates; transcript of records of file in the Daggett County Courthouse, Manila, Utah, 1902-1914 concerning Keith Smith and family; 1968-1971 with a questionnaire and articles concerning other settlers and early residents of Henry's Fork and the Linwood areas, special events, etc.; articles concerning "Pioneer Settlement Only Town...Inundated by Flaming Gorge Lake Is Linwood", "Waterways were tried as transportation in the Green River area around 1907...the Comet, stern wheel boat to ply between Green River and Henry's Fork", "Memory Lingers at Two-State School", "Century Old?...Keith Smith property at Linwood", "A Watery Grave...Linwood", all from the Green River Star, 1957-1962; manuscript of the post office and postmasters of Linwood, Dutch John, and Manila, by Eleen T. Williams, mimeo copy; signatures of citizens, residents of Daggett County, Utah and Sweetwater County, Wyoming...includes signature of Keith Smith, June 21, 1922, original document.

Dick Son, also known as Richard Emile Son, 1803-1907 - biographical information concerning Son, his wife, Jane Baker, and their children, carbon copy

Willard Schofield, Sr. - excerpt from transcribed interview with Schofield taken October 12, 1959, Manila, Daggett County, Utah, aged 84 years; questionnaire concerning reminiscenses of early days settlers, Dick Son, James Brothers, and others; handwritten notes of the life of Schofield, April 25, 1960.

Ratie Searle - questionnaire, handwritten, concerning his early childhood re: Cleophas J. Dowd and her father

Peter R. Sherlock - articles concerning description by Sherlock and school South Pass, 1869, and his accident in 1887 while working on Granier's big mining ditch near Atlantic, the loss of his eye, also other notes

Daniel Spencer - correspondence of Charlotte W. "Aunt Lottie" Spencer, wife of Samuel George Spencer, concerning the biography, genealogical bulletins of the Spencer family, Deseret Semi Weekly News. Biography of Daniel Spencer, article from The Salt Lake Tribune "Fifty Years Ago Today" with a photo and an article re: Daniel Spencer, photocopies.

Wells Spicer Decision, article by Gary L. Roberts, from Montana, Winter 1970 issue; the gunfight at O. K. Corral: The Wells Spicer Decision, 1881, photocopy "Contributed by Gary Roberts, April 1974."

Joseph Steinaker - excerpt from The Salt Lake Tribune, April 11, 1898, "Steinaker Case: It is Finished, After Some Trouble Getting a Jury," April 12, 1898 - "Joseph Steinaker cattle-stealing case...verdict 'Not Guilty'"; an excerpt from Criminal Register No. 1, Uintah County, Utah, concerning Joseph Steinaker cases and sentencing, carbon copies

George Stoll - biographical information of Stoll, as taken from "Progressive Men of Wyoming", a family group of George Stoll family, William Stoll from Wyoming Territorial Days to Present by F. Birkhead; 1933 marriage license of William Stoll and Ida Sadlier, March 18, 1897 (photocopies) and original typescript; articles concerning "fire of one of the Stoll ranch homes built in the 1880s", from the Green River Star, December 1969.

Julius F. Stone - handwritten account by Stone of the early days of the Vernal, Utah area, C. P. Putnam's Sons

Edwin Stott - "A Sketch of My Life by Edwin Stott", as taken from the Utah Historical Quarterly, photocopy; transcript of interviews with Mabel Stott Clegg, daughter of Edwin Stott and widow of Fred W. Clegg, by telephone, carbon copies

Peter Swanson, sheriff, miner, marshall, 1856-1910 - family record sheet; wife Minnie Nordstrom and their children

Robert "Bob" D. Swift - excerpt from Daggett County Land Record Books, 1902-1903, sale of land by F. Twitchell to Lucern Land and Water Company, witnesses Robert D. Swift and Keith Smith; story of Bob Swift and Orson Hyde, etc. re: dance in the old Stateline School, 1915 fire, and mysterious burning of the old salooon about 1912-1915, carbon copy.

William H. "Bill" Tabor of Brown's Park - as quoted from the J. S. Hoy manuscript, unpublished, the original "1884-1885 until 1892, Bill Tabor was a roving stock detective for the Wyoming Stockgrower's Association." "1892, Tabor joined with other stock detectives and officials in the Johnson County Invasion", carbon copy, 3 pages.

Harry Tracy - excerpt from The Salt Lake Tribune, "Shot by Desperadoes; W. S. Hoy Killed trying to Capture a Murderer: Tragedy in Brown's Park", March 3, 1898; "After Hoy's Murderers: Sheriff's Posse Scouring the Range for them", March 5, 1898; articles concerning "Four Convicts Escape" and "Hunting the Convicts", as taken from The Salt Lake Tribune, October 9-10, 1897, "Want Extermination Job: Rival Detective Agencies Bidding to Wipe Out the Robbers' Roost Gang", from the Deseret Evening News, March 7, 1898; and court minutes from the First District Court, Uintah County, Utah, June 1897 - State of Utah vs. Harry Tracy, photocopies. "My First Experience As An Officer of the Law", by Alexander Wilkins, marshall, 1867, carbon copy, and copy of a letter sent to Salem Prison, Oregon, by the wife of Harry Tracy in 1893; and excerpt from Deseret Evening News, July 9, 1897 re: Harry Tracy, a tramp, entered the house of Henry V. Smith...; a manuscript by Kerry Ross Boren, "Harry Tracy in Brown's Park", late 1890s.

John Trammel, 1838-1956 - manuscript re: John Trammel and his connection with the James Brothers, story of "Nigger John Ditch" and "J. F. Dalton was not Jesse James" by C. W. Breihan in 1955, original typescript, and a manuscript, "Manila, Daggett County," October 9, 1970, carbon copy.

Tucson Police Department - history, personnel, etc., 1881-1960, includes cases, duty assignments, etc., photocopies; also photographs of the site at Meyer and Alameda, early location of City Hall and the police station, 1916 and of "Jesus Camacho, ca. 1916, Tucson Police."

U. S. Census - excerpts from records of 1860, 1870, and 1880 Censuses of Sanilac and Lenawee Counties, Michigan, includes family names of Phillips, Mudge, and Swarthout, and others, carbon copy.

Vernal Express - handwritten notes from 1889-1923 concerning the early settlers and events such as A. J. Stewart, Heber Giles, James Manning, and Warden Pratt, Gen. Daggett, Surveyor, the Uintah Indian Agency, John Carroll, and others; excerpts from the Vernal Express, 1895-1902 microfilm, University of Utah, concerning Lieutenant Koehle(r), delinquent tax lists, Antler saloon, Crouse family, Collett, Dyer, Davenport, and numerous other Brown's Park settlers and historical events of that area, carbon copies.

Tom Vernon - article "Services Held in Vernal for Thomas Vernon", Craig, Colorado

Tom Welch - interview transcript, November 12, 1959, and questionnaires re: "his boyhood in the Brown's Park area" and "of others such as Schofields and Widdops, and the James Brothers, and Zeb Edwards", carbon copies. Handwritten verbal transcript of Tom Welch manuscript copy, November 1959. "Last Will of Mrs. Bell Hill", mother of T. A. Welch, September 2, 1930, photocopy. Manuscript by Kerry R. Boren, "Butch Cassidy: He Didn't Die in South America" concerning Tom Welch and the Wild Bunch, carbon copy. Also a duplicate copy of notes on small note pad of Tom Welch, manuscript (handwritten notes).

George Widdop, early pioneer family member of settlers in Burnt Fork, 1879 - interview concerning other settlers such as Stolls, Tom Welch, Tom Smith, Willard Schofield, the Dowd killing, Dick Son, and the James Brothers, February 1, 1965, photocopy; original typescript by Kerry Boren "Special to Tribune" re: George Widdop, questionanaire, reminiscenses, mss. by Kerry Boren, original typescript; original typescript of photocopy interview, February 1, 1965. Handwritten note by Widdop, stating the arrival of his family at Burnt Fork in April 1879.

William Yates, formerly Town and County Clerk who preserved many old South Pass city records (the history of Sweetwater County), handwritten notes by Yates re: his remembrances of Winston Churchill and others during his childhood years in England; manuscript by Kerry R. Boren, "Reminiscenses" - William Yates and Mrs. Philbrick. Other manuscripts, "Sweetwater County Courthouse 50th Anniversary, December 26, 1926." "Douglas-Yates Feud", by W. Yates. "First Transcontinental Airplane Race" - Green River, Wyoming, 1919; "Esther Morris' two boys residents of South Pass in 1869," W. Yates; "How Green River Came to Be County Seat", by W. Yates; "A General Review of Rock Springs and Vicinity", mimeo copy; William Yates, original typescript, 35 pages; articles "Earliest Historical Facts Pertaining to Sweetwater County", Rock Springs Miner, November 6, 1931 and "Hutton - Yates Mark 90s Birthdays", re: William Hutton and William Yates, from the Green River Star, March 23, 1967.

The Younger Family and Connections - vital historical records and handwritten notes by Kerry Ross Boren, excerpts from Missouri Pioneers Vital Historical Records, 1850 Census, excerpts from The Salt Lake Tribune, concerning pardon for the Younger Brothers and "The Story of Logan County, Kentucky"; marriage certificates and court records, 1787-1853; family records concerning the James, Fords, Youngers, Fristoes, Henry Lee, Richard and Joseph Powell, and the Jarretts; The Younger Family from the History of Jackson County, Missouri and from Kansas City, Missouri. Sketches of "The Cowherd Family", "Younger", "Younger-Hall", and "Wilson Family" from Where Pistols were in Flower" by Dolly Breitenbaugh, mimeo copies.

Script

Series of Six Utah Centennial Radio Programs, presented by Radio Station KSL in cooperation with the Intermountain Radio Council, photocopy

"Youth - And a Western Star!" by Hector Lee and Gladys Wagstaff Pinney

Subject Files

All concerning lawmen, including rangers, state police, police chiefs, and sheriff's records and history, etc., arranged in folders:

Arizona Rangers and U. S. Marshalls, Arizona, includes also Pima County Sheriffs, Tuscson, Arizona

Chiefs of Nevada State Police, also Public Service Commission and Nevada Highway Patrol

Denver Police Chiefs - list of people known through R. R. Maiden, Historian of Colorado Sheriffs' and Peace Officers' Association, Denver, Colorado; Denver Police Chiefs, 1859-1966; also Federal Officers and others; correspondence from Lenore Conway to Mr. Donoho re: Frank Button, Sheriff Graham Lamb, etc.

Chiefs of Police, City of Las Vegas, Nevada, compiled by Ron Donoho, Historian, Nevada Peace Officers Association, Las Vegas, Nevada

National Sheriffs' and Police Association, Inc. - "National Law Enforcement Directory", NSPA

Sheriffs of Ford County, Kansas - correspondence to R. R. Maiden from Mrs. Oliver Howard, Reference Library, State Historical Society of Missouri

Past Sheriffs, Jackson County, Missouri

Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association of Oklahoma, correspondence, to Ron Donoho from O. K. Bivins; and "The Oklahoma Sheriff and Peace Officer"

Sacramento Sheriff's Office, correspondence from Sacramento Chief of Police re: Police insignia also insignia for Sacramento Sheriff's Office, 1849-1971, includes roster of Sheriffs, 1849-1971, Coroners and Public Administration, 1850-1958; biographical information of Inspector Clay Worthley, 1950s-1971; also additional biographical and accounts of service of the sheriffs from 1850-1974, photocopies, 2 folders.

Advertising

Illustrations and short stories - a series of five: "The Guns That Tamed the West" - Dixon Paper Company

Books: Cataloged separately (see Library catalog)

Documents

County Government:

St. Louis County, Missouri

Federal Government:

U. S. Department of Justice: Program Plan FY 1976

U. S. Department of the Interior National Park Service: Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks Ranger Naturalists Manual, photocopy

U. S. Congress, Report on the Lands of the Arid Region of the United States with a More Detailed Account of the Lands of Utah, maps by J. W. Powell, second edition

Forms

State of Utah, Division of the State History for Historic Sites Survey, blank forms

Magazine Clippings, primarily concerning stories of the Old West and modern true crime. Photocopies, unless otherwise noted.:

Kerry Ross Boren:

"Tortured Frenchmen's Lost Tennessee Cache, True Treasure"

William T. Brannon (primarily from Family Weekly):

"Case of the Deliberate Accident"

"Case of the Distracted Husband"

"Case of the Telltale Shadow"

"The Disappearing Cutouts"

"Honeymoon Perplexity"

"Miracle in the Courtroom"

"The Mysterious Mister X"

"Supper for the General"

"Case of the Stupid Bandit"

"My Enemy the Landlord"

Pete McCabe:

"Was the 'Walking Tall' Sheriff Murdered?", Argosy

Charles W. Mooney:

"The Man Who Killed Bill Dalton", The West

Bert R. Sugar:

"The Cowboy Hall of Fame", Argosy

Newsletters

Quarterly of the National Association and Center for Outlaw and Lawman History

Newspaper and Magazine Clippings

Articles concerning Tex Austin, Jr., saddle-bronc-rider

Black Bart's Anniversary, stagecoach robber

Daggett County News, concerning Daggett County Historical Society, with a group photo which includes Kerry Ross Boren

The "Story of Diamondfield Jack"

Articles concerning Folsom Prison (2)

"Death of 91-Year Old Marks End of an Era" - obituary of Robert "Bob" Hamilton; also a photo of "Cowboys of the Carter Land and Cattle Co." which includes Hamilton

Lamar Houston "Rube" Burrows, famed outlaw baron, train robber, from Alabama Amblings, "Ex-teacher pens life of famed outlaw"

Article by G. E. Stewart concerning the town of Myton, Utah

Articles concerning NOLA - "Outlaw center opening at Utah State University" (later transferred to the University of Wyoming)

Article by Kerry Ross Boren concerning "The Wild Bunch" and "Billy the Kid",

Articles concerning the Old West and modern true crime stories, 28 items, 1 folder

Newspapers

The Tombstone Epitaph - Historical National Monthly of the Old West

Renfro Valley Bugle

Periodicals: Group contains material which is either rare or contains a story of a particular Western character or event; arranged in folders

Beadle's Half Dime Library, featuring "Deadwood Dick's Leadville Lay", by E. L. Wheeler (reprint)

Buffalo Bill Weekly no. 241, (2)

By Valor and Arms, the Journal of American Military History

The Westerners Brand Book, primarily stories by Stacy Osgood, Deputy Sheriff

"Butch Cassidy Never Held Up a Train!"

"The Life and Times of David Neagle"

"Tom McCarty: A Man on the Go"

"Harry Tracy: Meanest Man, Alive or Dead"

"Wildest of the Wild Bunch: Harvey Logan, alias Kid Curry"

Periodicals

Americana

American History

The American West, (2)

Arms Gazette, (2)

Collector's World

Colorado Sheriff and Peace Officer, (4)

Daring Detective

FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, (14)

FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, (21)

Frontier Times, (13)

Golden West, (2)

Great West, (2)

Guns, (12)

Handball

Handgunner

Handloader, (4)

Horse Illustrated

Inside Detective

The Kansas Sheriff, (2)

Man's Magazine

Master Detective, (26)

Master Detective, (16)

Mercury Mystery Book Magazine

Nevada, (2)

New Mexico

Official Detective, (13)

Official Detective, (33)

Official Detective, (26)

Official Detective, (13)

Oklahoma Today, (5)

Old West, (4)

The Rancher, Florida Sheriffs Boy's Ranch, (5)

Real Frontier

Real West, (3)

Rifle, (4)

The Sheriff's Star, (30)

Startling Detective, (6)

Startling Detective, (24)

Startling Detective, (4)

The Texas Lawman, (25)

The Texas Lawman, (26)

True Crime Detective

True Detective, (25)

True Detective, (24)

True Detective, (19)

True Frontier, (2)

True Police, (4)

True Police, (15)

True West, (11)

Unicorn Mystery Book Club News

The West, (2)

Western, (3)

Westerner, (3)

Wisconsin Sheriff and Deputy, (3)

World Wide Detective

Poem

"A Cowboy's Prayer", Frank O'Rourke, by his son Dennis and his wife Jerene

Program

Souvenir Program of the Fourteenth Annual Rendezvous of the National Association for Outlaw and Lawman History, Kansas City, Missouri

Report

Interim Survey Report: 100 Historical Buildings in St. Louis County, Missouri

Reprint

By C. L. Sonnichsen, from The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, "The Grassroots Historian"

NOLA Correspondence

Concerning NOLA and includes: board business; lists of board members, committees, and membership; letters, memos, and other correspondence from Mary Garman and others; and annual NOLA Rendezvous planning paperwork and programs.

NOLA Board Business and Minutes

NOLA Correspondence, Memos, and Other Paperwork, including correspondence of Mary Garman and Jim Dullenty

NOLA Correspondence, Memos, and Other Paperwork

NOLA Correspondence, Inquiries, Memos, and Other Paperwork, including correspondence of Mary Garman and Jim Dullenty

NOLA Membership, Committees, and Board Memeber Lists

NOLA Newspaper Clippings, Research, and Brochures from Mary Garman

NOLA Rendezvous, Planning Paperwork, Brochures, Etc.

NOLA Rendezvous, Meeting Programs

Newsletters

Newsletter of the National Association and Center for Outlaw and Lawman History (does not include all issues)

Periodicals

Quarterly of the National Association and Center for Outlaw and Lawman History (does not include all issues)

Quarterly of the National Association and Center for Outlaw and Lawman History (does not include all issues)

Book

Storms of Life: The Outlaw Trail and Kid Curry, by Jesse Cole Kenworth (promotional pre-release copy)

Teleplays

“The Goldtakers” for television series “Gunsmoke” by Clyde Ware (photocopy)

“The Great Diamond Mountain” by Clyde Ware (photocopy)

“Old Friend” for television series “Gunsmoke” by Clyde Ware (photocopy)

“Saturday Night” for television series “Gunsmoke” by Clyde Ware (photocopy)

Manuscript

"American Murder Ballads" by Olive Woolley Burt (13 chapters)

Advertisement, Caricature, and Prints from Buck Hill Associates and Filter Press

Advertisements from nineteenth and early twentieth centuries for medical treatments, Pony Express, Colt guns, Buffalo Bill's Wild West, etc., contributed by Buck Hill Associates, reprints and photocopies (31)

Caricatures of western outlaws and lawmen by Jack Alan, reprints (8)

Prints from nineteenth and early twentieth century illustrations of western and pioneer life and events, by Filter Press, Palmer Lake, Colorado, reprints and photocopies (15)

Jesse James-Related Items from Warren Nolan

Letter to Warren Nolan from Jim Cummins

Letter to Jim Cummins from Warren Nolan, with continuation by Cummins to Nolan

Letter to Nolan from Cummins

Paper with handwritten text, “James Robert Cummins Born Jan. 31, 1847”

Photo, Jim Cummins

Photo postcard, Frank Hall

Photo, James Family

Photo, "Stone over grave of Cole Younger in the cemetery at Lee’s Summit, Mo., his old home. Photo by Robertus Love.”

Photo, Bob Younger

Photo, Harry W. Younger

Photo, Mrs. Harry W. Younger

Postcard to Nolan from Cummins

Photos

Vic Button on Patsy, Butch Cassidy’s horse (reprint)

Tom Orr, Lt. Guerin, Ruth Blundell, and Clay Worthley

Robert Wagner (suspect for American River killings), with Clay Worthley, police reporter

Clay Worthley, Sheriff Donald Cox, Lt. Guerin, Bobby M. Blundell

Western photo postcard and wanted poster reprints

Postcard photos from Old West Collectors Series, published and donated by Kustom Quality, El Paso, Texas (56)

Wanted posters, reprints and photocopies (9)

Book printing plates and cover art

Plates and cover art for The Biographical Album of Western Gunfighters, by Ed Bartholomew

Gun belt and holster, with letters

Belt and holster of Demetrus Valdner, fought in Mexican Revolution with Pancho Villa

Letter from Robert Valdner, grandson, to Jim Dullenty about Demetrus Valdner and artifacts

Letter from Jim Dullenty to University of Wyoming about Demetrus Valdner and artifacts

Photo, mounted on wood (reproduction)

Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett (attributed)

Photos

Vic Button on Patsy, Butch Cassidy’s horse (large matted reprint)

Unidentifed house and cabin, from Parker Hamilton photography, Flagstaff, Arizona

Mike Yokel, wrestler, from National Police Gazette (2)

Plaque

NOLA Hall of Fame inductees, 1983-2007

Sign

NOLA Office door sign

Travel Advertisements (reprints)

Advertisements for Pony Express, stagecoaches, and steamboats, from Buck Hill Associates (5)

Wanted Posters

Wanted poster for Chan Young and wanted cards for stolen property (pasted on ledger sheet) from Sacramento County, California

Wanted posters (reprints) from Buck Hill Associates (3)

Artifact

Three hairs allegedly from Jesse James, with typewritten letter

Audio Cassette Tapes

Dr. Olafson talk on Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Saturday A.M. (1 tape)

Jim's talk (1 tape)

Les Berk Thursday talk and discussion, Brown's Park, Mrs. McClure (1 tape)

Les Berk Thursday talk (continued), Ralph Edgerton Thursday talk, Katherine Wright Friday talk, Spokane (1 tape)

Milton Perry talk on Jesse James (1 tape)

NOLA Board Meeting (6 tapes)

NOLA Board Meeting, Saturday (3 tapes)

NOLA Board Meeting, Wednesday (1 tape)

Newsletters

Newsletter of the National Association and Center for Outlaw and Lawman History (does not include all issues)

Periodicals

Quarterly of the National Association and Center for Outlaw and Lawman History (does not include all issues)

Periodicals

The Cattleman (3 copies)

The Frontier Times (3)

Old West (5)

South American Explorer (1)

True West (7)