W. W. Morrison papers - Archives West

W. W. Morrison papers, 1804-1977

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Morrison, W.W. (William Wayne)
Title: W. W. Morrison papers
Dates: 1804-1977 (inclusive)
Date of CollectionDate of Collection
Quantity: 30.89 cubic ft. (31 boxes)
Collection Number: 00323
Summary: Maps, photographs, diaries, transcripts, research notes, and other materials relating to emigration on the Overland Trails in the U.S. West.
Repository: American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY
82071
Telephone: 3077663756
ahcref@uwyo.edu
Access Restrictions: Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
Languages: English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

William Wayne Morrison (1898-1977) was passenger agent of the Union Pacific Railroad and also a historian of emigrant trails and pioneer graves.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Collection contains materials collected by Morrison for his research on emigrant trails and grave sites in the Western United States. Included are transcripts of diaries and narratives of emigrants, photographs of gravesites, research materials, and secondary sources.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

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, W. W. Morrison Collection, Collection Number 323, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by W. W. Morrison at the date of processing.

Acquisition Information

Received from W.W. Morrison in July 1986.

Processing Note

Processing Information

The collection was processed by D.C. Thompson in 1986.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Artifacts, no dates Return to Top

Container(s): Box 1

Container(s)	Description
	Leather file case 1 item
	Paperweights, Pattison grave stone replicas, rock 3 items
	Railroad hardware, spike, weight, unidentified 3 items
	Telegraph keys, demonstration models 2 items

Biographical Information, 1884-1977 Return to Top

Container(s): Box 1

Abstract: William Wayne Morrison, b. April 8, 1898-d. March 7, 1977; telegrapher, freight and passenger agent for Union Pacific in Wyoming; historian of emigrant trails and pioneer graves

Container(s)	Description
	Morrison Family genealogical research and real estate matters; includes correspondence, photocopies of legal documents, etc., 1884-1972, 1 file
	School & Personal, includes graduation programs, draft cards, newspaper clippings, biographical articles, etc., 1914-1976, 1 file
	Employment & Financial, includes correspondence, employment contracts, schedules, employment history, bank records, 1914-1967, 1 file + 2 rolls
	Membership cards, licenses and railroad passes of W.W. Morrison, Mildred Leachman Morrison (wife) and Wayne, Weldon and Wanda Morrison, 1920-1975, 151 items in 1 small box

Correspondence Files, 1900-1978 Return to Top

Container(s): Box 1

Container(s)	Description
	Union Pacific employment, letters of commendation and appreciation, 1925-1957, 1 file
	Personal, copies of letters from Morrison to friends and family members regarding his activities, 1969-1977, 3 files
	Miscellaneous, letters to and from Ruth Louise Johnson, Caroline Bancroft, various historical societies, etc., 1930-1978, 1 file
	Post Cards, picturing Ohio, Wyoming and the west, Europe, Hawaii and New Zealand, some with messages, 1900-1974, 4 files

Diaries, Narratives, Histories, 1805-1890 Return to Top

Container(s): Box 2

By or about western emigrants, including autobiographies, family histories, letters, transcripts from books and journals; typescripts unless otherwise noted

Container(s)	Description
	Bibliography 1 file
	Index, arranged by year of emigration 1805-1877, hand-written
	Cecelia Emily McMillen Adams, 1852
	Inez Eugenia Adams (Parker), 1848-1868
	James Akin Jr., 1852, photocopy and typescripts
	O. Allen, from Guide Book and Map to the Gold Fields of Kansas & Nebraska and Great Salt Lake City, 1859, photocopy
	Henry Allyn, 1853
	William M. Anderson, 1834
	Susan P. Angell, 1852
	Jesse Applegate, from Way Bill from Fort Hall to Willamette Valley, 1848
	Malinda J. Armstrong, 1852
	John Ball, 1832
	Welborn Beeson, 1853
	Maria A. Parsons Belshaw, 1853
	Virginia Belle Benton, 1881
	Mary Gibbs Bigelow, 1811-1845
	Birmingham Emigrant Company Guide, by Leander V. Loomis, 1850
	Patrick Breen, 1846
	J. Goldsborough Bruff, from Gold Rush, 1849
	Edwin Bryant, from What I Saw in California, 1846, 2 files
	Jane Burnside, 1847
	John Bratt, from Trails of Yesterday, 1865-1878
	William A. Carter, 1857
	Andrew J. Chambers, from Crossing the Plains in 1845
	W.W. Chapman, 1849
	Bennett C. Clark, 1849
	William Clayton, 1847, published pamphlet
	Daniel Benjamin Cleghorn, 1861
	E.W. Conyers, 1852
	Lt. Col. Philip St. George Cooke report, 1857
	Paul Crandall and family, family history including partial diary of Polly Crandall Coon, 1852
	Jesse W. Crosby, 1845-1850, publication & typescript
	James C. David, 1852
	Davis, 1852
	Allan Jones Davis, 1842
	Daniel Delany and family, 1843
	Albert Jerome Dickson, from Covered Wagon Days, 1860's
	Eliza P. Donner (Houghton), The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate (1911), 1846, 2 files
	Donner Miscellany (1947), includes diaries and other documents relating to the Donner Party, 1846
	Dorion family, 1811-1850
	Myra F. Eells, 1838
	William A. Empey and Appleton M. Harmon (while keeping the Mormon ferry on the North Platte River), 1847
	Eneas Entz, 1852
	Elijah Bryan Farnham, 1849
	Deerin Farrer, 1868
	W.G. Felton, 1876-1877
	Amanda Mary Fletcher, 1865
	George W. Fox, 1866
	Gabriel Franchere, from Narrative of a Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America, 1811-1814
	Polly Frazier (Lewis), 1843
	Caroline Gale (Budlong) and family, 1853-1886
	Rev. A.E. Garrison, 1846
	Orange Gaylord, 1850 & 1853, 2 files
	Vincent Geiger and Wakeman Bryarly, 1849
	John McTurk Gibson, 1859
	Washington Smith Gilliam, 1844-1847
	Augusta Winters Grant, 1856-1903
	Mary Augusta Dix Gray, 1838-1842
	William Henry Gray, 1838
	Amelia Hadley, 1851
	Gen. W.S. Harney, documents regarding battle of Ash Hollow, 1855, photocopies
	Jesse Harritt, 1845
	Loren B. Hastings, 1947
	Lucy Ann Henderson (Deady), 1846
	Randall H. Hewitt, from Across the Plains and Over the Divide, 1862
	John Birney Hill, 1850
	Celinda E. Himes, 1853
	George H. Himes, 1853
	Hines, from Oregon, Its History, Condition and Prospects, 1839
	Silas L. Hopper, 1863
	Hosea B. Horn, from Overland Guide, 1850
	Lester Hulin, 1847
	Homon Munson Humphrey, 1852
	G.W. Hunt and family, "To Oregon By Ox-Team In '47", pamphlet by F. Lockley, 1847-1850, 2 copies
	Christina Coutts Hunter, 1864
	Lucy A. Ide, 1878
	John T. Kearns, 1852
	William Keil and wagon train, from Bethel and Aurora by R.J. Hendricks, 1855
	William Claborn Kennedy, 1852
	Amelia Stewart Knight, 1853

Diaries, Narratives, Histories, 1805-1890 Return to Top

Container(s): Box 3

By or about western emigrants, including autobiographies, family histories, letters, transcripts from books and journals; typescripts unless otherwise noted

Container(s)	Description
	William Lanford, 1850
	Sarah L. Larimer, My Capture and Escape, or Life Among the Sioux (1869), 1864
	John Doyle Lee, The Mormon Menace by A.H. Lewis (1904), 1857-1877, 2 files
	Heinrich Leinhard, from Overland to Oregon, 1843
	Reuben Lewis, 1842
	Mary Jane Long, 1852
	James Longmire, 1853
	Leander V. Loomis, Birmingham Emigrating Company, 1850
	Jesse Looney, 1843
	Cyrus C. Loveland, 1850
	Sam May, 1848
	Dr. David S. Maynard, 1850
	Rev. John McAllister, 1852
	E.S. McComas, from A Journal of Travel, 1862
	Martha Wilson McGregor, 1886
	Byron McKinstry, 1850
	Jack McNemee and family, 1845-1849
	Ezra Meeker, from Ventures and Adventures, 1852
	Howard Michael, 1863-1876
	Joaguin Miller, from Overland in a Covered Wagon, 1854
	James Knox Polk Miller, from The Road to Virginia City, 1864
	Mormon emigration, from diaries and letters of Orson Pratt, Wilford Woodruff, George A. Smith, William Clayton, Thomas Bullock, Erastus Snow, Howard Egan, Norton Jacob, W.I. Appleby, Orson Hyde, Thomas Steed; 1847 & 1849, 1 scrapbook of newspaper clippings + 1 file
	Asahel Munger and wife, 1839
	Joseph Myers, 1860
	Nathaniel Myers, 1853
	Peter Skene Ogden, 1825-1827
	Henry Page letters, also diary extracts of Joseph Hackney and E.I. Bowman, 1849
	Joel Palmer, from Journal of Travels Over the Rocky Mountains, 1845-1846
	Samuel Parker, 1845
	Rev. Edward Evans Parrish, 1844
	Sgt. Isaac B. Pennick, from The Bozeman Trail by Hebard & Brininstool, 1865, regarding Platte Bridge fight
	Jake Pennock, of the 11th Kansas Cavalry, 1865, regarding Platte Bridge fight
	Elisha Douglas Perkins, 1849-1850
	Edwin Pettit, 1846-1851, printed
	Capt. John Wolcott Phelps, 1857
	Levi and A.J. Powell letters, 1870-1876
	Orson Pratt, 1847
	Virgil K. Pringle, 1846
	John Pulsipher, 1857-1858, regarding Mormon War
	Maj. P.B. Reading, 1843
	James Frazier Reed, 1846
	Joseph Rhodes, 1850
	James Richey and family, 1852, photocopy & typescript
	Albert D. Richardson, from Beyond the Mississippi, 1859
	Capt. B.F. Rockafellow, 1865
	Benjamin Williams Ryan, 1864
	Rufus B. Sage, from Rocky Mountain Life, 1841-1843
	Catherine Sager (Pringle), 1844-1847, 2 files
	Matilda J. Sager (Delaney), 1844-1862
	Scott family: John Tucker Scott and Abigail Scott (Duniway), 1852
	Cornelia A. Sharp, 1852
	Joe E. Sharp, 1852
	William Shaw, 1844
	William K. Sloan, 1853
	Asa Bowen Smith, 1838
	E. Willard Smith, 1839-1840
	Elizabeth Dixon Smith (Geer), 1847
	Moses Ira Smith, 1847
	Sarah Gilbert White Smith, 1838
	William Snow, 1850
	Eliza Hart Spalding, 1836
	Willis Spear, 1883
	Howard Stansbury, from Exploration and Survey of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah, 1849
	Agnes Stewart, 1853
	Francher Stimson, 1850
	Henry Atkinson Stine, 1850
	Granville Stuart, 1852
	Robert Stuart, 1812-1813

Diaries, Narratives, Histories, 1805-1890 Return to Top

Container(s): Box 4

By or about western emigrants, including autobiographies, family histories, letters, transcripts from books and journals; typescripts unless otherwise noted

Container(s)	Description
	J. Quinn Thornton, from Oregon and California, 1846, includes account of the Donner Party 2 files
	Charles Tinker, 1849
	Henry Smith Turner, 1847
	Elkanah Walker, 1838
	Mary Richardson Walker (combined with Myra Eells), 1838
	Rev. A.F. Waller, 1839-1840
	Kimball Webster, from The Gold Seekers of '49
	Dr. Marcus Whitman, 1835-1836
	Narcissa Prentiss Whitman, 1836
	Whitman Massacre reports, from Early Labors of the Missionaries (1903)
	Henry T. Williams, from Pacific Tourist Guide, 1876
	Joseph Williams, 1841-1842
	Velina A. Williams, 1853
	Margaret Windsor (Iman), 1852-1856
	John Wood, 1850
	John Work, 1830
	Mabel Young (Sanborn), includes personal recollections of Brigham Young, 1863-1930, hand-written & typescript
	Will H. Young, 1865
	John S. Zieber, 1851

Manuscripts, 1947-1974 Return to Top

Container(s): Box 4

By W.W. Morrison, written for classes, as letters, for newspaper publication, or as speeches

Container(s)	Description
	Autobiographical
	English Compositions, stories written for class at Laramie Community College, Cheyenne, Wyoming, 1974
	"A Kind Pen Friend" (Corajean Thornton)
	"The Place Where I Was Born"
	"Waikiki Beach"
	"Jealousy"
	"The Unicorn In The Garden"
	Untitled & Exercises
	"Eulogy To A Country School House, Near Cumberland, Ohio", 1967
	"Eulogy To My Mother", 1947
	"Home And The Back Door", 1965
	"Little Rebecca Arrives/Bob And His New Dog/The White Doves", 1966
	Travels
	European Trip, 1964
	Hawaii, 1967
	Our Trips - Hawaii, West Virginia, Ohio, 1968
	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, 1970
	Olympia, Washington, 1971
	Our Trip - Ohio, 1973
	"An Unforgettable Tragedy", no date
	Ah-Ho-Appa, Chief Spotted Tail's Daughter, 1947
	Pearl Bryan's Murder 1897, includes photographs, 1955
	Custard Massacre at Platte Bridge Station, no date
	Davis Ridge School House, Near Caldwell, Ohio, includes correspondence, newspaper clipping of published story, photographs, 1973
	Grattan Massacre at Fort Laramie, 1953, 1969 and undated, 3 files
	Mary Homsley's Grave, 1969 and undated, 2 files
	Little Mary Kelly's Grave (Massacre of the Kelly-Larimer Train), 1949, 1954 and undated, 3 files
	Emly Patrick's Grave, no date
	Rachel Pattison's Grave, includes photographs, 1948 and undated, 2 files
	Pattison Lake, Washington, and the Pattison Family, includes photographs, 1952, 4 files
	The Pioneer Minister, no date
	Rock Creek Methodist Church, Clackamus County, Oregon, includes photographs, 1950
	Ann Rutledge And Lincoln, includes notes, correspondence, 1959
	Telegraphy, includes clippings from printed sources, 1973
	Early Roads In And Across Wyoming by L.C. Bishop, 1955
	Fetterman Massacre by L.C. Bishop, 1959

Photographic Files, 1840's-1970's Return to Top

Container(s): Box 5

Container(s)	Description
	Positives
	People & Graves
	Ah-Ho-Appa (Falling Leaf) grave and family: Chief Spotted Tail and wife
	Samuel K. Barlow grave, Barlow Toll Gate
	Floyd D. Bryan grave and Hilo, Hawaii
	Pearl Bryan grave, family graves, and Greencastle, Indiana
	Mrs. S. Chambers grave, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Chambers
	William L. Clary grave
	J.A. Deaton and wife
	Donner Party: Donners, Graveses, Reeds, Sarah Keyes grave
	Lucinda Eubank (Atkinson) grave and family graves: Eubank, Frogue, Atkinson, Pollard
	Belle and Cary Eubank, Dannie Marble and Laura Roper
	John C. Friend
	Henry Hill grave
	Nancy Hill grave
	Mary E. Homsley grave and family: husband, daughters, sister, and descendents; Homsley, Gibson, Taylor, White, Oden, Wells, Jenkins
	John Hunton and wife
	Indians: Chief Joseph with Gen. Gibbon; Chief High Eagle; monuments to Keokuk and Winema; unidentified
	Elva Ingram grave and family: parents, brothers and sisters, cousins; Ingram and Richey, Richey cabins
	Rev. Clinton Kelly
	Kelly-Larimer Indian captivity: Little Boxelder massacre site, graves of Mary Kelly and Sharp-Taylor-Franklin, Sarah L. Larimer, Fanny Kelly and grave
	Ada Magill grave and family: parents, brothers and sisters and descendants; Magill, Mahan, Cunningham
	Ezra Meeker and grave
	J.P. Parker grave
	Emly Patrick grave
	Rachel Pattison grave and family graves: Davis, Pattison, Thornton
	C.B. Platt grave
	J.R. Powell and Mary Powell Roush
	William Reynolds and Dr. Ellis Reynolds Shipp
	Lucinda Rollins grave
	Matilda J. Sager (Delaney)
	John Tucker Scott
	Sarah W. Smith
	A.H. Unthank and grave, O.B. Unthank, O.N. Unthank
	Mary Richardson Walker
	Rebecca Winters grave and family: husband, sons, descendants; Winters, Grant, Bennion
	Rebecca Winters grave dedication, special train
	Mabel Young (Sanborn), Lucy Sanborn Spencer
	Miscellaneous people: Billy the Kid and grave, Richard Clark ("Deadwood Dick"), Mariano Medina
	Other graves: Thomas Mastin, Charles Hatch, William Durham and I.M. Mead, Jo Barnette and Mrs. Bryan, Barr-Mason-Morgan, T.P. Baker, Nancy Hanks Lincoln, Gladys Mary Fletcher, Otter Woman ("Sacajawea"), William Guerrier, 2 unidentified
	Morrison family and friends or unidentified 1 file + 1 oversize portrait
	Oregon Trail sites
	Scottsbluff to Fort Laramie: monuments at Scottsbluff, Chimney Rock, Robidoux Pass, South Torrington, Grattan Massacre site, etc. 3 files
	Fort Laramie: sketches, copies of 1870's and 1880's photos, pre-restoration, and post-restoration
	Fort Laramie to Horse Shoe Station: Guernsey trail ruts, Porter's Rock, etc. 2 files
	Horse Shoe Station to Fort Casper: LaPrele Station, Ralston Baker grave, Deer Creek Station sketch, Jim Bridger Ferry monument, Horse Creek Station site, Fort Bernard site 2 files
	Fort Casper to South Pass: Custard Massacre site, Independence Rock, Devil's Gate and Split Rock, Martin's Cove monument, South Pass City
	Oregon and Overland Trails through Nebraska and Wyoming 3 files
	Oregon Trail in Oregon, near John Day River
	Applegate Road
	States
	California: Donner Party camp sites, San Francisco, unidentified 2 files
	Colorado: Gunnison, U.S. Stage Line Schedule
	Nebraska: Kimball
	Ohio: Archer's Ridge School House, Cumberland School House, Davis Ridge School House 3 files
	Oregon: Rock Creek Methodist Church, homes, buildings, cemeteries, people, etc. 3 files
	Utah: Salt Lake City
	Washington: Pattison Lake, Fort Walla Walla, Whitman Mission site, Pioneer Cemetery, Olympia, Fort Nisqually, etc. 4 files
	Wyoming: 5 files
	Cheyenne
	Hillsdale depot 1927, with Mr. and Mrs. W.W. Morrison and colleagues
	Teepee Rings, north of Pinebluffs
	Telegraph Demonstration at the State Museum in Cheyenne, 1976
	Trains, Sherman Station, Dale Creek Bridge, etc.
	Unidentified and miscellaneous buildings, structures, landmarks, etc.
	Negatives
	People & Graves
	Ah-Ho-Appa grave and family
	Ralston Baker grave
	Samuel K. Barlow grave
	Floyd Bryan grave and Hilo, Hawaii
	Pearl Bryan grave and Greencastle, Indiana
	William L. Clary grave
	Donner Party
	John C. Friend
	Robert Harvey
	Henry Hill grave
	John Hollman grave
	Mary Homsley grave and family
	Indians and soldiers: Chief Charlot, Chief Joseph, Gen. Gibbon, and others
	Indian Women: Mary Crow, Margaret Red Deer, Pendleton Indian queen
	Elva Ingram grave and family, Richey family
	Sanford and Nancy Johnson, and Nancy Johnson Green
	A. Kelly grave
	Rev. Clinton Kelly
	Kelly-Larimer Indian captivity, Little Boxelder massacre site and graves
	Amanda Lamin grave
	Ada Magill grave and family
	J.P. Parker grave
	Emly Patrick grave
	Rachel Pattison grave and family
	Portugee Phillips grave
	C.B. Platt grave
	J.R. Powell and Mary Powell Roush
	Dr. Ellis Reynolds (Shipp)
	Lucinda Rollins grave
	Matilda J. Sager (Delaney)
	John Tucker Scott
	A.H. Unthank and grave and family
	Mabel Young (Sanborn)
	W.W. Morrison and family
	School groups; West Virginia; family friends

Photographic Files, 1840's-1970's Return to Top

Container(s): Box 6

Container(s)	Description
	Negatives
	States
	California: Donner Party camp sites
	Illinois: Nauvoo and Brigham Young home
	Nebraska:
	Ash Hollow and area
	Blue Water battle ground
	Chimney Rock
	Courthouse and Jail Rocks
	Kimball
	Scottsbluff and area
	Ohio: Davis Ridge School House, Archer's Ridge School House
	Oregon: homes, Rock Creek Methodist Church, monuments, towns, landmarks, etc. 3 files
	Utah: first house in Salt Lake City
	Washington:
	Pattison Lake
	Fort Walla Walla
	Whitman Mission site
	Fort Nisqually, Crosby House, Olympia, etc.
	Wyoming:
	Bridger Ferry
	Cheyenne Airport
	Custard Massacre site
	Devil's Gate and Split Rock
	Emigrant Laundry Tub
	Fort Bernard
	Fort Casper
	Fort Laramie
	Grattan Massacre site
	Guernsey trail ruts
	Horse Shoe Station
	Independence Rock
	LaGrange
	Porter's Rock
	Register Cliff
	South Torrington, William Guerrier grave
	Teepee Rings, north of Pinebluffs
	Trek, 1953
	Warm Springs trail ruts
	Printing Mats
	Mary and Ben Homsley graves 3 items
	Fanny Kelly
	Rachel Pattison grave, William and Mary Pattison, Pattison Lake map 5 items
	W.W. Morrison, Mildred Morrison, and Wanda Mae
	Grattan Massacre site
	Guernsey trail ruts
	Rock Creek Methodist Church 4 items

Research Files, 1945-1976 Return to Top

Container(s): Box 6

Includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, transcripts from published sources, etc.

Container(s)	Description
	Graves: investigations of burials along the Oregon Trail, including correspondence with descendants and family histories
	Ah-Ho-Appa (Falling Leaf) 1866, includes notes on and family histories of Spotted Tail, High Eagle, and other Sioux and Cheyenne, 1948-1973, 2 files
	Floyd Bryan 1912, correspondence regarding his death in Hawaii, 1968
	Mary Homsley 1852, and Homsley, Gibson, Oden, Taylor families, 1946-1976, 2 files
	Elva Ingram 1852, and Ingram, Akin, Richey families, 1945-1976, 3 files
	Sanford Johnson 1850, and Johnson, Green, Damon families, 1948-1951
	A. Kelly and John Hollman 1852, 1946-1949
	Amanda Lamin 1850, 1946-1972
	Ada Magill 1864, and Magill, Gregg, Laughlin, Cunningham families, 1946-1975

Research Files, 1944-1977 Return to Top

Container(s): Box 7

Includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, transcripts from published sources, etc.

Container(s)	Description
	Graves: investigations of burials along the Oregon Trail, including correspondence with descendants and family histories
	Rachel Morgan 1847, and Morgan, Woodsides families, 1957-1973
	J.P. Parker 1860, 1946-1950
	Rachel Pattison 1849, and Pattison, Davis, Warren, Wyllie families; also Robert C. Wyllie in Hawaii and Pattison donation land claims near Olympia, Washington, 1945-1976, 9 files
	Lucinda Rollins 1849, 1945-1955
	Alva H. Unthank 1850, and Unthank family, 1944-1963
	Rebecca Winters 1852, and Winters, Burdick families; also "The Life Story of Augusta Winters Grant" by Mary Grant Judd, clippings and transcript from newspaper publication, 1945-1951, 4 files
	Indian Massacres and Indian Captivities: including correspondence with descendants and family histories
	Lucinda Walton Eubank 1864, Eubank-Roper Indian captivity and Eubank, Frogue, Atkinson, Roper families, 1972-1977, 3 files
	Amanda Mary Fletcher 1865, Indian captivity and Fletcher, Cook families, 1972-1976
	John Lawrence Grattan 1854, Grattan Massacre and Grattan family, 1946-1972

Research Files, 1946-1977 Return to Top

Container(s): Box 8

Includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, transcripts from published sources, etc.

Container(s)	Description
	Indian Massacres and Indian Captivities: including correspondence with descendants and family histories
	Fanny Kelly 1864, Indian captivity with Sarah L. Larimer and Kelly, Wiggins families, 1946-1977, 2 files
	Whitman Massacre 1847, includes transcripts of Early Labors of the Missionaries (1903) and narratives of survivors Catherine Sager, Matilda Sager and Nathan Kimball, 1948-1954, 4 files
	Other People
	Calamity Jane Canary, and Canary family, 1948
	Donner Party 1846, and Donner, Reed families; also transcripts of Grim Journey (1934) by H. Birney, History of the Donner Party (1879) by C.F. McGlashen, Donner Miscellany (1947), Breen and Reed diaries and various other published sources 9 files
	Silver Dollar Tabor, daughter of H.A.W. Tabor, also Leadville and the Tabor family
	Mormons: Nauvoo, emigration, Mountain Meadows Massacre, etc. 1952-1972, 4 files
	Oregon Trail: investigations of the route, landmarks, graves and events, 1945-1973
	St. Louis to St. Joseph: illness on the trail; methods of transportation; early railroads; early history
	Missouri River to Big Blue: grave of Mrs. Keyes; Alcove Springs; Kansas, etc.
	Big Blue to Platte Junction: Eubank-Roper Indian captivity; graves of George Winslow, Susan Haile; Fort Kearney; Cottonwood Spring; Fort McPherson, etc.
	Platte Junction to Ash Hollow: California Crossing; Julesberg; Indian Wars and Harney Massacre; graves of John Hollman, Rachel Pattison, etc.
	Ash Hollow to Scottsbluff: graves of George W. Tindal, Rachel Pattison, A. Kelly; Courthouse and Jail Rocks; Chimney Rock, etc.

Research Files, 1945-1973 Return to Top

Container(s): Box 9

Includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, transcripts from published sources, etc.

Container(s)	Description
	Oregon Trail: investigations of the route, landmarks, graves and events
	Scottsbluff: Hiram Scott; grave of John Dunn; Robideaux Pass, etc.
	Scottsbluff to Grattan Massacre: Fort Mitchell; graves of Henry & Louise Williams, Henry Hill, William Clary; Horse Creek Treaty, etc.
	Grattan Massacre to Fort Laramie: Fort Laramie Treaty 1851, etc.
	Fort Laramie: from 1834-1890, 4 files
	Fort Laramie to Register Cliff: includes list of forts in Wyoming
	Register Cliff to Horse Shoe Station: includes list of names at Register Cliff, Emigrant Springs, etc.; Cottonwood Creek; graves of J.D. Stokes, S. Dill, Ann Scott, W. Page, K. Wood, Courtfoot, John F. Miller, etc.
	Horse Shoe Station to Deer Creek: Bridger Ferry; Indian Wars; LaBonte; Fort Fetterman; graves of J. Hembree, C.B. Platt, etc.
	Deer Creek to Fort Casper: graves of C.B. Platt, J.P. Parker, Martin Ringo; Platte Bridge fight; Mormon ferry, etc.
	Fort Casper: Platte Bridge fight; Custard and Collins Massacres; Platte River crossings, etc.
	Fort Casper to Sweetwater: Platte Bridge; Independence Rock; graves of Rachel Morgan and others; Devil's Gate, etc.
	Sweetwater: Independence Rock; Devil's Gate; South Pass; graves of T.P. Baker, Jo Barnette and Mrs. Bryan; Cattle Kate lynching, etc.
	Sweetwater to Green River: Pacific Springs; Sublette Cutoff; South Pass; Green River ferry, etc.
	Green River to Fort Boise: Fort Hall; Indian massacres, etc.
	Fort Boise to Columbia River: grave of Jane Hobart; Wallowa Lake; Chief Joseph; Whitman Mission, etc.
	Columbia River, Oregon and Washington; graves of Frances Keeney; Astoria; the Dalles and Cascades; Mount Hood; missions and early explorations, etc.
	Full Route: miscellaneous notes
	Overland Trail, primarily Wyoming and Colorado: Virginia Dale; Jack Slade; graves, etc., 1945-1973
	Cutoffs and short trails
	Lodgepole Creek Trail, Nebraska and Southeastern Wyoming: graves of Emly Patrick; Sherman Station and Sherman Hill; Union Pacific route, etc., 1945-1973
	Deadwood Trail, Wyoming and South Dakota: ranches, etc., 1947
	Blue Bucket Mine Trail (Meek Cutoff), Oregon: grave of Mrs. S. Chambers; Lost Wagon Train, etc., 1947-1948
	Barlow Road, Oregon: also Oregon Territory Centennial, 1947-1950
	Vancouver to Olympia, Washington: Indians and Indian battles; early exploration; Talcott family, etc., 1945-1973

Research Files, 1945-1974 Return to Top

Container(s): Box 10

Includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, transcripts from published sources, etc.

Container(s)	Description
	Willamette Valley, Oregon: Oregon City; Oregon Territory Centennial, etc., 1945-1972
	Rock Creek Methodist Church, Oregon: regarding restoration as a historic landmark, 1949-1953, 2 files
	Northern Oregon: general history and personal interest, 1945-1974, 2 files
	Southern Oregon: general history and personal interest, 1953-1973
	Washington State: Chambers family; Fort Vancouver; general history, etc., 1948-1951

Research Notes, no dates Return to Top

Container(s): Box 10

Transcripts from books and other published sources

Container(s)	Description
	Early Explorations and the Fur Trade
	Astoria/Pierre Dorion/The Tonquin 2 files
	Bent's Fort
	John Bozeman/Jim Bridger/Jean-Baptiste Charbonneau/John Colter/Hugh Glass/Sacajawea/Jane Silcott
	Fremont's expeditions
	Wyoming, early settlement
	Indian Wars
	Chronological List Of Actions Etc. With Indians From Jan. 1866 to Jan. 1891
	Custer Massacre/Commanche, the horse that survived the massacre/Dull Knife battlefield/Fort McKinney/Fort Mackenzie
	Fort Phil Kearny and the Fetterman Massacre/Wagon Box fight/Connor battlefield/Medicine Wheel
	Platte Bridge/Plum Creek, Potter and Ogallala/Summit Springs battles 1865-1870
	Spotted Tail and Crazy Horse/Capt. Eugene Ware's reminiscences
	Mining Towns: Montana Vigilantes/H.A.W. Tabor/Klondike Kate/Prostitutes/Soapy Smith, etc.
	Oregon Trail
	from Along the Trail, no author, no date
	from The Ferries of the Forty-Niners, by D.L. Morgan, 1959
	from The Great Platte River Road, by M.J. Mattes, 1969
	from The Road to Oregon, by W.J. Ghent, 1934
	Courthouse Rock, Jail Rock and Independence Rock
	Emigration of 1842
	Emigration of 1843
	Emigration of 1845
	Pioneers and Pioneer Life: abuse and death of animals/types of transportation/wayside post offices/women on the trail, etc.
	Overland Stage and Pony Express
	from The Overland Stage to California - the Pony Express, by F. Root and W.E. Connelley, 1901
	from The Pony Express, by A. Chapman, 1932
	Pony Express Route in Wyoming, report to Wyoming Pony Express Centennial Board, 1959
	Ranching
	Tom Horn: from The Saga of Tom Horn, by D. Krakel, 1954; and "The Hanging Of Tom Horn", by J.C. Thompson, 1945
	The hard winter of 1886-1887, from Forty Years on the Frontier, by G. Stewart, no date
	Railroads: building the first transcontinental line
	States
	Kansas and Nebraska: settling Kansas/Harney Massacre/Fort Kearney
	Nevada and Utah: general history
	Oregon: geology, paleontology and early history/Fort Vancouver/transportation and settlements, etc.
	Washington: geology, paleontology, geography, history, settlements, etc.
	Wyoming
	Cheyenne, history and early churches
	Cheyenne Leader, transcripts from newspapers, 1867-1878, 4 files
	from History of Wyoming, by C.G. Coutant, n.d., etc.

Research Notes, no dates Return to Top

Container(s): Box 11

Transcripts from books and other published sources

Container(s)	Description
	Folk lore of Oregon and Washington
	Jesse James: from Pictorial History of the Wild West, by J.D. Horan and P. Sann, 1954
	Abraham Lincoln
	from Lincoln the President, by J.G. Randall, 1945
	from When Lincoln Died, by R. Borreson, no date
	Europe: Mount Vesuvius/St. Paul at Puteoli/Pompeii/Rome/Paris
	Tahiti: from Tahiti, by J. Conrad including history, description, story of the Bounty

Subject Files, 1953-1974 Return to Top

Container(s): Box 11

Container(s)	Description
	English Composition: class notes and handouts for expository writing class taken at Laramie Community College, Cheyenne, 1974
	Short Story Composition, class outline, 1970
	Trail Treks
	Oregon Trail Trek no.1, June 28, 1953, from Nebraska-Wyoming border to Guernsey; maps, photographs, itinerary and program 2 files
	Oregon Trail Trek no.2, Oct. 25, 1953, from Guernsey to Fort Fetterman; maps, itinerary and program 2 files
	Oregon Trail Trek no.3, May 30, 1954, from Hunton Ranch to Fort Casper; itinerary and program
	Emigrant Trail Trek no.10, July 3-5, 1959, from Fort Laramie to Fort Casper; maps, itinerary and program

Transcripts, 1936-1969 Return to Top

Container(s): Box 11

Of magazine articles, newspapers, pamphlets, books; not relating to western history

Container(s)	Description
	"Man's Best Friend", 1969
	"My Will For Those I Love", no date
	"New Facts Unearthed Shedding Light On The Christmas Story", 1969
	"The Proper Way To Write Letters", 1960
	"Seven Reasons Why A Scientist Believes In God", 1946
	"The Story Of Our Bible"/"The Open Grave", 1936
	"An Unfinished Diary", 1965
	"Why I Am For The Churches", 1951
	Poetry and epigrams 3 files

Books, 1932-1949 Return to Top

Container(s): Box 11

Container(s)	Description
	Adams, J.T., The Epic of America, 1932
	Beard, J.W., Saddles East: Horseback Over the Old Oregon Trail, 1949
	Bible Hand Book, 1934
	Bible Readings for the Home Circle, 1920
	Bible Stories, 1941
	Book of Jasher, 1934
	Book of Mormon, 1948
	Brooks, N., The Boy Emigrants, 1920

Books, 1885-1971 Return to Top

Container(s): Box 12

Container(s)	Description
	Bruff, J.G., Gold Rush, 1949
	Burkard, W.E., R.L. Chambers, F.W. Maroney, Health for Young Americans, 1946
	Burroughs, J.R., Guardian of the Grasslands: the First Hundred Years of the Wyoming Stock Growers Association, 1971
	Chapman, L.H., Using English, First Year, 1938
	Clarke, S.A., Pioneer Days of Oregon History, Vols.1-2, 1905
	Collier, R., The Secret of the Ages, 1959
	Connelley, W.E., Wyandot Folk-Lore, 1899
	Conner, R., Black Rock: A Tale of the Selkirks, no date
	Coons, F.B., The Trail to Oregon, 1954
	Crowther, M.O., How to Write Letters, 1941
	Custer, E.B., Boots and Saddles, 1885, 1st edition
	Deming, W.C., Collected Writings and Addresses, Vol. 1, 1946, autographed

Books, 1902-1956 Return to Top

Container(s): Box 13

Container(s)	Description
	DeVoto, B., Across the Wide Missouri, 1947
	DeVoto, B., The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1953
	DeVoto, B., The Year of Decision 1846, 1943
	Driggs, H.R., George, the Handcart Boy, 1952, autographed
	Driggs, H.R., Living English, Fifth Grade, 1935, autographed
	Driggs, H.R., Mormon Trail, 1947, 2 copies : autographed,
	Driggs, H.R., The Old West Speaks, 1956, autographed
	Driggs, H.R., The Pony Express Goes Through, 1935
	Driggs, H.R., Timpanogos Town, 1948, 3 copies : autographed,
	Driggs, H.R., Westward America, 1942, autographed
	Duniway, A.S., From the West to the West, 1905, autographed
	Duniway, A.S., Path Breaking: An Autobiographical History of the Equal Suffrage Movement in Pacific Coast States, 1914
	Dye, E.E., The Conquest: The True Story of Lewis and Clark, 1902
	Dye, E.E., The Soul of America: An Oregon Iliad, 1934

Books, 1906-1965 Return to Top

Container(s): Box 14

Container(s)	Description
	Edwards, T., A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1906
	Ehernberger, J.L., F.G. Gschwind, Smoke Over the Divide: Union Pacific, Wyoming Division
	Fairbanks, D., Laugh and Live, 1917
	Felleman, H. (ed.), The Best Loved Poems of the American People, 1936
	Fisher, V., Children of God, 1939
	Florin, L., Tales the Western Tombstones Tell, no date, 1st edition (includes article by W.W. Morrison on Ada Magill)
	Garst, D.S., The Story of Wyoming, 1938, (mildewed)
	Gates, S.Y., L.D. Widtsoe, Life Story of Brigham Young, 1930
	Ghent, W.J., The Road to Oregon, 1934
	Gibbons, F., The Red Knight of Germany: The Story of Baron Von Richthofen, 1959
	Hammarskjold, D., Markings, 1964
	Harrington, H.F., T.T. Frankenberg, Essentials in Journalism, 1912
	Hebard, G.R., E.A. Brininstool, The Bozeman Trail, Vol.1, 1922
	Heolstrom, C.B., Pay-Day - Some Day, 1938
	Hendricks, R.J., Bethel and Aurora, 1933
	Hicks, J.D., The Federal Union, 1937
	Hooker, W.F., The Bullwhacker, 1940

Books, 1872-1974 Return to Top

Container(s): Box 15

Container(s)	Description
	Horner, J.B., Oregon, 1921
	Hough, E., The Covered Wagon, 1922
	Hoyle, F., The Nature of the Universe, 1955
	Kelly, F., Narrative of My Captivity Among the Sioux Indians, 1 copy 1872 edition, 1 copy 1873 edition
	Kennedy, R.F., Times to Remember, 1974
	Lamb, C., Tales from Shakespeare, no date, incomplete
	Larson, T.A., History of Wyoming, 1965 (water-damaged)
	Lewis, N., New Power with Words, 1964
	Long, M., The Smoky Hill Trail, 1947
	Long, W.J., America: A History of Our Country, 1923
	Martin, R.G., The Woman He Loved: The Story of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, 1974
	Masters, J.G., Stories of the Far West, 1935, autographed
	Mattes, M.J., The Great Platte River Road, 1969
	Matthews, B., An Introduction to American Literature, 1911
	McCuen, J.R., A.C. Winkler, Readings for Writers, 1974
	McGlashen, C.F., History of the Donner Party, 1947
	McManigal, J.W., G. Heilman, Farm Town: A Memoir of the 1930's, 1974, (severe water-damage)

Books, 1891-1974 Return to Top

Container(s): Box 16

Container(s)	Description
	Meacham, W.E., Old Oregon Trail, 1948
	Mercer, A.S., The Banditti of the Plains, 1954
	Michener, J.A., Centennial, 1974 (severe water-damage)
	Miller, F.T. (ed.), The Photographic History of the Civil War, 1911 Vol. 5: Forts and Artillery Vol. 7: Prisons and Hospitals Vol. 8: Soldier Life, Secret Service Vol. 9: Poetry and Eloquence Vol. 10: Armies and Leaders
	Minnesota in the Civil War and Indian War 1861-1865, Vols. 1-2, 1891

Books, 1867-1974 Return to Top

Container(s): Box 17

Container(s)	Description
	Mokler, A.J., Transition of the West, 1927
	Montgomery, T.T., L. Mosier, I. Bethel, The Growth of Oklahoma, 1935
	Morgan, J., Abraham Lincoln: The Boy and the Man, 1908
	Muench, J., Salt Lake City: A Pictorial Study, 1947
	Newman, E., Strictly Speaking, 1974
	Nixon, O.W., How Marcus Whitman Saved Oregon, 1895
	Peattie, D.C., Forward the Nation, 1942
	Potter, D.M. (ed.), Trail to California: The Overland Journal of Vincent Geiger and Wakeman Bryarly, 1945
	Rice, H.S., Someone Cares, 1972
	Richardson, A.D., Beyond the Mississippi, 1867
	Roosevelt, E., Book of Common Sense Etiquette, 1962
	Rosen, B., The Science of Handwriting Analysis, 1965
	Sheehan, D.H., This is America, My Country, Vols. 1-2, 1952
	Sheldon, A.E., Nebraska: Old and New, 1937
	Snyder,, R.C., H.H. Wilson, Roots of Political Behavior, 1949

Books, 1909-1972 Return to Top

Container(s): Box 18

Container(s)	Description
	Spaulding, K.A. (ed), On the Oregon Trail: Robert Stuart's Journey of Discovery 1812-1813, 1953
	Standley, M.G., The Story of the Christ, no date
	Stewart, G.R., Ordeal by Hunger: The Story of the Donner Party, 1936
	Stratton, R.B., Captivity of the Oatman Girls, 1909
	Strunk, W., E.B. White, The Elements of Style, 1972
	Trenholm, V.C., M. Carley, Wyoming Pageant, 1946, autographed
	Tressler, J.C., M.B. Shelmadine, Elementary English in Action, Grade 8, 1935
	Van Der Meer, F., C. Mohrmann, Atlas of the Early Christian World, 1959
	Warren, E.S., Memoirs of the West: The Spaldings, no date
	Warriner, J.E., Handbook of English, 1951
	Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, This Means Everlasting Life, 1950
	Webster, K., The Gold Seekers of '49, 1917
	Wescott, G., The Grandmothers, 1927
	West, W.M., The Story of Man's Early Progress, 1920
	Whitman Publishing Company, My Book of Golden Thoughts, 1931
	Wilson, E.N., H.R. Driggs, The White Indian Boy: The Story of Uncle Nick Among the Shoshones, 1919
	Wise, W.H. (ed), The American Scrap Book, 1928
	Wright, H.B., Their Yesterdays, 1912
	Wyoming Writers' Project, Wyoming: A Guide to its History, Highways, and People, 1952

Books, 1897-1977 Return to Top

Container(s): Box 19

Container(s)	Description
	Local and limited publications
	Personal and family histories
	Ashby, George F., Major General Grenville M. Dodge, 1947
	Budlong, Caroline Gale, Memories of Pioneer Days in Oregon and Washington Territories, 1949
	Cannon, Miles, Toward the Setting Sun, 1953
	Chambers, Edith Kerns, Genealogical Narrative: A History of Three Pioneer Families, the Kerns, Popes and Gibsons, 1943
	Frank Leslie Chambers 1865-1946, no author, no date
	Cole, George E., Early Oregon: Jottings of Personal Recollections of a Pioneer of 1850, 1905
	Cuthbertson, William C. (ed), Memories of Ayrshire, Illinois and Kansas by the Family of Alexander Cuthbertson 1813-60 et al, 1972
	Lathrop, George and Luke Voorhees, Some Pioneer Recollections (also statements of John Sinclair and George McKinstry regarding Donner Party), 1927
	Nelson, O.N. (ed), History of the Scandinavians and Successful Scandinavians in the United States, 1904
	Letters of Edgar Wilson Nye, ed. by N.O. Rush, 1950, with insert on the Southpass Press at the University of Wyoming Library
	Ostrander, A.B., After 60 Years, 1925
	Fifty Years of the Virginian, letters of Owen Wister displayed at the fiftieth anniversary exhibition, 1952
	Wood, Erskine, Days with Chief Joseph, no date (imperfect copy - 2 pages printed alternating with 2 pages blank)
	Local histories
	Montana
	Masters, Joseph G., Shadows Fall Across the Little Horn - Custer's Last Stand, 1951 with biographical insert on author
	Rickey, Don, History of Custer Battlefield, 1967
	Ohio
	Allen, Rollin, "Daniel Washington", Tales of a Tavern, 1956, regarding Freemasons of Norwich and Muskingum County
	Schneider, Norris F., Muskingum County Courthouse 1877-1977, 1977
	Oregon & Washington
	Douthit, Mary Osborn (ed), The Souvenir of Western Women, 1905
	Eells, Myron, A Reply to Professor Bourne's "The Whitman Legend", 1902
	Jones, Nard, Puget Sound Profiles, Vols. 1-2, 1961-1963
	Richardson, David, Magic Island: A Treasure-Trove of San Juan Island Lore, 1970
	Steeves, Sarah Hunt, Book of Remembrance of Marion County, Oregon, Pioneers 1840-1860, 1927
	Wyoming
	Calico Hill, published by the Jolly Dry Farmers' Club (Laramie County), 1973
	Cheyenne Landmarks, and Early Cheyenne Homes 1880-1890, published by Laramie County Chapter of Wyoming State Historical Society, 1975 & 1976, 2 items
	Hall, Charles "Pat" (ed), Documents of Wyoming Heritage, 1976
	Hillsdale Heritage, published by Hillsdale Homemakers Club, 1976, includes autobiographical article by W.W. Morrison; with inserts - descriptive literature and newspaper clipping
	Morris, Robert C., Collections of the Wyoming Historical Society, Vol. 1, 1897
	Munkres, Robert L., Saleratus and Sagebrush: The Oregon Trail Through Wyoming, 1974, with insert - photocopy of newspaper clipping
	The Vanished Frontier, published by Wyoming Pioneer Association, 1929

Books, 1910-1976 Return to Top

Container(s): Box 20

Container(s)	Description
	Local and limited publications
	Poetry
	Allen, Rollin A., Ohio: A Historic Poem, 1953, autographed
	Cook, Marion, Where Flows Hood River, 1917
	Cooper, Clara Chassell, Recorded Insights, 1976, autographed
	Pingree, Edna Barron, Along My Way, no date
	Thomas, D.G., Overland and Underground: Poems of the West and Its Mines, 1912
	Weeks, Ida Ahlborn, Poems, 1910

Pamphlets And Other Printed Materials, 1938-1971 Return to Top

Container(s): Box 20

Container(s)	Description
	Americana
	General
	"Americana", rare book catalog, no date
	"The Louisiana Purchase", by Bernard DeVoto, 1953
	Old Oregon Trail 1 page leaflet
	The flag, the presidents, Declaration of Independence, D.A.R., etc., 1947-1962, 6 items
	Virginia-Louisiana
	Historic Williamsburg, 1951
	St. Louis Cathedral of New Orleans, 1947
	Ohio-Illinois-Missouri
	"The Wonderful World of Ohio", 1965
	Lincoln Heritage Trail Guide, no date
	"Missouri: Heart Of The Nation" the Scruggs-Vandervoort-Barney art collection, no date
	Nebraska-Colorado-Wyoming-South Dakota
	The Harold Warp Pioneer Village at Minden, Nebraska, no date
	"Cliff Dwellings Of The Mesa Verde", 1959
	"How To Get The Most Out Of The Grand Tetons", no date
	Deadwood, South Dakota, 1948
	Utah-Nevada-Arizona
	Utah Centennial place mats, featuring prominent early day Mormons, 1947, 21 items
	Las Vegas-Hoover Dam-Lake Mead National Recreation Area, no date
	"The Story of Boulder Dam", 1941
	Washington
	Whitman National Monument, 1948
	Washington Centennial Commemorative Booklet, 1945
	Europe: Holland-Italy-Switzerland-Greece
	Tourist brochures, maps, menus, airline tickets and schedules, etc., 1960's, 41 items
	Railroads
	Histories of the Union Pacific, 1959-1969, 3 items
	Union Pacific through Wyoming, 1968
	"Year Of Decision: Clear Track Or Crisis", an address by Daniel P. Loomis, president Association of American Railroads, 1959
	Historic Locomotives, 4 color etch prints by Robert Kern, no date
	Religion
	Booklets of inspirational thoughts, tracts, poems, 1952-1971 or undated, 7 items
	First United Methodist Church, Cheyenne, Wyoming 1876-1973, listing and picturing Mr. and Mrs. W.W. Morrison as members, 1973
	Speech Course
	A New Self-Teaching Course in Practical English and Effective Speech, lessons 2-15, by E.B. Hunter, 1938, 2 notebooks
	Miscellaneous
	Camera Club membership applications (blank) 15 items
	Camera equipment advertising 1 item
	Notebook (blank) advertising Colorado Fuel & Iron

Periodicals, 1891-1954 Return to Top

Container(s): Box 21

Container(s)	Description
	State and local historical reviews
	Idaho State Historical Society Biennial Report, 18th, 1941-1942
	Indiana Magazine Of History, vol.47 no.3, 1951
	The Palimpsest, vol.33 no.9, published by the State Historical Society of Iowa, 1952
	The Missouri Historical Review, vol.25 no.4; vol.43 nos. 2-4; vol.44 nos.1-4; vol.45 nos.1-2; 1931, 1949-1951
	Missouri Historical Society Collections, vol.4 no.1, 1912
	Nebraska History, vol.30 nos.1-2; vol.33 no.4; vol.34 nos.1-4; vol.35 nos.1-3; 1949, 1952-1954
	The Oregon Historical Quarterly, vol.29 no.1, 1928
	Oregon Pioneer Association Transactions of annual reunions, 19th-21st, 33rd, 40th, 46th-50th, 53rd; 1891-1893, 1905, 1912, 1918-1922, 1925 (2 copies of 1893)
	The Utah Genealogical And Historical Magazine, vol.16 nos.2-3; 1925
	Utah Historical Quarterly, vol.19 nos.1-4 bound as one volume and titled West from Fort Bridger: the Pioneering of the Immigrant Trails Across Utah 1846-1850 , featuring original diaries and journals, ed. by J.R. Korns, 1951
	The Pacific Northwest Quarterly, vol.30 no.2; vol.33 no.1; vol.35 no.4; vol.37 no.3; vol.38 no.4; published by the University of Washington; 1939, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1947
	The Washington Historian, vol.2 no.3, 1901
	The Washington Historical Quarterly, vol.1 no.1; vol.11 no.4; vol.12 nos.1-4; vol.13 no.1; vol.14 no.2; vol.18 nos.3-4; 1906, 1920-1927

Periodicals, 1908-1972 Return to Top

Container(s): Box 22

Container(s)	Description
	State and local historical reviews
	Annals Of Wyoming, vol.11 nos.1-3; vol.12 nos.1-4; vol.13 nos.1-4; vol.14 nos.1-4; vol.18 no.2; vol.21 no.2/3; vol.22 no.2; vol.23 no.2; vol.27 no.2; vol.43 no.2; 1939-1942, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1971
	Bits And Pieces, vol.1 no.2, published in Newcastle, Wyoming, 1965
	The Wyoming Archaeologist, vol.7 no.3, 1964
	The Wyoming Pioneer, vol.1 nos.1-6 (2 copies of no.4); vol.2 nos.1-6; vol.3 no.1; 1940-1942
	Wyoming State Historical Department Proceedings, 2nd biennial report, 1922
	Miscellaneous
	American Heritage, vol.4 no.4, featuring Washington State Centennial, 1953
	The Highwayman, vol.22 no.1, with article "Stories In Stone" about Morrison and Oregon Trail graves, 1972, 2 copies
	Indian Notes, vol.6 no.2; vol.7 no.1; 1929-1930 and index 1927
	The Mentor, vol.13 no.7, featuring American Southwest, 1925
	The Midwest Review, vol.8 no.7/8, 1927
	The Pacific Monthly, vol.9 no.3, with article "Our Contemporaneous Ancestors" about Oregon pioneers, 1908
	The Railroad Telegrapher, vol.80 no.6, 1963

Scrapbooks, 1961-1972 Return to Top

Container(s): Box 22

Container(s)	Description
	Clippings from Reader's Digest regarding nature, society, health, religion, world affairs and history 3 notebooks

Scrapbooks, 1945-1977 Return to Top

Container(s): Box 23

Container(s)	Description
	Clippings from Reader's Digest, Grit, Sunshine Magazine, various Wyoming and Ohio newspapers, regarding nature, society, health, religion, world affairs and history 6 notebooks

Audio Recordings, 1963-1970 Return to Top

Container(s): Box 24 (clamshell)

Container(s)	Description
	Elva Ingram, talk given by W.W. Morrison at grave site, cassette tape, 1970
	"New Light On Old Glory", written and narrated by Howard R. Driggs, 78 rpm record and 16mm reel-to-reel tape, 1963
	Trinity Lutheran Church, Gillette, Wyoming, 16mm reel-to-reel tape, no date
	Unidentified, 16mm reel-to-reel tape

Book, no date Return to Top

Container(s): Box 24 (clamshell)

Container(s)	Description
	Frank Leslie's Illustrated History of the Civil War (title on cover and spine is Famous Leaders and Battle Scenes of the Civil War); binding damaged; pages loose, missing and out of order

Certificates, 1914-1975 Return to Top

Container(s): Box 24 (clamshell)

Container(s)	Description
	Of graduation and appreciation 4 items

Maps And Plats, 1924-1967 Return to Top

Container(s): Box 25 (clamshell)

Container(s)	Description
	Atlases, published by Rand-McNally, 1924, 1964, 1967, 3 items

Maps And Plats, 1848-1972 Return to Top

Container(s): Box 26 (clamshell)

Container(s)	Description
	Forts and Stations
	Fort Fetterman, plan hand-drawn, 1937
	Fort Kearney, photocopies of plans, 1849, 1852, 1860's, 3 items
	Fort Laramie, photocopies of plan, no date, and drawing, 1867, 2 items
	Fort Phil Kearny, photocopies of post returns for Fort Phil Kearny (Dec. 1866 ) and Fort Laramie (Jan. 1867 ) after Fetterman Massacre 2 items
	Stations: Platte Bridge, Deer Creek, LaBonte, Horse Shoe; redrawn from Caspar Collins' 1863-1864 drawings in 1935, 1 item
	Trails and Territories: full routes and areas
	Carte du Missouri (map of the Missouri and Platte Rivers), copy of 1802 publication, very fragile
	Lander's Cutoff (Fort Kearney, South Pass & Honey Lake Wagon Road), photocopy of 1857-1858 survey map
	Mormon Trail, published, 1947
	Old Oregon Territory 1848, showing various trails, published, no date, 2 copies
	Oregon Trail, published, 1938, 1948, 3 items
	Pony Express Route, published, 1960, 3 items
	Trails Of The Old West, by W.H. Jackson, published, no date
	States
	Kansas: Oregon Trail through Kansas, hand-drawn by Paul Henderson, 1954, 3 sheets
	Colorado
	Colorado-Wyoming highway map, published, 1970
	Denver street map, published, no date
	Weld County, published, 1948
	Wyoming: Oregon Trail plus other emigrant and stage roads, drawn on contour and township maps by L.C. Bishop, 1952-1959
	Torrington area 2 copies
	Grattan Massacre area 2 copies
	Fort Laramie and Fort Fetterman areas
	Fort Casper, Independence Rock, South Pass areas
	Parting Of The Ways
	Fort Bridger area
	Lander Cutoff
	Fort Russell area 2 copies
	Fort Sanders area

Maps And Plats, 1940-1972 Return to Top

Container(s): Box 27 (clamshell)

Container(s)	Description
	States
	Wyoming
	Oregon Trail plus other emigrant and stage roads, drawn on USGS quadrangle maps by L.C. Bishop or unidentified, 1952-1953, 1 set of 15 sheets, (1 set of 23 sheets, ) (1 set of 30 sheets)
	Emigrant trails in Eastern Wyoming, hand-drawn by Helen Henderson or unidentified, 1970 & no date, 2 items
	Cheyenne street map, no date
	South Pass City plat, drawn by Paul Henderson, 1955
	Highway maps, published, 1940, 1950, 1972, 3 items
	Township 33N Range 80W, official resurvey, 1935
	USGS quadrangles, arranged alphabetically, some with trails marked, 1950-1966, 35 sheets, also USGS quadrangle index
	South Dakota
	South Dakota-North Dakota highway map, 1963
	Crazy Horse Canyon, Rosebud Sioux Reservation, tourist publication, no date, 4 copies
	Montana: Historic Montana Trails, tourist publication, 1954, 4 copies

Maps And Plats, 1853-1968 Return to Top

Container(s): Box 28 (clamshell)

Container(s)	Description
	States
	Mitchell's New Map of Texas, Oregon and California, by S.A. Mitchell, 1925 reprint of 1846 publication
	California
	Bloody Point Sector, survey by Devere Helfrich, 1948
	Nevada County, published, no date
	Sacramento, picture map and rainfall & temperature chart 1877-1956, published, no dates, 2 items
	Oregon
	Oregon Trail from Eastern Oregon to the Columbia, hand-marked on county maps, no author, no date, 7 sheets
	Umatilla County, published, no date
	Washington
	Pattison Lake-Chambers Prairie area, photocopies and blueprints, 1853, 1863, 1915 and undated surveys 4 items
	Lewis County (location of Pattisons' first home), 1935 survey
	Walla Walla County, published, no date
	Miscellaneous
	Cambria County, Pennsylvania, published, no date
	Hawaii, highway map, 1968
	Eastern United States, highway map, 1969

Newspapers, 1955-1975 Return to Top

Container(s): Box 28 (clamshell)

Container(s)	Description
	John Hunton's diary 1877-1879, as published in the Lingle, Wyoming Guide-Review, incomplete, 1955-1956, scrapbook of clippings
	"Old Fort Report", life at Fort D.A. Russell 1868-1904, column by Martha Fleishman and Carol Joy Justice in unidentified Cheyenne paper, 1974-1975, 1 file

Newspapers, 1947-1973 Return to Top

Container(s): Box 29

Container(s)	Description
	Wyoming State Tribune and other Wyoming, Nebraska, Oregon, Washington, and Ohio newspapers, containing "in Old Wyoming" columns and other articles by W.W. Morrison or based on material supplied by him, regarding pioneer graves, Rock Creek Church, Indian captivities, etc. 59 items

Newspapers And Newspaper Clippings, 1885-1978 Return to Top

Container(s): Box 30

Container(s)	Description
	Cheyenne Daily Sun, 1885 issue (poor condition), and reproduction of 1890 issue
	Denver Post magazine sections with articles on Chief Joseph, western bad men, White House history, 1955-1964, 3 items
	Oregon City Enterprise, centennial issue, 1948
	Ouray County (Colorado) Plain Dealer, centennial supplement with county history, 1976
	The Pony Express, specialty paper, Jan. 1957-Feb. 1958, 9 items
	Early History of Saratoga and Vicinity, single issue paper, 1976
	Pages from Denver Post regarding death of Baby Doe Tabor, 1935; also 2 copies of Colorado Prospector and page of unidentified Cheyenne paper regarding Baby Doe, Molly Brown, no dates & 1976
	Page from St. Louis Dispatch, "Indians In The United States Today", 1901
	Page from Wyoming Eagle regarding Morse Code Club with photo including Morrison, 1976
	Clippings of "In Old Wyoming" columns and other items of Wyoming and Western history or of personal interest, 1914-1978, 146 scrapbook pages + 2 files

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
Trails -- United States.

Geographical Names

Overland Trails.

Form or Genre Terms

Diaries.

Archives West Finding Aid

Table of Contents

W. W. Morrison papers, 1804-1977

Overview of the Collection

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Preferred Citation

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Related Materials

Acquisition Information

Processing Note

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Artifacts, no dates Return to Top

Biographical Information, 1884-1977 Return to Top

Correspondence Files, 1900-1978 Return to Top

Diaries, Narratives, Histories, 1805-1890 Return to Top

Diaries, Narratives, Histories, 1805-1890 Return to Top

Diaries, Narratives, Histories, 1805-1890 Return to Top

Manuscripts, 1947-1974 Return to Top

Photographic Files, 1840's-1970's Return to Top

Photographic Files, 1840's-1970's Return to Top

Research Files, 1945-1976 Return to Top

Research Files, 1944-1977 Return to Top

Research Files, 1946-1977 Return to Top

Research Files, 1945-1973 Return to Top

Research Files, 1945-1974 Return to Top

Research Notes, no dates Return to Top

Research Notes, no dates Return to Top

Subject Files, 1953-1974 Return to Top

Transcripts, 1936-1969 Return to Top

Books, 1932-1949 Return to Top

Books, 1885-1971 Return to Top

Books, 1902-1956 Return to Top

Books, 1906-1965 Return to Top

Books, 1872-1974 Return to Top

Books, 1891-1974 Return to Top

Books, 1867-1974 Return to Top

Books, 1909-1972 Return to Top

Books, 1897-1977 Return to Top

Books, 1910-1976 Return to Top

Pamphlets And Other Printed Materials, 1938-1971 Return to Top

Periodicals, 1891-1954 Return to Top

Periodicals, 1908-1972 Return to Top

Scrapbooks, 1961-1972 Return to Top

Scrapbooks, 1945-1977 Return to Top

Audio Recordings, 1963-1970 Return to Top

Book, no date Return to Top

Certificates, 1914-1975 Return to Top

Maps And Plats, 1924-1967 Return to Top

Maps And Plats, 1848-1972 Return to Top

Maps And Plats, 1940-1972 Return to Top

Maps And Plats, 1853-1968 Return to Top

Newspapers, 1955-1975 Return to Top

Newspapers, 1947-1973 Return to Top

Newspapers And Newspaper Clippings, 1885-1978 Return to Top

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Geographical Names

Form or Genre Terms

Processed by D.C. Thompson2006

Processed by D.C. Thompson
2006