W.B.D. and Annette B. Gray Papers

W.B.D. and Annette B. Gray Papers, 1835-1986

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Gray, W.B.D.; Gray, Annette B.
Title: W.B.D. and Annette B. Gray Papers
Dates: 1835-1986 (inclusive)
18351986
Quantity: 8.50 cubic ft. (24 containers)
Collection Number: 01053
Summary: W.B.D. and Annette B. Gray were Congregational missionaries to the people of Wyoming from 1900 to 1918. The collection contains biographical material about them, family photographs and photographs taken by the couple to illustrate their life in Wyoming. Also included are some African artifacts from the 1830s.
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
Sponsor: The creation of the EAD-version of this finding aid was made possible through a grant from the National Historic Publications and Records Commission.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

William Bradford Dodge Gray was superintendent of Congregational Missions in Wyoming from 1900 to 1918. He was born in Milbourne, Illinois, in 1846 and named after his grandfather, William Bradford Dodge, the first secretary of the Antislavery Institute at Salem, Massachusetts. After his mother’s death, he was raised by his grandfather and by his maternal aunt, Miss J.D. Dodge, in Lake County, Illinois. In 1867 he married Julia Payne, and they resided in Ivanhoe and in Highland Park, Illinois, where Gray was a farmer and merchant. The couple moved to South Dakota in 1880 and homesteaded in Kingsbury County between Lake Preston and De Smet. In 1890 they moved into Yankton, South Dakota, where W.B.D. Gray was associated with the founding of Yankton College. In 1900 they moved to Cheyenne, when Gray was appointed superintendent of the Home Missionary and Sunday School Society in Wyoming. Julia Gray died in October of that same year. W.B.D. and Julia Gray were the parents of four sons: Burton Payne, a lawyer and judge in Boston; Edward D., a farmer near Yankton; William Steven, who became superintendent of the soldiers’ home in Hot Springs, South Dakota, following a military career; and Charles Nelson of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Gray married Annette Becher, who had previously acted as his assistant, in 1902. Annette Margaret Becher was brought up in Wenona, Illinois. She studied music and attended Moody Bible Institute in Chicago (1899-1900), where she first met W.B.D. Gray. She was ordained in Cheyenne, Wyoming, in December, 1900, and became pastor of the South Side Congregational Church in Cheyenne. After her marriage, she traveled extensively through the state as a missionary, often acting as temporary pastor in communities which lacked a permanent minister.

The couple’s missionary work was supported by slide lectures given to audiences in the East on conditions in Wyoming. For this purpose they took many photographs of small communities and rural areas of the state, which were exhibited during winter visits to Boston and other eastern cities. Dr. Gray retired from active service in 1918, and, in 1919, the Grays moved to Denver, Colorado, where W.B.D. Gray died on June 21, 1926. Mildred Kenney (Rost), a friend from Wyoming, came to live with the Grays in 1922 and remained with Annette Becher Gray after Dr. Gray’s death. Annette Becher Gray died in Denver in October, 1936.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The bulk of the collection consists of photographs and negatives, primarily taken by W.B.D. and Annette Becher Gray, of churches and communities in Wyoming between 1900 and 1918. Since these photographs were apparently taken for use in the Grays’ fund-raising slide lectures in the East, they tend to emphasize the under-settled and rural aspects of the state. For the same reason, they depict many small communities from which few photographs have survived, as well as the beginnings of larger towns. There are also photographs which depict South Dakota and Wyoming during the 1890s.

The papers include a reminiscence written by Mildred Kenney Rost about her association with the Grays and the years she spent living with Annette Gray after Dr. Gray’s death. Among the correspondence is information about the founding of Yankton College in South Dakota. There is also biographical information and material regarding Congregational Mission work in Wyoming.

Also included are a manuscript by Mildred Kenney Rost and a group of African artifacts which reflect the story of a Gold Coast slave rescued and repatriated by the Dodge family in Massachusetts in the 1830s.

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.B.D. and Annette B. Gray Papers, 1835-1986, Collection Number 01053, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

Alternative Forms Available

Existence and Location of Copies

Digital reproductions of the negatives from this collection are available at http://digitalcollections.uwyo.edu:8180/luna/servlet/uwydbuwy~70~70.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Related Materials

There are no other known archival collections created by W.B.D. and Annette B. Gray as of the date of processing. For additional information about them, see the Mildred Kenney Rost Papers, Collection Number 06122, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

Acquisition Information

The W.B.D. and Annette B. Gray Papers were received from Mildred Kenney Rost in several accretions between 1960 and 1988.

Processing Note

Processing Information

The collection was processed by D.C. Thompson in September 2005.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I. PapersReturn to Top

(see also oversize material)

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folders
1	1-2	Biographical Material – Gray, Annette Becher	1894-1920
	Folder
1	3	Biographical Material – Gray, Julia Payne	1900
1	4	Biographical Material – Gray, W.B.D.	1902-1926
1	5	Biographical Material – Gray, W.B.D., Sons of the American Revolution	1918-1920
1	6	Biographical Material – “Recollections of Dr. and Mrs. W.B.D. Gray” by Mildred Kenney Rost	1979
1	7	Biographical Material – Rost, Mildred Kenney	circa 1976
1	8	Congregational Sunday School & Publishing Society Monthly reports, by A.T. Lyman (South Dakota and Wyoming)	1893-1896
	Folders
1	9-11	Correspondence – Free, A.T. (Yankton College)	1893-1894
	Folder
1	12	Correspondence – Gray, W.B.D.	1899-1905
1	13	Correspondence – Gray, W.B.D., Letters to Congregational Home Missionary Society	1913, 1915
1	14	Correspondence – Gray, W.B.D. and Annette B.	1917-1926
1	15	Manuscript – “Wyoming”, no author	no date
1	16	Newspaper Clippings – Wyoming and general interest	1911-1934
1	17	Notebook – History of Congregational Churches in Wyoming	no date
1	18	Notebook – Scrapbook of Congregational Church in Wyoming	1910-1911
1	19	Notebook – Services Rendered after Retirement	1918
1	20	Notebook – W.B.D. Gray Illustrated Address Numbered list of slides	no date
1	21	Notes – Congregational Church Building, Big Horn, Wyoming	1894, undated
2	1	Pamphlets – Congregational Church, includes biographical information on Dodge and Bradford family members	1902-1911
2	2	Pamphlets – Congregational Church Building Society, by Annette B. Gray	1911-1912
2	3	Pamphlets – Congregational Missions, by W.B.D. Gray	1911-1916, undated
2	4	Pamphlets – Congregational Missions, not by W.B.D. Gray, regarding Wyoming	1906, undated
2	5	Pamphlets – Miscellaneous	1911, undated
2	6	Pamphlets – Wyoming: Cheyenne Frontier Days, South Fork Inn (Buffalo, Wyo.), etc.	1925-1935
2	7	Programs – Congregational Church, Buffalo, Wyoming	1911
2	8	Programs – Congregational Church, Federal, Wyoming	1915
2	9	Programs – Congregational Church, Lander, Wyoming	1915
2	10	Programs – Congregational Church, Rock Springs, Wyoming	1901
2	11	Programs – Congregational Church, Sheridan, Wyoming	1912
2	12	Programs – Congregational Church, Wheatland, Wyoming	1913
2	13	Programs – Wyoming Congregational Conference, etc.	1907, 1915-1917

Series II. PhotographsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Subseries 1. Photographs Taken by Others (see also oversize material)
Box	Folder
2	14	Babies and Children – Daley Family and others	1894-1909
2	15	Becher Family	1903, undated
2	16	Cattle – Wyoming	undated
	Folders
2	17-20	Colorado – Cave of the Winds; William’s Canyon; Garden of the Gods; Pikes Peak Railroad; Waterfalls	1902, undated
	Folder
2	21	Congregational Church of Wyoming	circa 1911, 1915
2	22	Crow Agency, Montana	1899, undated
3	1	Custer Battlefield	circa 1899
3	2	Fetterman Battle Site	1897
	Folders
3	3-5	Friends	circa 1860-1911
	Folder
3	6	Gray, Annette Becher	circa 1870s-1935
3	7	Gray, Annette and W.B.D. Wedding	1902
3	8	Gray, Bradford, and Dodge Families	1860s-1917
3	9	Gray, Burton Payne	1896-1912
3	10	Gray Children (W.B.D.’s grandchildren)	1898-1917
3	11	Gray Home (Cheyenne, Wyoming)	undated
3	12	Gray, W.B.D.	circa 1860s-circa 1913
4	1	Hunting – W.J. Stroud	circa 1890s
4	2	Payne and Gray Store, Illinois	undated
4	3	Sheep Raid – Wyoming	1902
4	4	Sioux Burial Ground – Dakota Territory	undated
4	5	South Dakota	circa 1890s
4	6	South Dakota – Gray Homestead	circa 1880s
4	7	South Dakota – Huron (town) and James River	1897, circa 1890s
4	8	South Dakota – Oacoma (Lower Brule Agency)	1890-1898
4	9	South Dakota – Willow Lakes	undated
4	10	South Dakota – Yankton	1893, undated
4	11	Wyoming – Arvada	1897
4	12	Wyoming – Big Horn	circa 1890s
4	13	Wyoming – Buffalo Congregational Church	1897
4	14	Wyoming – Clearmont	circa 1890s
4	15	Wyoming – Coal mine (location unknown)	1897
4	16	Wyoming – Douglas	circa 1890s, 1900
4	17	Wyoming – Frontier Village	1897
4	18	Wyoming – Glendo (Lone Grave)	undated
4	19	Wyoming – Glenrock	circa 1890s
4	20	Wyoming – Green River	undated
4	21	Wyoming – Hartville	1897
4	22	Wyoming – Lander and Popo Agie River	undated
4	23	Wyoming – Lusk	undated
4	24	Wyoming – Manville	1893
4	25	Wyoming – Ranchester	1897
4	26	Wyoming – Rawlins	undated
4	27	Wyoming – Rock Springs - Chinese New Year	circa 1890s
5	1	Wyoming – Sheridan	circa 1890s
5	2	Wyoming – Shoshoni	undated
5	3	[Unidentified]	undated
		Subseries 2. Grays’ Photographs
Box	Folder
5	4	Babcock, J. M. (Klondike, Wyoming)	1900-1918
5	5	Buffalo Driven to Cart	1900-1918
5	6	Cattle	1900-1918
5	7	“Children We Have Baptized,”	1900-1918
5	8	Colorado – Wedding Tour	1902
5	9	Cowboys (see also Cheyenne Frontier Days)	1900-1918
5	10	Cowgirls (see also Cheyenne Frontier Days)	1900-1918
5	11	Custer Battle Field	circa 1900
5	12	Fetterman Battle Site	1900-1918
5	13	Fishing, Dr. & Mrs. W.B.D. Gray, G.M. Boynton, & Others (see also Wyoming- Dayton)	1900-1918
5	14	Foote, Robert (includes Mrs. Foote; sheep)	1900-1918
5	15	Game and Hunting	1900-1918
5	16	Gray, Annette B.	1900-1918
5	17	Gray, Annette B. and Her Coupe	1916
5	18	Gray Homes – 809 E. 18th St. (Cheyenne)	1900-1918
5	19	Gray Homes – Gilchrist House (Cheyenne)	1900-1918
5	20	Gray, W.B.D.	1900-1918
5	21	Horses – Percheron	1900-1918
5	22	Horses – Wild	1900-1918
5	23	“Individuals,”	1900-1918
5	24	Massachusetts – Salem, etc.	1900-1918
5	25	Monuments – Forts (Augur & Brown; Walbach)	1916
5	26	Nebraska – Dawes County	circa 1900
5	27	“Odd Pictures” – Balloon Ascension, etc.	1900-1918
5	28	Osgood Family	1900-1918
5	29	Picnic	1900-1918
6	1	Reade, O.E.	1900-1918
6	2	Reese, D.D.	1900-1918
6	3	Roosevelt, Theodore	1910
6	4	South Dakota – Belle Fourche	circa 1913
6	5	South Dakota – Yankton	1900-1918
6	6	Stage Coaches (Wyoming)	1906-1913
6	7	Wheat (Wyoming)	1900-1918
6	8	Wyoming – Aladdin	1913
6	9	Wyoming – Album	1900-1918
6	10	Wyoming – Ames Monument	1900-1918
6	11	Wyoming – Atlantic City	1900-1918
6	12	Wyoming – Bennett Creek	1902
6	13	Wyoming – Beulah	1900-1918
6	14	Wyoming – Big Horn	1900-1918
6	15	Wyoming – Big Horn Mountains	1911
6	16	Wyoming – Big Piney	1900-1918
6	17	Wyoming – Big Sandy	1907
6	18	Wyoming – Birdseye Stage Station	1900-1918
6	19	Wyoming – Boulder - Steele’s Ranch	1900-1918
6	20	Wyoming – Buffalo	1900-1918
6	21	Wyoming – Camp Kendrick (State Militia, Cheyenne)	1916
6	22	Wyoming – Cheyenne (see also Gray Homes)	1900-1918
6	23	Wyoming – Cheyenne – Churches	1900-1918
7	1	Wyoming – Cheyenne Frontier Days	1900-1918
7	2	Wyoming – Cheyenne Frontier Days – Indians	circa 1900, 1906
7	3	Wyoming – Cheyenne – Residences	1900-1918
7	4	Wyoming – Cheyenne – Schools	1900-1918
7	5	Wyoming – Clearmont	1900-1918
7	6	Wyoming – Cloud Peak Reservoir	1900-1918
7	7	Wyoming – Colter	1911-1912
7	8	Wyoming – Cotton Eye Joe	1900-1918
7	9	Wyoming – Cottonwood	1913
7	10	Wyoming – Daniel	1913,1916
7	11	Wyoming – Dayton	1900-1918
7	12	Wyoming – Douglas	1900-1918
7	13	Wyoming – Eden	1900-1918
7	14	Wyoming – E. K. Mountain	1900-1918
7	15	Wyoming – Farrall	1913
7	16	Wyoming – Federal	1915
7	17	Wyoming – Fisher’s Ranch (Fayette)	1907
7	18	Wyoming – Fort Mckinney	1901
7	19	Wyoming – Glendo	1900-1918
7	20	Wyoming – Glendo – Hagge Ranch	1900-1918
7	21	Wyoming – Glendo – Horseshoe Creek	1900-1918
7	22	Wyoming – Grant	1900-1918
7	23	Wyoming – Green River	1900-1918
7	24	Wyoming – Greub	1900-1918
8	1	Wyoming – Guernsey (see also Wyoming - Album)	1900-1918
8	2	Wyoming – Halley’s Canyon	1900-1918
8	3	Wyoming – Hartville	1900
8	4	Wyoming – Hazelton	1900-1918
8	5	Wyoming – Hole in the Wall	1900-1918
8	6	Wyoming – Hudson	1900-1918
8	7	Wyoming – Johnson County	1900-1918
8	8	Wyoming – Kaycee	1900-1918
8	9	Wyoming – Klondike	1900-1918
8	10	Wyoming – Lander	1900-1918
8	11	Wyoming – Lander – Congregational Church and Parsonage	1900-1918
8	12	Wyoming – Lusk	1900-1918
8	13	Wyoming – Manville	1900-1918
8	14	Wyoming – Mayoworth	1900-1918
8	15	Wyoming – Miller’s Camp	1900-1918
8	16	Wyoming – Missionary Tour, Fremont County	1907
8	17	Wyoming – Needham	1915
8	18	Wyoming – Node	1900-1918
8	19	Wyoming – Ohlman	1913
8	20	Wyoming – Ono	1900-1918
8	21	Wyoming – Orin	1900-1918
8	22	Wyoming – Pinedale	1900-1918
8	23	Wyoming – Piney Creek	1900-1918
8	24	Wyoming – Popo Agie River	1900-1918
8	25	Wyoming – Prairie Center	1915-1916
9	1	Wyoming – Rawlins	1900-1918
9	2	Wyoming – Riverton	1900-1918
9	3	Wyoming – Rock Springs	1900-1918
9	4	Wyoming – Scenery	1900-1918
9	5	Wyoming – Sheridan	1900-1918
9	6	Wyoming – Shoshoni	1900-1918
9	7	Wyoming – Slack	1913
9	8	Wyoming – South Flat	1910
9	9	Wyoming – South Pass City	1900-1918
9	10	Wyoming – Superior	1900-1918
9	11	Wyoming – Sweetwater County	1902
9	12	Wyoming – Thirteen Mile Ranch	1913
9	13	Wyoming – Torrington	1900-1918
9	14	Wyoming – Van Tassell	1913, 1916
9	15	Wyoming – Watkins Ranch (Klondike)	1900-1918
9	16	Wyoming – Wheatland	1900-1918
9	17	Wyoming – Wheatland – Mrs. Gray’s Houses	1900-1918
9	18	Wyoming – Wheatland – Morrison Ranch	1902
9	19	Wyoming – Wheatland – Schools	1900-1918
9	20	Wyoming – Wolf Creek	1900-1918
9	21	Wyoming – Worland	1900-1918
9	22	(unidentified)	1900-1918
		Subseries 3. Glass Slides
Box
10		Animals, Wild - People, Indians: Arapaho	undated
Box
10		Animals, Wild	undated
Box
10		Antelope (1 item)
10		Bear (3 items)
10		Buffalo (2 items)
10		Coyote (2 items)
10		Deer (1 item)
10		Elk (3 items)
10		Mountain Lion (2 items)
10		Prairie Dogs (2 items)
10		Rocky Mountain Goat (1 item)
		Buildings	undated
Box
10		Babcock homes (4 items)
10		Cabins: Cowboy and Other (4 items)
10		Gold Miners’ Cabins and Mill (3 items)
10		Interiors: Palette Ranch and Other (2 items)
10		Ranches: Fisher’s, Steele’s, Klondike, Other, (10 items)
10		Road House, Birdseye (1 item)
		Miscellaneous	undated
Box
10		Burning Oil (1 item)
10		Logging Road (1 item)
10		Lone Graves (2 items)
10		Unidentified – Man walking on a plank (1 item)
		People	undated
Box
10		Alkali Bill (2 items)
10		Babcock Family (2 items)
10		Gray, Annette B. (1 item)
		Indians:
Box
10		Arapaho (1 item)
11		People, Indians: Cheyenne Frontier Days - Places, Wyoming: Hole in the Wall	undated
Box
11		People	undated
Box
11		Indians:
Box
11		Cheyenne Frontier Days (labeled Sioux, probably Shoshone or Arapaho) (3 items)
11		Sioux Burials (2 items)
11		Sioux Camp at Standing Rock (1 item)
11		Tomahawk, Slayer of Sitting Bull (1 item)
11		Reade, Missionary (1 item)
11		Rocky Mountain Guide (1 item)
11		Rocky Mountain Prospector (1 item)
11		Roosevelt, Theodore (2 items)
		Places	undated
		South Dakota (6 items)
		Wyoming:
		Atlantic City (1 item)
		Big Piney (2 items)
		Boulder (2 items)
		Cheyenne (7 items)
		Colter (1 item)
		Glendo (4 items)
		Guernsey (6 items)
		Hole in the Wall (8 items)
12		Places, Wyoming: Pinedale - Ranching, Chuckwagon	undated
Box
12		Places	undated
		Wyoming:
Box
12		Pinedale (10 items)
12		Rock Springs – Chinese dragon (1 item)
12		Shoshoni (13 items)
12		South Flat (1 item)
12		South Pass (2 items)
12		Superior (4 items)
12		Unidentified Towns (3 items)
12		Worland (2 items)
12		Yellowstone (13 items)
12		Ranching	undated
Box
12		Branding (1 item)
12		Cattle (2 items)
12		Chuck Wagon (1 item)
13		Ranching, Cowboys - Scenery, Mountains	undated
Box
13		Ranching	undated
Box
13		Cowboys (15 items)
13		Cowgirls (2 items)
13		Horse (1 item)
13		Irrigation (4 items)
13		Sheep, Sheep Shearing, Sheep Wagons (6 items)
13		Stacking Hay (1 item)
13		Recreation	undated
Box
13		Fishing (8 items)
13		Hunting (2 items)
13		Scenery	undated
		Canyons (6 items)
		Lakes (5 items)
		Mountains (9 items)
14		Scenery, Peaks: Cloud Peak, Laramie Peak - Travel, Camps	undated
Box
14		Scenery	undated
Box
14		Peaks: Cloud Peak, Laramie Peak (2 items)
		Rivers (14 items)
		Rock Formations:
		Castle Rock, Green River (1 item)
		Devil’s Tower (1 item)
		Tea Kettle Rock, Green River (1 item)
		Toll Gate Rock, Green River (1 item)
		Unidentified (3 items)
Box
14		Trees (1 item)
14		Waterfalls (2 items)
14		Text, Maps, and Illustrations	undated
Box
14		Church Service Notice (1 item)
14		Congregational Home Missionary Society (8 items)
14		Illuminated “America”- Goddess of Liberty (1 item)
14		Maps of Johnson County churches, schools, missions (2 items)
14		Maps of Wyoming churches, schools, missions (2 items)
14		Stock Brands: Brock Co., Johnson County (2 items)
14		Travel	undated
Box
14		Auto Stage (1 item)
14		Boat (1 item)
14		Bridges: Dale Creek, railroad, foot (3 items)
14		Camps (9 items)
15		Travel, Congregational Missionary Tour - Travel, Wagons	undated
Box
15		Congregational Missionary Tour (13 items)
15		Horseback (3 items)
15		Stage Coach (2 items)
15		Wagons (11 items)
		Subseries 4. Postcards
Box
16		Albums:
		From Beulah to Belle Fourche	undated
		“Our First Trip,”	1909
16		Canada: Montreal, Toronto	1908, undated
		Other States (Churches, etc.):
		Connecticut: Old Lyme	undated
		Illinois: Elgin	1909
		Maine:
		Auburn	undated
		Bangor	undated
		Bath	undated
		Biddeford	undated
		Brownfield	undated
		Island Falls	undated
		Madison	1909
		Portland	undated
		Massachusetts:
		Adams	undated
		Auburndale	undated
		Boston	1908
		Concord	undated
		Deer Island	undated
		Deerfield	undated
		Dorchester	undated
		Lancaster	undated
		Lexington	undated
		Medford	undated
		Monson	undated
		Nantasket Beach	1898
		Newton Centre	circa 1905
		Pittsfield	undated
		Rockland	undated
		Roxbury	undated
		Salem	undated
		Somerville	undated
		Stockbridge	undated
		Sudbury – Wayside Inn	undated
Box
16		Michigan: Lake Orion	undated
		New Hampshire: Concord, Exeter, Nashua	1909, undated
		Ohio: Mansfield	undated
		Virginia: Arlington, Mount Vernon	1907
		Western - General:
Box
16		Custer Battlefield	1912, undated
		“Range Pictures,”	undated
		Sheep (see also Wyoming)	undated
		Stage Coach	undated
		Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane	undated
		Wildlife – Buffalo	undated
		Wyoming:
Box
16		Big Horn Mountains	undated
		Buffalo	undated
		Cheyenne:
		Buildings and Town Scenes	undated
		Frontier Days	undated
Box
16		Dams: Boysen, La Prele	undated
		Dayton	undated
		Douglas	undated
		Farming Scenes	undated
		Forts: D.A. Russell, Fetterman, Phil Kearney	undated
		Green River	undated
		Lander	undated
		Manville	1909
		Natural Features: Natural Bridge, Devil’s Tower, Hole in the Wall, etc.	undated
		“Nothing Like Wyoming” - poem	undated
		Pinedale	undated
		Popo Agie River	undated
		Riverton	undated
		Rock Springs	undated
		Sheep and Wool (see also Western – General)	undated
		Sheridan	undated
		Shoshoni	1906, undated
		Thermopolis	undated
		Thermopolis Hot Springs	undated
		Wheatland	undated
		Wyoming State Fair	1908, undated
		Subseries 5. Negatives
Box
17		Glass Negatives:
Box
17		Church Buildings (3 items)	circa 1890s
		Colorado:
Box
17		Cherrelyn Trolley Car (1 item)	circa 1890s
		Pikes Peak Cog Train (1 item)	circa 1890s
Box
17		Cowboys, Cowgirls, and Cattle (15 items)	circa 1890s
		Game (4 items)	circa 1890s
		People:
Box
17		Alkali Bill (1 item)	circa 1890s
		Babcock, J.M. and home (2 items)	circa 1890s
		Gray, Annette and W.B.D. (4 items)	circa 1890s
		Gray, W.B.D., Printing Block (1 item)	no date
		Grays’ House (6 items)	circa 1890s
		Hickman, Dad (1 item)	circa 1890s
		Reade, O.E., home and wagon (2 items)	circa 1890s
		Reese, D.D. (2 items)	circa 1890s
		Unidentified Man Fishing (1 item)	circa 1890s
		Unidentified Men on Bridge (?) (1 item)	circa 1890s
Box
17		Religious Art (4 small boxes)	circa 1890s
		Scenery (4 items)	circa 1890s
		School and Children (1 item)	circa 1890s
		Sheep and Sheep Wagon (2 items)	circa 1890s
		South Dakota:
Box
17		Hay Stack Sunday School (1 item)	circa 1890s
		Sioux Indian Burying Grounds (1 item)	circa 1890s
		Willow Lakes (4 items)	circa 1890s
Box
17		Text and Maps (9 items)	circa 1890s
		Wheat (2 items)	circa 1890s
		Wyoming:
Box
17		E K Mountain (1 item)	circa 1890s
		Glendo (3 items)	circa 1890s
		Lander – Burning Oil (1 item)	circa 1890s
		Lone Grave (1 item)	circa 1890s
		Pinedale (2 items)	circa 1890s
		Rock Springs – Chinese Dragon (1 item)	circa 1890s
		Shoshoni (2 items)	circa 1890s
		Worland (1 item)	circa 1890s
		Negatives Polyester copy negatives organized alphabetically to correspond to Series II, Subseries 2.	1900-1918
Box
18		Babcock to Wyoming – Boulder
19		Wyoming – Buffalo to Wyoming – Greub
20		Wyoming – Guernsey to Wyoming – Sheridan
21		Wyoming – Shoshoni to Wyoming – Worland

Series III. Dodge Family African ArtifactsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
22	1	Kano Cloth	1986, undated
22	2	Letter, L.L. Dodge to Sister, including anti-slavery activities (includes transcript)	1835
22	3	Manuscript, “Out of the Attic” by Mildred Kenney Rost story of African artifacts	1986
23		Artifacts: Kano cloth swatch, Kano cloth lampshade, carved elephant tusk	circa 1835

Series IV. OversizeReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
24	Certificate – Chautauqua Literary & Scientific Circle, Annette M. Becher	1891
	Maps – Wyoming:
Box
24	Issued by the State Board of Immigration	1908
24	Sherman Quadrangle	no date
	Newspapers:
Box
24	Buffalo Bulletin	1917, February 15, 22, March 8, 15, 22, 29
24	Guernsey Gazette	1936
24	Los Angeles Times	1955, June 12
24	News-Record Industrial Edition	1926
24	Platte County Record	1957, July 12
24	Sheridan Press	1938, February 27
24	Wheatland Times	1933, August 10; 1937, March 25, April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29; 1951, July 30; 1952, August 14
24	Wyoming State Tribune	1919, January 31; 1937, July 29, 30, 31
	Photographs:
Box
24	E K Mountain (2 items)	no date
24	Gray, Annette Becher	no date
24	Gray, Willard Bradford Dodge (2 items)	no date
24	Panoramic view of Chyenne, Wyo. (rolled)	no date
Oversize Folder	15th National Council, Congregational Church	1913
Oversize Folder	Rock Springs, Wyoming	undated

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Congregational churches--West (U.S.)
Religion--South Dakota.
Religion--Wyoming.
Rural missions--Wyoming.

Corporate Names

Congregational Sunday-School and Publishing Society.
Congregational Church West (U.S.)
Congregational Home Missionary Society.
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.
Yankton College.

Geographical Names

Wyoming--History--1890-1918.

Form or Genre Terms

Photographs.

Occupations

Clergy.
Missionaries--West (U.S.)
Women clergy.
Women missionaries--West (U.S.)

Other Creators

Personal Names
- Dodge, William Bradford.
- Gray, William Dodge.
- Rost, Mildred Kenney.

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