Grace Logan Schaedel papers, 1871-1978

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Schaedel, Grace Logan
Title
Grace Logan Schaedel papers
Dates
1871-1978 (inclusive)
Quantity
3.15 cubic ft. (7 boxes)
Collection Number
00054
Summary
Manuscripts and historical materials of a Wyoming resident who wrote a history of her family.
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

Grace Sinton Logan Schaedel (1896-1996) was a Wyoming historian and writer. Her grandfather, Hill Logan, was a gunsmith who came to Camp Carlin, near Cheyenne, Wyoming, in 1868. He brought his wife and family to Wyoming in 1871. His son, Ernest Alfred Logan (1857-1944), grew up in the Cheyenne area, working as a cowboy, stagecoach driver, and mail carrier. In 1892 he opened Logan’s Book and Curio Store in Cheyenne and in 1893 married Elizabeth Sinton Walker. Elizabeth Walker and her sister, Jennie, had operated a dressmaking business in Cheyenne since 1885. The couple had three children: Mabel, Grace, and William.

Grace Logan attended the University of Wyoming, rooming with Olga Moore (Arnold), who later became a novelist and short story writer. Grace graduated from the university in 1921. In 1926 she went to work as secretary for the Director of Extension Services at Texas A&M University. There she met and married John Schaedel. The couple moved to Cheyenne to live with Grace’s father in 1929. John Schaedel worked in welfare services. Grace Schaedel pursued an interest in family and local history and wrote a biography of her father, “The Lord Loveth a Cheerful Liar,” which contained many anecdotes about life in Cheyenne but which was not published during her lifetime.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The collection contains a manuscript of Grace Logan Schaedel’s biography of her father, Ernest Logan, “The Lord Loveth a Cheerful Liar”, along with manuscripts of two play by Grace Schaedel. In addition there are stories by Olga Moore; stereo cards of Yellowstone and the West by William Henry Jackson and others; and clippings of John C. Thompson’s “In Old Wyoming” column from the Wyoming State Tribune.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Copyright Information

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

Preferred Citation

Preferred Citation

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

Alternative Forms Available

Existence and Location of Copies

Digital reproductions of select material from this collection are available at https://digitalcollections.uwyo.edu/luna/servlet/uwydbuwy~169~169

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Related Materials

Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by Grace Logan Schaedel at the date of processing. There is an Ernest A. Logan Collection at the Wyoming State Archives.

Acquisition Information

Acquisition Information

This material was received from Grace Logan Schaedel, 1947-1983.

Processing Note

Processing Information

The collection was processed by D. Claudia Thompson in June 2016

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Autograph Book: The Ghosts of My Friends, 1915-1929, 1971Return to Top

Container(s): Box 1

Correspondence: Letter from Ted Olson, 1970Return to Top

Container(s): Box 1

Diploma: Grace Sinton Logan, Bachelor of Arts from University of Wyoming (signed by all faculty), 1921Return to Top

Container(s): Box 1

Manuscripts by Grace Logan Schaedel: Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
1
"The Lord Loveth a Cheerful Liar: Ernest Alfred Logan, the Biography of an Old Cowboy"
undated
1
"Portagee Phillips and His Ride to Fame"
circa 1939
1
"Trail Herd Drag" (includes correspondence)
1940-1941

Manuscripts by Olga Moore: Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
1
"How the Potato Came to Ireland"
1919
1
"The Prayer Meeting" (from The People's Favorite Magazine)
1921

Newspaper Clippings of "In Old Wyoming" Column by John C. Thompson and Other Printed Material - By Subject: Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
2
Ames Monument
1940s-1950s
2
Banks
1940s-1950s
2
Blizzards
1940s-1950s
2
Cattle and Cattlemen
1940s-1950s
2
Cattle Associations - Wyoming Stock Growers Association and Others
1940s-1950s
2
Cattle Drives
1940s-1950s
2
Cattle Rustling
1940s-1950s
2
Chinese
1940s-1950s
2
Cowboy Duels
1940s-1950s
2
Cowboys
1940s-1950s
2
Crimes and Criminals
1940s-1950s
2
Dinosaurs
1940s-1950s
2
Devil's Gate
1940s-1950s
2
Drinking and Gambling
1940s-1950s
2
Emigrants
1940s-1950s
2
Emigrants' Graves
1940s-1950s
2
Emigrants - Johnson-Winter Guide
1940s-1950s
2
Exploration
1940s-1950s
2
Exploration - Spanish
1940s-1950s
2
Farming
1940s-1950s
2
Fort Bridger
1940s-1950s
2
Fort D.A. Russell/Camp Carlin
1940s-1950s
2
Fort Halleck
1940s-1950s
2
Fort Laramie
1940s-1950s
2
Forts - Various
1940s-1950s
2
Fur Trade
1940s-1950s
3
Grasses and Trees
1940s-1950s
3
Guns
1940s-1950s
3
Historical Sites and Associations
1940s-1950s
3
Hole-In-the-Wall
1940s-1950s
3
Horses - "Comanche" and "Five Minutes to Midnight"
1940s-1950s
3
Humor
1940s-1950s
3
Hunting and Game Laws
1940s-1950s
3
Independence Rock
1940s-1950s
3
Indian Captivities
1940s-1950s
3
Indian Massacres - Sand Creek
1940s-1950s
3
Indian Massacres - Wounded Knee
1940s-1950s
3
Indian Treaty of 1868
1940s-1950s
3
Indian Tribes - Arapaho
1940s-1950s
3
Indian Tribes - Cheyenne
1940s-1950s
3
Indian Tribes - Shoshone
1940s-1950s
3
Indian Tribes - Various
1940s-1950s
3
Indian Wars - Connor Expedition of 1865
1940s-1950s
3
Indian Wars - Crook Campaign of 1876
1940s-1950s
3
Indian Wars - Custer Campaign of 1876
1940s-1950s
3
Indian Wars - Dull Knife Battle of 1876
1940s-1950s
3
Indian Wars - Fetterman Battle
1940s-1950s
3
Indian Wars - Ute Wars
1940s-1950s
3
Indian Wars - Various
1940s-1950s
3
Indian Wars - Wagon Box Battle of 1867
1940s-1950s
3
Indian-White Conflicts
1940s-1950s
3
Indians - Archaeology and Origins
1940s-1950s
3
Indians - Miscellaneous
1940s-1950s
4
Jackson Hole
1940s-1950s
4
Jefferson Territory
1940s-1950s
4
Lost Mines - "Lost Cabin" and "Lost Dutchman"
1940s-1950s
4
Medicine
1940s-1950s
4
Mining and Geology
1940s-1950s
4
Missionaries
1940s-1950s
4
Mormon War
1940s-1950s
4
Mormons
1940s-1950s
4
Mountain Ranges, Peaks, and Buttes
1940s-1950s
4 1940s-1950s
4
Petrified Forests
1940s-1950s
4
Place Names
1940s-1950s
4
Places Not in Wyoming
1940s-1950s
4
Politics and Government
1940s-1950s
4
Pony Express
1940s-1950s
4
Prostitution
1940s-1950s
4
Rivers
1940s-1950s
4
Roads and Travel (General)
1940s-1950s
4
Rodeos and Wild West Shows
1940s-1950s
4
Rough Riders
1940s-1950s
4
Sheep
1940s-1950s
4
Stagecoach Robberies
1940s-1950s
4
Stagecoach Travel and Mail Service
1940s-1950s
5
Telegraph
1940s-1950s
5
Tie Hacks
1940s-1950s
5
Towns - Benton
1940s-1950s
5
Towns - Cheyenne
1940s-1950s
5
Towns - Douglas
1940s-1950s
5
Towns - Hanna and Other Coal Mining Towns
1940s-1950s
5
Towns - Laramie
1940s-1950s
5
Towns - Sherman
1940s-1950s
5
Towns - Various
1940s-1950s
5
Train Robberies
1940s-1950s
5
Two Ocean Pass
1940s-1950s
5
Union Pacific Railroad
1940s-1950s
5
United States Military
1940s-1950s
5
Vigilantism
1940s-1950s
5
Wildlife - Bears
1940s-1950s
5
Wildlife - Buffalo
1940s-1950s
5
Wildlife - Elk
1940s-1950s
5
Wildlife - Various
1940s-1950s
5
Women's Suffrage
1940s-1950s
5
Yellowstone
1940s-1950s
5
Miscellaneous
1940s-1950s

Newspaper Clippings of "In Old Wyoming" Column by John C. Thompson and Other Printed Material - By Name: Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
6
Ah-Ho-Ap-Pa
1940s-1950s
6
Baker, Jim
1940s-1950s
6
Beadle, J.H. (and Women's Suffrage)
1940s-1950s
6
Beckwourth, Jim
1940s-1950s
6
Bisbee, William Henry
1940s-1950s
6
Bridger, Jim
1940s-1950s
6
Bronson, E.B.
1940s-1950s
6
Brooks, Bryant B.
1940s-1950s
6
Buffalo Bill (Cody, William F.)
1940s-1950s
6
Calamity Jane (Canary, Martha Jane)
1940s-1950s
6
Campbell, John A.
1940s-1950s
6
Carey, Joseph
1940s-1950s
6
Carr, T. Jeff
1940s-1950s
6
Carre, Francis
1940s-1950s
6
Carson, Kit
1940s-1950s
6
Carter, William A.
1940s-1950s
6
Cassidy, Butch
1940s-1950s
6
Castle, Thomas
1940s-1950s
6
Chaplin, W.E.
1940s-1950s
6
Coffee, C.F.
1940s-1950s
6
Collins, Caspar
1940s-1950s
6
Colter, John
1940s-1950s
6
Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull
1940s-1950s
6
Dodge, Grenville
1940s-1950s
6
Edison, Thomas
1940s-1950s
6
English, Mary Jackson
1940s-1950s
6
Farlow, Ed
1940s-1950s
6
Fisk, Dwight
1940s-1950s
6
Foote, Robert
1940s-1950s
6
Greeley, Horace
1940s-1950s
6
Grouard, Frank
1940s-1950s
6
Guthrie, W.E.
1940s-1950s
6
Hadley, Amelia
1940s-1950s
6
Hanna, O.P.
1940s-1950s
6
Hastings, Lansford
1940s-1950s
6
Hickok, Wild Bill
1940s-1950s
7
Horn, Tom
1940s-1950s
7
Iliff, John
1940s-1950s
7
James, Frank
1940s-1950s
7
Janis, Antoine
1940s-1950s
7
Kelliher, T.J.
1940s-1950s
7
Kendrick, John B.
1940s-1950s
7
Kuykendall, W.L. and H.L.
1940s-1950s
7
La Bonte (Fur Trapper)
1940s-1950s
7
Lemmon, G.E.
1940s-1950s
7
Libby, James B.
1940s-1950s
7
Logan, Hill
1978
7
Longworthy, Franklin
1940s-1950s
7
Maillet, Louis
1940s-1950s
7
Meek, C.P.
1940s-1950s
7
Michael, Howard
1940s-1950s
7
Moonlight, Thomas
1940s-1950s
7
Moore, Jim
1940s-1950s
7
Moore, Lee
1940s-1950s
7
Morrill, Charles Henry
1940s-1950s
7
Nye, Bill
1940s-1950s
7
O'Brien, Nicholas
1940s-1950s
7
Ordway, Edwin
1940s-1950s
7
Peterson, P.S.
1940s-1950s
7
Phillips, John "Portugee"
1940s-1950s
7
Pickett, Bill
1940s-1950s
7
Red Cloud
1940s-1950s
7
Richard (Reshaw), John
1940s-1950s
7
Richards, William A.
1940s-1950s
7
Richardson, C.B.
1940s-1950s
7
Ricketts, W.P.
1940s-1950s
7
Sacajawea
1940s-1950s
7
Shaw, Jim
1940s-1950s
7
Talbot, John
1940s-1950s
7
Trafton, Edward B.
1940s-1950s
7
Voorhees, Luke
1940s-1950s
7
Warren, F.E. and Fred
1940s-1950s
7
Washakie
1940s-1950s
7
Weybrecht Family
1940s-1950s
7
Whitman, Marcus and Narcissa
1940s-1950s
7
Wister, Owen - Inspiration for Writings
1940s-1950s
7
Various Individuals - A-G
1940s-1950s
7
Various Individuals - H-M
1940s-1950s
7
Various Individuals - N-R
1940s-1950s
7
Various Individuals - S-Z
1940s-1950s

Photograph: Hill, Burton S., undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 1

Stereo Cards:Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
1
Jackson, William Henry - "Scenery of the Yellowstone" Series (23 items)
1871
1
Jackson, William Henry - "Views in Utah, Idaho, and Montana" Series (6 items)
1871
1
Savage, C.R. - "Views of the Great West" Series (3 "California Series", 1 "Colorado Series", 1 "Union Pacific Series")
undated
1
Taber - "Pacific Coast Views" Series
undated

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Cowboys -- Wyoming

Personal Names

  • Logan, Elizabeth Sinton Walker
  • Logan, Ernest Alfred
  • Logan, Hill

Geographical Names

  • Cheyenne (Wyo.)
  • Wyoming -- Biography
  • Wyoming -- History, 1890-1918
  • Wyoming -- History, 1919-1945
  • Wyoming -- History, To 1889

Form or Genre Terms

  • Stereographs