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Swan Company records, 1877-1984

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Swan Company
Title
Swan Company records
Dates
1877-1984 (inclusive)
Quantity
192.85 cubic ft. (222 boxes)
Collection Number
11470
Summary
Records of a livestock company located in southeastern Wyoming.
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

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

Languages
English
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Historical Note

In 1883 the Swan Land & Cattle Co. was organized and acquired land near the site of Chugwater, Wyoming. The company owned several ranches throughout the southeast corner of the state of Wyoming and leased land from several other ranches in the area for grazing purposes for the cattle and sheep they raised. The office building of the company suffered a fire in 1918 in which most of the business records were lost. In 1926, Swan Land and Cattle Company was liquidated and reorganized into the Swan Company. On November 30, 1950, the Swan Company was liquidated and dissolved.

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Content Description

The collection contains correspondence, ledgers, journals, agreements made with other land owners and the Union Pacific Railroad, leases, tax records, financial information, deeds, wills, diaries, wool count books, church programs and bulletins, work orders, equipment inventories, company store inventories, cash books, photographs, and maps.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Copyright Information

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Restrictions on Use

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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 http://digitalcollections.uwyo.edu:8180/luna/servlet/uwydbuwy~15~15.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The collection is arranged into five series which include correspondence, financial records, photographs, artifacts, and maps. The correspondence series is divided into three sub-series: subject, alphabetical and chronological. The finanancial records are divided into two subseries: general finance and tax records.

Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by Swan Company at the date of processing.

Acquisition Information

The collection was received from Lawrence M. Woods in 2006 and John Staats in 2021, and purchased from AKM Group, Karen Belinky in 2018.

Processing Note

The collection was processed by Loreley Moore and Andrea Gietzen from 2007-2008 and updated by Jamie Greene in January 2020, March 2022, and April 2025.

Links to digitized material were added by Ben Goldman in 2010-2011.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Container List

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Subject Terms

  • Cattle trade -- Wyoming -- 19th century.
  • Cattle trade -- Wyoming -- 20 century.
  • Ranching -- Wyoming -- 19th century.
  • Ranching -- Wyoming -- 20 century.
  • Sheep ranchers -- Wyoming -- 19th century.
  • Sheep ranchers -- Wyoming -- 20 century.

Corporate Names

  • Swan Land and Cattle Company.

Geographical Names

  • Wyoming -- History -- 1890-1918.
  • Wyoming -- History -- 1946-
  • Wyoming -- History -- To 1889.
  • Wyoming -- History --1919-1945.

Processed by Loreley Moore and Andrea Gietzen
2008

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