Larry Pointer papers, 1809-2012 (bulk 1960-2000)
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Pointer, Larry, 1940-
- Title
- Larry Pointer papers
- Dates
- 1809-2012 (bulk 1960-2000) (inclusive)Date of CollectionDate of Collection
- Quantity
- 25.56 cubic ft. (45 boxes) + 111.90 MB
- Collection Number
- 10345
- Summary
- Larry Pointer researched and wrote about western rodeo and western outlaws. His best-known work was "In Search of Butch Cassidy."
- Repository
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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
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Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
- Languages
- English
Historical Note
Leslie Larrimore Pointer was born in Sheridan, Wyoming, in 1940. His best known works are In Search of Butch Cassidy (1977) and The Rodeo Champions (1985). Pointer worked as an instructor in botany and agriculture (1963-1974) at various community colleges in Wyoming and Oregon. In 1975 he received his masters degree in librarianship with a specialization in archives. He worked for the Bureau of Land Management in Montana and Arizona. He also held a position as Chief of Resources for the National Park Service in Boston, Massachusetts.
Content Description
The Larry Pointer papers focus mainly on the history of Western outlaws and the history of the American rodeo. Also included is research material for Pointer's biography of western artist Harry Jackson. The collection contains correspondence with publishers, editors, and fellow author Jim Dullenty; manuscripts and reviews for many of his works; research materials for all his books, containing transcripts of interviews on rodeos and western outlaws and other materials; and photographs of western outlaws and rodeos. Research materials accumulated by the author contain much information that was not included in the final versions of the books.
Use of the Collection
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Preferred Citation
Preferred CitationItem Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Alternative Forms Available
Existence and Location of CopiesDigital reproductions of select material from this collection are available at http://digitalcollections.uwyo.edu:8180/luna/servlet/uwydbuwy~133~133.
Administrative Information
Related Materials
Related MaterialsThere are no known other archival collections created by Larry Pointer at the date of processing.
Acquisition Information
Acquisition InformationThis material was received from Larry Pointer in 1994-2019.
Processing Note
Processing InformationThe collection was processed by Irina A. Peris in May 1997, Mary Ann Meyer in January 2001, and Beth Kordus in February 2002. It was updated by D. Claudia Thompson in June 2011, Krist Jessup in October 2019, and Jamie J. Greene in August 2021.
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Series I. Correspondence Files
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Description: A-CDates: 1974-1981Container: Box 1, Folder 1
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Description: Pearl BakerDates: 1970-1974Container: Box 1, Folder 2
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Description: Larry BallDates: 1977-1978Container: Box 1, Folder 3
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Description: BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)Dates: 1977-1978Container: Box 1, Folder 4
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Description: Drake BinghamDates: 1980-1981Container: Box 1, Folder 5
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Description: David BolinDates: 1977-1983Container: Box 1, Folder 6
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Description: Kerry Ross BorenDates: 1976-1977Container: Box 1, Folder 7
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Description: David S. BowserDates: 1992-1994Container: Box 1, Folder 8
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Description: Floyd BrownDates: 1918-1977Container: Box 1, Folder 9
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Description: Daniel BuckDates: 1986-1994Container: Box 1, Folder 10
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Description: Con ChamberlinDates: 1977Container: Box 1, Folder 11
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Description: Esther ChamberlinDates: 1977-1981Container: Box 1, Folder 12
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Description: D-EDates: 1973-1990Container: Box 1, Folder 13
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Description: DanleysDates: 1976-1977Container: Box 1, Folder 14
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Description: Jim DullentyDates: 1972-1976Container: Box 1, Folder 15-19
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Description: Dullenty-Pointer Correspondence (Synopsis)Dates: 1975Container: Box 2, Folder 1
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Description: Jim Dullenty: Contracts and RecissionDates: 1976-1989Container: Box 33
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Description: F-JDates: 1973-1986Container: Box 2, Folder 2
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Description: Fred JohnsonDates: 1913-1978Container: Box 2, Folder 3
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Description: K-NDates: 1951-1985Container: Box 2, Folder 4
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Description: John LittleDates: 1975-1977Container: Box 2, Folder 5
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Description: Alan MoorheadDates: 1986Container: Box 2, Folder 6
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Description: Moran FamilyDates: 1977Container: Box 2, Folder 7
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Description: National Association and Center for Outlaw and Lawman HistoryDates: 1972-1979Container: Box 2, Folder 8-9
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Description: O-RDates: 1976-1984Container: Box 2, Folder 10
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Description: Stacy W. OsgoodDates: 1959-1983Container: Box 2, Folder 11
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Description: Outlaw History - Various Correspondents, includes clippings, manuscripts, etc.Dates: 1976-1998Container: Box 33
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Description: Pinkerton's Inc.Dates: 1976-1978Container: Box 2, Folder 12
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Description: Pro Rodeo Hall of Champions and the Museum of the American CowboyDates: 1979-1983Container: Box 2, Folder 13
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Description: Publishers: Regarding Butch Cassidy ManuscriptDates: 1975-1976Container: Box 2, Folder 14
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Description: Research Credentials; Letters of IntroductionDates: 1976Container: Box 33
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Description: Colin RickardsDates: 1974-1978Container: Box 2, Folder 15
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Description: Rodeo Champions Illustrations Credits: Different PersonsDates: 1978-1983Container: Box 2, Folder 16
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Description: SDates: 1937-1992Container: Box 2, Folder 17
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Description: T-VDates: 1973-1994Container: Box 2, Folder 18
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Description: University of New Mexico PressDates: 1984-1986Container: Box 2, Folder 19
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Description: University of New Mexico PressDates: 1988Container: Box 33
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Description: University of New Mexico Press: Luther WilsonDates: 1982-1984Container: Box 3, Folder 1
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Description: University of Oklahoma Press: Regarding Publication of In Search of Butch CassidyDates: 1975-1989Container: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: University of Oklahoma Press: Regarding Paperback edition of In Search of Butch CassidyDates: 1988-1996Container: Box 33
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Description: University of Oklahoma Press: Steve RiceDates: 1977-1979Container: Box 3, Folder 3
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Description: University of Oklahoma Press: Author's QuestionnaireDates: 1977Container: Box 3, Folder 4
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Description: University of Oklahoma Press: Regarding Manuscript Odyssey of the Rodeo CowboyDates: 1979-1984Container: Box 3, Folder 5
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Description: Unknown PersonsDates: 1979, undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 6
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Description: Unsolved Mysteries - "In Search of Butch Cassidy" TV Program, includes viewer response printoutDates: 1991Container: Box 33
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Description: W-ZDates: 1927-1994Container: Box 3, Folder 7
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Description: Nick Webster, Allan Handsburg Productions, for TV program "In Search of Butch Cassidy"Dates: 1977Container: Box 33
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Description: Jeannine ZimmermanDates: 1902-1980Container: Box 3, Folder 8
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Series II. Manuscripts
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Description: The Castle Gate Payroll Robbery, By Kerry Ross BorenDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 9
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Description: Harvey Logan, By Kerry Ross Boren: incomplete draftDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 10-11
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Description: Harvey Logan Alias Kid Curry, By K. R. Boren and Duane Moran: draft of prologueDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 12
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Description: Laura Bullion, By K.R. BorenDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 13
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Description: Matt Warner, By K.R. BorenDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 14
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Description: The Splendid Thieves, By K. R. Boren and Florence Lind: chapter IDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 15
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Description: "Sometimes" Cassidy, By Art DavidsonDates: circa 1976Container: Box 3, Folder 16-17
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Description: "Sometimes" Cassidy, By Art DavidsonDates: circa 1976Container: Box 4, Folder 1
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Description: Tracks and Scars, By Art DavidsonDates: circa 1976Container: Box 4, Folder 2-5
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Description: "Butch" Cassidy in Fremont Country, By A.F.C. GreeneDates: 1940Container: Box 4, Folder 6
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Description: Kid Curry, By F. Bruce Lamb: galley proofsDates: 1990Container: Box 4, Folder 7
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Description: Autobiography, By Tom McCarthyDates: undatedContainer: Box 4, Folder 8-11
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Description: The Bandit Invincible, By William T. PhillipsDates: 1934Container: Box 4, Folder 12-16
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Description: The Bandit Invincible, By William T. Phillips: photocopy of handwritten versionDates: 1934Container: Box 5, Folder 1-3
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Description: Preface to the Bandit Invincible, By Larry PointerDates: 1977Container: Box 5, Folder 4
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Description: Butch Cassidy's Story: Bandit InvincibleDates: 2012Container: Box Digital, ahcdm_10345_006
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Description: Articles on Rodeo, By Larry PointerDates: 1980-1982, undatedContainer: Box 5, Folder 5-6
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Description: Articles on Rodeo, By Larry Pointer: clippingsDates: 1974-1980Container: Box 5, Folder 7
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Description: Butch Cassidy, By Larry Pointer and Jim DullentyDates: 1975Container: Box 5, Folder 8-17
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Description: Butch Cassidy, By Larry Pointer and Jim DullentyDates: 1975Container: Box 6, Folder 1-8
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Description: Jano, By Larry PointerDates: 1975Container: Box 6, Folder 9
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Description: In Search of Butch Cassidy, By Larry PointerDates: circa 1977Container: Box 6, Folder 10-16
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Description: In Search of Butch Cassidy, By Larry Pointer: preface to paperback editionDates: 1992Container: Box 6, Folder 17
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Description: In Search of Butch Cassidy, By Larry Pointer: draftsDates: circa 1977Container: Box 7, Folder 1-2
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Description: In Search of Butch Cassidy: reviewsDates: 1977-1989Container: Box 7, Folder 3-5
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Description: In Search of Butch Cassidy, By Larry Pointer: news releases, book reviewsDates: 1976-1988Container: Box 33
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Description: Odyssey of the Rodeo Cowboy, By Larry PointerDates: circa 1980Container: Box 7, Folder 6-16
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Description: Odyssey of the Rodeo Cowboy, By Larry PointerDates: circa 1980Container: Box 8, Folder 1-9
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Dates: undatedContainer: Box 8, Folder 10
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Description: Bill Pickett, by Larry Pointer, prepared for Harry JacksonDates: undatedContainer: Box 33
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Description: Rare Photograph Found, By Larry Pointer: articleDates: circa 1975Container: Box 8, Folder 11
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Description: Rodeo Champions, By Larry PointerDates: circa 1984Container: Box 8, Folder 12-16
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Description: Rodeo Champions, By Larry Pointer: typewritten drafts of separate chaptersDates: circa 1984Container: Box 9, Folder 1
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Description: Rodeo Champions, By Larry Pointer: galley proofsDates: 1984Container: Box 9, Folder 2-7
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Description: Rodeo Champions: ReviewsDates: 1985Container: Box 9, Folder 8
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Description: Rodeo Flashdance, By Larry PointerDates: circa 1984Container: Box 9, Folder 9-10
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Description: Rodeo Quest, By Larry PointerDates: 1983Container: Box 9, Folder 11-18
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Description: Rodeo Quest, By Larry PointerDates: 1983Container: Box 10, Folder 1-6
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Description: Rodeo Quest, By Larry Pointer: draftDates: circa 1980Container: Box 10, Folder 7-17
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Description: Rodeo Quest, By Larry Pointer: draftDates: circa 1980Container: Box 11, Folder 1-13
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Description: Rodeo Quest, By Larry Pointer: referencesDates: circa 1980Container: Box 11, Folder 14
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Description: Scars and Two Bars, By Ann Bassett WillisDates: undatedContainer: Box 11, Folder 15
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Description: Grice Whom Nobody Could Catch by Herbert GriceDates: 2013Container: Box Digital, ahcdm_10345_008
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Series III. Research Materials
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Sub-series 1. Interviews on Western Outlaws
The subseries contains transcriptions of interviews conducted by Larry Pointer, unless otherwise noted. Some transcriptions are very detailed, clearly from taped records. Others consist only of notes made by Larry Pointer during conversations.
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Description: Helen Bengston, Harold Boedeker, Kerry Ross Boren, Nell Bullock, Bill Burlingham, Bud Burnaugh: regarding Elza Lay; Wild Bunch in Fremont County; Muddy CreekDates: 1972-1977Container: Box 12, Folder 1
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Description: Fred Calvert, Esther Chamberlin, Boyd Charter, Fritz Cheney: regarding W.T. Phillips' trip to Lander; Janette Magor, her trip to South AmericaDates: 1973Container: Box 12, Folder 2
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Description: Art Davidson, Dube Duval, Athol Evans, Arthur Faust: regarding characters related to Butch Cassidy; Harvey Logan; W.T. Phillips in Spokane; Wild Bunch in area of Bighorn CanyonDates: 1975-1986Container: Box 12, Folder 3
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Description: Jay Gibson, Blanche Glasgow, Chris Grass, Irene Groves, Mary Stoner Hadley: regarding Harvey Logan; W.T. Phillips in Spokane, Washington; Butch Cassidy at Rock Springs; Wild Bunch in Fremont CountyDates: 1973-1986Container: Box 12, Folder 4
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Description: Jerry Halter, Winfred Halter, John Harrington, Mary Harris, John Henry, Fred Hillman, Ray Holtzhy: regarding Logan brothers; Elza Lay in Shoshoni; Mary Boyd Rhodes; Wild Bunch in Utah and Wyoming; return of Butch Cassidy to Big Horn, Wyoming; Harvey Logan at Little Rockies, MontanaDates: 1972-1976Container: Box 12, Folder 5
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Description: Carley and Sarah Jebens, Mary Jebens Smith, Roy Jones: regarding Elza Lay; W.T. Phillips visit to LanderDates: 1973-1974Container: Box 12, Folder 6
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Description: Adolph Kehler, Charlie Kelsey, Florence Kirk, Tom Kolchak: regarding Wild Bunch on Muddy Creek, Wyoming; return of Harvey Logan to Little Rockies, Montana; Wild Bunch on Sweetwater River, WyomingDates: 1972-1978Container: Box 12, Folder 7
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Description: Herman LaJeunesse, Bruce Lamb, Irene Lane, Earl Lanning, Edmo LeClair: regarding W.T. Phillips visit to Lander, Wyoming; Wild Bunch, Cassisy, Annie Rodgers; Cassidy in MexicoDates: 1973Container: Box 12, Folder 8
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Description: Elfie Dessery Logan: regarding Brothers Logan (interview by Mr. Talbot and E. Moran)Dates: circa 1951Container: Box 12, Folder 9
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Description: Vivian Long, Al Lucke, Janette Magor, Ione Manning, Ed McNeely: regarding recollections about Butch Cassidy's son; Harvey Logan at Little Rockies, Montana; Mary Boyd; Sundance Kid in 1956Dates: 1973-1986Container: Box 12, Folder 10
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Description: Lew Meeks, Fred Mentzler, Harold Miles, June Miller, Bill Miller, Dutch Moeller, Manley Moore, Archie Nash, Art Nipper: regarding Bub Meeks and the Wild Bunch; Wild Bunch at Muddy Creek, Wyoming; Phillips as Butch Cassidy at Colville, Washington; Butch Cassidy and Wild Bunch in Fremont County; outlaw Baldy McLean; Frank and Jesse James in Northern WyomingDates: 1972-1978Container: Box 12, Folder 11
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Description: Hugh Otte, Max Parker, Myra Pearson, Billy Phillips, Ray Pickard: regarding outlaw's cache at Wind River Mountains; Dan Parker and Butch Cassidy; interview with Elphie Logan; W.T. Phillips; Wild Bunch at D pass, Wyoming; Wild Bunch, Butch Cassidy, Elza LayDates: 1972-1976Container: Box 12, Folder 12
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Description: Mary Raecke, Girlie Rogers, Ira Salverson, T.A. Scoggan, Mae Shippen, Henry Sigg, Ron Smith: regarding Wild Bunch cache, Muddy Creek, Wyoming; Harvey Logan, Little Rockies, Montana; Butch Cassidy at Rosebud Valley, Montana; Wild Bunch at Lander, Wyoming; Butch Cassidy at Dubois, Wyoming; W.T. Phillips in Spokane, WashingtonDates: 1973-1976Container: Box 12, Folder 13
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Description: Elmer Stagner, Tom St. John, Ethel Taylor, Jay Trosper, Jack Wallace, Leon Warnock, Ben Woodcock, Clyde Woolery: regarding Wild Bunch in Fremont County; Butch Cassidy's return to Wyoming in 1930; Butch Cassidy, Blue Creek, Hole-in-the-Wall; W.T. Phillips return to Lander, Wyoming; Cassidy's pistol, Dubois, Wyoming; Harvey Logan; Butch Cassidy's cabin in Dubois, Wyoming (interview with Ben Woodcock by Edrie Vinson)Dates: 1972-1986Container: Box 12, Folder 14
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Sub-series 2. Interviews on Rodeo
The subseries contains transcriptions of interviews conducted by Larry Pointer.
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Description: Joe Alexander, Charlie Beals, Hugh and Josie Bennett: bareback bronc riding; personal experience in rodeoDates: 1979-1981Container: Box 12, Folder 15
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Description: Morris Blakeley, Marvin Brookman, Ken Brower, Johnny Bryant: rodeo horses, breeding; calf roping in Canada; bull ridingDates: 1979-1981Container: Box 12, Folder 16
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Description: Leon Coffee, Larry Collins, Tuffy Cooper, Roy Cooper, Deb Copenhaver, Gary Crowder: rodeo clowns; bareback bronc riding; personal bronc riding style; rodeo horsesDates: 1978-1981Container: Box 12, Folder 17
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Description: Dickie Cox, Dick Curtis, Shawn Davis: bull riding; steer wrestling; rodeo clowns; rodeo businessDates: 1980-1981Container: Box 12, Folder 18
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Description: Bob Donaldson, Dewey Dunaway, Sam Garrett, Turk Greenough, Sid Grower: rodeo clowns; rodeo horses; calf roping; personal bronc riding styleDates: 1978-1981Container: Box 12, Folder 19
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Description: C.R. Jones, Gary Klessens, Bud Knerr, Bobby and Bud Kramers: rodeo horses - Descent; horse brands; breedingDates: 1978-1981Container: Box 12, Folder 20
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Description: Fred Larsen, Chris Le Doux, Sonny Linger: technique of steer wrestling; biographical interview; rodeo horsesDates: 1978-1981Container: Box 12, Folder 21
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Description: Denny Looman, Ken Luman, Bob Marshall, Howard McCrorey: Descent; styles of bulldogging; steer wrestlingDates: 1978-1981Container: Box 12, Folder 22
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Description: Dan McLaughlin, Andy Miliate, Billy Minick, Bud Monroe, George Ostrom: rodeo horses; bull riding; Wyoming license plate symbolDates: 1977-1978Container: Box 12, Folder 23
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Description: Bill Pauley, Wick Peth, Homer Pettingrew, John Quintana, Gene Rambo, Jerome Robinson, Jim Rodrigues, Dan Slade: saddle design; rodeo clowns; rodeo horses; bull riding; team ropingDates: 1978-1980Container: Box 12, Folder 24
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Description: Bill Smith, Lynn Taylor, Fay Tooke, Joe Turner, Shoat Webster, Olin Young: Descent; personal bull riding style; steer wrestlingDates: 1980-1981Container: Box 12, Folder 25
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Sub-series 3. Research Files on Outlaws
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Description: Articles and Reports on Outlaws/Local Press: Handwritten extracts from Buffalo Bulletin and other newspaper articlesDates: 1894-1939Container: Box 13, Folder 1
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Description: Hiram Beebe: Clippings, extracts from booksDates: 1948-1986Container: Box 13, Folder 2
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Description: Bibliography: Lists of literature, index to research filesDates: undatedContainer: Box 13, Folder 3
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Description: Bolivian Railway System: Photocopies of correspondence regarding participation of USA in its constructionDates: 1906Container: Box 13, Folder 4
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Description: William Brown: Photocopies of court documents on case United States vs. William Brown and Dan ParkerDates: 1891Container: Box 13, Folder 5
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Description: Butch Cassidy: Extracts from books, interviews, articles; photocopies of photographsDates: 1973-1986Container: Box 13, Folder 6
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Description: Butch Cassidy: Photocopies of correspondence between state officials regarding his pardon fileDates: 1895Container: Box 13, Folder 7
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Description: Butch Cassidy: Photocopies of court documents on case Wyoming vs. Hainer and CassidyDates: 1892-1894Container: Box 13, Folder 8
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Description: Butch Cassidy: Magazine and newspaper clippingsDates: 1935-1993Container: Box 13, Folder 9-10
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Description: Chronology of Outlaws' ActivityDates: 1887-1938Container: Box 13, Folder 11-12
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Description: Jack Dempsey: Photocopies of prison documents, photographs, notesDates: 1910-circa 1975Container: Box 13, Folder 13
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Description: Betty Elkins: Certificate of death, notesDates: 1971-1977Container: Box 13, Folder 14
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Description: Ellen Harris: Photocopies of correspondenceDates: 1940-1954Container: Box 13, Folder 15
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Description: Carley Jebens: NotesDates: 1974Container: Box 13, Folder 16
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Description: Julia Landuskey: Photocopies of homestead recordsDates: 1890-1912Container: Box 13, Folder 17
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Description: Julia and Pike Landuskey: Clippings, notes on court case United States vs. Julia LanduskyDates: 1904-1976Container: Box 13, Folder 18
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Description: Land Titles: PhotocopiesDates: 1905-1984Container: Box 13, Folder 19
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Description: Local History: ClippingsDates: 1904-1987Container: Box 13, Folder 20
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Description: Elfie Logan: Photocopies of correspondence and photographs, notesDates: 1940-circa 1975Container: Box 13, Folder 21
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Description: Logan Brothers: Photocopies of official documentsDates: 1892-1898Container: Box 13, Folder 22
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Description: Harvey Logan: Photographs, clippings, copies of correspondence, notesDates: 1897-1935, 1975Container: Box 14, Folder 1-2
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Description: Harvey Logan: Magazine and newspaper clippingsDates: 1900-1976Container: Box 14, Folder 3
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Description: Harvey Logan: Photocopies of court documents and transcripts of court sessions on case United States vs. Harvey LoganDates: 1902Container: Box 14, Folder 4-15
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Description: Harry Longabaugh: Photocopy of pardon record, printed materials, chapter The Sundance Kid from untitled manuscript, notesDates: 1889-1974Container: Box 14, Folder 16
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Description: Janet Magor: Extracts from books, notesDates: circa 1974Container: Box 14, Folder 17
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Description: Maps of Areas Related to Outlaws' ActivityDates: circa 1975Container: Box 14, Folder 18
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Description: Newspaper Reports on Outlaws' ActivityDates: 1889-1914Container: Box 15, Folder 1-2
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Description: Critical Review by Larry Pointer of "The Outlaw Trail" by Robert RedfordDates: 1976Container: Box 33
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Description: Outlaws: Magazine and newspaper clippingsDates: 1809-1980Container: Box 15, Folder 3-8
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Description: Outlaws: NotesDates: circa 1970Container: Box 15, Folder 9-10
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Description: Outlaws: Notes on court casesDates: circa 1970Container: Box 15, Folder 11
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Description: Outlaws: Notes on literatureDates: circa 1970Container: Box 15, Folder 12
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Description: Outlaws: Photocopies of court documents on case The State of South Dakota vs. George Curry, Harvey Ray, Thomas O'Day, Walter Punteney, Thomas Jones, and Frank JonesDates: 1897Container: Box 15, Folder 13
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Description: Outlaws in Wyoming: Photocopies of correspondence of government officialsDates: 1898-1907Container: Box 15, Folder 14
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Description: Outlaws - Physical Descriptions: NotesDates: circa 1975Container: Box 15, Folder 15
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Description: William T. Phillips: Notes, questionnaire answered by Ben Fitzharris, clippingsDates: circa 1973-1977Container: Box 15, Folder 16
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Description: Pinkerton's National Detective Agency: Notes, photocopies of correspondence and reward circularsDates: 1902-circa 1975Container: Box 15, Folder 17
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Description: Etta Place: Notes, photocopies of warranty deeds, photograph, clippingsDates: 1890-1986Container: Box 16, Folder 1
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Description: Charles M. Russell: NotesDates: 1977Container: Box 16, Folder 2
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Description: South America: Notes, clippingsDates: circa 1970Container: Box 16, Folder 3
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Description: Jim Thornhill: Photocopies of land ownership documents, notesDates: circa 1907-1917Container: Box 16, Folder 4
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Sub-series 4. Research Files on Rodeo
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Description: All-Around Champions: ClippingsDates: 1960-1979Container: Box 16, Folder 5
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Description: Bareback Bronc Riding: Notes, clippingsDates: 1978-1979Container: Box 16, Folder 6
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Description: Bareback Bronc Riding: ClippingsDates: 1960-1981Container: Box 16, Folder 7
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Description: Bareback Bronc Riding - National Finals Rodeo: ClippingsDates: 1960-1979Container: Box 16, Folder 8
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Description: Bull Riding: Notes, printed materialDates: 1978-1979Container: Box 16, Folder 9
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Description: Bull Riding: ClippingsDates: 1964-1981Container: Box 16, Folder 10
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Description: Bull Riding - National Finals Rodeo: ClippingsDates: 1960-1979Container: Box 16, Folder 11
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Description: Bullfighting: ClippingsDates: undatedContainer: Box 16, Folder 12-13
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Description: Calf Roping: Notes, clippingsDates: 1979Container: Box 16, Folder 14
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Description: Calf Roping: ClippingsDates: 1964-1980Container: Box 16, Folder 15
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Description: Calf Roping - National Finals Rodeo: ClippingsDates: 1960-1979Container: Box 16, Folder 16
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Description: Central Wyoming College Rodeo TeamDates: 1968-1970Container: Box 16, Folder 17
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Description: Cowboys - Chamions: ClippingsDates: 1964-1980Container: Box 16, Folder 18
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Description: Cowboy Wear: ClippingsDates: 1952-1981Container: Box 16, Folder 19
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Description: Cowgirls: Notes, clippingsDates: undatedContainer: Box 16, Folder 20
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Description: Cowgirls: ClippingsDates: 1949-1980Container: Box 17, Folder 1-4
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Description: General InformationDates: undatedContainer: Box 17, Folder 5
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Description: Horses: ClippingsDates: 1961-1974Container: Box 17, Folder 6
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Description: Horse Drawing: ClippingsDates: undatedContainer: Box 17, Folder 7
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Description: Horse Equipment and Horse-Drawn Carriages: ClippingsDates: 1955-1978Container: Box 17, Folder 8-9
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Description: Horsemen of Ancient Cultures: ClippingsDates: 1975, undatedContainer: Box 17, Folder 10
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Description: Mexico and Mexican Rodeo: ClippingsDates: 1943-1974Container: Box 17, Folder 11-12
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Description: National Finals Rodeo: ClippingsDates: circa 1980Container: Box 17, Folder 12
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Description: National High School Rodeo Association: ClippingsDates: 1980, undatedContainer: Box 17, Folder 14-15
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Description: New York Times Articles and Reports on Rodeo: ClippingsDates: 1922-1945Container: Box 17, Folder 16-18
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Description: Obituaries of Rodeo Perfomers: ClippingsDates: 1978-1980Container: Box 17, Folder 19
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Description: Rodeo Clowns (Theseus Unbound): Notes, clippingsDates: 1977-1979Container: Box 18, Folder 1
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Description: Rodeo Clowns: ClippingsDates: 1951-1980Container: Box 18, Folder 2
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Description: "Rodeo Impressions": Notes for the chapterDates: undatedContainer: Box 18, Folder 3-4
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Description: Rodeo Organizations: Notes, printed materials, clippings, membership listsDates: circa 1980Container: Box 18, Folder 5
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Description: Rodeo Performances: Clippings, notesDates: 1924-1964Container: Box 18, Folder 6
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Description: Rodeo Performers: ClippingsDates: 1950-1980Container: Box 18, Folder 7
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Description: Saddle Bronc Riding: Notes, clippingsDates: undatedContainer: Box 18, Folder 8
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Description: Saddle Bronc Riding - National Finals Rodeo: ClippingsDates: 1960-1980Container: Box 18, Folder 9
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Description: Sheridan Press Articles: ClippingsDates: 1934-1979Container: Box 18, Folder 10
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Description: Steer Roping: Notes, clippingsDates: 1978-1980Container: Box 18, Folder 11
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Description: Steer Roping: ClippingsDates: 1951-1980Container: Box 18, Folder 12
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Description: Steer Roping - National Finals RodeoDates: 1960-1979Container: Box 18, Folder 13
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Description: Steer Wrestling: Notes, clippingsDates: circa 1977Container: Box 18, Folder 14
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Description: Steer Wrestling - Nationa Finals Rodeo: ClippingsDates: 1960-1979Container: Box 18, Folder 15
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Description: Team Roping: Notes, clippingsDates: 1978Container: Box 18, Folder 16
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Description: Team Roping: ClippingsDates: 1951-1984Container: Box 18, Folder 17
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Description: Team Roping - National Finals Rodeo: ClippingsDates: 1960-1979Container: Box 18, Folder 18
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Sub-series 5. Photocopies of Chapters from Books and Articles
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Description: Best Little Town by a Dam Site, by L.N. PatrickDates: 1960Container: Box 19, Folder 1
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Description: Black Jack Ketchum, by Ed BartholomewDates: 1955Container: Box 19, Folder 2
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Description: Bullfighting, by different authors: spearate chapters of booksDates: undatedContainer: Box 19, Folder 3-10
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Description: Following the Frontier with F. Jay Haynes, by Freeman TildenDates: 1964Container: Box 19, Folder 11
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Description: Historical Encyclopedia of Wyoming: separate chaptersDates: circa 1973Container: Box 19, Folder 12
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Description: History of the Black Hills, by different authors: separate chapters of booksDates: 1924-1974Container: Box 19, Folder 13
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Description: History of Natrona County, by A.J. MocklerDates: 1903Container: Box 19, Folder 14
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Description: History of Teton-Jackson Hole Area, by different authors: separate chapters of booksDates: 1966, 1977, undatedContainer: Box 19, Folder 15
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Description: History of the West, by different authors, separate chapters of booksDates: 1926-1986Container: Box 19, Folder 16
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Description: History of Wyoming, by C.G. CoutantDates: 1899Container: Box 19, Folder 17
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Description: The Hole-in-the-Wall, by T.G. ConditDates: undatedContainer: Box 19, Folder 18
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Description: My Fifty Years in Rodeo, by Foghorn ClancyDates: 1952Container: Box 20, Folder 1-3
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Description: My Home on the Range, by Harry V. JohnstonDates: 1942Container: Box 20, Folder 4
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Description: Pioneer Cattleman in Montana, by Walt CoburnDates: 1889Container: Box 20, Folder 5
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Description: Powder River, by S. BurtDates: 1897Container: Box 20, Folder 6
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Description: Roosevelt in the Badlands, by Hermann HagedornDates: 1921Container: Box 20, Folder 7
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Description: Charles A. Siringo: chapters from different booksDates: 1912, undatedContainer: Box 20, Folder 8
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Description: Tales of the Old-Timers, by F.R. BechdoltsDates: circa 1924Container: Box 20, Folder 9
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Description: They Rode Into Europe, by Miklos JankovichDates: undatedContainer: Box 20, Folder 10-12
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Description: The Truth About the Hole-in-the-Wall Fight; War on Powder River, by Helena H. SmithDates: 1964, 1967Container: Box 20, Folder 13
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Description: Western Outlaws, by different authors: separate chapters of booksDates: 1968-1983Container: Box 20, Folder 14
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Description: Western Ranching, by different authors: articlesDates: 1961-1977Container: Box 20, Folder 15
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Description: Where the Old West Stayed Young, by J.R. BurroughsDates: 1962Container: Box 20, Folder 16
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Series IV. Miscellaneous
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Description: Advertisements, printed material, photocopies of reward circulars, business cardsDates: undatedContainer: Box 20, Folder 17
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Series V. Photographs
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Sub-series 1. Personal Photographs
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Description: Larry PointerDates: undatedContainer: Box 21, Folder 1
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Sub-series 2., Photographs on Outlaws in the West
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Description: Boyd FamilyDates: 1934-1935, undatedContainer: Box 21, Folder 2
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Description: Butch CassidyDates: circa 1883-1894Container: Box 21, Folder 3
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Description: Butch Cassidy - Images Related to His StoryDates: 1892-1906, undatedContainer: Box 21, Folder 4
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Description: Butch Cassidy - People and Place Related to His Story: negativesDates: circa 1900-1974Container: Box 21, Folder 5
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Description: Boyd CharterDates: undatedContainer: Box 21, Folder 6
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Description: Currie Family PortraitDates: 1977Container: Box 34
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Description: Kid Curry - People Associate with Him: Leonard Seaford Album, old family photographs (prints)Dates: undatedContainer: Box 21, Folder 7-8
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Description: Hole-in-the-Wall: printsDates: 1974Container: Box 21, Folder 9
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Description: Hole-in-the-Wall: negativesDates: 1974Container: Box 21, Folder 10
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Description: Green Mountain, Wyoming: printsDates: 1974Container: Box 21, Folder 11
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Description: In Search of Butch Cassidy - IllustrationsDates: circa 1889-1975Container: Box 21, Folder 12
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Description: In Search of Butch Cassidy - Illustrations: negativesDates: circa 1900-1975Container: Box 21, Folder 13
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Description: In Search of Butch Cassidy - Lists of PhotographsDates: undatedContainer: Box 21, Folder 14
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Description: Lists of NegativesDates: undatedContainer: Box 33
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Description: Elfie Dessery Logan Collection: printsDates: 1901-circa 1970, undatedContainer: Box 21, Folder 15-18
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Description: Elfie Dessery Logan Notevook: negativesDates: undatedContainer: Box 21, Folder 19
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Description: Janette Magor - Images Related to Her StoryDates: undatedContainer: Box 21, Folder 20
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Description: Janette Magor: negativesDates: 1908, undatedContainer: Box 21, Folder 21
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Description: Maps of Places Related to Outlaw ActivityDates: circa 1975, undatedContainer: Box 21, Folder 22
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Description: Mug Shots, Wyoming Territorial Prison: printsDates: circa 1890-1900Container: Box 21, Folder 23
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Description: Mug Shots, Wyoming Territorial Prison: negativesDates: circa 1890-1900Container: Box 21, Folder 24
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Description: OutlawsDates: circa 1890-1900Container: Box 22, Folder 1-2
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Description: Outlaws: printsDates: 1884-circa 1900Container: Box 22, Folder 3
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Description: Outlaws' Sites: printsDates: circa 1975Container: Box 22, Folder 4
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Description: Outlaws' Sites: negativesDates: 1973-1976Container: Box 22, Folder 5-6
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Description: Placed Related to Outlaws' ActivityDates: circa 1890-1970Container: Box 22, Folder 7
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Description: William T. Phillips and Members of His FamilyDates: circa 1909-1976Container: Box 22, Folder 8
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Description: William T. Phillips and Members of His Family: negativesDates: circa 1909-1976Container: Box 22, Folder 9
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Description: William T. Phillips' Family Members: printsDates: 1922-1974Container: Box 22, Folder 10
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Description: William T. Phillips, People, Objects, and Places Related to His StoryDates: circa 1920-1976Container: Box 22, Folder 11
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Description: W.T. Phillips and People Related to His Story: printsDates: circa 1930-1976Container: Box 22, Folder 12
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Description: W.T. Phillips - Objects and Places Related to His Story: negativesDates: 1910-1974Container: Box 22, Folder 13
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Description: Unidentified People and PlacesDates: circa 1900-1976Container: Box 22, Folder 14
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Description: Wagner Tain Robbery SiteDates: circa 1975Container: Box 22, Folder 15
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Description: Wagner Tain Robbery Site: negativesDates: 1901-circa 1975Container: Box 22, Folder 16
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Sub-series 3. Photographs of American Rodeo
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Description: Bareback Bronc RidingDates: 1921, undatedContainer: Box 23, Folder 1
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Description: Bareback Bronc RidingDates: undatedContainer: Box 23, Folder 2
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Description: Bareback Bronc RidingDates: 1960-1977, undatedContainer: Box 23, Folder 3
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Description: Bull RidingDates: 1913-1941, undatedContainer: Box 23, Folder 4
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Description: Bull RidingDates: 1957-1979, undatedContainer: Box 23, Folder 5
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Description: Calf RopingDates: 1927, undatedContainer: Box 23, Folder 6
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Description: Calf RopingDates: 1937, 1977-1978Container: Box 23, Folder 7
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Description: CowgirlsDates: circa 1920-1970, undatedContainer: Box 24, Folder 1-3
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Description: Horse EquipmentDates: undatedContainer: Box 24, Folder 4
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Description: Horse TrailersDates: undatedContainer: Box 24, Folder 5
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Description: Kramers' BrandDates: 1981Container: Box 24, Folder 6
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Description: Kramers: negativesDates: 1981Container: Box 24, Folder 7
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Description: Mounted BasketballDates: 1938Container: Box 24, Folder 8
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Description: Mounted Basketball: negativesDates: 1938Container: Box 24, Folder 9
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Description: The Rodeo Champions - Illustrations for the BookDates: circa 1985Container: Box 24, Folder 10
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Description: The Rodeo Champions - Lists of Illustrations for the Drafts of the BookDates: 1982, undatedContainer: Box 24, Folder 11
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Description: Rodeo ClownsDates: 1963-1979Container: Box 24, Folder 12
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Description: Rodeo Clowns: negativesDates: circa 1963, undatedContainer: Box 24, Folder 13
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Description: Rodeo ParadesDates: 1914-1936Container: Box 24, Folder 14
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Description: Rodeo PerformersDates: 1927-1978, undatedContainer: Box 24, Folder 15
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Description: Rodeo Scenes: negativesDates: 1979Container: Box 24, Folder 16
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Description: Rodeo Scenes: Garry Lepart and Norman Mason photo albums (negatives)Dates: 1978, 1982Container: Box 24, Folder 17
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Description: Rodeo Scenes: McCarthy photo album (negatives)Dates: undatedContainer: Box 24, Folder 18
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Description: Rodeo Scenes, Rodeo Performers: Turk Greenough photo album (negatives)Dates: circa 1982Container: Box 24, Folder 19
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Description: Rodeo Scenes, Rodeo Performers (PRCA): negativesDates: 1979Container: Box 24, Folder 20
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Description: Rodeo Scenes (oversize)Dates: undatedContainer: Box 25
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Description: Saddle Bronce RidingDates: 1907-1917, undatedContainer: Box 26, Folder 1
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Description: Saddle Bronce RidingDates: 1918-1928, UndatedContainer: Box 26, Folder 2
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Description: Saddle Bronce RidingDates: circa 1940Container: Box 26, Folder 3
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Description: Saddle Bronce RidingDates: 1943-1968, undatedContainer: Box 26, Folder 4
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Description: Saddle Bronce RidingDates: 1970-1980, undatedContainer: Box 26, Folder 5
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Description: Saddle Making: printsDates: 1979-1980Container: Box 26, Folder 6
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Description: Saddle Making: negativesDates: 1979-1980Container: Box 26, Folder 7
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Description: Sculptures of Cowboy on Bucking HorseDates: 1974, undatedContainer: Box 26, Folder 8
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Description: Steer RopingDates: 1964-1976Container: Box 26, Folder 9
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Description: Steer WrestlingDates: 1914-1980, undatedContainer: Box 26, Folder 10-11
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Description: Team RopingDates: 1927-1977Container: Box 26, Folder 12
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Description: Wyoming Emblem's Creator - George OstromDates: undatedContainer: Box 26, Folder 13
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Sub-series 4. Photographs of Illustrations from Books and Articles on Rodeo History
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Description: Bulls in Ancient Greek CultureDates: undatedContainer: Box 27, Folder 1-3
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Description: BullfightingDates: undatedContainer: Box 27, Folder 4
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Description: Bullfighting: negativesDates: undatedContainer: Box 27, Folder 5
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Description: Horse EquipmentDates: undatedContainer: Box 27, Folder 6
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Description: Horse Equipment: negativesDates: undatedContainer: Box 27, Folder 7
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Description: Images of BullsDates: undatedContainer: Box 27, Folder 8
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Description: Images of CowboysDates: undatedContainer: Box 27, Folder 9
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Description: Images of Cowboys: negativesDates: undatedContainer: Box 27, Folder 10
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Description: Images of HorsemenDates: undatedContainer: Box 27, Folder 11
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Description: Literature Search Photos: negativesDates: 1978-1982Container: Box 27, Folder 12
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Series VI. Microfilms of Newspapers
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Description: The Belle Fourche Times: Lawrence County, South DakotaDates: 1896-1899Container: Box 28, Folder 1
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Description: Black Hills Daily Times: Deadwood, South DakotaDates: June 1896-Feb. 1897Container: Box 28, Folder 2
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Description: Black Hills Daily Times, Weekly Times: Deadwood, South DakotaDates: 1897Container: Box 28, Folder 3
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Description: Daily Pioneer Times: Deacwood, South DakotaDates: Jan-June 1898Container: Box 28, Folder 4
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Series VII. Books and Printed Materials
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Description: Butch Cassidy and His Home, by Nema AndersonDates: undatedContainer: Box 29
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Description: Historical Comparison Photography: Headwaters Resource Area Butte District, Bureau of Land Management, Montana State OfficeDates: 1984Container: Box 29
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Description: Historical Comparison Photography: Missouri Breaks, Montana, Bureau of Land Management, Montana State OfficeDates: undatedContainer: Box 29
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Description: Historical Comparison Photography: Mountain Foothills Dillon Resource Area, Montana, Bureau of Land Management, Montana State OfficeDates: undatedContainer: Box 29
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Description: The Steward, Bureau of Land Management, MontanaDates: 1977Container: Box 29
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Description: They Rode with Butch Cassidy: The McCartys, by Richard ChurchillDates: undatedContainer: Box 29
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Description: South of the Border, by Joh Byrne CookeDates: 1989Container: Box 29
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Description: Register of the Papers of Charles Kelly, by Everett L. Cooley and Margery W. Ward, University of Utah LibrariesDates: 1975Container: Box 29
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Description: Nothing Is Long Ago: A Documentary History of Colorado 1776-1976, Denver Public LibraryDates: 1976Container: Box 29
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Description: Brand of a Legend, by Bob Edgar and Jack TurnellDates: 1979Container: Box 29
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Description: Lady of a Legend, by Bob Edgar and Jack TurnellDates: 1979Container: Box 29
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Description: Girl's RodeoDates: 1977Container: Box 29
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Description: The Saddlemakers of Sheridan, Wyoming, by Ann GozalkaDates: 1984Container: Box 29
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Description: National Association and Center for Outlaw and Lawman History: newsletterDates: 1976-1977Container: Box 30
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Description: National Intercollegiate Rodeo Finals: 1969Dates: 1969Container: Box 30
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Description: The Old West Trail FoundationDates: undatedContainer: Box 30
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Description: On the Trail of Butch Cassidy in Wyoming's Wind River CountryDates: 1991Container: Box 30
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Description: En Busca de Butch Cassidy, by Larry PointerDates: 1979Container: Box 30
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Description: In Search of Butch Cassidy, by Larry PointerDates: 1988Container: Box 30
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Description: Rodeo Champions, by Larry PointerDates: 1985Container: Box 30
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Description: Rodeo: Cowboys, Bulls, and Broncos, by Sam SavittDates: 1963Container: Box 30
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Description: Trail Talk: Newsletter of the Old West Trail FoundationDates: 1981Container: Box 30
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Description: True WestDates: 1969Container: Box 30
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Description: Register of the Charles Kelly Collection, Utah State Historical Society LibraryDates: 1976Container: Box 30
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Description: Western HorsemanDates: 1975Container: Box 30
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Description: The Outlaw Trail Revisited: 100 Years Later, Western Sunset FilmsDates: 1989Container: Box 30
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Description: Basic Wyoming History Books, Wyoming State LibraryDates: 1971Container: Box 30
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Description: The Art of Horsemanship, by XenophonDates: 1969Container: Box 30
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Series VIII. Harry Jackson Research Material and Manuscripts
Photographs, correspondence, magazines, and research files regarding Harry Jackson and the book Harry Jackson: The Man and His Art, by Larry Pointer
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Description: "Communications" - Harry Jackson; Tina Lear Jackson; Gary Shoop Mary Wright; Tim Yarnell; Margaret Kaplan; Donald Goddard; Dean MunchDates: 1976-1983Container: Box 31
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Description: Tape TranscriptsDates: 1979Container: Box 31
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Description: Manuscript DraftsDates: 1979Container: Box 31
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Description: Research FilesDates: 1975-1983Container: Box 31
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Description: PhotographsDates: undatedContainer: Box 31
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Description: Layout of Photographs for BookDates: undatedContainer: Box 31
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Description: Primary Source MaterialsDates: 1943-1983Container: Box 31
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Description: Monographs, Catalogs, EventsDates: 1956-1995Container: Box 32
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Description: Magazines with Articles on Harry JacksonDates: 1975-1984Container: Box 32
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Description: Offprints Relating to Harry JacksonDates: 1956-1982Container: Box 32
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Description: Clippings Relating to Harry JacksonDates: 1950s-1980sContainer: Box 32
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Description: Sketchbooks (photocopies)Dates: 1954-1958Container: Box 32
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Description: Journals (photocopies of diary pages)Dates: 1945-1965Container: Box 32
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Description: Daybooks (photocopies)Dates: 1976-1979Container: Box 32
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Description: "Closure"Dates: 2000Container: Box 32
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Additional Container Lists
The American Heritage Center is in the process of converting its older container lists to a more accessible format. These links are to older versions of container lists for boxes 35-45.
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Outlaws -- West (U.S.)
- Rodeos -- West (U.S.)
Personal Names
- Cassidy, Butch, b. 1866
- Dullenty, Jim
- Jackson, Harry, 1924-2011
Form or Genre Terms
- Interviews
- Photographs
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Pointer, Larry, 1940- : In search of Butch Cassidy
- Pointer, Larry, 1940- : Rodeo champions
