L.G. Flannery papers, 1899-1971

Correspondence to D.C. attorney Thurman Arnold from various people supporting O’Mahoney as Truman’s running mate. Includes a telegram from Governor Lester C. Hunt and a letter from Harold Ickes.

Most mention Flannery, who was appointed director of the state’s department of commerce and industry. Also includes a mail-in ballot.

Clippings related to Flannery’s congressional campaign.

Materials related to Flannery’s congressional campaign, including fliers, incoming and outgoing correspondence, bank statements, receipts, and clippings. Also includes incoming correspondence that was accompanied by campaign contributions, as well as copies of Flannery’s letters to two of the contributors.

Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence, invitations to events during the convention, and a souvenir ticket book to convention sessions.

Includes lists of delegates and alternates, receipts, list of media people, clippings regarding the convention, multiple copies of a flier promoting O’Mahoney as Truman’s running mate, a checkbook and cancelled checks, and incoming and outgoing correspondence.

Materials related to O’Mahoney’s 1952 re-election campaign for the Senate—includes correspondence and breakdowns of voters by county. Also includes clippings (one, from 1949, quotes Flannery as O’Mahoney’s assistant), correspondence, and circulars and fliers promoting O’Mahoney’s re-election, as well as a flier promoting Adlai Stevenson for president.

Materials related to O’Mahoney’s 1952 re-election campaign for the Senate—includes correspondence and breakdowns of voters by county. Also includes clippings (one, from 1949, quotes Flannery as O’Mahoney’s assistant), correspondence, and circulars and fliers promoting O’Mahoney’s re-election, as well as a flier promoting Adlai Stevenson for president.

Includes an invitation to a Democratic Victory Dinner in honor of FDR, as well as mailers regarding the dinner; a program/menu for a dinner of the Democratic League of the District of Columbia (with signatures on the back); and a souvenir program and related materials for a testimonial dinner to James A. Farley, chairman of the Democratic National Committee.

Includes the following: (1) “The Judiciary Bill Should Not Pass,” 1937—a print copy of O’Mahoney’s radio address advocating against the Judiciary Bill of 1937, i.e., FDR’s court-packing plan; (2) flier “O’Mahoney of Wyoming – A Record of Performance” and circular promoting O’Mahoney’s 1946 re-election to the Senate; (3) press release—statement from O’Mahoney endorsing Barkley as Truman’s running mate; (4) clipping about O’Mahoney following his defeat in the 1952 election; (5) copy of a Senate bill introduced by O’Mahoney; (6) “Water on the Troubled Oil,” an essay promoting legislation co-sponsored by O’Mahoney; (7) “Sovereignty and Liquid Gold,” a memorandum that includes a statement from O’Mahoney; and (8) “Names of Persons interested in Senator [O’Mahoney] as V.P. Candidate.”

Signed by “Flat Pannery”; the first one explains that he wrote these in his spare time while administrative assistant to O’Mahoney.

Some signed by Flannery; some mention O’Mahoney.

From O’Mahoney’s office.

Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence, typewritten manuscripts and speeches, clippings, vote tabulations by county, and publication “Factual Campaign Information.”

Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence, typewritten manuscripts and speeches, clippings, vote tabulations by county, and publication “Factual Campaign Information.”

Includes a list of Wyoming newspapers from the Department of Commerce and Industry, mailing lists, and clippings regarding possible Senate runs by William “Scotty” Jack and Lester C. Hunt.

Includes the following: (1) “A Message to Wyoming” by William “Scotty” Jack, state auditor of Wyoming, with a handwritten note to Flannery and Jack’s signature; (2) two newspaper editorials in support of the Republican Party; (3) essay “International Pioneer: The Story of John Foster Dulles”; (4) two copies of a 1949 Senate bill (5) a clipping promoting Alonzo M. Clark for Wyoming governor; (5) “Disaster Loan Policies and Procedures” and legislation abolishing the Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation of Washington; (6) “Monopoly Power,” a statement from G.B. Burnham, Burnham Chemical Committee, to the U.S. Senate; (7) drafts (with photos) of a flier promoting John B. Clark for Congress; (8) a list of mail received in Sen. O’Mahoney’s office during the first seven months of 1950.

Includes (1) speeches on John Hunton’s diaries; (2) unsigned story “Goodby, Sweetie Pie,” published in the Goshen News, which Flannery owned and edited; (3) satiric “Schedule for MacArthur Day”; (4) letter to The New Republic from Flannery, who is listed as executive assistant to O’Mahoney; and (5) program for the Pony Express Centennial Celebration in Laramie (Flannery was master of ceremonies).

Copies of six issues of the Guide-Review (Lingle)—each has front-page column “It All Happened a Long Time Ago” with reprints of columns written by Flannery in 1926.

Ozalid photocopies of John Hunton’s diary from 1880-1888—photocopied from the Guide-Review (Lingle), which published them during the 1950s. Also includes an ozalid photocopy of a letter that Flannery wrote to Lamar Moore regarding the 1880 entries.

Includes articles by and about Flannery, clippings about John Hunton’s diaries, and a reprint of an 1861 issue of the Virginia newspaper The Southern Citizen.

Fort Laramie Scout (weekly) and Fort Laramie Scout/Goshen News and Fort Laramie Scout (weekly) in two bound volumes.

Goshen News and Fort Laramie Scout (weekly) in two bound volumes.

Goshen News and Fort Laramie Scout (weekly) in two bound volumes.

Goshen News and Fort Laramie Scout (weekly) in one bound volume.

Materials related to the Pony Express Centennial Celebration in Laramie (Flannery was master of ceremonies).

Flannery was president of the association in 1963. Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence, blank membership forms, program for the eighth annual meeting of the Wyoming State Historical Society (Flannery is listed in the program), name tags, and photographs of Flannery.

Programs from (1) Last Man Club, 20th and 21st annual banquets; (2) Gale McGee Appreciation Dinner; (3) 1960 Wyoming Democratic Convention; (4) Wyoming State Historical Society, 7th and 9th annual meetings; and (5) Report from the 8th annual meeting of the Wyoming State Historical Society.

Materials related to Ah-ho-ap-pa (also known as “Fallen Leaf”), daughter of Spotted Tail, head chief of the Brule Sioux, whose grave may have been, according to the correspondence in this file, rediscovered on Flannery’s property adjoining the Fort Laramie National Monument. Includes correspondence, two copies of a ballad about “Fallen Leaf,” and an article about her that was published in the Guide-Review (Lingle).

Includes two clippings about Flannery.

Includes correspondence to Flannery regarding the discovery of Homsley’s grave and interest in dedicating a monument to it (the Laramie Scout, one of Flannery’s newspapers, ran an article about the discovery of the grave). Also includes a letter from Lura Homsley Gibson, Mary Homsley’s daughter, thanking Flannery for sending her newspapers with articles about the discovery of the grave, a response from a supervisory historian at the US Department of the Interior to a request from Alice Flannery, Flannery’s widow, about Homsley and her grave, black-&-white photos of the grave, and clippings about the grave, including clippings from the Oregonian and the Laramie Boomerang.

Includes “What a Life – Democratic Strength in Wyoming” by Flannery, “Wyoming Today” by Flannery (with an attached telegram from Flannery), and an editorial, “We’ll Trail Along with the President” by Flannery.

Includes three copies of “The Saga of a Saddle” by Flannery and Joseph G. Rosa and two copies of “Work on the Northside Ditch” by J. Fred Toman. Also includes “All about Red Indians” by Edward H. Blackmore, an envelope labeled “Pictures of workers on government canal” with black-&-white photos, black-&-white photos and negatives, and a drawing labeled “Buffalo Bill’s Saddle.”

Includes black-&-white photos of Flannery, alone and with others, including photos of the 1938 Democratic State Central Committee, the 1920 Democratic Convention, and the 1947 Senate Hearings on the Centralia Coal Mine disaster.

Includes black-&-white photos of Flannery, alone and with others, including photos of the 1938 Democratic State Central Committee, the 1920 Democratic Convention, and the 1947 Senate Hearings on the Centralia Coal Mine disaster.

Includes photos of Flannery, alone and with others, and a photo of William “Scotty” Jack, signed to Flannery.

Includes a memorial coin from the National Pony Express Centennial Association, an empty wallet with an “LGF” monogram, a name tag for Flannery at the 1960 Democratic State Convention, Thermopolis, WY, and a partial copy of the newspaper “Bill Barlow’s Budget—Twenty-First Anniversary,” Douglas, WY.