AHJ_ah08979 Inventory of the Richard Leferink Scrapbook 1923-1944 Leferink (Richard) scrapbook Processed by Rita Burleson The creation of the EAD-version of this finding aid was made possible through a grant from the National Historic Publications and Records Commission. University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
American Heritage Center Dept. 3924, 1000 E. University Avenue University of Wyoming Laramie, WY 82071 Phone: 307.766.2574 Fax:307.766.5511 Email:ahcref@uwyo.edu URL:http://ahc.uwyo.edu/
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 Finding aid encoded by Ann Mulfort December 2005 Finding aid is in English Richard Leferink Scrapbook, 1923-1944 Collection number: 08979 University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. Publication date: 2005 Contact Information American Heritage Center Dept. 3924, 1000 E. University Avenue University of Wyoming Laramie, WY 82071 Phone: 307.766.2574 Fax:307.766.5511 Email:ahcref@uwyo.edu URL:http://ahc.uwyo.edu/ October 2004

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 Collection Summary Leferink, Richard Richard Leferink Scrapbook 1923-1944 08979 0.92 cubic ft. (1 Item) University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English Richard Leferink began flying during World War I and continued this occupation after the war until he started his own flying service company in Casper, Wyoming, in 1931. This collection is the scrapbook of news clippings, correspondence, and photographs he kept to tell the story of that company and of his flying career. Scope and Content

Richard Leferink learned flying during World War I. He continued his love of flying after the war, barn storming or flying cargo for businesses until he had flown in forty-one states and Mexico before he settled in Casper and began Wyoming Air Service, Inc. in 1931. Within eight years he expanded the company, providing mail and passenger service along the Front Range of the Rockies from Pueblo, Colorado, to Billings and Great Falls, Montana; Huron, South Dakota; Scottsbluff, Nebraska, and Alberta, Canada. In 1941, Wyoming Air Service was one of seventeen domestic airlines in the United States.

World War II interrupted domestic, commercial flying service. Leferink sold the company in 1944 to Western Air Lines, headquartered in Denver, Colorado. This collection consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings, correspondence, and photographs Leferink kept throughout his flying career. It begins with his entry into World War I and stops once he sold the company. The scrapbook contains many news stories explaining how the company started, how it quickly expanded, and the people involved, from pilots to civic boosters, wanting air service in their communities.

 Access Restrictions

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

 Copyright Information

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 Related Materials

There are no other known archival collections created by Richard Leferink at the date of processing.

 Acquisition Information

Scrapbook received from Mrs. Irma F. Dennis, December 1990.

 Processing Information

The collection was processed by Rita Burleson in October 2004.

 Preferred Citation

Item Description, Richard Leferink Scrapbook, 1923-1944, Collection Number 08979, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

 Existence and Location of Copies

Digital reproductions of select material from this collection are available at http://digitalcollections.uwyo.edu:8180/luna/servlet/uwydbuwy~129~129.

 Access Terms Wyoming Air Service. Inland Air Lines. Western Airlines Inland Air Division. Local service airlines. Aeronautics--Wyoming. Transportation. Businesses and Corporations. Scrapbooks. Front Range (Colo. and Wyo.) Casper (Wyo.) Cheyenne (Wyo.) Denver (Colo.) Billings (Mont.) Great Falls (Mont.) Scottsbluff (Neb.) Huron (S.D.) Canada, Western. Scrapbooks. Pilots. <?xm-replace_text {Title as Subject}?>