AHJ_ah00215 Inventory of the Isberg Family papers, 1884-1930 Isberg Family papers Processed by D. Claudia Thompson University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
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2016

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 Finding aid encoded by D. Claudia Thompson February 2016 Finding aid is in English Collection Summary Isberg Family Isberg Family papers 1884-1930 00215 2.33 cubic ft. (6 containers) University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English Photographs and textual materials of a Laramie, Wyoming, family. History of the Isberg Family

Christian Isberg (1839-1908) was a native of Sweden who came to Laramie, Wyoming, in 1868, when the town was first founded as a supply depot for the Union Pacific Railroad. Isberg settled in the town, and he and his wife (Emily?) had two sons, William H. and John, and a daughter, Emily.

William H. Isberg graduated from Laramie High School in 1895. He was a clerk in the dry goods department of other Laramie stores before opening his own establishment. William was an amateur photographer who took pictures of Laramie streets and events. His wife, Ginx Rich Isberg, was also an amateur photographer. The couple enjoyed camping, hunting, and picnicking. Their excursions with parties of friends into the surrounding area provided opportunities for many photographs of their activities.

The Rich and McElwain families lived in Hartley and Mason City, Iowa. Tibbie Rich Kline and Marjorie McElwain were visitors to Laramie who accompanied the Isbergs on some of their camping trips. Other camping companions included Ran Kline, Otto and Mary Piper, Marge Brebner, Bertha Boyd, McAuley and Margaret Carr, and Alice Marsh Spalding.

 Scope and Content

The Isberg Family collection contains photographs and glass plate negatives, primarily taken by William H. Isberg in Laramie and Albany County. The Laramie photographs document the town as it appeared in the 1890s to about 1918. Included are images of President Theodore Roosevelt's 1903 visit to Laramie. Other photographs show recreational activities in the country outside Laramie. Included are rock climbing, hunting, fishing, picnicking, and visiting at nearby ranches. The collection also contains some family documents; scrapbooks of Marjorie McElwain, a friend who lived in Iowa; a scrapbook of William Isberg containing cards and chromolithographs; and lantern slides of Utah and Colorado tourist sites.

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

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There are no known other archival collections created by the Isberg Family at the date of processing.

This material was received from William Isberg in 1941 (through the Albany County Historical Society; originally accessioned as #853); Murray Trump in 1952; Donald Lamb in 1952; and Mrs. John Isberg at an unknown date (through the Albany County Historical Society; originally accessioned as #883).

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

This collection was digitized by Kathy Gerlach from October 2016 - February 2017.

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

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Digital reproductions of select material from this collection are available at http://digitalcollections.uwyo.edu:8180/luna/servlet/uwydbuwy~160~160.

 Access Terms Isberg, William H. Isberg, Christian Isberg, Ginx McElwain, Marjorie Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 Camping -- Wyoming -- Albany County Fishing -- Wyoming -- Albany County Hunting -- Wyoming -- Albany County Laramie (Wyo.) Albany County (Wyo.) Wyoming -- History -- 1890-1918 Scrapbooks <?xm-replace_text {Title as Subject}?> Social Life and Customs City and Town Life Home and Family Sports and Recreation Wyoming Container List Series I. Visual Materials

Sub-series 1. Photographs

1 Abbott, Emma (commercial photograph of a popular singer) circa 1880s 1 Albany County Fair 1901-circa 1902 1 Albany County Fair - Bands 1903, 1905 1 Albany County Fair - Bucking Horses (includes Guy Holt on Steamboat; Bud Gillespie; Frank Stone) 1903-1904 1 Albany County Fair - Fire Company Hose Race 1903 1 Arrow heads undated 1 Babies and Children 1924, undated 1 Barron, E.R. undated 1 Camping Trip (Isbergs with Marge Brebner or Bradner) undated 1 Camping Trip - Sand Creek (Isbergs with Klines and Pipers) 1916 1 Camping Trips - Various undated 1 Carbon, Wyoming, Residents: Haldeen, Hansen, Johnson circa 1880s-1890s 1 Carr, Margaret and Family and Friends undated 1 Cattle undated 1 Cherokee Park undated 1 Chimney Rock (Wyoming-Colorado) undated 1 Church Family undated 1 Felts Family (Sweden) undated 1 Fishing undated 1 Friends - Various 1912-1923 1 Horses - Bedelia and Others 1912, undated 1 Hunt Family undated 1 Hunting and Guns undated 1 Iowa - Algona undated 1 Iowa - Hartley 1911, undated 1 Iowa - Mason City undated 1 Irrigation undated 1 Isberg, Christian and Wife undated 1 Isberg, Emily undated 1 Isberg Family Album Pages undated 1 Isberg, Ginx 1906, undated 1 Isberg, John and Family undated 1 Isberg, William H. undated 1 Isberg, William and Ginx, and Family and Friends 1907-1913, undated 1 Isberg, William and Ginx, Posing by a Fence 1906 1 Johnson, J.W. Family undated 1 Jones Family (1st teacher in Medicine Bow, Wyo.) circa 1886 1 Laramie 1903, undated 1 Laramie - Churches, Schools, and Government Buildings undated 1 Laramie - City Park undated 1 Laramie - Construction and Industry 1880s-1899, undated 1 Laramie - Dwellings undated 1 Laramie - Group Pictures (High School Class, North Star Society, other) 1895, undated 1 Laramie - Residential Street in Winter (4th and Garfield) undated 1 Laramie - Temple of Economy (A.E. Miller Store) 1901-1903 1 Laramie - Temple of Economy - Interiors 1903, undated 1 Laramie - Temple of Economy - Show Windows undated 1 Laramie - W.H. Frazee Store 1903 1 Laramie - Wyoming Penitentiary 1903 1 Lembke Ranch House undated 1 Log Cabin undated 1 McElwain, Marjorie 1909 1 Oxford Ranch House undated 1 Palmer, Axel Family (Red Buttes, Wyo.) 1903 1 Parade - Albany County Fair 1901 1 Parade - Laramie undated 1 Parade - Red Cross Day, Hartley Iowa 1917 1 Picnic Parties 1908, undated 1 Picnic Parties - with J.W. Johnson Family and Others 1913 1 Rich Family (Hartley, Iowa) undated 1 Rodeos - Unidentified 1909-1915 4 Roosevelt, Theodore, in Laramie and Cheyenne 1903 4 Sheep undated 4 Union Pacific Railroad - Wreck Near Laramie Depot, Laramie River Bridge, etc. 1903, undated 4 University of Wyoming 1890-1910 4 Yellowstone Trip 1904 Sub-series 2. Glass Negatives

2 Events and people in Laramie; camping in Albany County; etc. 1890s-circa 1910 Sub-series 3. Lantern Slides

3 Glass slides of tourist sites in Utah and Colorado undated Sub-series 4. Commercial Postcards

Some postcards include correspondence.

 4 Estes Park (Colo.) undated 4 Laramie (Wyo.) and University of Wyoming 1909, undated 4 Miscellaneous 1908-1912, undated 4 Oregon Trail undated 4 Wyoming (General) 1908-1914, undated Sub-series 5. Stereo Cards

4 McKinley and Wife 1896 4 The Famous Rough Riders, Camp Wikoff, Montauk Point, N.Y. 1899 4 Bee Hive Geyser, Yellowstone National Park 1896 4 Harrowing, Grandin Farm, Dakota undated Series II. Textual Materials and Scrapbooks

4 Catalog and Price List - Trabing Commercial Company circa 1880s 6 Certificate of Membership, Fire Department, Laramie Hook & Ladder Company No. 1, T.H. Trewartha 1899 4 Certificates of Preemption and Naturalization of Christian Isberg 1884, 1889 4 "Cheque Book of Beautiful New Year Wishes" circa 1900 5 Check Register of William H. Isberg, Albany County National Bank, Laramie 1921-1922 4Christmas Cards and Calendars1932-1935 4 Graduation Book of Marjorie McElwain 1918 4 Gun License issued by State of Wyoming to William H. Isberg 1904 4 Invitation to Commencement Exercises of Emily Isberg - Maryland College for Women 1904 6 Map - "Laramie, Wyoming, Spring 1889" (Lithograph supplement to Laramie Boomerang) undated 6 Map - Stockholm (Chromolithograph view purchased by Christian Isberg) undated 6 Map - Utah (Rand McNally) 1890 4 "Marking the Oregon Trail, the Bozeman Road, and Historica Places in Wyoming, 1908-1920" - D.A.R. Report by Grace Raymond Hebard 1921 6 Newspaper Sections - "The First 100 Years of 'Oregon or Bust' Were the Hardest" (from The Denver Post) 1930 4Recipesundated 4 Remembrance Cards - Emily Isberg; Christian Isberg; Ellen Isberg; Norman Simpson 1899-1910 5 Scrapbook - "The Girl Graduate's Scrap Book" of Marjorie McElwain, Mason City High School, Mason City, Iowa (contains photographs and textual materials) 1914-1918 5 Scrapbook - "Arranged by William Isberg when a child" (contains cards and chromolithographs with religious and advertising mottoes) undated 4 Tickets for Holliday Opera House undated 5 Warranty Deed - Union Pacific Railway Company to Emily J. Pelton for town lot in Laramie, Wyoming 1884