Carl A. Rott papers, 1919-1971

Arranged alphabetically by file name. The collection contains materials related to Rott's career in politics and journalism. A large portion of the collection consists of correspondence, especially between Rott and Fred Seaton, as well as with other Wyoming politicians including William Henry Jackson, J.J. Hickey, Milward Simpson, and Frank Barrett. There is also a significant amount of material related to Alf Landon, including campaign speeches given by Landon and correspondence between Rott and Landon primarily regarding political issues in Kansas, Wyoming, and the nation. Additional correspondence includes letters between Rott's wife Dorothy and Theo Cobb Landon (Landon's wife) and Josephine Cobb (Landon's mother-in-law). These letters primarily deal with Landon's political career and family matters.

Rott's activies with the Wyoming State Highway Commission are especially well documented, and include minutes, speeches, and reports concerning the planning and implementation of the U.S. interstate system in Wyoming, especially with regards to the location of what is now I-90 between Gillette and Buffalo. The collection also contains materials related to Rott's organizational memberships, including the Wyoming Citizens Committee on Educational Problems and the Wyoming Republican State Committee's 1954 survey of Wyoming's opinions regarding Preseident Eisenhower, as well as materials related to Rott's 1958 legislative campaign. The collection contains few materials pertaining to Rott's operation of the Sheridan "Press." The collection also contains some material relating to William Bayard Weir, a U.S. Army officer who was killed during the Ute Indian War of 1879.