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B.C. Buffum papers, 1890-1972

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Buffum, B.C. (Burt C.), 1868-1944
Title
B.C. Buffum papers
Dates
1890-1972 (inclusive)
1890-1914 (bulk)
Quantity
14.28 cubic ft. (48 boxes)
Collection Number
400055
Summary
Photographs and records of a professor of the University of Wyoming's College of Agriculture, who administered the university's Agricultural Experiment stations and who later began commercial production of wheat.
Repository
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

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

Languages
English
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Historical Note

Burt C. Buffum joined the faculty of the University of Wyoming in 1891 as professor of Agriculture. In 1893 Buffum was in charge of the Wyoming exhibits at the Chicago World’s Fair. He left briefly to teach at the Agricultural College in Colorado in 1900 but returned to the University of Wyoming in 1902. He became director of the university's Experiment Stations throughout the state. He was especially interested in the cultivation of emmer wheat, which was well-adapted to the high dry climate of Wyoming. He was also an enthusiastic amateur photographer and created many images of the university, the experiment stations, and his travels. Buffum resigned in 1907 to found the Wyoming Plant and Seed Breeding Company in Worland, Wyoming. He moved the operation to Denver, Colorado, in 1916 and retired in 1919.

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Content Description

The collection contains glass plate negatives depicting the University of Wyoming, agricultural experiments stations, crops, livestock, and exhibits. There are also images of President Theodore Roosevelt visiting Wyoming in 1903. In addition, the collection includes notebooks of meteorological readings, printed material about emmer wheat, a report on the acquisition of the former territorial penitentiary for experimental agricultural use, and biographical information about B.C. Buffum, and the Buffum family.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Copyright Information

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Restrictions on Use

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Preferred Citation

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

Alternative Forms Available

Existence and Location of Copies

Digital reproductions of select portions of this collection are available at: https://digitalcollections.uwyo.edu/luna/servlet/uwydbuwy~96~96.

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Administrative Information

Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by B.C. Buffum at the date of processing.

Acquisition Information

The earliest accretions of glass negatives and meteorological data are undated and the donor unidentified. Later material was received from Eduma Buffum Boyne (1964-1974) and from Burbank B. Buffum (1974).

Processing Note

Item listing of glass plate negatives was completed by Theresa Kay in March 2000. The collection was processed by D. Claudia Thompson in June 2011 and updated in May 2020.

Portions of the collection were digitized by Rick Walters from 2011-2014, Hannah Gunderman in 2014, and Kathy Gerlach from 2015-2016.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Container List

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Subject Terms

  • Agricultural exhibitions
  • Agriculture -- Research -- Wyoming
  • Photography -- Wyoming
  • Photography of farms -- Wyoming
  • Photography of livestock -- Wyoming
  • Photography of plants -- Wyoming
  • Wheat -- Wyoming
  • World’s Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)

Personal Names

  • Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 -- Photographs

Corporate Names

  • University of Wyoming
  • University of Wyoming. College of Agriculture

Geographical Names

  • Laramie (Wyo.)
  • Wyoming -- History, 1890-1918

Form or Genre Terms

  • Negatives

Other Creators

  • Corporate Names

    • University of Wyoming. Agricultural Experiment Station

Processed by D. Claudia Thompson
2011

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