Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives
John I. White papers
UUS_COLL MSS 201
36 boxes
20.5 linear feet
1860-1994
Contains correspondence, research files, and artifacts. Includes correspondence related to songs and song makers of the American West
Material in English
John I. White (1902-1992) was a writer, singer of cowboy songs, radio personality, and map draftsman. His singing career culminated when he played his guitar and sang as "The Lonesome Cowboy" on the NBC radio drama "Death Valley Days" sponsored by 20-Mule-Team Borax from 1929-1936. He maintained a lifelong interest in cowboy songs and the American West, researching and writing articles and two books on this and other topics.
Contains correspondence, research files, and artifacts. Includes correspondence related to songs and song makers of the American West; significant correspondents such as Will C. Barnes, Badger Clark, Gail Gardner, Romaine Lowdermilk, Dominick J. O'Malley, Powder River Jack Lee, Austin Fife, and many other cowboy songwriters, singers, and scholars. Also includes fan mail written to White, who sang as "The Lonesome Cowboy" for the "Death Valley Days" radio show in the 1930s. Research files contain research notes, ideas for articles and plays, drafts of articles, original scripts, and related correspondence. Artifacts include White's guitar and the cowboy hat given to him by cowboy poet Dominick J. O'Malley.
Correspondence arranged alphabetically by correspondent; research arranged alphabetically in order that John I. White placed them.
No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
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Permission to publish material from the John I. White papers must be obtained from the Special Collections and Archives manuscript curator and/or the Special Collections and Archives department head.
Initial Citation:John I. White papers, MSS 201, Box #. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.
Following Citations: USU_COLL MSS 201, USUSC.
Donated in 1992 by his widow, Augusta Postles White, and two children, Jennifer White Fischer and Jonathan Postles White.
RHL copy of roughdraft of "Big Corral" article in the Arizona Republic in box 5, folder 18 was donated to USU Special Collections and Archives by Romy Gerould in 2018.
Correspondence from John I. White to Romaine Lowdermilk dated March 14 and May 23 1965, November 28 1966, April 2 and 26, 1967 in box 5, folder 12, and August 2 1968, May 1 1969 in box 5, folder 13 were donated to USU Special Collections and Archives by Romy Gerould in 2018.
"There is 'Great Grandma' Too" paper in box 5, folder 25 was donated to USU Special Collections and Archives by Romy Gerould in 2018.
"References to Strawberry Roan" in box 31, folder 14 was donated to USU Special Collections and Archives by Romy Gerould in 2018.
Processed by USU Special Collections and Archives.
John I. White photograph collection; Also located at Utah State University, Merrill Library, Special Collections and Archives, P0037
Utah State University. Libraries. Special Collections and Archives.
Cowboys--Songs and music--History--Sources.
Country music--History--History--Sources.
Folk music--West (U.S.)--History--Sources.
Death Valley Days (Radio program)
Radio actors and actresses--Records and correspondence.
Folk musicians--Records and correspondence.
Music
A-C
1860-1994
Correspondence
Adams, Andy
1934
1
1
Babb, John - John I. White gives notice to NBC
1930 June 30
1
2
Barnes, W.C.
1889-1930
1
3
Barnes, W.C.
1889-1930
1
4
Barnes, W.C.
1889-1930
1
5
Barnes, W.C. - concerning "Portrait for a Western Album" published in American West March/April 1979
1979
1
6
Barnes, W.C. - articles by John I. White about Barnes
1889-1994
1
7
Barnes, W.C. - articles about Barnes
1889-1994
1
8
Barnes, W.C. - articles and notes about Barnes
1889-1994
1
9
Barnes, W.C. - articles and notes about Barnes
1889-1994
1
10
Boyd, Joe Dan
1889-1994
1
11
Boyd, Joe Dan - articles
1889-1994
1
12
Bond, Johnny
1889-1994
1
13
Brininstool, E.A.
1889-1994
1
14
Buehler, Richard E. - managing editor for Abstracts of Folklore Studies
1968 February-March
1
15
Cannon, Hal
1889-1994
1
16
Chittenden, William Lawrence
1889-1994
1
17
Cheetham, Everett
1889-1994
1
18
Clark, Badger
1889-1994
1
19
Clark, Badger
1889-1994
1
20
Clark, Badger
1889-1994
1
21
Clark, Badger
1889-1994
1
22
Clark, Badger - files
1889-1994
1
23
Clark, Badger - Border Affair
1889-1994
1
24
Clark, Badger - music to Border Affair
1889-1994
1
25
Clark, Badger - The Glory Trail
1889-1994
1
26
Clark, Badger - Badger Clark Ballads
1889-1994
1
27
Clark, Badger - Arizona Highways article
1969 February
1
28
Clark, Badger - Biographical Material
1889-1994
1
29
Cohen, Norm
1889-1994
1
30
Coolidge, Dane - concerning "Zebra Dun"
1889-1994
1
31
Critchlow, R.R. - relations with Lomax and Fife
1889-1994
1
32
D-F
1860-1994
Correspondence
Daniel, Harlan
1964-1966
2
1
Daniel, Harlan
1967-1968
2
2
Daniel, Harlan
1970-1989
2
3
Dobie, J. Frank - single letter
1934 February 26
2
4
Dobie, J. Frank - articles by and about Dobie
1889-1994
2
5
Fan mail addressed to John I. White's radio personality, the "Lonesome Cowboy"
1930-1939
2
6
Fan Mail (Lonesome Cowboy)
1930-1939
2
7
Fan Mail (Lonesome Cowboy)
1930-1939
2
8
Fan Mail (Lonesome Cowboy)
1930-1939
2
9
Fan Mail (Lonesome Cowboy)
1930-1939
2
10
Fife, Austin
1980-1989
2
11
Fife, Austin
1970-1979
2
12
Fife, Austin
1960-1969
2
13
Fife, Austin - articles by Austin Fife
1889-1994
2
14
Fletcher, Tex
1967-1971
2
15
Foster, Jesse May to Newell Hart
1982 November 2
2
16
G
1860-1994
Correspondence
Gardner, Gail
1930-1939
3
1
Gardner, Gail
1960-1969
3
2
Gardner, Gail
1970-1979
3
3
Gardner, Gail
1980-1989
3
4
Gardner, Gail - Orejana Bull for Cowboys Only
1930-1989
3
5
Gardner, Gail - Arizona Republicarticles on Gardner
1967
3
6
Gardner, Gail - articles and poems by
1930-1989
3
7
Gardner, Gail - articles about
1930-1989
3
8
Gardner, Gail - "Tying knots in the devil's tail" or "The Sierry Petes"
1930-1989
3
9
Gentry, Dr. E. Linnell
1973-1976
3
10
Gillespie, Angus
1980-1989
3
11
Gordon, Robert W.
1889-1994
3
12
Gray, Harry J.
1983
3
13
Gressley, Gene
1960-1969
3
14
Gressley, Gene
1970-1979
3
15
Gressley, Gene
1980-1989
3
16
Griffith, Jim - University of Arizona
1980-1989
3
17
Green, Archie - University of Illinois
1960-1979
3
18
H-K
1860-1994
Correspondence
Haden, Walter - University of Tennessee at Martin
1969-1974
4
1
Halpert, Herbert
1968-1970
4
2
Hanson, Joseph Mills
1933-1934
4
3
Hanson, Joseph Mills - correspondence with Mrs. Hanson
1965-1970
4
4
Hanson, Joseph Mills - correspondence with editors about publishing an article
1889-1994
4
5
Hanson, Joseph Mills
1889-1994
4
6
Hanson, Joseph Mills
1889-1994
4
7
Hanson, Joseph Mills - "A Ballad in Search of an Author"
1889-1994
4
8
Hanson, Joseph Mills - "Last Day with the Dogies"
1889-1994
4
9
Hanson, Joseph Mills - "Maverick Cowboy Songs"
1889-1994
4
10
Hanson, Joseph Mills - "Railroad Corral"
1889-1994
4
11
Hanson, Joseph Mills - Railroad Corral"
1889-1994
4
12
Hanson, Joseph Mills - World War I and military material
1889-1994
4
13
Haviland Publishing Co. concerning the Lonesome Cowboy Songbook
1932-1933
4
14
Hennessey, Paul
1860-1994
4
15
Hickerson, Joseph - head of Archive of Folksong at the Library of Congress
1966-1978
4
16
Ives, Charles
1889-1994
4
17
Keller, Shirley
1988
4
18
KiLarr, Stanley - lost songs detective
1973-1974
4
19
Korn, Michael
1985-1989
4
20
Korn, Michael
1984-1985
4
21
L-Lowdermilk
1860-1994
Correspondence
Lair, John W.
1966-1978
5
1
Lawless, Ray
1965-1969
5
2
Laws, Malcolm
1965-1970
5
3
Lee, Katie
1968-1972
5
4
Lee, Katie
1973-1975
5
5
Lee, Katie
1976-1986
5
6
Lee, Powder River Jack
1934
5
7
Lodgson, Guy
1976-1988
5
8
Lomax, Alan
1935
5
9
Lomax, John A.
1934-1937
5
10
Lowdermilk, Romaine
1930-1939
5
11
Lowdermilk, Romaine
1964-1967
5
12
Lowdermilk, Romaine
1968-1969
5
13
Lowdermilk, Romaine
1970-1979
5
14
Lowdermilk, Romaine - files and prints of "Big Corral" from songbooks and discography
1889-1994
5
15
Lowdermilk, Romaine - "Big Corral" article
1889-1994
5
16
Lowdermilk, Romaine - rough draft of "Big Corral" article for The Instructor
1889-1994
5
17
Lowdermilk, Romaine - "Big Corral" article in Arizona Republic
1889-1994
5
18
Lowdermilk, Romaine - "Big Corral"
1889-1994
5
19
Lowdermilk, Romaine - "Great Grandad"
1889-1994
5
20
Lowdermilk, Romaine - "He Put Great Grandad on the Map" - concerning the article
1889-1994
5
21
Lowdermilk, Romaine - "He Put Great Grandad on the Map" - published AFF Word
1889-1994
5
22
Lowdermilk, Romaine - drafts of "He Put Great Grandad on the Map"
1889-1994
5
23
Lowdermilk, Romaine - copies of the published song "Great Grandad"
1889-1994
5
24
Lowdermilk, Romaine - notes on the "Great Grandad" article
1889-1994
5
25
Lowdermilk, Romaine - Yarapai Magazine
1928 June
5
26
Lumpkin-O'Malley
1860-1994
Correspondence
Lumpkin, Ben Gray
1966-1968
6
1
Lumpkin, Ben Gray
1967-1969
6
2
Lumpkin, Ben Gray
1969-1972
6
3
Lumpkin, Ben Gray - publications
1889-1994
6
4
Mare, Frank
1988
6
5
Michener, James A.
1976
6
6
O'Malley, D.J.
1932
6
7
O'Malley, D.J.
1933
6
8
O'Malley, D.J.
1934 January-March
6
9
O'Malley, D.J.
1934 April-May
6
10
O'Malley, D.J.
1934 June-December
6
11
O'Malley, D.J.
1935 January-March
6
12
O'Malley, D.J.
1936
6
13
O'Malley, D.J.
1935 April-December
6
14
O'Malley, D.J.
1937-1938
6
15
O'Malley, D.J.
1889-1994
6
16
O'Malley, D.J.
1968-1971
6
17
O'Malley, Alicia and Margaret
1972-1975
6
18
O'Malley, Alicia and Margaret
1977-1978
6
19
O'Malley, Alicia and Margaret
1979-1982
6
20
O'Malley, Alicia
1984-1985
6
21
O'Malley, Alicia
1984-1985
6
22
O'Malley, D.J. - proposed item for the 75th Anniversary of of D-2 Horse Wrangler for the Denver Post
1889-1994
6
23
O'Malley, D.J. - photo caption for Montana magazine article on O'Malley
1889-1994
6
24
O'Malley, D.J. - captions sent to Mrs. Paladin for O'Malley article in Montana magazine
1889-1994
6
25
O'Malley, D.J. - material for Montana magazine
1889-1994
6
26
O'Malley, D.J. - draft of footnotes for Montana magazine article
1889-1994
6
27
O'Malley, D.J. - drafts for Montana magazine article
1889-1994
6
28
Lumpkin-O'Malley
1860-1994
Correspondence
O'Malley, D.J. - John I. White correspondence with the editor of the Miles City Star
1967-1969
6a
1
O'Malley, D.J. - John I. White correspondence with Vivian A. Paladin, editor of Montana
1967
6a
2
O'Malley, D.J. - John I. White correspondence with various people - used in Montana article - (Laura E. Root, William Tracy Page, Charles Marshall, Miles City Star, Jack McCausland, Roberta Cheney, Frank M. Jacobs)
1934-1970
6a
3
O'Malley, D.J. - Poems
1934
6a
4
O'Malley, D.J. - notes on his poems
1934
6a
5
O'Malley, D.J. - xerox copies of correspondence between O'Malley and J.B. Moore
1935-1938
6a
6
O'Malley, D.J. - xerox copies of correspondence between O'Malley and Mrs. D. Shy
1935-1938
6a
7
O'Malley, D.J. - "An Eyewitness account of the early days in rip-roaring Miles City was given by D.J. O'Malley in one of his newspaper articles written in the mid-1930's"
1935
6a
8
O'Malley, D.J. - John I. White's notes for articles
1960-1989
6a
9
O'Malley
1860-1994
Correspondence
O'Malley, D.J. - "D.J. O'Malley Cowboy Poet" by D.J. O'Malley and John I. White
1889-1994
7
1
O'Malley, D.J. - two early drafts for an A.F.S Journal article by John I. White
1889-1994
7
2
O'Malley, D.J. - concerning A.F.S. article on O'Malley
1889-1994
7
3
O'Malley, D.J. - final draft for A.F.S. article entitled "A Montana Cowboy Poet"
1889-1994
7
4
O'Malley, D.J. - "A Montana Cowboy Poet" - children's version published in Highlights for Children
1974
7
5
O'Malley, D.J. - O'Malley's article about Indian removal
1889-1994
7
6
O'Malley, D.J. - O'Malley's article for American West
1889-1994
7
7
O'Malley, D.J. - articles written by O'Malley
1889-1994
7
8
O'Malley, D.J. - "After the Roundup"
1889-1994
7
9
O'Malley, D.J. - "A Busted Cowboy's Christmas" editorial work on converting Montana magazine article into chapter of book
1889-1994
7
10
O'Malley, D.J. - "Moving Day for the Second" by D.J. O'Malley
1889-1994
7
11
O'Malley, D.J. - "Montana Cowboy Dominick J. O'Malley" by John I. White
1889-1994
7
12
O'Malley, D.J. - "A Cowboy Poet" by John I. White
1889-1994
7
13
O'Malley, D.J. - newspapers sent to John I. White by D.J. O'Malley
1889-1994
7
14
O'Malley, D.J. - newspapers sent to John I. White by D.J. O'Malley
1889-1994
7
15
O'Malley, D.J. - newspapers sent to John I. White by D.J. O'Malley
1889-1994
7
16
O'Malley, D.J. - newspapers sent to John I. White by D.J. O'Malley
1889-1994
7
17
Owen - Turner
1860-1994
Correspondence
Owen, John R.
1967-1968
8
1
Owen, John R.
1967-1970
8
2
Owen, John R.
1971-1976
8
3
Owen, John R.
1977-1984
8
4
Reese, Justin
1889-1994
8
5
Reese, Lowell Otus
1933-1934
8
6
Russell, Tony
1973-1974
8
7
Scheips, Paul J.
1979-1984
8
8
Scheips, Paul J. - "Will Croft Barnes A Westerner of Parts"
1979-1984
8
9
Shelly, Jim - concerning a 1979 article on John I. White
1979
8
10
Simon, Bill
1968-1970
8
11
Simon, Bill
1976
8
12
Sprague, Carl - miscellaneous correspondence and Sprague's biography written by John I. White
1960-1980
8
13
Sprague, Carl
1968-1969
8
14
Sprague, Carl
1970-1973
8
15
Sprague, Carl
1974-1977
8
16
Sprague, Carl
1980
8
17
Tinsley, Jim Bob
1956-1983
8
18
Toborg, Dick
1972-1982
8
19
Turner, Nevada Slim (Dallas) - correspondence and Western Gospel Roundup
1973
8
20
University of Illinois - Words and Music
1860-1994
Correspondence
University of Illinois Press
1976
9
1
University of Illinois Press
1975
9
2
University of Illinois Press
1974
9
3
University of Illinois Press
1973
9
4
University of Illinois Press
1969-1972
9
5
U.S. Information Agency
1975-1977
9
6
Vogel, Jerry - transfer of rights - The Lonesome Cowboy Songs of the Plains and Hills to Jerry Vogel
1934-1936
9
7
Vogel, Jerry
1966-1968
9
8
Vogel, Jerry
1969-1974
9
9
Vogel, Jerry
1978-1980
9
10
Weize, Richard
1972-1975
9
11
West, John - editor of The American Folklore Newsletter
1977-1979
9
12
West, John - reprint from Western Folklore "Jack Thorp and John Lomax: Oral or Written Transmission"
1967 April
9
13
Winkelman, Don - editor of Abstracts of Folklore Studies
1964-1967 June-September
9
14
Woodman, Ruth
1934-1970
9
15
Words and Music
1968-1988
9
16
Miscellaneous
1889-1994
9
17
Concerning Old Songs
1860-1994
Correspondence
Adams, Ramon F.
1966 -1970
10
1
B
1889-1994
10
2
Barthelmess, Casey
1969
10
3
Billington, Ray A. - Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery
1969-1970
10
4
Botkin, B.A.
1965-1974
10
5
Clark, Kenneth
1934
10
6
Comber, Chris
1974
10
7
Coteau, Gene - "The Night Hawks Lullaby" ©1934
1934
10
8
Cox, John A.
1934
10
9
Cunningham, Eugene
1934
10
10
Cunningham, Keith
1972-1973
10
11
Dorson, Richard
1974
10
12
E - G
1968-1974
10
13
Granger's Index to Poetry
1974 - 1977
10
14
Forrest, Earle A.
1934-1935
10
15
Fuld, James J.
1968-1973
10
16
Gaines, Newton Texas Christian University
1934
10
17
German, George B. - reporter WNAX-570 Sioux Falls
1966-1973
10
18
Hadfield, Jim
1974
10
19
Haywood, Charles - Queens College
1973
10
20
Hoeptner, Fred
1968-1972
10
21
Hunter, Marvin
1933-1934
10
22
Jackson, W.H.
1936
10
23
Jarrett, Merrick
1969-1970
10
24
L
1967-1969
10
25
Lingenfelter, Richard E. - University of California
1968-1969
10
26
M
1889-1994
10
27
Makara, Steve
1973-1975
10
28
McCutcheon, Dick - songs sent to John I. White
1932
10
29
Myran, Ole H.
1968-1969
10
30
O-P
1889-1994
10
31
R
1889-1994
10
32
Randolph, Vance
1934-1939
10
33
Russell, Don
1970-1971
10
34
Sackett, S.J.
1967-1969
10
35
Sandburg, Carl
1934-1936
10
36
Shellans, Herbert
1968-1974
10
37
Sires, Ina
1967-1974
10
38
Tobitt, Janet E.
1966
10
39
Tucker, Steve
1975
10
40
Tye, Otis
1934-1935
10
41
V
1889-1994
10
42
W-Z
1889-1994
10
43
Files on Old Songs
1860-1994
Sheet music written out by John I. White
1889-1994
11
1
"Baldy Green" - Ed Stiles, author
1933
11
2
"Banks of Sacramento"
1889-1994
11
3
"Bell Brandon"
1889-1994
11
4
"The Bold Vaquero"
1889-1994
11
5
"Buffalo Skinners" - with clipping of poem
1887
11
6
"Bury Me Not" or "Lone Prairie" - early newspaper clippings
1889-1994
11
7
Miscellaneous B
1889-1994
11
8
C
1889-1994
11
9
"Cowboy's Lament"
1860/1994
11
10
D
1889-1994
11
11
G
1889-1994
11
12
"God Bless America"
1889-1994
11
13
F
1889-1994
11
14
H
1889-1994
11
15
"Happy Miner"
1889-1994
11
16
"He's the Man for Me"
1889-1994
11
17
I
1889-1994
11
18
J
1889-1994
11
19
"Jingle Bells"
1889-1994
11
20
L
1889-1994
11
21
"Last Roundup"
1889-1994
11
22
"Lorena"
1889-1994
11
23
M
1889-1994
11
24
"Molly O Molly"
1889-1994
11
25
O
1889-1994
11
26
"Oh My Pretty Quadroon"
1889-1994
11
27
P
1889-1994
11
28
R
1889-1994
11
29
S
1889-1994
11
30
T
1889-1994
11
31
"Take Me Back to Old Montana"
1889-1994
11
32
U
1889-1994
11
33
V
1889-1994
11
34
W
1889-1994
11
35
"Wreck of Old 97"
1889-1994
11
36
Y
1889-1994
11
37
Subject Files - A
1860-1994
"A Day on the Cowtrail"
1889-1994
12
1
"Acres of Clams" - Ivar Haglund placemat
1889-1994
12
2
African-Americans in the West - research
1889-1994
12
3
Alaska - "Wires in the Wilderness" - research, correspondence, and text published in Westworld
1979 June
12
4
Allen, Jules
1889-1994
12
5
American Vignettes - Dr. Jackson (First Transcontinental Motorist)
1889-1994
12
6
Artists and Writers of the West
1889-1994
12
7
Audio Project - proposed tapes for schools - text and correspondence
1889-1994
12
8
Audio Project - "Texas Longhorns Pointed North" - text, reference, dates, and correspondence
1889-1994
12
9
Audio Project - research for "Close Call for the Buffalo" tape
1889-1994
12
10
Audio Project - "Last Day with the Longhorns" - tape, text, and research
1889-1994
12
11
Audio Project - "Homesweet Homestead" - tape, text, and correspondence
1889-1994
12
12
Audio Project - tape ideas
1889-1994
12
13
Automobile Collection (Harrah) - "Wall to Wall Automobiles"
1889-1994
12
14
Subject Files - B
1860-1994
"Baby Makes Three?" - play by John I. White
1889-1994
13
1
"Bachelor's Dream" article
1889-1994
13
2
"Backfire" - play by John I. White
1889-1994
13
3
Barbed Wire research
1889-1994
13
4
Biographical Material on John I. White
1889-1994
13
5
Biographical Material on John I. White - graduating class
1889-1994
13
6
Biographical Material on John I. White - wedding
1930 October 4
13
7
Biographical Material - on John I. White - University of Maryland Glee Club
1923
13
8
"Bivouac of the Dead" - music by John I. White
1889-1994
13
9
"Blood on the Saddle"
1889-1994
13
10
:Bounty Jumper" - encapsulated
1889-1994
13
11
"Brevity is the Soul of Wit" and "On Keeping it Short" - text and research
1889-1994
13
12
Buffalo, wolf, cayote, and burro research
1889-1994
13
13
Buffalo, bison, and beefalo research
1889-1994
13
14
Buffalo - "Return from Oblivion" and "It was Inevitable" - text and correspondence
1889-1994
13
15
"Busted Cowboy's Christmas" - text and correspondence
1889-1994
13
16
Subject Files - C
1860-1994
Calendar - Exxon - "That Amazing Contrivance The Calendar"
1981
14
1
Calendar - Exxon - "Rivers of America"
1982
14
2
Calendar - "A Birthday for Our Calendar"
1889-1994
14
3
Cattle Breeding
1889-1994
14
4
Chatham Journal and New Vernon News - 4 600 word pieces
1889-1994
14
5
Chatham, New Jersey - Creative Chathams - newspaper clippings
1889-1994
14
6
Chisolm Trail paper delivered to American Fork Society
1976
14
7
Chisolm Trail - "A Song of Cowboy Life"
1889-1994
14
8
"Chisolm Trail" - song
1889-1994
14
9
Cowboy - Song Reprints
1889-1994
14
10
Cowboy - Singing to the Herd
1889-1994
14
11
Cowboy - Llibrary of Congress: The American Cowboy exhibit
1889-1994
14
12
Cowboy - "Marvels of the New West" by William Thayer - Chapter on cowboys and stockraising
1889
14
13
Cowboy - general information and research
1889-1994
14
14
Cowboy - hall of fame
1889-1994
14
15
Cowboy - newspaper clippings and articles
1889-1994
14
16
Cowboy - obituaries
1889-1994
14
17
Cowboy - personal notes
1889-1994
14
18
"Miss Cunningham's Shadow" - correspondence, research, and text
1889-1994
14
19
Subject Files - D
1860-1994
Dalhart, Vernon
1889-1994
15
1
Dalhart, Vernon
1889-1994
15
2
Deals with the Devil
1889-1994
15
3
Death Valley Days - Pacific Coast Borax Co. booklet
1931
15
4
Death Valley Days - Pacific Coast Borax Co. booklet
1931
15
5
Death Valley Days - Pacific Coast Borax Co. "Better Ways to Wash & Clean" pamphlet
1889-1994
15
6
Death Valley Days - Hauling 20 mule team Borax puzzle - Pacific Coast Borax Co.
1933
15
7
Death Valley Days - tourist pamphlet
1931
15
8
Death Valley Tales as told by the Old Ranger
1934
15
9
Old Ranger's Yarns of Death Valley
1930-1939
15
10
Old Ranger's Yarns of Death Valley
1930-1939
15
11
Old Ranger's Yarns of Death Valley
1930-1939
15
12
Death Valley Days - script - "The World's Biggest Job"
1935 April 11
15
13
Death Valley Days - script - "The World's Biggest Job"
1935 April 11
15
14
Death Valley Days - 2nd-6th series
1889-1994
15
15
Death Valley Days - picture sheet
1889-1994
15
16
Death Valley Days - NBC Artist Passes
1889-1994
15
17
Death Valley Days - NBC Studio Notes
1933
15
18
Death Valley Days - Lonesome Cowboy newspaper clippings
1889-1994
15
19
Death Valley Days - ads for The Lonesome Cowboy songs of the Plains and Hills
1889-1994
15
20
Dogies - origins of the term
1889-1994
15
21
Duryea, Frank - Thanksgiving Day race
1889-1994
15
22
Subject Files - F
1860-1994
Fillers: 80-150 words
1889-1994
16
1
Fletcher, Curly
1889-1994
16
2
Fletcher, Tex
1889-1994
16
3
Folk Festivals/Cowboy Poetry Gatherings - Elko
1993
16
4
Folk Festivals/Cowboy Poetry Gatherings - Elko
1994
16
5
Folk Festivals/Cowboy Poetry Gatherings - Middletown Folk Festival
1973
16
6
Folk Festivals/Cowboy Poetry Gatherings - National Folk Festival
1966 May
16
7
Folk Festivals/Cowboy Poetry Gatherings - club dates for singing performances
1889-1994
16
8
Folk Festivals/Cowboy Poetry Gatherings - University of Illinois
1965-1966
16
9
Folk Festivals/Cowboy Poetry Gatherings - "An Evening of Western Song with J.I.W"
1889-1994
16
10
Folk Festivals/Cowboy Poetry Gatherings - Wickenburg Cowboy Poetry Gathering
1990
16
11
Folk Music - Singers research
1889-1994
16
12
Folk Music - Singers research
1889-1994
16
13
Fort Apache - "Adventures at Ft. Apache" - correspondence and research
1889-1994
16
14
Fort Apache - Maps
1889-1994
16
15
Fort Stevens - Washington D.C.
1889-1994
16
16
Fort Stevens - newspaper clippings
1889-1994
16
17
Fort Stevens
1889-1994
16
18
Subject Files - G
1860-1994
General Drafting Co.
1889-1994
17
1
"Giant's Glen" - play by John I. White
1889-1994
17
2
"Grass of Uncle Sam" - correspondence about
1889-1994
17
3
"Grass of Uncle Sam" - articles, notes, and words to
1889-1994
17
4
Grasshopper Plows
1889-1994
17
5
"Great Grandma" - articles about
1889-1994
17
6
"Great Grandma" - publication of the song
1889-1994
17
7
"Great Grandma" - correspondence and article
1889-1994
17
8
"Green Chiffon" - play by John I. White
1889-1994
17
9
Guion, David
1889-1994
17
10
Subject Files - H-J
1860-1994
Hall, Myra - article "Cowboy Ballads" published in Kansas Historical Quarterly
1939 February
18
1
Hall, Sharlot M. - "Songs of the Old Cattle Trails," "Old Range Days," and "New in Arizona" from Outwest
1908 March
18
2
"He Rode for Independence" - article about Caesar Rodney
1889-1994
18
3
"A Hero Returns" - play by John I. White
1889-1994
18
4
"High Jinks in the Rockies" - article about John T. O'Keefe
1889-1994
18
5
"Home on the Range" - (words 1876) and "Where the Deer and the Antelope Play" - by John I. White
1889-1994
18
6
"Home on the Range" - The Story of Home on the Range pamphlet by Kirke Mecham
1889-1994
18
7
"Home on the Range" - Trailing a Ballad Frontier Times
1935 April
18
8
"Home on the Range" - controversy-correspondence
1889-1994
18
9
"Home on the Range" - controversy-correspondence
1889-1994
18
10
"Home on the Range" - correspondence regarding article by John I. White
1889-1994
18
11
"Home on the Range" - correspondence
1889-1994
18
12
"Home on the Range" - diary/notes of visit with Jerry Vogel
1889-1994
18
13
"Home on the Range" - research notes
1889-1994
18
14
"Home on the Range" - research notes
1889-1994
18
15
Homesteading-Timber Act
1889-1994
18
16
Homestead research
1889-1994
18
17
Homestead - "Home Sweet Homestead" and "Little Sod Shanty on the Plain" - correspondence and text
1889-1994
18
18
Homestead - "Home Sweet Homestead" by Daniel Freeman
1889-1994
18
19
Homestead - "When Land was Free in the West"
1889-1994
18
20
"I Want to be a Cowboy" - parody on "I Want to be an Angel"
1889-1994
18
21
Inventions in the West
1889-1994
18
22
"Jackpot" - play by John I. White - Univac Picks Horses newspaper clippings
1959
18
23
"Jackpot" - play by John I. White - Univac Picks Horses newspaper clippings
1959
18
24
Subject Files - K-Longhorns
1860-1994
Kiskaddon, Bruce - "The Brandin' Corral" and "Pullin' Bog"
1889-1994
19
1
Language of the West
1889-1994
19
2
"Last Day with the Dogies" - correspondence and text
1889-1994
19
3
Last Great Roundup
1889-1994
19
4
Leadbelly - newspaper clippings about his marriage and refrain to "Whoa Back Buda" sung by Leadbelly
1935 January 4
19
5
Leutze, Emanuel - note cards for paintings
1889-1994
19
6
Leutze, Emanuel - notes on paintings and correspondence
1889-1994
19
7
"Liberty Bells Galore"
1889-1994
19
8
Longhorn - "Return of the Fabulous Texas Longhorn"
1889-1994
19
9
Longhorn - "Return of the Fabulous Texas Longhorn" - published in Highlights for Children - correspondence
1974 November
19
10
Longhorn - "Report on a Rescue" - correspondence and text - published in American Heritage
1972
19
11
Longhorn - "The Longhorns Saved the Day"
1889-1994
19
12
Longhorn - "The Texas Longhorns Make a Comeback" - correspondence
1889-1994
19
13
Longhorn - "The Texas Longhorns Make a Comeback" - research and text
1889-1994
19
14
Longhorn - correspondence on longhorns
1889-1994
19
15
Longhorn - Trail Herding File
1889-1994
19
16
Subject Files - M
1860-1994
"The Martians Are Coming"
1889-1994
20
1
Master Copies of John I. White articles - "A Cowboy Poet" (about D.J. O'Malley)
1889-1994
20
2
Master Copy - "And That's How a Folksong was Born" (about Romaine Lowdermilk)
1889-1994
20
3
Master Copy - "Assist for a Fallen Hero" (about Mark Twain)
1889-1994
20
4
Master Copy - "Will C. Barnes also a Song Plugger"
1889-1994
20
5
Master Copy - "A Busted Cowboy's Christmas"
1889-1994
20
6
Master Copy - "Badger Clark"
1889-1994
20
7
Master Copy - "The Ford-Seldon Patent Squabble"
1889-1994
20
8
Master Copy - "The Father of the Automobile"
1889-1994
20
9
Master Copy - "Gail Gardner-Cowboy Poet Lariat"
1889-1994
20
10
Master Copy - "Great Grandad the Story of a Song"
1889-1994
20
11
Master Copy - "Great Grandma"
1889-1994
20
12
Master Copy - "Happiness was an Eight Sided House"
1889-1994
20
13
Master Copy - "Home on the Range Controversy Settled"
1889-1994
20
14
Master Copy - "Move Slow Dogies"
1889-1994
20
15
Master Copy - Notes and Queries
1889-1994
20
16
Master Copy - "Red Carpet for a Romanov"
1889-1994
20
17
Master Copy - "Return of the Fabulous Texas Longhorn"
1889-1994
20
18
Master Copy - "The Strange Career of the Strawberry Roan"
1889-1994
20
19
Master Copy - "That Zenith of Architecture - The Soddy"
1889-1994
20
20
Master Copy - "The Ups and Downs of the Zipper"
1889-1994
20
21
Master Copy - "The Virginian"
1889-1994
20
22
Master Copy - "Owen Wister and the Dogies"
1889-1994
20
23
Master Copy - "Zebra Dun"
1889-1994
20
24
Master Copy - List of Published Magazine Articles
1889-1994
20
25
Military History - Indian Wars
1889-1994
20
26
Miscellaneous - Western Pamphlets
1889-1994
20
27
Miscellaneous - Old Songs
1889-1994
20
28
Miscellaneous - stories by John I. White
1889-1994
20
29
Murray, Arthur - "It Takes Two to Tango" - newspaper clippings on dance fraud
1889-1994
20
30
Subject Files - Octagon House
1860-1994
Octagon House - reference material
1889-1994
21
1
Octagon House - reference material
1889-1994
21
2
Octagon House - pamphlets and brochures
1889-1994
21
3
Octagon House - photos
1889-1994
21
4
Photos have been removed to create the Jon I. White photograph collection (P0037)
Octagon House - correspondence
1889-1994
21
5
Octagon House - Michigan
1889-1994
21
6
Octagon House - New England
1889-1994
21
7
Octagon House - "Happiness was an Eight Sided House" - correspondence and text published in Pen
1973 April
21
8
Octagon Houses - Connecticut - published in Yankee - "Happiness was an Eight Sided House"
1973 November
21
9
Octagon Houses - Connecticut - published in Yankee - "Happiness was an Eight Sided House"
1973 November
21
10
Octagon House - "Happiness was a House with Eight Sides" - children's version - correspndence and text
1889-1994
21
11
Octagon House - "Living in an Octagon" - for textbook
1889-1994
21
12
Subject Files - O-P
1860-1994
Ostrich farming in the U.S.
1889-1994
22
1
Ostrich farming in the U.S. - Cawston Ostrich Farm
1889-1994
22
2
Ostrich farming in the U.S. - reference material - John I. White text
1889-1994
22
3
Ostrich farming in the U.S. - reference material - John I. White text
1889-1994
22
4
Ostrich farming in the U.S. - reference material - John I. White text
1889-1994
22
5
Ostrich farming in the U.S. - reference material - John I. White text
1889-1994
22
6
New Jersey Corral of Westerners - correspondence and newsletters
1889-1994
22
7
"No More Sleep" - play by John I. White
1889-1994
22
8
"Pages from a Nebraska Album" - text and correspondence
1889-1994
22
9
"Oh Come Along Boys and Listen to my Tale" - suggested book
1889-1994
22
10
"Oh Come Along Boys and Listen to my Tale" - suggested book
1889-1994
22
11
Permissions
1889-1994
22
12
Presidents
1889-1994
22
13
"Pushbutton Parking" - Parking Towers - research information and text
1889-1994
22
14
"Get Yourself a Pretzel Factory" - idea for an article
1970 September 21
22
15
Subject Files - R
1860-1994
"The Railroad Corral" - published in Cobblestone
1982 June
23
1
"Red Carpet for a Romanov" - published in The American West - correspondence, research, and text
1972 January
23
2
Requests for Photographs
1889-1994
23
3
"Rhyme on the Ranges" - John I. White reprinted from America Speech
1927 July
23
4
Rodeo
1889-1994
23
5
Rogers, James Grafton
1889-1994
23
6
"Royal Gorge" - play by John I. White
1889-1994
23
7
"Royal Gorge" - play by John I. White
1889-1994
23
8
"Russia's Floating Saucers" - The State - text, correspondence, and research
1979 September
23
9
Russel, Charles M.
1889-1994
23
10
Russel, Charles M. - newspaper clippings
1889-1994
23
11
Subject Files - Sod Houses
1860-1994
Sod Houses - correspondence
1889-1994
24
1
Sod Houses - correspondence
1889-1994
24
2
Sod Houses - reference material
1889-1994
24
3
Sod Houses - "How Prairie Pioneers Built their Houses"
1889-1994
24
4
Sod Houses - "Sod Houses on the Prairie"
1889-1994
24
5
Sod Houses - "The Windows Have No Glass" and "The Little Sod Shanty on the Plain" - correspondence and text
1889-1994
24
6
Sod Houses - "And the Windows Have No Glass" - American History Illustrated
1986 January
24
7
Sod Houses - "Little Old Sod Shanty" - notes on the song
1889-1994
24
8
Sod Houses - "Little Old Sod Shanty"
1889-1994
24
9
Sod Houses - "The Little Old Sod Shanty on the Claim" - information on the song
1889-1994
24
10
Sod Houses - "Happiness was a Sod House"
1889-1994
24
11
Sod Houses - "When Happiness was a Sod House" - correspondence and text
1889-1994
24
12
Sod Houses - "When Happiness was a Sod House" - George White Soddy captions
1889-1994
24
13
Sod Houses - "When Happiness was a Soddy"
1889-1994
24
14
Sod Houses - "Sod House in America"
1889-1994
24
15
Sod Houses - Sod House in Canada - research and writings
1889-1994
24
16
Sod Houses - Rammed Earth Houses
1889-1994
24
17
Sod Houses - "Prairie Schoolhouse" - correspondence and text published in NRTA Journal
1971 January/February
24
18
Sod Houses - Sod Schoolhouses
1889-1994
24
19
Sod Houses - J.C. Cram soddy
1889-1994
24
20
Sod Houses - Harry Chrisman - correspondence about sod houses
1889-1994
24
21
Sod Houses - "On the Lone Prairie" - Chrisman Girls
1889-1994
24
22
Sod Houses - "On the Lone Prairie" and "American Girls: Prairie Style" - correspondence and text
1889-1994
24
23
Sod Houses - "American Girl" - correspondence with Scott Foresman Co.
1889-1994
24
24
Sod Houses - Two Story Sod House Built by Isidore Haumont
1889-1994
24
25
Sod Houses - "The Sod House on the Prairie" - children's book
1889-1994
24
26
Sod Houses - "The Sod House on the Prairie" - illustrative material
1889-1994
24
27
Sod Houses - "The Sod House on the Prairie" - John I. White's sketches
1889-1994
24
28
Sod Houses - Sod House Illustrations
1889-1994
24
29
Subject Files - S-U
1860-1994
"She was Beautiful" - play by John I. White
1889-1994
25
1
Sheet Music: Cowboy Songs - Red River Valley, Old Paint, Home on the Range, The Tenderfoot, Greer County, and Lane County Bachelor
1889-1994
25
2
"Shoeing a Broncho" - submitted to The American West
1977
25
3
Sidelights on American History - book project correspondence
1889-1994
25
4
"Singin' to 'Em"
1889-1994
25
5
Skits
1889-1994
25
6
Songs of Open Spaces - book layout
1889-1994
25
7
Songs of Open Spaces - finished manuscript
1889-1994
25
8
Songs of Open Spaces - raw song material
1889-1994
25
9
Songs of Open Spaces - material ready for typing
1889-1994
25
10
Spanish Prisoner Racket
1889-1994
25
11
Sprague, Carl T.
1985 November
25
12
Standard Time - "It's About Time" - Presbyterian Survey
1889-1994
25
13
Standard Time - "A Hitch in Time" - research
1889-1994
25
14
Stanley, Clark
1889-1994
25
15
Steamboats - "Steam Comes to Ol' Man River"
1889-1994
25
16
Stephens, Harry
1889-1994
25
17
Thanksgiving - "Gobblers in Double Jeopardy"
1889-1994
25
18
Thorp, N. Howard (Jack)
1889-1994
25
19
"Three Centuries on the Bottom" - It Really Happened Believe Me!
1889-1994
25
20
Twain, Mark - correspondence about photos
1889-1994
25
21
Twain, Mark - "Assist for a Fallen Hero" - correspondence and text
1889-1994
25
22
"Two Famous Songs of the Southwest" - The Strawberry Roan and Zebra Dun
1889-1994
25
23
"Two Pioneer Collectors" - Lomax and Thorp
1889-1994
25
24
University of Illinois Press publications
1889-1994
25
25
Subject Files - W
1860-1994
Washington D.C. - plans and history
1889-1994
26
1
Washington, George - "The First President Tours the South"
1889-1994
26
2
Washington, George - "George Washington and the Calendar" - Old Farmer's Almanac - text and correspondence
1889-1994
26
3
Washington, George - G.W. Once Changed it Himself" - Grain Producers News
1978 September
26
4
Washington, George - "The First President Takes a Trip" - Highlights for Children - correspondence, maps, and text
1889-1994
26
5
Western History Association
1889-1994
26
6
Western Files - miscellaneous - "Where Did Those Cowboy Songs Come From" - article
1889-1936
26
7
Western Photographs, correspondence, and captions
1889-1994
26
8
Western Towns Looking for a Past - articles
1889-1994
26
9
Where to find more songs, records, and books
1889-1994
26
10
Where to find more songs, records, and books
1889-1994
26
11
Wells Fargo and Pony Express - research
1889-1994
26
12
"Who Said It?" - research on quotes and text
1889-1994
26
13
"Whoopee Ti Yi Yo" - article
1889-1994
26
14
"Whoopee Ti Yi Yo" - correspondence and notes
1889-1994
26
15
"Whoopee Ti Yi Yo" - Owen Wister and the Dogies
1889-1994
26
16
Wild Horses - research
1889-1994
26
17
Winchester - "Song of the Winchester"
1889-1994
26
18
Women in Politics - "Gentlemen Move Over" - research, text, and correspondence
1889-1994
26
19
Women in Politics - "Uncles Sam's Daughters in Politics"
1889-1994
26
20
Subject Files - Wister, Owen
1860-1994
Wister, Owen - "Owen Wister, Song Writer"
1889-1994
27
1
Wister, Owen - "Owen Wister, Song Writer"
1889-1994
27
2
Wister, Owen - "Git Along Little Dogies" - Owen Wister and the Dogies
1889-1994
27
3
Wister, Owen - correspondence - Owen Wister to John I. White
1934
27
4
Wister, Owen - correspondence with Mrs. Stokes (Fanny Kemble Wister)
1889-1994
27
5
Wister, Owen - Stage version of The Virginian
1889-1994
27
6
Wister, Owen - The Top Ten bestsellers of 1902 and what happened to them
1902
27
7
Wister, Owen - Underwoods Deviled Ham ad
1889-1994
27
8
Wister, Owen - "When You Call me that Smile!" - correspondence between John I. White and John S. Mayfield
1966-1969
27
9
Wister, Owen - Owen Wister Humorist
1889-1994
27
10
Wister, Owen - Owen Wister Humorist
1889-1994
27
11
Wister, Owen - The American West - "The Virginian"
1970 September
27
12
Wister, Owen - "The Virginian" - Montana
1966 October
27
13
Wister, Owen - N. Orwin Rush data
1889-1994
27
14
Wister, Owen - Owen Wister - by Richard W. Etulain - Western Writers Series #7 - Boise State
1973
27
15
Subject Files - Z
1860-1994
The Zebra Dun
1889-1994
28
1
The Zebra Dun - research and text
1889-1994
28
2
Theh Zebra Dun - correspondence
1889-1994
28
3
Zipper - "It Took Twenty Years: The Ups and Downs of the Zipper" - correspondence and text
1889-1994
28
4
Git Along Little Dogies
1860-1994
Publicity
1889-1994
29
1
Publicity - sent to press, libraries, and bookstores
1889-1994
29
2
Advertising
1889-1994
29
3
Picture Captions
1889-1994
29
4
Book Reviews
1889-1994
29
5
Spares (for distribution)
1889-1994
29
6
Git Along Little Dogies
1860-1994
Notes for book of cowboy songs proposed to University of Illinois Press
1971
30
1
Layout
1889-1994
30
2
John I. White discography
1889-1994
30
3
Death Valley Days radio material for introduction
1889-1994
30
4
Corrections and Changes in response to comments and criticisms from readers
1973 June 30
30
5
Introduction to book (playlist songs sung on Death Valley Days)
1889-1994
30
6
Editor's last minute queries
1889-1994
30
7
"Home on the Range" chapter
1889-1994
30
8
Reviews
1889-1994
30
9
Galleys
1889-1994
30
10
Galleys
1889-1994
30
11
Page Proofs/Caption Proofs
1860-1994
D.J. "Kid" O'Malley - Montana's Cowboy Poet - Montana
July 1967
31
1
Notes for White - Just for the Record - ch. 1-19
1889-1994
31
2
Introduction - Just for the Record
1889-1994
31
3
"Git Along Little Dogies"
1889-1994
31
4
"Owen Wister, Songwriter"
1889-1994
31
5
":ast Days with the Dogies" and "Curious History of 'The Railroad Corral'"
1889-1994
31
6
"Singin' to 'em"
1889-1994
31
7
"Move Slow, Dogies, Move Slow"
1889-1994
31
8
Will Barnes and "The Cowboy's Sweet Bye and Bye"
1889-1994
31
9
"The Grass of Uncle Sam"
1889-1994
31
10
"And That's How a Folksong was Born"
1889-1994
31
11
"Gail Gardner Cowboy Poet Lariat"
1889-1994
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12
"Badger Clark Poet of Yesterday's West"
1889-1994
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"The Strange Career of the Strawberry Roan"
1889-1994
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14
"The Zebra Dun"
1889-1994
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15
"Where the Deer and the Antelope Play"
1889-1994
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16
"The Little Old Sod Shanty on the Claim"
1889-1994
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17
"Great Grandad"
1889-1994
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"Great Grandma"
1889-1994
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"Carl T. Spraque, Singing Cowboy"
1889-1994
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"Two Pioneers Collectors of Western Songs"
1889-1994
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"A John White Discography"
1889-1994
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"Where to Find More Western Songs"
1889-1994
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Appendix A - "Where to Find More Western Songs"
1889-1994
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Photos and Cartoons used in Git Along Little Dogies - and spares not used
1860-1994
Singing to 'em - N.C. Wyeth
1889-1994
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Move Slow, Dogies, Move Slow
1889-1994
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2
The Grass of Uncle Sam
1889-1994
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3
The Strange Career of the Strawberry Roan
1889-1994
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4
Clark
1889-1994
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5
Zebra Dun
1889-1994
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6
Will Barnes - The Cowboy's Sweet Bye and Bye
1889-1994
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Introduction - Photos of John I. White, Lowdermilk, and Death Valley
1889-1994
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Introduction - Cartoons
1889-1994
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9
Git Along Little Dogies
1889-1994
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10
Where the Deer and the Antelope Play
1889-1994
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11
Gail Gardner, Cowboy Poet Lariat
1889-1994
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12
And That's How a folksong was Born
1889-1994
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13
Two Pioneer Collectors
1889-1994
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14
Great Grandma
1889-1994
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15
Great Grandad
1889-1994
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16
Sprague
1889-1994
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17
The Little Old Sod Shanty on the Claim
1889-1994
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Last Day With the Longhorns - The Railroad Corral
1889-1994
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O'Malley
1889-1994
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Old Issues of the Stock Growers Journal - (1889-1893) Miles City, Montana - and special Golden Jubilee (May 24, 1934) - In addition, there are additional copies of some John I. White artticles
1889-1934
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File of 3x5 cards containing information on songs, biographies of selected song writers, Western books, sheet music, and other printed materials on songs
1860-1994
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Plaques
1860-1994
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New Jersey Folk Festival award fro distinguished contributions in folk music
1984
Highlights for Children patriotic featureof the year - "A Presidential Quiz"
1986 February
Banner for John I. White display at the Elko Cowboy Poetry gathering
1994
John I. White's cowboy hat
1889-1994
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