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AHJ_ah12772 Inventory of the C.L. Rawlins papers, 1962-2004 Rawlins (C.L.) papers Processed by Krist Jessup 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/

2021

University of Wyoming

Finding aid encoded by Jamie J. Greene May 2021 Finding aid is in English Collection Summary Rawlins, C. L. (Clem L.) C.L. Rawlins papers 1962-2022 12772 8.45 cubic ft. (9 boxes) + 900.80 MB University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English C.L. (Clem Lewis) “Chip” Rawlins was a Wyoming author, poet, outdoor guide, and instructor. Collection contains books, journals, magazines, poetry, manuscripts, correspondence, notes, photographs, and artwork related to Rawlins’ work. Biography of C.L. (Clem Lewis) “Chip” Rawlins

C.L. (Clem Lewis) “Chip” Rawlins was a Wyoming author, poet, outdoor guide, and instructor. He was born in 1949, in Laramie, Wyoming. He went to Utah State University and was a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. He served as president of the Wyoming Outdoor Council and on the Greater Yellowstone Coalition. Rawlins also authored or co-authored several books under the pseudonym C.L. Rawlins including the “Complete Walker IV”, “A Ceremony on Bare Grounds”, and “Gravity National Park”.

Scope and Content

This collection contains books, journals, magazines, poetry, manuscripts, correspondence, notes, photographs, and artwork related to Rawlins’ work.

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 C.L. Rawlins at the date of processing.

This material was received from C.L. Rawlins from 2020-2023.

The collection was processed by Krist Jessup in May 2021 and updated by Jamie Greene in May 2025.

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

Access Terms Authors, American -- Wyoming Hiking -- West (U.S.) Backpacking -- West (U.S.) Cowboys Western stories Wyoming -- History -- 1946-1999 Wyoming -- History -- 2000- Rocky Mountains Nonfiction (general genre) Fiction (general genre) Guidebooks Poetry <?xm-replace_text {Title as Subject}?> Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Literature 1Bookmarksundated Books: 9C.L. Rawlins thesis: "Notes on a Bedrock Channel and Paleostage Indicators, Northgate Canyon, North Platte River, Wyoming, USA"May 2014 9"American Nature Writing" selected by John A. Murray1998 9"A People's History of Wilderness" edited by Matt Jenkins2004 9"Beloved of the Sky" edited by John Ellison1993 9"Deep West: A Literary Tour of Wyoming" edited by Michael Shay, David Romtvedt, and Linn Rounds2003 9"Discovered Country: Tourism and Survival in the American West" edited by Scott Norris1994 9"The Engaging Reader" second edition, by Anne Mills King1993 9"Nature and Madness" by Paul Shepard1998 9"New Zealand Heritage" issue 105, winter 20072007 9"Northern Lights: A Selection of New Writing from the American West" edited by Deborah Clow and Donald Snow1994 9"Outsiders: Poems About Rebels, Exiles, and Renegades" eidted by Laure-Anne Bosselaar1999 9"Resist Much Obey Little: Remembering Ed Abbey" edited by James R. Hepworth and Gergory McNamee1996 9"Ring of Fire" edited by Bill Hoagland2000 9"The Sacred Earth: Writer on Nature and Spirit" edited by Jason Gardner1998 9"Sacred Trusts: Essays on Stewardship and Responsibility" edited by Michael Katakis1993 9"Stream Channel Reference Sites: An Illustrated Guide to Field Technique" (2 copies)1994 9"Sustaining Greater Yellowstone, A Blueprint for the Future" edited by Chip Rawlins1994 9"Writing on Air" edited by David Rothenberg and Wendee J. Pryor2003 9"Writing on Water" edited by David Rothenberg and Marta Ulvaeus2001 1Chip's random keepsakes (Utah State degree and tassel, invitations, photographs, certificates, ribbons)1962-1996 Correspondence: 1Personal correspondence1987-1995 1Correspondence from Sherman Paul1993-1995 1Correspondence with writers1985-1986 1Drawings, etc. - from Hannah1990-1994 1Journals and pocketbooks1985-2003 Manuscripts by C.L. Rawlins: Broken Country: Mountains and Memories 1Books - published (2)1996 1Book - uncorrected proof1996 1Journal the book is based on1972-1973 1-2Manuscript drafts and edits1996 2Notes and Letters from Mitchell Black (Shepherd in Broken Country)undated 2Promotional material1996 The Complete Walker IV 2Books - published (3 books)2002 2Cartoon with notesundated 2Color slides (35mm)1998 2Cookwareundated 2Correspondenceundated 2Correspondence with Knopf Publishing2003-2004 2Edit notes and photographsundated 2Edits from Knopfundated 2Equipment illustrationsundated 2Gear inventory1998 2Harper's MagazineJuly 2003 2 and Digitalahcdm_12722_001Illustration source material (CD)2000-2001 2Kitchen materials1999-2000 2Kitchen - MS - pending editsundated 2Lights and water filters - illustrationsundated 2Miscellaneous materialundated 2Newspaper clippingsundated 2Packs and boots - illustrationsundated 2Pending editsundated 2 and digitalahcdm_12772_002Photographs and negatives (CD)undated 2Pocket notebooks (notes)1998 3Proof manuscript2001 2Sleeping bags2001 2 and digitalahcdm_12772_003Stoves - illustrationsundated 2Tents2004 2Tents and backpacks - pending editsundated Cowboy and West and Buck and Pole Primer 3Anecdotesundated 3Arizona/New Mexicoundated 3Black and white photography - ranchingundated 3"A Buck and Pole Primer" by Chip Rawlins1980 3Colorful expressionsundated 3Correspondence1986 3Cowboy songsundated 3"Cowboy Verse in the Traditional Style" by C.L. Rawlinsundated 3Cowboys of colorundated 3Cow loreundated 3Early history of cattle work (Anglo American ranchers)undated 3Family Tree and biographical information of Rawlins familyundated 3GNE - room schools - WHC project1988 3Grazingundated 3Horse loreundated 3Illustration - fencesundated 3Jargon and glossariesundated 3Land use and grazing management, to 1900undated 3Land use and grazing management, 1900-present1982-1986 3Material cultureundated 3Miscellaneous notesundated 3Newspaper and magazine clippingsundated Oral history: 3Montanaundated 3Oregon and western Idahoundated 3Plains statesundated 3Texasundated 3Utah and unpublished accountsundated 3Wyomingundated 3Poetry and poetsundated 3Predatorsundated 3Quotes on land use values1902 3Shepherds and sheep grazingundated 3Vaquero customs and Loreundated Work lore 3Accounts of jobsundated 3Roundups, branding, trails, organization, and methodsundated 3W.P.A. History of Grazing collection and research outline1974 8 and Digitalahcdm_12772_004-010"Light on the Water: The Journal and Letters of Te Mara O'Slattery Smith" drafts and patchwork archive (7 CDs)2007-2022 Sky's Witness: A Year in the Wind River Range 5Books - published (2)1993 5Book - uncorrected proof1992 5Author final MSundated 5Author page proofs1992 5Original artworkundated Poems, Essays, Short Stories, and other publications 4"Ascent"1999 4"Boar's Tusk"1984 4"Camas: People and Issues of the Northern Rockies"1998 4"A Ceremony on Bare Ground" - manuscript1984-1985 4"Chicago Review"1989 4"Climbing Magazine"1983-1985 4"Cold Drill"1991 4"Coyotes Journal"1982 4"Cumberland Poetry Review"1995 4"Ellipsis: Literature and Art"1995 4"For the Listener Poems, 1984-1987"1984-1987 4"In Gravity National Park"1998 4Bookmark1999 4Bound manuscriptundated 4Manuscript1998 4"Great River Review"1997 4"High Country News" poetry features1990-1992 4"In Spirit of the West: In Celebration of Wyoming's Centennial, 1890-1990"1990 4"Oxford Magazine"1989 4"Owen Wister Review"1988-1997 4"Petroglyph Magazine"1989 4"Ploughshares"1994-1995 4"Poetry Ireland Review"1995 4"Poetry Wales"1994-1996 4"Quarterly West"1995-1996 4"Red Rock Review"1999 4"Sequoia: The Stanford Literary Journal"1989 4"Shandoka: Four Corners Region Literary/Art Quarterly"1990 4"Silver Vain Five: A "Little" Magazine"1980 4"Suisun Valley Review"1983 4"Tail Wind"1986 4Various magazines1986-1999 4"Weber Studies: An Interdisciplinary Humanities Journal"1989 4"Wild Song: Poems of the Natural World"1998 Office Files: 6Awards, recommendations, etc.1983-1988 6Old press clips1986-1990 6Articles and resume portfolio1982-1990 6Magazines w/ pubs1993-1997 6Articles, mostly HCN, 1-21979-1987 6Magazines w/ pubs 11989 6Sierra w/ columns1991-1992 6Articles, drafts, etc.1984 6Essay1982 6Submitted1985 6Book reviews1988-1997 6HCN poetry edited1982-1990 6General already published stuff1990 6Letters: hen poetry1984-1995 6HCN poetry - unpublished stacks1991-1994 6Indians HCN1988-1990 6Ranching in modern life1994-1997 6Residency students AIE1987-1988 6Coles / Barnes chapbook1975-1989 6Leopold foundation book1988-1998 6Early short fiction - cowboy and ruralundated 6Early short fiction - climbing storiesundated 6City of rocks, misc. western1967-1982 6Navajo language and cultureundated 6City of rocks old climbing infoundated 6Computers, social issues1987 6Fire1982 6Melody1980 6Wagon wheel project proposal1992-1997 72nd draft notes2007 7Living and working in early Littletonundated 7Brown2006 7Issues/rights1985-2001 7Birds and natural history2001-2006 7Addresses, biblio. Etc1982-2007 71901 brit exped.2003-2006 7Local history: quail island Lyttleton, rapaki1969-2006 7Cultural details - suctoms, musci, etc. identity1999-2007 7Inner life/books, etc.2006-2007 7Local biography1996-2006 71908 Shackleton exp shack bio2003-2006 71910 scott exp. Scott bios1920-2006 7WWI - pioneers, nurses2003-2008 7Egypt2006-2007 7Nursing2003-2009 7Labour, strikes2004-2006 7British empire2003-2005 7Canton island, pan am2006-2008 71940 and WWII timelines2008 7Graphics - illustrationsundated 71938-1940 period details2006 7Ships, c. 19391938-2008 7German raiders and Nauvu2006-2008 7Islands2006-2008 7Character photos - other2006-2009 7Newspaper1908-2005 7Period detail2006-2008 7Photos: canty museum, other1901-2006 7NY stuff/church2003-2006 7Bluff stuff2003-2007 7C.L. Rawlins correspondence, mostly with writers1993-1996 7River meanders1899-2004