University of Wyoming
Carl Steiger served as president of the Deltox Rug Co. in Oshkosh, Wisconsin until his retirement in 1961. He was a former member of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin and acted as director of the university’s Foundation. He also served as trustee of St. John’s Military Academy, Ripon College, and Paine Arboretum and Art Center and received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from St. John’s. Carl and his wife, Ruth, gathered an extensive collection of Western Americana which was first donated to the University of Wyoming Western History Research Center.
Collection contains pamphlets, correspondence, subject files, newspaper clippings, a stock certificate, maps of Wyoming oil and gas fields, and business records from the J. H. Ranch including a ledger and meeting minutes.
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Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
This material was received from Ruth Steiger between February and May 1986.
There are no known other archival collections created by Carl and Ruth Steiger at the date of processing.
The American Heritage Center is in the process of converting its older container lists to a more accessible format. This link is to an older version of a container list for 5 containers.