AHJ_ah05925 Inventory of the Westerners. Laramie Corral Records, 1953-1978 Westerners. Laramie Corral Records Processed by Mary Kenney The creation of the EAD-version of this finding aid has been made possible through a grant from the National Historic Publications and Records Commission. 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/
2006

University of Wyoming

 Finding aid encoded by Mary Kenney August 2006 Finding aid is in English Collection Summary Westerners. Laramie Corral Westerners. Laramie Corral Records 1953-1978 05925 1.35 cubic ft. (3 boxes) University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English Westerners Laramie Corral was chartered by Westerners International in 1971 after the Westerners Wyoming Corral, 1953-1956, was discontinued. The Laramie Corral was active until 1978. Biography or History

Westerners International was formed in 1944 in Chicago, Illinois, by a group who held a common interest in discovering and understanding the American West. The Wyoming Corral was founded in May 1953, as a statewide organization, but discontinued around 1956. In 1971 the Laramie Corral was established, drawing its membership from Albany County. The Laramie Corral was active until 1978.

 Scope and Content

The Westerners Laramie Corral collection contains miscellaneous operating records of the Laramie Corral and its predecessor, the Wyoming Corral of the Westerners. Records include legal papers, correspondence, meeting announcements, membership minutes, emblem, and a series of the Buckskin Bulletin, 1970-1978, which is the national Westerners newsletter. Also included are approximately 70 audio cassettes and reel-to-reel tapes by local historians and pioneers describing the early history of Albany County, Wyoming. These tapes were assembled by Dr. Robert H. Burns and were donated as the “Robert H. Burns Memorial Collection” in 1975.

 Access Restrictions

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

 Copyright Information

The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

 Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by the Westerners Laramie Corral at the date of processing.

 Acquisition Information

Agnes M. Burns, Daniel A. Nelson, 1975-2005.

 Processing Information

The collection was processed by Mary Kenney in March 2006.

Preferred Citation

Westerners Laramie Corral Records, 1953-1978, Collection Number 05925, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

 Access Terms Bellamy, Ben Boyd, George Breisch, Laura Brown, Ruth Southworth Cady, Wilburta Knight Cook, David F. Corbett, Jack Frison, George C. Grier, Lee Hardman, James B. Hill, Evelyn Corthell Holliday, Mary Ethel King, Art King, Edna King, Jim Jr. Knight, Samuel H. Lindmeyer, Tom Madigan, Maria Mangan, Sue Mason, Oda May, Ralph Moudy, Mabel Cheney Palmer, Axel Parker, Charles Pence, Al Prahl, Harry Righter, Robert Spickermann, John Spiegelberg, George Smith, Hannah P. Thornberry, David Thompson, Albert Walker, Lawrence Augsbaugh, Bill Cornelius, Alice Kruger Edmunds, David Houston, Dr. Johnson, Ralph Krakel, Dean Stevens, Alice Hardie Kruger, William Long, E. B. Westerners Dinosaurs -- Wyoming -- Como Bluff Laramie (Wyo.) Albany County (Wyo.) Wyoming -- History -- To 1889 Wyoming -- History -- 1890-1918 Wyoming -- History -- 1919-1945 Wyoming -- History -- 1946- Minutes Newsletters Membership lists <?xm-replace_text {Title as Subject}?> Places Wyoming Immigration and American Expansion Expeditions and Adventure Container List Series I. Organizational Records

1 1 Audio tape indices 1971-1972 1 2 Constitution and Bylaws 1965, 1976 1 3 Correspondence 1956 1 4 Correspondence 1971-1976 1 5 Emblem undated 1 6 Meetings 1971-1978 1 7 Membership 1975-1977 1 8 Minutes 1959, 1971-1978 1 9 Miscellaneous 1971-1978 1 10 Westerners International newsletter, "Buckskin Bulletin" 1970-1978 Series II. Robert H. Burns Memorial Collection Audio cassette tapes

2 Bellamy, Ben - Family, water claims, surveying, Strong Mine, glass factory, rolling mill, gravel pits undated 2 Boyd, George - Barbed wire undated 2 Breisch, Laura - Breisch Family 1972 2 Brown, Ruth Southworth undated 2 Cady, Wilburta Knight - Dinosaurs at Como Bluff undated 2 Cook, Dave - Warren Livestock Company 1972 2 Cook, David - Westerners (2 cassettes) April 8, 1975 2 Corbett, Jack - John Corbett, his life and work, early city schools April 8, 1975 2 Frison, George - Bison procurement undated 2 Grier, Lee - Personal history, telegraph, telephone, train dispatcher undated 2 Hardmann, James B. - Hardmann and Dan Bacon 1971 2 Hill, Evelyn Corthell 1971 2 Holliday, Mary Ethel and Helen (2 cassettes) 1972 2 Husted, Ward - Laramie gas companies (2 cassettes) undated 2 Helson, Mr. - Rural schools undated 2 Johnson, Wes - Early schools, history, World War I, Big Laramie Stock Grazing Association, Trail's end undated 2 Kassahn, Ed - Kassahn Family, Ames Monument, his work (2 cassettes) 1971 2 King, Art, Edna, Jim Jr., Jim Sr. undated 2 Knight, Sam - Dinosaurs at Como Bluff undated 2 Lindmeyer, Tom May 1, 1976 2 Madigan, Maria - Joe Madigan 1972 2 Mangan, Sue - Brackenbury and Carbon undated 2 Mason, Oda undated 2 May, Ralph (2 cassettes) undated 2 Moudy, Mabel - Father Erwin Chaney, trip to Lander, girlhood schools and trip to Laramie on runaway, mines and dynamite, marriage (4 cassettes) 1971 2 Palmer, Axel (2 cassettes) undated 2 Parker, Charles - Early Laramie theaters undated 2 Pence, Al September 2, 1976 2 Prahl, Harry - Pioneer pharmacy in Laramie undated 2 Righter, Robert April 1, 1976 2 Salisbury and Johnson - Trail's end 1972 2 Spickermann, John - The ranch and his parents undated 2 Spiegelberg, George undated 2 Smith, Hannah P. - Severson and Moen Families, schools, parties, dances, huts, West side residents 1972 2 Thornberry, David - St. Matthew Cathedral, Bishop Thornberry undated 2 Thompson, Albert - Timber 1972 2 Walker, Lawrence - School texts undated 2 Old Time Ranch Tour - Lembeke Ranch (2 cassettes) undated Series III. Robert H. Burns Memorial Collection Reel-to-Reel tapes

3 Augsbaugh, Bill - Land use undated 3 Cook, Dave and Bob Burns - 1949 blizzard, Bath Family (2 reels) undated 3 Cornelius, Alice Kruger - Early maps of Albany County and Laramie undated 3 Edmunds, David - American Indian History undated 3 Frison, Geirge and Ben Bellamy 1971 3 Houston, Dr. - Geological maps and mining 1971 3 Johnson, Ralph S. - Aircraft History undated 3 King, Art undated 3 King, Art and Dave Cook (small reel) undated 3 Krakel, Dean and Alice Stevens - Reminiscences undated 3 Krueger, Wiliam R. undated 3 Long, E. B. - Civil War west 1972 3 Parker, Charles undated 3 Thompson, Art - Tie and timber industry April 16, 1973