King Brothers Company records, 1890-1959
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- King Brothers Company
- Title
- King Brothers Company records
- Dates
- 1890-1959 (inclusive)Date of CollectionDate of Collection
- Quantity
- 24.18 cubic ft. (31 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 00140
- Summary
- The King Brothers Company records document the history of the family-owned Wyoming sheep breeding and raising company. Materials include financial records, printed materials, photographs, and artifacts.
- Repository
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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
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Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
- Languages
- English
Historical Note
The King Brothers Company was founded in 1892 in Albany County, Wyoming, by brothers Francis S., Herbert J., and Joseph S. King. The Kings specialized in breeding and raising purebred and registered Corriedale and Rambouillet sheep and won numerous prizes and honors for their wool.
Content Description
The King Brothers Company records contain company financial records (1914-1950); printed materials concerning King Brothers Company and the sheep industry (1909-1959); photographs of King Brothers Company ranch and sheep (circa 1890s-1940s); and ribbons and medals won for their sheep and wool (1908-1950).
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
Copyright InformationThe researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.
Preferred Citation
Preferred CitationItem Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Administrative Information
Arrangement
The King Brothers Company records have been minimally processed and divided into four series.
Related Materials
Related MaterialsThere are no known other archival collections created by King Brothers Company at the date of processing.
Acquisition Information
Acquisition InformationThis material was received from Richard J. King in 1966, Lisby Pollock in 2009, and Keith J. King in 2018.
Processing Note
Processing InformationThe collection was processed by Matthew Francis in August 2009 and updated by Jamie J. Greene in October 2019.
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Series I. Family and Company Records
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Kings Brothers Family:
Container: Box
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Description: Biographical and Genealogical InformationDates: undatedContainer: Box 1
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Description: Awards, Certificates, LicensesDates: 1895-1939Container: Box 16
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Description: NewspapersDates: 1906-1956Container: Box 16
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Description: LedgerDates: 1937-1949Container: Box 16
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Description: CorrespondenceDates: 1893-1948Container: Box 20
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Description: Pamphlet: Consecration Service - St. Michael's CathedralDates: 1948Container: Box 20
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Description: Kingswood SchoolDates: 1948Container: Box 20
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Description: Kings Brothers Family HistoryDates: 1900-1940Container: Box 20
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Description: Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite - Pamphlet and CertificatesDates: 1924 and 1932Container: Box 20
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Description: Financial RecordsDates: 1930-1949Container: Box 20
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Description: First National Bank RecordsDates: 1941-1949Container: Box 20
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Ranch Records:
Container: Box
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Description: BillsDates: 1940Container: Box 21
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Description: Loan PaperworkDates: 1939Container: Box 21
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Description: Patented HerdsDates: 1959Container: Box 21
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Description: Misc. FilesDates: 1950Container: Box 21
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Description: Papers on SalesDates: 1948-1950Container: Box 21
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Description: Tax RecordsDates: 1950Container: Box 21
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Description: Inheritance and Trust PaperworkDates: 1950Container: Box 21
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Description: Payroll RecordsDates: 1925-1940Container: Box 21
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Description: Business RecordsDates: 1938-1949Container: Box 21
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Description: Bank BooksDates: 1937-1950Container: Box 21
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Description: Sheep TallusDates: 1941-1949Container: Box 21
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Description: Breeding booksDates: 1940-1949Container: Box 21
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Description: Account books - Richard King (personal and lamb weights/shipments)Dates: 1939-1947Container: Box 21
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Description: Bank checkbooksDates: 1930-1949Container: Box 21
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Description: Auditors Report, King Bros. Co., Laramie, WyomingDates: 1921Container: Box 21
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Description: Financial Records - bank statementsDates: 1937-1951Container: Box 21
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Description: Land SurveyDates: 1905Container: Box 29
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Description: Lamb LedgerDates: 1941-1947Container: Box 29
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Company Business Records:
Container: Box
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Description: Income Accounting Record BooksDates: 1914-1931Container: Box 1-2
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Description: Accounting SheetsDates: 1921-1926Container: Box 3
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Description: Sheep Inventory ledgersDates: 1912-1948Container: Box 22
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Description: Livestock and Land Inventory ledgersDates: 1913-1922Container: Box 22
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Description: Minute bookDates: 1904-1916Container: Box 22
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Description: Bank Books - Dick KingDates: 1937-1948Container: Box 29
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Description: Checkbook - King Bros. Co.Dates: 1948-1950Container: Box 29
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Description: Miscellaneous Business records (Legal, Correspondence, Livestock inventories)Dates: 1938-1950Container: Box 29
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Description: Accounting LedgerDates: 1926-1945Container: Box 30
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Business records - A-Z, 1934-1950:
Container: Box
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Description: Aerder's ReceiptsDates: 1934-1935Container: Box 22
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Description: DepositsDates: 1949Container: Box 22
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Description: EmploymentDates: 1946-1949Container: Box 22
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Description: EmployeesDates: 1944-1946Container: Box 22
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Description: EstimationsDates: 1942Container: Box 22
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Description: Ear TagsDates: 1940-1946Container: Box 22
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Description: E.N. RogersDates: 1932-1937Container: Box 22
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Description: Ha ? (Notes and Receipts)Dates: 1942-1943Container: Box 22
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Description: HerdDates: 1947-1950Container: Box 22
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Description: Inheritance and Trust PaperworkDates: 1972Container: Box 22
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Description: Intermountain - correspondenceDates: 1942-1945Container: Box 22
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Description: InsuranceDates: 1936-1944Container: Box 22
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Description: Income TaxDates: 1943-1949Container: Box 22
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Description: Johnson of Evanston - Mortgaged SheepDates: 1929-1944Container: Box 22
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Description: Jennings, JF SullivanDates: 1941Container: Box 22
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Description: Kings Bros Co. Tax FileDates: 1945Container: Box 22
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Description: Kings Bros HerderDates: 1939-1941Container: Box 22
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Description: King- Sheep AccountsDates: 1949-1950Container: Box 22
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Description: Dick KingDates: 1949-1950Container: Box 22
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Description: Estate of J.H. KingDates: 1949Container: Box 22
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Description: J.H. KingDates: 1942-1948Container: Box 22
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Description: Land and Leases - Taylor ActDates: 1937-1938Container: Box 22
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Description: Leases, Quit Claim DeedsDates: 1934-1949Container: Box 22
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Description: Maps - RanchDates: 1935-1950Container: Box 22
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Description: Notes ReceivableDates: 1929-1949Container: Box 22
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Description: NOSWA- CO.Dates: 1936-1938Container: Box 22
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Description: Numbers of SheepDates: 1946-1949Container: Box 22
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Description: Oil LeaseDates: 1947Container: Box 22
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Description: Office SuppliesDates: 1937Container: Box 22
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Description: Officer's SalariesDates: 1936Container: Box 22
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Description: Payments - RogersDates: 1931-1934Container: Box 23
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Description: Profit StatementsDates: 1934-1948Container: Box 23
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Description: PastureDates: 1940-1944Container: Box 23
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Description: Tom ParmaleeDates: 1941Container: Box 23
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Description: Personal Sheep NotesDates: 1948Container: Box 23
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Description: ReportsDates: 1941-1948Container: Box 23
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Description: R.A.C.C. StatementsDates: 1936Container: Box 23
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Description: R.A.C.C.Dates: 1935Container: Box 23
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Description: Reports on HerdDates: 1949-1950Container: Box 23
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Description: SalesDates: 1942-1949Container: Box 23
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Description: Social Security - employeesDates: 1937-1949Container: Box 23
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Description: State Water StatementsDates: 1949Container: Box 23
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Description: SuppliesDates: 1939-1943Container: Box 23
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Description: SugarDates: 1942-1943Container: Box 23
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Description: Supplies - FordDates: 1942Container: Box 23
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Description: Show EntriesDates: 1934-1936Container: Box 23
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Description: Sheep ContractsDates: 1940Container: Box 23
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Description: State Leases ListDates: 1943Container: Box 23
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Description: Sheep RecordsDates: 1946-1949Container: Box 23
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Description: ShearingDates: 1941-1948Container: Box 23
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Description: Taylor Grazing ActDates: 1939-1943Container: Box 23
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Description: Tax EstimationsDates: 1944Container: Box 23
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Description: TaxesDates: 1939-1950Container: Box 23
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Description: Travel VouchersDates: 1938Container: Box 23
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Description: Uchard Land CompanyDates: 1949Container: Box 24
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Description: Van Schach Land CompanyDates: 1949Container: Box 24
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Description: Wool ClipDates: 1949Container: Box 24
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Description: Wool CorrespondenceDates: 1949Container: Box 24
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Description: WoolDates: 1946-1948Container: Box 24
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Description: Wheat and Land FarmDates: 1940Container: Box 24
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Business records (Dick and J.H. King) - A-Z:
Container: Box
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Description: Dick King - Personal File (bank statements and bills)Dates: 1932-1945Container: Box 25
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Description: Dick King - Storage File (biographical information)Dates: 1925-1936Container: Box 25
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Description: Dick King - Stationary (correspondence)Dates: 1937-1938Container: Box 25
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Description: Dick King - ReceiptsDates: 1941-1942Container: Box 25
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Description: J.H. King - ReceiptsDates: 1936-1937Container: Box 25
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Description: Dick King (checking account ledger)Dates: 1942-1943Container: Box 25
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Description: J.H. King - Income Tax FileDates: 1928-1948Container: Box 25
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Description: Tax File, Fort Collins, ColoradoDates: 1940-1944Container: Box 25
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Description: TaxesDates: 1943-1945Container: Box 25
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Description: Tax AssessmentsDates: 1941-1945Container: Box 25
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Description: TiresDates: 1943-1945Container: Box 25
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Description: WoolDates: 1937-1946Container: Box 25
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Description: Wool ClipDates: 1938Container: Box 25
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Description: Wool CorrespondenceDates: 1936-1946Container: Box 25
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Description: Wool InventoryDates: 1935-1936Container: Box 25
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Description: Wool SalesDates: 1933Container: Box 25
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Personal Files of Frederick N. Hahn:
Container: Box
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Description: A-ZDates: 1945-1959Container: Box 24-25
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Description: Hahn CorrespondenceDates: 1952-1979Container: Box 29
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Description: Hahn Name PlateDates: undatedContainer: Box 29
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Description: Hahn Miscellaneous Employment/Testing FilesDates: undatedContainer: Box 29
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Sheep records (Rambouillet) - A-Z:
Container: Box
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Description: AdvertisingDates: 1941-1947Container: Box 26
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Description: American Rambouillet AssociationDates: 1937-1941Container: Box 26
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Description: Bank of AmericaDates: 1940-1941Container: Box 26
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Description: Feed BudgetDates: 1941Container: Box 26
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Description: Capital Stock TaxDates: 1937-1945Container: Box 26
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Description: Corriedale AssociationDates: 1938-1941Container: Box 26
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Description: Deposit SlipsDates: 1937-1940Container: Box 26
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Description: Denver Joint Land BankDates: 1941Container: Box 26
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Description: Emergency Feed Loan OfficeDates: 1934-1940Container: Box 26
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Description: EmployeesDates: 1941-1942Container: Box 26
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Description: FeedDates: 1941-1946Container: Box 26
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Description: Feed - Fort CollinsDates: 1941-1945Container: Box 26
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Description: Feed ContractsDates: 1940-1941Container: Box 26
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Description: Fertilizer FileDates: 1939-1941Container: Box 26
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Description: Gift ValuationDates: 1940Container: Box 26
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Description: Intermountain Livestock Credit CorporationDates: 1936-1941Container: Box 26
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Description: Income Tax Estimation 1941Dates: 1940-1941Container: Box 26
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Description: Income TaxDates: 1928-1940Container: Box 26
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Description: King Bros.Dates: 1941Container: Box 26
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Description: List of Sheep-MenDates: undatedContainer: Box 26
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Description: Louie RaglandDates: 1944-1945Container: Box 26
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Description: Monthly StatementsDates: 1934Container: Box 27
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Description: Nelson, AlfredDates: 1941Container: Box 27
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Description: Production CreditDates: 1935Container: Box 27
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Description: P-L Statements (profit and loss)Dates: 1926-1931Container: Box 27
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Description: Pas Coe LeaseDates: 1934Container: Box 27
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Description: SalesDates: 1936-1941Container: Box 27
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Description: Soil ConservationDates: 1939-1942Container: Box 27
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Description: SuppliesDates: 1941Container: Box 27
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Description: South ConferenceDates: 1944Container: Box 27
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Description: South AmericaDates: 1941Container: Box 27
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Description: TaxesDates: 1936-1940Container: Box 27
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Description: Tax SchedulesDates: 1936-1938Container: Box 27
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Description: Taxes #1 and #2Dates: 1934-1939Container: Box 27
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Description: Wheatland FarmDates: 1941-1945Container: Box 27
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Description: Wyoming CHRM LoanDates: 1945-1946Container: Box 27
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Description: Wool SalesDates: 1934Container: Box 27
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Description: WhildenDates: 1941Container: Box 27
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Sheep records (Corriedale) - A-Z:
Container: Box
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Description: American National BankDates: 1931-1936Container: Box 27
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Description: Budget EstimationsDates: 1930-1934Container: Box 27
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Description: BudgetDates: 1938-1939Container: Box 27
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Description: Corriedale RamsDates: 1933-1941Container: Box 27
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Description: Corriedale AssociationDates: 1939Container: Box 27
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Description: Commission Men-SheepDates: 1938Container: Box 27
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Description: ContactsDates: 1934Container: Box 27
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Description: Dick King Registration FileDates: 1941Container: Box 27
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Description: Denver Joint Stock Land BankDates: 19325-1938Container: Box 27
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Description: Federal Land BankDates: 1935-1936Container: Box 27
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Description: Feed ContactDates: undatedContainer: Box 27
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Description: Feed ContractsDates: 1937-1940Container: Box 27
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Description: Feed EstimatesDates: 1937-1938Container: Box 27
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Description: Feed InventoryDates: 1932-1937Container: Box 27
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Description: Feed NotesDates: 1937Container: Box 27
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Description: W.C. FieldsDates: 1937-1938Container: Box 27
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Description: J.C. FindleyDates: 1939-1940Container: Box 27
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Description: First National BankDates: 1932-1934Container: Box 27
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Description: Fertilizer FileDates: 1937Container: Box 27
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Description: LambsDates: 1936-1947Container: Box 27-28
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Description: List of Registered LambsDates: 1934Container: Box 28
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Description: Livestock InventoryDates: 1930-1937Container: Box 28
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Description: NOSWAW Co.Dates: 1934-1935Container: Box 28
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Description: Personal Regis.Dates: 1943Container: Box 28
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Description: Registration FilesDates: 1942-1948Container: Box 28-29
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Description: SalesDates: 1934-1935Container: Box 29
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Description: SheepDates: 1944Container: Box 29
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Description: Sheep Inquiries - ForeignDates: 1930-1939Container: Box 29
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Description: Sheep RecordsDates: 1935Container: Box 29
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Description: South AmericanDates: 1940Container: Box 29
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Description: Oscar R. WhildenDates: 1941Container: Box 29
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Series II. Printed Materials
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Description: Journals - American Sheep Breeder and Wool GrowerDates: 1909-1944Container: Box 4
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Description: Journals - National Wool GrowerDates: 1918-1944Container: Box 5
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Description: Journal - The New Zealand FarmerDates: 1937Container: Box 5
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Description: Journal - Pastoral ReviewDates: 1920Container: Box 5
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Description: Journal - Sheep BreederDates: 1937Container: Box 5
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Description: Journal - The SheepmanDates: 1945Container: Box 5
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Description: Journals - The Shepherd's JournalDates: 1910-1916Container: Box 5
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Description: Newspaper and Magazine ClippingsDates: 1914-1946, undatedContainer: Box 6
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Description: Pamphlets, Booklets, and BrochuresDates: 1911-1940, undatedContainer: Box 6
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Description: Pamphlet: Laramie Corriedale and Rambouillet SheepDates: 1938Container: Box 20
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Description: Booklet: Rambouillet SheepDates: 1937 and 1940Container: Box 20
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Description: Booklet: Rambouillets and Corriedales - Range RamsDates: 1927Container: Box 20
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Description: Booklet: Rambouillets - Range RamsDates: 1914Container: Box 20
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Description: Rambouillet and Corriedale NotesDates: 1936-1948Container: Box 20
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Description: Kings Brothers Rambouillet Story by Robert H. BurnsDates: December 1948Container: Box 20
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Description: Kings Brothers Corriedale Story by Robert H. BurnsDates: December 1949Container: Box 20
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Series III. Photographs and Etchings
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Description: Oversize Photographs - SheepDates: 1917Container: Box 3
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Description: Photographs - SheepDates: circa 1910s-1930sContainer: Box 7
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Description: Photographs - SheepDates: circa 1910s-1930sContainer: Box 8
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Description: Photographs - Ranch and FamilyDates: circa 1890s-1920sContainer: Box 8
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Description: Photo Album - Ranch and FamilyDates: circa 1920sContainer: Box 8
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Description: Photo Album - Ranch, Family and WyomingDates: circa 1900s - 1920sContainer: Box 8
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Description: Etching Plate - Joseph S. KingDates: undatedContainer: Box 8
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Description: Snapshot Album - Trip to Niagara Falls (empty)Dates: undatedContainer: Box 20
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Description: Photographs - Family and Friends (prints and negatives)Dates: 1890-1949Container: Box 20 and 31
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Series IV. Artifacts
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Description: RibbonsDates: 1925-1941Container: Box 9-12
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Description: Ribbons - Sewn SheetsDates: circa 1910s-1930sContainer: Box 13
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Description: Ribbons - Rambouillets and CorriedalesDates: 1938-1941Container: Box 16
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Description: MedalsDates: 1924, undatedContainer: Box 12
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Description: Sheep Pen SignsDates: undatedContainer: Box 14
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Description: TrophiesDates: 1908-1947Container: Box 15, 18-19
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Description: Specimen ContainersDates: undatedContainer: Box 17-18
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Description: U.S. Marshall, Alaska badgeDates: undatedContainer: Box 17
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Description: Award PlaqueDates: 1948Container: Box 17
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Description: Feed BowlDates: undatedContainer: Box 17
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Description: Kings Bros. Co. Envelopes (blank)Dates: undatedContainer: Box 29
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Description: Bank of Commerce money bag - Sheridan, WYDates: undatedContainer: Box 29
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Description: Rubber StampsDates: undatedContainer: Box 29
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Sheep ranches--Wyoming--Albany County.
- Corriedale sheep.
- Rambouillet sheep.
- Sheep industry--Wyoming--Albany County.
Geographical Names
- Wyoming--History--1890-1918.
- Wyoming--History--1919-1945.
Form or Genre Terms
- Awards.
- Photographs.
Occupations
- Sheep ranchers.
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- King, Francis S.
- King, Herbert J.
- King, Joseph S.
