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AHJ_ah12837 Inventory of the Wyoming Writers records, 1970-2021 Wyoming Writers records Processed by Brittany Heye University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center

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Finding aid encoded by Brittany Heye May 2022 Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition). University of Wyoming American Heritage Center 12837 Wyoming Writers Wyoming Writers records 1970-2021 9.00 cubic ft. (9 boxes) + 2.98 GB This collection contains the records for the Wyoming Writers, Inc. organization. Wyoming Writers was a group of writers in the state of Wyoming. The collection includes financial files, office files, and publications. English History of Wyoming Writers

Wyoming Writers, Inc. was a writer’s group that began in 1974 in the state of Wyoming because of a writing workshop. It was established to create a community for writers and a forum for discussion in the state. Annual conferences became a cornerstone of the group, creating a foundation from which isolated writers could build relationships to further their writing endeavors. The yearly meeting was augmented by a newsletter, website, and a members only e-list. A Wyoming Writers membership was open to anyone for whom writing was important. The organization sought to encourage all writers, no matter where they were on the writing spectrum. It began as a small, dedicated group of Wyoming writers and grew to include members from around the world.

Scope and Content

This collection contains financial records by fiscal year for the organization, scholarship records, meeting minutes, board of director materials, various board position materials, workshop and contest records, organization history, publications by Wyoming Writers, Inc., like the newsletter, conference and workshop programs, and books published by writers affiliated with the group.

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

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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 Christine Alethea Williams from 2021-2022.

The collection was processed by Brittany Heye in May of 2022 and updated by Jamie Greene in December 2024.

There are no known other archival collections created by Wyoming Writers at the date of processing.

Access Terms Writing. Authors. Poetry. Education. Associations, institutions, etc. -- Wyoming Scholarships. Wyoming -- History -- 1946-1999. Wyoming -- History -- 2000- Wyoming Literature Businesses and Corporations Container List Series I. Financial Files 1Fiscal Year files1980-2000 1Fiscal Year 1990-2000- Treasurer's Files1999-2000 2Financials only 1981-1982 2Financials and Scholarships1983-2018 2Financials and Scholarship Name Change 1993 2Memorial Scholarship Fund 1995-1999 2Old Info- Bank Statements- WWI Memorial Scholarships undated 2Various Information/ Scholarships 1999 2Writing Contest/ Awards 2015 Series II. Office Files 2Audit- Wyoming Writers 2007-2008 2Audited Bank Statements 2008-2009 2Awards undated 2Bear Lodge Writers Workshop 1980 2Bicentennial undated 2Board Correspondence undated 2 and Digital ahcdm_12837_003-004Board of Directors 2008-2016 3Books 1991-1995 3Book Greeting Cards undated 3Book Shop Book List (draft)undated 3Budget and Financial Statements undated 3The Centennial Readers Project 1988-1990 3Certificate- Blanks undated 3Committees undated 3Conference Data undated 3 and 9Conferences - Wyoming Writers1985-2007 3Constitution/ Bylaws undated 3Contest Data undated 3Contest Book Cover undated 3 and 9Correspondence 1990-2008 3correspondence- Miscellaneous undated, 1984-1995 3Convention Chair 2000-2008 3Emmie Mygatt Memorial Fund undated 3Executive Board 1988-1994 3Executive Board- Meeting Minutes 1994 3Executive Board- Minutes, Agendas, Correspondence 1976-1988 3Financial Data (Bills, Grants, etc.) undated 3First Interstate Bank 2009-2010 4Grants 1980-1988 4History undated 9History (newspaper clippings and notes)1973-1976 4IRS Documents 1982 4Job Descriptions undated 4 and Digital ahcdm_12837_002Management undated 4Meeting1985 4Meeting Minutes 1991-1998 4Membership Archives undated 4Membership Lists- Directories undated 4Membership Pin- 25 years undated 4Membership Survey Results 1992 4Midge undated/2002 4Newspaper Clippings undated 4Notes- Miscellaneous undated 4Old Stuffundated 4Original Copies undated 4Parliamentarian 1996-2001 4Past Conference Programs 1985-2021 4Patricia Frolander undated 9Photo albums/Scrapbooks: Wyoming Writer Conferences and Workshops (9 albums)1982-2007 5Photocopy Forms undated 5Photographs- Black and White undated 5Photographs- Color prints 1981-1990, undated 9Poets of Wyoming Writers1979-2000 5Range Writers undated 5Scholarship List1978-1996 5Secretary Files undated 5Secretary1995-1996 5Standing Roles 1991 5Success Awards undated 5Terrill's Barrelundated 5Thank You Cards- W.W. Memorial Scholarship Fund undated 5Treasurer1994-2011 5Vice President 1991-2002 9Western Writers of America1980-1987 5Writing Contestundated, 1987-2014 5Writing Contest- Winners 1979, 1984 5Workshop undated 51988 Workshop1988 5Workshops/ Contests undated 6Workshop Poems June 1987 6WWIundated 6WWI Centennial- Grant Writing 1987-1990 6WWI History undated 6WWI Receipts 2007-2008 6WWI Secretary 2007-2008 6Wyoming Council on the Arts Grants undated 6Wyoming Writers 1978-2018 6Wyoming Writers Anniversary Conference (40th)June 2014 9Wyoming Writers Centennial reading project1988 6Wyoming Writers Conference Booklets 2001-2008 6Wyoming Writers Day Proclamation May 16, 2017 6Wyoming Writers Pamphlets undated 6 and Digital ahcdm_12837_005WyoPoets 1991-2020 6WyoPoets Poetry Reading Project November 8, 1987 Series III. Publications 6Basic Horsemanship: English and Western by Eleanor F. Prince and Gaydell M. Collier 1974 6I Didn't Know That About Wyoming! by Lavinia Dobler 1984 6Music, Saddles, and Flapjacks: Dudes at the Oto Ranch by Roberta Cheney and Clyde Erskine 1978 6 and 9This Is Wyoming Listen… by Wyoming Writers and edited by Roberta C. Cheney and Emmie D. Mygatt1977 8Conference/ Workshop/Event booklets undated 8Contest Booklets undated Wyo-Writer: 7Wyo-Writer materials undated 7Wyo-Writer1974-2008 7Wyo-Writer- Incomplete Set 1970-2021 7Wyo-Writer- Newsletter Samples undated 7 and Digital ahcdm_12837_001Wyo-Writer Newsletter1982-2010