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University of Wyoming. Wool Division records, 1874-2007

Overview of the Collection

Creator
University of Wyoming. Wool Division
Title
University of Wyoming. Wool Division records
Dates
1874-2007
Quantity
64.66 cubic ft. (75 boxes) + 37.5 KB
Collection Number
548009
Summary
Administrative records, projects, events, photographs, newsclippings, and scrapbooks regarding research and promotion of sheep and wool products by the University of Wyoming's Wool Division of the College of Agriculture.
Repository
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

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

Languages
English
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Historical Note

In the United States, the Morrill Act of 1862 set aside public land to support a university in each state dedicated to agriculture and mechanics. The Hatch Act of 1887 provided for the establishment of agricultural experiment stations to be associated with these land grant universities.

The University of Wyoming, founded in 1887 under the terms of these acts, emphasized agricultural research as an important part of its mission. The University opened its first Agricultural Experiment Station in 1891 with the goal of developing state resources for the benefit of inhabitants. During the early years of the university, agricultural activity occurred mainly at the experiment farms with few students enrolled in a classroom-based program.

The University of Wyoming College of Agriculture began to study sheep and wool in 1907 after passage of the Adams Act, which provided funding of $5000 per year for land-grant universities for sheep and wool research. John A. Hill was hired as the first professor of wool in 1907. The University of Wyoming Stock Farm was moved in 1908 to the former Wyoming Territorial Prison. The prison buildings were remodeled for livestock, including the housing of a Rambouillet sheep flock. The Wool Department was established in 1913 and conducted research, training, and experiments on sheep and wool in cooperation with the Agricultural Experiment Station before being merged with the Animal Science Department in 1955.

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Content Description

The collection contains administrative records, project files, events, photographs, news clippings, and scrapbooks on the evolution of the Wyoming wool industry and on international processes and tests. The collection also contains correspondence with interested international and domestic parties, as well as photographs, slides, and stamps of sheep and the wool business. Also included are books, publications, and other materials (correspondence, research data, publications, articles, and photographs) maintained by the Wool Library.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Copyright Information

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Restrictions on Use

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Preferred Citation

Preferred Citation

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

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Administrative Information

Related Materials

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

Acquisition Information

This material was received from the University of Wyoming, College of Agriculture, Wool Department from 1956-2016. Additional material came from the University of Wyoming Libraries, Emmett D. Chisum Special Collections in 2017.

Processing Note

The collection was processed by Tania Flores in 2001. It was updated by Jamie Greene in 2017 and 2019 and by Jael Smith and D. Claudia Thompson in 2020.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Container List

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Subject Terms

  • Sheep -- Breeding -- Wyoming
  • Sheep -- Judging -- Wyoming
  • Sheep industry -- Wyoming
  • Sheep industry --China
  • Sheep industry--Australia
  • Sheep industry--Iran
  • Wool -- Marketing -- Wyoming
  • Wool industry--Australia
  • Wool industry--China
  • Wool industry--Iran
  • Wool industry--Wyoming

Corporate Names

  • University of Wyoming -- History

Geographical Names

  • Wyoming--History--1890-1918
  • Wyoming--History--1919-1945
  • Wyoming--History--1946-1999
  • Wyoming--History--To 1889

Form or Genre Terms

  • Negatives
  • Photograph albums
  • Photographs
  • Scrapbooks
  • Slides

Other Creators

  • Personal Names

    • Burns, Robert H., (Robert Homer), 1900-1973
    • Ritch, W. T., -1949

    Corporate Names

    • American Wool Improvement Association
    • Wyoming Wool Growers Association

Processed by Tania Flores
2001;2005

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