AHJ_ah06309 Inventory of the Mileva Maravic Papers, 1908-1998 Maravic (Mileva) Papers Processed by D. Claudia Thompson 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/
2016; 2017

University of Wyoming

 Finding aid encoded by D. Claudia Thompson January 2016 Finding aid is in English Collection Summary Maravic, Mileva Mileva Maravic papers 1908-1998 06309 .95 cubic ft. (3 containers) + electronic material University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English Photographs, textual material, and maps about the coal mining town of Gebo, Wyoming, collected and created by former resident Mileva Maravic. Biography of Mileva Maravic

Mileva Maravic (1912-2003) grew up in Gebo, Wyoming, a company town of the Owl Creek Coal Company. She attended the University of Wyoming and taught in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Santa Fe, New Mexico. Maravic collected historical material related to the town of Gebo.

 Scope and Content

The Mileva Maravic collection contains photographs of Gebo, Wyoming, and the coal mines of the Owl Creek Coal Company. Also included are materials from Maravic’s school years in Gebo; newspaper clippings about Gebo; a master’s thesis by Iris Guynn about Gebo; a map of Gebo; and reminiscences by Mileva Maravic, Vernal Woolman, George Talovich, and others.

 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 Mileva Maravic at the date of processing.

 Acquisition Information

This material was received from and through Mileva Maravic, 1976-2000. Maravic gathered material from Louis Troth, Ina Renie, Hazel Bowman, Cyrena Fry Flohr, George Talovich, Vernal Woolman, the Hot Springs County Museum, and others.

 Processing Information

The collection was processed by Kelly Law and D. Claudia Thompson in November 2017.

The collection was digitized in May 2020.

 Preferred Citation

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

 Existence and Location of Copies

Digital reproductions of select material from this collection are available at https://digitalcollections.uwyo.edu/luna/servlet/uwydbuwy~168~168.

 Access Terms Owl Creek Coal Company (Wyoming) Coal mines and mining -- Wyoming Gebo (Wyo.) Wyoming -- History -- 1890-1918 Wyoming -- History -- 1919-1945 <?xm-replace_text {Title as Subject}?> Places Wyoming Agriculture and Natural Resources Mines and Mineral Resources 1 Announcements and Diplomas 1926-1930, 1984 1 Artifact: "Gebo" Pennant undated Civilian Conservation Corps: 1 and Digitalahcdm_06309_001 Manuscript by George Talovich 1997 1 and Digitalahcdm_06309_004 Manuscript by Vernal Woolman, Jack Woolman, and Pete Diemer, also includes discharge (photocopy) and photographs (photocopies), 1934, 1938, 1998 1 Correspondence about Gebo Family from Vernal Woolman 1985-1986 1 Immigration papers of Smilja Tomich and Eli Talovich (photocopies) 1910 2 Map of Gebo, Wyoming 1932 3 Map of Gebo, Wyoming - Blueprint (fragile) 1923 2 Map of Gebo, Wyoming - Directories undated 2 Newspaper Clippings about Gebo and Crosby, Wyoming 1975-1981 1 Photocopies about Gebo and Owl Creek Coal Company from Hot Springs County Museum 1938-1966 Photographs: 1 Gebo and Crosby (duplicates from Hot Springs County Museum) 1917-1925 1 Gebo Labor Day Broadside 1923 1 Gebo Miners' Band, with Owl Creek Coal Co. Advertisement undated 1 Gebo Mines and Employees 1919-1926 1 and Digitalahcdm_06309_002 Gebo Mines and Employees - Notes about Photographs 1976-1998 1-2 Gebo Panoramas circa 1930 1 Gebo Residents 1914-1918 1 Gebo Schools 1920s 1 and Digitalahcdm_06309_001 Gebo Schools - Notes about Photographs 1976, 1997 1 Gebo Schools - Students and Teachers 1921-1930 1 Gebo Tamburitza Orchestra circa 1928 1 and Digitalahcdm_06309_002 Gebo Tamburitza Orchestra - Notes about Photographs 1997, undated 1 Gebo Town 1910-1977 1 Gebo, Wyoming, Photocopies from Vernal Woolman undated 1 School Certificate, School Petition (photocopy), School Census (photocopy) 1908-1912, 1930 1 Thesis: "The Social Interaction Among the Residents of Gebo, Wyoming" by Iris K. Guynn 1971 1 Transcripts from Newspapers, about Gebo 1967 Writings by Mileva Maravic about life in Gebo, Wyoming: 1 and Digitalahcdm_06309_002 Chicken for Supper 1998 1 Gebo (typescript) undated 1 and Digitalahcdm_06309_001 Gebo, Wyoming 1997 1 and Digitalahcdm_06309_003 More About Gebo, Wyoming 1998 1 and Digitalahcdm_06309_003 Remembrances of Gebo, Wyoming 1998 1 and Digitalahcdm_06309_002 Roaring Twenties and Prohibition in Gebo 1998