AHJ_ah10504 Inventory of the Wyoming State Historical Society records, 1873-2022 Wyoming State Historical Society records Processed by Melanie Francis The creation of the EAD-version of this finding aid was 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/
2001;2006

University of Wyoming

 Finding aid encoded by Ann Mulfort July 2006 Finding aid is in English Collection Summary Wyoming State Historical Society Wyoming State Historical Society records 1873-2022 1953-1999 10504 144.84 cubic ft. (119 boxes + audio-visual materials) + 27.00 GB University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English Material includes correspondence beginning in 1953, regarding annual meetings, membership, annual treks, awards, History Day, and communication with county chapters. Also included are meeting minutes, constitutional revisions, and project reports and correspondence related to the numerous publications put out by the WSHS. Photographs, slides, VHS videotapes, 8mm film, and audiotapes are included of many events of the WSHS from the 1960s-1990s. Historic maps and David Paulley paintings are also included. History of the Wyoming State Historical Society

A number of historical organizations preceded the Wyoming State Historical Society of today. In 1921, the state authorized the formation of a state historical society. State historian Mrs. Cyrus Beard headed the society, which encouraged membership and in 1924 began publishing what is today Annals of Wyoming: The Wyoming History Journal. However, by 1932, Wyoming again was without a state society.

The current WSHS was founded in 1953. A new Constitution was proposed and passed, which borrowed from preceding societies. Articles and amendments were proposed, revised, and adopted according to the constitutional rules of the society. Secretary-treasurer Lola Homsher became a long-term executive board member of the WSHS.

The close WSHS connection to the Wyoming State Archives and Historical Department evolved during the time when the society organized the executive headquarters in the Cheyenne office. Local county chapters formed and flourished after the reorganization of the state society. The society published Annals of Wyoming: The Wyoming History Journal, which was initiated in 1924 by Mrs. Cyrus Beard, the state historian.

Wyoming’s representative statue of Esther Hobart Morris in Statuary Hall, Washington, D. C., was the first major project of the WSHS. Subsequent projects included awards programs in recognition of art, literature, film, and drama related to Wyoming history. L. C. Bishop’s work, Organizing Historical Treks on the Old Oregon Trail, and T. A. Larson’s book, Wyoming’s War Years 1941-45, were among the first to receive awards.

Popular historical treks each summer became a highlight of the WSHS activities. Local chapters took turns hosting the event, which entailed planning bus tours, lodging, social activities, and publications for the event.

The society sponsored and conducted a variety of projects to interest members and the general public. The purchase of Fort Fetterman in 1961 and the preservation of the Sheridan Inn in 1965 are examples of society endeavors. Protection from vandalism was another major concern of the WSHS, which worked on such as projects as better security for Fort Fred Steele, Independence Rock, and Register Cliff.

History Day, initiated in 1980, was a central focus of the WSHS. It promoted the study of history in Wyoming public schools by encouraging students to use primary research sources in archives, museums, and oral history. Students researched their topics along a central theme defined each year by History Day at the national level. Presentations included a choice of formal papers, two or three dimensional displays, individual or group drama, along with extensive bibliographies for competition at the local, regional, state, and national levels.

In January 1995 the WSHS was based at the Executive Headquarters at the State Archives and Historical Department, a division of Parks and Cultural Resources, Department of Commerce. However, Dr. Celeste Colgan, director of the Department of Commerce, maintained that the former relationship between the State and the WSHS, a private organization, was no longer advantageous, and she withdrew financial assistance for the society. For a short time the Department of Commerce continued to produce Annals while the WSHS published the Wyoming History Journal.

The WSHS became a self-supporting, non-profit organization as a result of a new statute agreement with the Division of Parks and Cultural Resources, which renewed partial, monetary assistance for the recombined Annals of Wyoming: The Wyoming History Journal later in 1995. The journal was produced with editorial assistance provided by the History Department of the University of Wyoming with office space provided by the American Heritage Center. Other WSHS publications include Wyoming History News, Wyoming Historic Trails, and the Wyoming Historic Calendar (in conjunction with the American Heritage Center). The WSHS web site: www.wyshs.org was also part of the society’s outreach program by 1997. In 2022 Wyoming State Historical Society changed it's name to Wyoming Historical Society.

 Scope and Content

The Wyoming State Historical Society records include David Paulley oil paintings, correspondence beginning in 1953, regarding annual meetings, membership, annual treks, annual awards, other projects, History Day, and communication among county chapters. Transcripts of executive meetings and constitutional revisions are also included. The WSHS collection does not contain many records from the period 1895-1950. Much was lost or destroyed. Records from the first decade of the revised society, the 1950s, are less complete than records from the 1960s and beyond.

Correspondence and plans for the Quarterly Bulletin, Annals of Wyoming, Wyoming History News, and Wyoming Historic Trails are included. Maps used in planning annual treks and charting historic trails are also housed in the collection. Of special interest are those maps used by Paul Henderson in his plotting of Wyoming’s Oregon, Overland, and Bozeman Trails.

Personal photographs and slides include those taken by some executive officers and show annual meetings, awards ceremonies, and annual treks. 8mm film (Wyoming from the Beginning—1963), VHS video projects (Surveyors of the 6th Principal Meridian--1987), and VHS videotape (World War II Symposium in Casper—1995) illustrate film projects funded by the society. Audio tapes provide a recording of the Wyoming State Song (1990) by the Park County Historical Society for the Wyoming Centennial Project and audio-tape records of executive meetings from 1995 through 1997.

The controversial years of 1995-1997, when the Wyoming State Historical Society eventually split from the Department of Commerce, are recorded in extensive executive correspondence, audio tapes, resulting constitutional revisions, and newspaper clippings.

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

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

The Wyoming State Historical Society records were given to the American Heritage Center by the Society between 1996 and 2023. The papers had been kept in storage by the society in good condition and in good chronological order.

The collection was processed by Melanie Francis in June 2001 and updated by Jamie J. Greene in June 2022 and June 2024. The original folder titles and arrangement have generally been maintained. Materials like photographs, 8mm film, VHS video tapes, slides, audio tapes, publications, ledgers, and other miscellaneous documents are arranged in separate series.

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Wyoming State Historical Society records, 1873-1999, Collection Number 10504, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

 Access Terms History--Societites, etc.--Wyoming. Wyoming--History--To 1889. Wyoming--History--1890-1918. Wyoming--History--1919-1945. Wyoming--History--1946-1999. Wyoming--History--2000- Photographs. Audio tapes. Motion picture film. Video tapes. Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Social Life and Customs Clubs and Societies Wyoming Container List Series I. Organizational Records 1898, 1953-1999 (46 document boxes)

Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year. Correspondence for annual meetings, treks, awards, membership; constitution, by-laws and amendment revisions, information on society publications, and newspaper clippings on society events; minutes and transcripts of executive meetings, membership lists, and financial reports.

 1 1 PUBLISHED REPORTS 1898

Robert Morris, John Hoyt

 1 2 LEGAL DOCUMENTS 1953

Act Creating WHS (1895); Natrona County Articles of Incorporation

 1 3-4 EMIGRANT TRAIL TREK #1 & #2 1953 1 5 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 1953 1 6 FIRST ANNUAL MEETING 1954 1 7 EMIGRANT TRAIL TREK #4 1954 1 8 HOMSHER, LOLA CORRESPONDENCE 1954 1 9 MEMBERSHIP RECORDS 1953-1954 1 10 SECOND ANNUAL MEETING 1955 1 11-12 EMIGRANT TRAIL TREK #5 & #6 1955 1 13 MEMBERSHIP RECORDS 1955 1 14 THIRD ANNUAL MEETING 1956 1 15 EMIGRANT TRAIL #7 1956 1 16 FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING 1957 1 17 LEASE AGREEMENT—CARBON COUNTY 1957

Rawlins Spring Site

 1 18 FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING 1958 1 19 EMIGRANT TRAIL #9 1958 1 20 SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING 1959 1 21 EMIGRANT TRAIL TREK #10 1959 1 22 HISTORY NEWS 1953-1959 1 23 SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING 1960 1 24 EMIGRANT TRAIL TREK #11 1960 1 25 EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING 1961 1 26 COPYRIGHT PAPERS/HISTORICAL BOOKLET 1961 1 27 EMIGRANT TRAIL TREK #12 1961 2 1 NINTH ANNUAL MEETING 1962 2 2 EMIGRANT TRAIL TREK #13 1962 2 3 10TH ANNUAL MEETING 1963 2 4 EMIGRANT TRAIL TREK #14 1963 2 5 EXECUTIVE CORRESPONDENCE 1963 2 6 11TH ANNUAL MEETING 1964 2 7 HANDBOOK AND AWARDS PROGRAM 1964 2 8 EMIGRANT TRAIL TREK #14 1964 3 1 12th ANNUAL MEETING 1965 3 2 HANDBOOK AND AWARDS PROGRAM 1965 3 3 EMIGRANT TRAIL TREK #16 1965 3 4 EXECUTIVE MEETING 1960-1965 3 5-6 HISTORY NEWS 1954-1965 4 1 13TH ANNUAL MEETING 1966 4 2 ANNUAL TREK 1966 4 3 EMIGRANT TRAIL TREK # 17 1966 4 4 EXECUTIVE LISTS AND MEMBERSHIPS 1966

(various dates)

 4 5 14TH ANNUAL MEETING 1967 4 6 ANNUAL TREK PHOTOGRAPHS 1967

Taken by Katherine Halverson

 4 7 EMIGRANT TRAIL TREK #18 1967 4 8 HALVERSON, KATHERINE PHOTOGRAPHS 1967 4 9 MILLEK, DOROTHY CORRESPONDENCE 1967 4 10 15TH ANNUAL MEETING 1968 4 11 EMIGRANT TRAIL TREK #19 1968 4 12 MEMBERSHIP LISTS 1968 4 13 PORTRAIT OF A PIONEER CITY 1968

Radio scripts by Clarice Whittenburg

 5 1 16th ANNUAL MEETING 1969 5 2 HISTORY NEWS 1960-1969 5 3 MEMORIALS—STATE AND COUNTY 1969 5 4 17TH ANNUAL MEETING 1970 5 5 BUDGET AND TAX CORRESPONDENCE 1970 5 6 EXECUTIVE MEETING 1970 5 7 FILM PROJECT--WYOMING FROM THE BEGINNING 1970 5 8 NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS/ NEWS RELEASES 1970 5 9 18TH ANNUAL MEETING 1971 5 10 HOMSHER, LOLA FILE 1953-1971 6 1 19TH ANNUAL MEETING 1972 6 2 ANNALS COPYRIGHT PAPERS 1972 6 3 20TH ANNUAL MEETING 1973 6 4 FOUNDATION CORRESPONDENCE #1 1973

Articles of Incorporation (1961-1967)

 6 5 FOUNDATION CORRESPONDENCE #2 1973 6 6 FOUNDATION DOCUMENT 1973

Articles of Incorporation

 6 7 21ST ANNUAL MEETING 1974 6 8 DRUMBRILL, RICHARD CORRESPONDENCE 1974

Mountain Man Trails, Award, Annals

 6 9 FOUNDATION RECORDS 1974

Financial and Donation Records

 6 10 ANNALS INFORMATION COSTS 1975 6 11 EXCHANGES 1975 6 12 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR HUMANITIES 1975 6 13 WPA GRANT REQUEST 1975 7 1 ANNUAL CHAPTER REPORTS 1976 7 2 23RD ANNUAL MEETING 1976 7 3 ANNUAL TREK 1976 7 4 ASSORTED NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS 1976

(1890s-1970s)

 7 5 ASSORTED PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL 1976 7 6 BICENTENNIAL LIVING HISTORY 1976

Correspondence for video-tape program

 7 7 BIG HORN FOREST COMMITTEE 1976 7 8 COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE 1976 7 9 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 1976 7 10 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 1976 8 1 BRAZELTON, JAY CORRESPONDENCE 1976 8 2-3 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 1976 8 4 GRANT IN AID 1976 8 5 HISTORY NEWS 1971-1976 8 6 LEGISLATORS 1976 8 7 MABEL BROWN AWARD 1976 8 8-9 MEMBERSHIP LISTS 1976 9 1 ANNUAL MEETING 1977 9 2 ANNUAL TREK 1977 9 3 AWARDS CORRESPONDENCE 1977 9 4 COUNTY CHAPTER CORRESPONDENCE 1977 9 5 COUNTY CHAPTER REPORTS 1977 9 6 COPYRIGHT INFORMATION 1977 9 7 DENVER SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PROJECT 1977 9 8 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 1977 9 9 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 1977 9 10 MEMBERSHIP LISTS 1977 9 11 MEXICAN AMERICANS IN WYOMING 1977 9 12 MULTI-ETHNIC STUDIES 1977 9 13 PENDERGRAFT, RAY CORRESPONDENCE 1977 10 1 RENDEZVOUS (1825) 1977 10 2 TOTAL MEMBERSHIP LISTS 1977 10 3 WASDEN AWARD 1977 10 4-5 “WYOMING FROM THE BEGINNING,” 1977

Correspondence, Publicity, and Newspaper Clippings

 10 6 ANNUAL MEETING 1978

Correspondence and Photographs

 10 7 ANNUAL MEETING REPORTS 1978 10 8 ANNUAL TREK 1978 10 9 AWARDS AND CORRESPONDENCE 1978 10 10-11 COUNTY CHAPTER MEMBERSHIP 1978 10 12 CHAPTER OFFICERS 1978 11 1 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TRANSCRIPT 1978 11 2 EXECUTIVE MEETING TRANSCRIPT 1978 11 3 WYOMING EUROPEAN HERITAGE 1978

Katherine Halverson Personal File

 11 4-5 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 1978 11 6 MEMBERSHIP LISTS 1978 11 7 MOUNTAIN MAN TRAILS FOUNDATION 1978

Publication Drafts and Correspondence

 11 8 SALERATUS AND SAGEBRUSH 1978

Correspondence and Accounts

 11 9 WASDEN, DAVID (PRESIDENT) FILE 1978 11 10 “WYOMING FROM THE BEGINNING,” 1978

Film Sales, Schedule, Correspondence

 11 11 WYOMING HISTORY WEEK PROCLAMATION 1978 12 1 ANNUAL MEETING 1979 12 2 ANNUAL TREK 1979 12 3 AWARDS PROGRAM 1979 12 4-5 AWARDS 1979 12 6 BISHOP MEMORIAL FUND 1979 12 7 BROWN, MABEL (PRESIDENT) FILE 1979 12 8 CHAPTER OFFICERS 1979 12 9 COUNTY CHAPTER CORRESPONDENCE 1979 12 10 CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 1979

Drafts of Revisions, Correspondence

 13 1-3 CORRESPONDENCE 1979 13 4 DIVISION NEWS RELEASES 1979 13 5 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (TRANSCRIPTS) 1979

Ellen Muler File

 13 6 EXECUTIVE MEETINGS 1979 13 7 EXECUTIVE MEETING TRANSCRIPTS 1979 13 8 GRANT-IN-AID 1979 13 9 GRANT-IN-AID FORMS 1977 13 10 GRANT-IN-AID PROJECTS 1979

Correspondence and Agreements

 14 1-2 GRANT-IN-AID PROJECTS 1979 14 3 GRANT-IN-AID 1976 14 4 GRANT-IN-AID: HUNT, GEOFFREY 1973 14 5-6 GRANT-IN-AID: LEWELLYN, MIKE 1975 14 7 GRANT-IN-AID: LOVE, KAREN 1971-1972 14 8-9 GRANT-IN-AID: MURRAY, ROBERT 1964-1980 14 10 GRANT-IN-AID: NELSON, GERALD 1964-1965 14 11 GRANT-IN-AID: PAIGE, JOHN C. 1979-1980 15 1 GRANT-IN-AID: PENDERGRAFT, RAY 1969 15 2 GRANT-IN-AID: PETERSON, GUY 1977-1980 15 3 FILM SCHEDULE 1979

Wyoming from the Beginning

 15 4-5 FOUNDATION CORRESPONDENCE 1970-1979 15 6 FOUNDATION SOLICITATION LETTERS 1970 15 7 HICKS, LUCILLE SCHOLARSHIP 1979 15 8 HISTORY NEWS 1970-1979 15 9-10 MEMBERSHIP LISTS 1979 15 11 PARRIS, BETTY JO FILE 1979

Personal Correspondence, Memorabilia

 16 1 ANNALS CORRESPONDENCE 1980 16 2 ANNUAL MEETING 1980 16 3 ANNUAL REPORT 1980 16 4 ANNUAL TREK #1 1980

Correspondence

 16 5 ANNUAL TREK #2

Publicity, Maps

 16 6 AWARDS PROGRAM 1980 16 7 AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS 1980 16 8 GRANT-IN-AID 1980 16 9 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 1980 16 10-11 COUNTY CHAPTER REPORTS 1980 16 12 CHAPTER MEMBERSHIP CORRESPONDENCE 1980 16 13 CHAPTER MEMBERSHIP LISTS 1980 17 1 CONSTITUTION REVISION 1980 17 2 CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS REVISIONS 1980 17 3 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 1980 17 4 GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS 1980 17 5 GRUNKO CO. FILM 1980

Vacation Land Studio, 1976 Agreement

 17 6 FOUNDATION FILM PROPOSALS 1980 17 7-8 MEMBERSHIP LISTS 1980 17 9 ORAL HISTORY DOCUMENTATION 1980

Transcripts

 17 10 STATE AND CHAPTER OFFICERS 1980 17 11 MISCELLANEOUS PAMPHLETS 1980 17 12 US POST OFFICE PERMIT 1979 17 13 WYOMING FROM THE BEGINNING 1976

Correspondence, Proposal, Agreement

 18 1 ANNUAL TREK 1981

Old West Ranch Tour

 18 2 ANNUAL TREK SLIDES 1981

Platte and Goshen County Ranch Tour

 18 3 AWARDS PROGRAM 1981 18 4 CORRESPONDENCE 1981 18 5 COUNTY SOCEITY CORRESPONDENCE 1981 18 6-8 MEMBERSHIP LISTS 1979-1981 19 1 ANNUAL MEETING 1982 19 2 ANNUAL TREK 1982 19 3 AWARDS PROGRAM 1982 19 4 BROADCAST SERVICES CORRESPONDENCE 1982 19 5-6 CORRESPONDENCE 1982 19 7 COUNTY SOCIETY CORRESPONDENCE 1982 19 8 EXECUTIVE CORRESPONDENCE 1982 19 9-10 MEMBERSHIP LISTS 1982 19 11 RECKLING BALES, V.J. SCHOLARSHIP 1978-1982 20 1 AWARDS PROGRAM 1983 20 2-4 CORRESPONDENCE 1983 20 5 COUNTY CHAPTER CORRESPONDENCE 1983 20 6 EXECUTIVE BOARD CORRESPONDENCE 1983 20 7 HANDBOOKS AND CONSTITUTION 1965-1983 21 1 FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT 1983 21 2-5 MEMBERSHIP LISTS 1983 21 6 SOCIETY CORRESPONDENCE 1983 22 1 ANNUAL MEETING 1984 22 2 ANNUAL TREK 1984 22 3 COUNTY SOCIETIES 1984 22 4-6 COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE 1984 22 7 HISTORY DAY 1984 22 8 INTERNAL REVENUE 1954-1984

Returns and Correspondence

 22 9-10 MEMBERSHIP LISTS 1984 23 1 ANNUAL MEETING 1985 23 2 ANNUAL TREK 1985 23 3 ANNUAL TREK SLIDES 1985 23 4 AWARDS PROGRAM 1985 23 5 BUDGET CORRESPONDENCE 1985 23 6-10 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 1985 23 11 COUNTY CHAPTER CORRESPONDENCE 1985

Annual Reports

 23 12 FINANCIAL REPORTS 1985 23 13 HOMSHER (LOLA) FUND 1985-1987 23 14-15 MEMBERSHIP LISTS 1985 24 1 ANNUAL MEETING 1986 24 2 ANNUAL REPORT 1986 24 3 ANNUAL TREK 1986 24 4 AWARDS CORRESPONDENCE 1986 24 5 FOUNDATION CORRESPONDENCE 1986 24 6 FINANCIAL CORRESPONDENCE 24 7 FINANCIAL REPORT 1986 24 8 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 1986 24 9 HISTORY DAY 1986 24 10 MEMBERSHIP LISTS 1986 24 11 MEMORIAL FUND 1986 24 12 REPORT TO TETON CTY. MUSEUM BOARD 1986 25 1 ANNALS CORRESPONDENCE 1987 25 2 ANNUAL MEETING 1987 25 3 ANNUAL TREK 1987 25 4 AWARDS PROGRAM 1987 25 5 AASLH AWARDS PROGRAM 1987 25 6 WSHS AWARDS PROGRAM 25 7-8 CORRESPONDENCE 1987 25 9 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 1987 25 10 HOMSHER ENDOWMENT AND GRANT 1987 25 11 WYOMING HISTORY IN ART 1987 26 1 ANNUAL MEETING 1988 26 2 ANNUAL TREK 1988 26 3 AWARDS PROGRAM 1988 26 4 CORRESPONDENCE 1988 26 5-6 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 1988 26 7 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND REPORTS 1988 27 1 ANNUAL MEETING 1989 27 2 ANNUAL TREK 1989 27 3 AWARDS BOOKLET—REVISION COMMITTEE 1989 27 4 AWARDS PROGRAM 1989 27 5 CORRESPONDENCE 1989 27 6 COUNTY CHAPTER CORRESPONDENCE 1989 27 7-8 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 1989 27 9 HANDBOOK (REVISED) 1987 27 10 HANDBOOK REVISION COMMITTEE 1987 27 11 HANDBOOK UPDATE 1989 28 1 LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE 1989 28 2-3 MEMBERSHIP CORRESPONDENCE 1989 28 4-6 MEMBERSHIP LISTS 1989 28 7 ANNUAL MEETING 1990 28 8 ANNUAL TREK 1990 28 9 AWARDS PROGRAM 1990 28 10-11 AWARDS PROGRAM BOOK 1990

Guidelines for Committee Chair

 28 12 AWARD WINNER LISTINGS 1969-1990 29 1-2 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 1990 29 3 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 1990 29 4-5 HISTORY NEWS 1980-1990 29 6 HOMSHER FUND 1990 29 7 MEMBERSHIP CORRESPONDENCE 1990 29 8-9 MEMBERSHIP LISTS 1990 30 1 ANNUAL TREK 1991 30 2 AWARDS PROGRAM 1991 30 3-5 COUNTY CHAPTER CORRESPONDENCE 1991 30 6 HISTORY NEWS CORRESPONDENCE 1991 30 7 HOMSHER GRANT 1991 30 8 HOMSHER GRANT APPLICANTS 1991 30 9 MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE 1991 31 1-3 MEMBERSHIP CORRESPONDENCE 1991 31 4 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING 1991 31 5 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CORRESPONDENCE 1991 31 6 FORT BRIDGER HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 1980-1991 31 7-8 MEMBERSHIP LISTS 1991 31 9 OFFICERS’ CORRESPONDENCE 31 10 PRESIDENT’S CORRESPONDENCE 1991 32 1 ANNUAL MEETING 1992 32 2 ANNUAL TREK 1992 32 3 AWARDS PROGRAM 1992 32 4 CORRESPONDENCE (OFFICERS) 1992 32 5-6 CORRESPONDENCE 1992 32 7 COUNTY CHAPTER INFORMATION 1992 32 8 EXECUTIVE CORRESPONDENCE 1992 32 9 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGS 1992 32 10 FINANCIAL REPORT 1992 32 11 HANDBOOK 1992 33 1 HANDLEY, SCOTT GRANT 1992 33 2 HOMSHER GRANT 1992 33 3 HOMSHER PROJECT GRANTS 1992 33 4-5 MEMBERSHIP LISTS 1992 33 6 WORLD WAR II PLANNING GRANT 1992 33 7 ANNUAL MEETING 1993 33 8 AWARDS PROGRAM 1993 33 9 WYOMING HISTORY CALENDER 1993 33 10 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 1993 34 1 EXECUTIVE CORRESPONDENCE 1993 34 2 FINANCIAL CORRESPONDENCE 1993 34 3 HISTORICAL SOCIETY BILLING 1993 34 4 HOMSHER GRANT 1993 34 5 HOMSHER PROJECT GRANTS 1993

Forms, Winners List

 34 6-7 MEMBERSHIP CORRESPONDENCE 1993 34 8-9 MEMBERSHIP LISTS 1993 35 1 PICKETT-REID, PEGGY GRANT 1993 35 2 WORLD WAR II PROJECT 1993 35 3 WORLD WAR II IN WYOMING PROJECT 1993 35 4 WORLD WAR II PUBLIC PROGRAMS 1993 35 5 WYOMING HISTORY NEWS 1991-1993 36 1 ANNUAL MEETING 1994 36 2 ANNUAL MEETING INFORMATION 1994 36 3 CALENDAR CORRESPONDENC/RECORDS 1994 36 4 CORRESPONDENCE (GENERAL) 1994 36 5 DISBURSEMENTS 1994 36 6-8 EXECUTIVE CORRESPONDENCE 1989-1994 36 9 FINANCIAL REPORTS 1994 36 10 FOUNDATION CORRESPONDENCE 1994 37 1 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 1994 37 2 GROWING UP IN WYOMING PROJECT 1994 37 3 HOMSHER GRANT 1994 37 4 INTERIM REPORT 1994

Acreage Limitation (1980)

 37 5-6 MEMBERSHIP LISTS 1994 37 7 PRESIDENT’S CORRESPONDENCE 1994 37 8-9 WORLD WAR II EXHIBITS 1994 37 10 A WAY OF LIFE—ONE FAMILY’S LEGACY 1994 38 1 ANNALS CORRESPONDENCE 1995 38 2-3 ANNUAL MEETING 1995

Correspondence and Documents

 38 4 AWARDS PROGRAM 1995

Correspondence and Information

 38 5 CALENDAR ORDERS 1995 38 6 CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 1995 38 7-8 EXECUTIVE CORRESPONDENCE 1995 39 1 EXECUTIVE CORRESPONDENCE 1995 39 2 EXPIRED MEMBERSHIP LISTS 1995 39 3 FINANCIAL REPORT 1995 39 4-5 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 1995 39 6 HISTORICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION 1995 39 7 HOMSHER GRANT 1995 39 8 JOST, LOREN CORRESPONDENCE 1995 39 9-11 MEMBERSHIP LISTS 1995 39 12 PUBLICITY AND CORRESPONDENCE 1995 39 13 SOCIETY CHANGES AND SUGGESTIONS 1995 39 14 WORLD WAR II IN WYOMING 1995

WSHS Publishing Project—T.A. Larson

 40 1-3 ANNUAL MEETING 1996 40 4 AWARDS PROGRAM 1996 40 5 CONTRACTS OR AGREEMENTS 1996 40 6-8 CORRESPONDENCE 1996 41 1-3 COUNTY CHAPTER CORRESPONDENCE 1996 41 4 COUNTY CHAPTER INFORMATION 1994-1996 41 5 DONATIONS 1996 41 6 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 1996

(Maurine Carley Historic Preservation Nominees)

 41 7-8 EXECUTIVE CORRESPONDENCE 1996 41 9 EXECUTIVE MEETING 1996 42 1 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 1996 42 2 HANDBOOK UPDATE 1990-1992 42 3 HOMSHER GRANTS 1996 42 4 MEMBERSHIP REPORTS 1996 42 5-6 MEMBERSHIP LISTS 1996 42 7 MONTHLY REPORTS 1984-1994 42 8 PUBLICATION CORRESPONDENCE 1996 42 9 SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN PROJECT 1996 42 10 STATE OFFICER AND COMMITTEE LISTINGS 1996 42 11 TREASURER’S CORRESPONDENCE 1996 42 12 WYOMING FROM THE BEGINNING 1996 42 13 WYOMING HISTORY JOURNAL 1996 42 14 WYOMING HISTORY NEWS 1992-1995 43 1 ANNUAL MEETING 1997 43 2 DECELLE, JERRY FILE 1997 43 3-5 EXECUTIVE CORRESPONDENCE 1997 43 6 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 1997 43 7 LARAMIE PLAINS MUSEUM 1989-1997

Publications, Newsletters

 43 8 MEMBERSHP CORRESPONDENCE 1997 43 9 PUBLICATION COMMUNICATION 1997 44 1 ANNUAL MEETING 1998 44 2 ANNUAL TREK CORRESPONDENCE 1998 44 3 ANNUAL TREK INFORMATION 1998 44 4 COMMERCE DEPARTMENT 1998

Partnership Agreement

 44 5 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 1998 44 6 FINANCIAL CORRESPONDENCE 1998 44 7 FINANCIAL REPORT 1998 44 8 HOMSHER TRUST GRANT 1998 44 9 WYOMING ASSOCATION OF PROFESSIONAL HISTORIANS 1994-1998 45 1 ANNUAL MEETING 1999 45 2 ANNUAL MEETING BROCHURES 1999 45 3 ANNUAL TREK (ALBANY COUNTY) 1999 45 4 ANNUAL TREK BOOKLET REJECTS 1999 45 5 ANNUAL TREK BROCHURE GALLEY PROOF 1999 45 6 ANNUAL TREK INFORMATION 1999

Correspondence, Clippings

 45 7 ANNUAL TREK MULTI-MEDIA PROMOTION 1999 45 8 ANNUAL TREK PRESS RELEASE 1999

Correspondence, Information

 46 1 BUS TOUR TALK AND MAPS 1999 46 2-3 CORRESPONDENCE 1999 46 4 HISTORY DAY (OLD REFERENCES) 1999 46 5 HISTORY SOCIETY FOUNDATION 1999 46 6 LAWRENCE, AMY FILE 1999 46 7 SCHOLARSHIP APPLICANTS 1999 46 8-9 WYOMING HISTORY NEWS 1989-1999 46 10 WYOMING TRAILS NEWSLETTER 1993-1999 Series II. Presidential Papers 1994-1997 (1 document box) Subseries 1. Michael Cassity Papers 1994-1997 (1 document box)

Arranged chronologically. Correspondence as Albany County representative (1994-1996) and president (1996-1997) of the WSHS for committee meeting agendas and reports, publication planning, membership outreach, and multi-media technology.

 47 1 MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION/STATISTICS 1994 47 2 ANNUAL MEETING 1995 47 3 COMPRESSED VIDEO SYSTEM 1995 47 4 EXECUTIVE MEETING 1995 47 5 ANNUAL MEETING 1996 47 6 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 1996 47 7 E-MAIL CORRESPONDENCE 1996 47 8 FINANCIAL REPORTS 1996 47 9 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 1996 47 10 HANDBOOK AND CORRESPONDENCE 1996 47 11 MEMBERSHIP LISTS 1996 47 12 WEB PAGE PROJECT 1996 47 13 WEST, JUDY CORRESPONDENCE 1996 47 14 EXECUTIVE CORRESPONDENCE 1997 47 15 HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS 1997

For Deaccessioning

 47 16 MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE 1997 47 17 MISCELLANEOUS 1997 47 18 PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE 1996-1997 Series III. Membership Ledgers 1953-1983 (1 F17 box)

Arranged chronologically. Record entries by date for county chapter membership lists and dues.

 48 MEMBERSHIP RECORDS 1953-1963 48 FINANCIAL RECORDS 1953-1983 Series IV. Miscellaneous Journals and Reports 1873-1890 (1 F17 box)

Arranged chronologically. Published by the Territory or State of Wyoming. Annual and biennial reports about Wyoming to federal agencies in Washington.

 49 COUNCIL JOURNAL OF THE THIRD LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE TERRITORY OF WYOMING 1873 49 HOUSE JOURNAL OF THE FOURTH LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE TERRITORY OF WYOMING 1875 49 COUNCIL JOURNAL OF THE SEVENTH LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE TERRITORY OF WYOMING 1882 49 REPORT OF THE GOVERNOR OF WYOMING MADE TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR 1883 49 REPORT OF THE GOVERNOR OF WYOMING TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR 1885 49 RESOURCES OF WYOMING 1889 1889 49 HOUSE JOURNAL OF THE ELEVENTH LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY 1890 Series V. Wyoming State Historical Society Seal 1964 (1 F17 box)

Arranged alphabetically. 19 entries for design contest for new society seal.

 ENTRIES: 50 ALLISON, BILL 1964 50 CARPENTER, DON (MRS.) 1964 50 GAITHER, JAMES 1964 50 KEENAN, PETER (MRS.) 1964

4 Entries

 50 LINK, PATRICK 1964

19 Entries

 50 TELLIER, PATRICIA 1964 50 SWEEM, GLENN 1964

2 Entries

 50 RAMSEY, WILLIAM (MRS.) 1964 50 YALE, DON 1964

2 Entries

 50 COUNTY HISTORICAL SEAL 1964 50 WSHS HISTORICAL SEAL (FINAL CHOICE) 1964 Series VI. Maps 1883-1965 (3 F24 boxes)

Arranged chronologically within each box. Highway Department and Geological Survey maps with handwritten trail and trek routes marked. Also, by Paul Henderson of trail and Pony Express routes.

 51 SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN—CHEYENNE 1898, 1924 51 SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN-TOWNSHIP #40 1943 51 FREMONT COUNTY 1947 51 SWEETWATER COUNTY 1947 51 FREIGHTER GAP 1958 51 SUPERIOR 1958 51 EMIGRANT GAP 1951

(2 items)

 51 POISON SPIDER 1951 51 RED CANYON 1951 51 SQUARE TOP BUTTE 1951 51 MANDERSON 1960 51 THERMOPOLIS 1960 52 FORT BRIDGER SURVEY 1958 52 FORT CASPER AND INDEPENDENCE ROCK 1958

Survey

 52 FORT LARAMIE AND FORT FETTERMAN 1958

Survey

 52 FORT BRIDGER SURVEY 1964 52 NIOBRARA COUNTY 1953 52 NATRONA COUNTY 1953, 1955 52 CASPER AND VACINITY 1955 52 RED HOLE 1960 52 STATE OF WYOMING 1883, undated

Paul Henderson Annotations

 53 PATHFINDER RESERVIOIR 1929 53 SANDFORD RANCH, NATRONA COUNTY 1959 53 PONY EXPRESS ROUTE 1960

By L.C. Bishop and Paul Henderson

 53 DEADWOOD NORTH, SOUTH DAKOTA 1965 53 DEADWOOD SOUTH, SOUTH DAKOTA 1965 53 CROOKS TOWER, SOUTH DAKOTA 1965 53 NATHANT, SOUTH DAKOTA 1965 53 SPEARFISH, SOUTH DAKOTA 1965 53 CASPER AND VICINITY undated 53 LOST CABIN AND LANDER AND VICINITY undated 53 SHERIDAN AND VICINITY undated 53 WIND RIVER RANGE AND VICINITY undated Series VII. Audio-visual Materials 1987-1997 (1 CAL box + 3 items)

Arranged by format chronologically. One 8mm film project, two VHS film projects, two VHS symposium video-tapes, one audio-tape of Wyoming State Song (1990), and 21 audio- tapes of executive meetings (1995-1997).

 Audio-cassettes: 54 EXECUTIVE MEETING June 16, 1995 54 EXECUTIVE MEETING August 12, 1995

(3 tapes)

 54 EXECUTIVE BOARD September 8, 1995

(3 tapes)

 54 ANNUAL MEETING September 9, 1995 54 EXECUTIVE MEETING September 6, 1996 54 EXECUTIVE MEETING September 7, 1996 54 EXECUTIVE MEETING November 2, 1996

(4 tapes)

 54 EXECUTIVE MEETTING February 2, 1997

Teton County Presentation (4 tapes)

 54 EXECUTIVE MEETING September 5, 1997 54 BUSINESS MEETING September 6, 1997 VHS tape: 54 WORLD WAR II SYMPOSIUM, CASPER November 3, 1995 54 DUBOIS MUSEUM May 6, 1987 Reel-to-reel tape: 54 WYOMING STATE SONG undated

Wyoming Centennial Project; Park County Historical Society

 Oversized Items: 1” VHS tape: 54 SURVEYORS OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN circa 1987 1” Reel Video Tape: 54 WYOMING FROM THE BEGINNING 1993 8 mm movie film: 54 WYOMING FROM THE BEGINNING 1993 83Audio: "Wyoming - Our State" (10" record)1952 Series VIII. David Paulley Paintings 84 and Digitalahcdm_10504_025The Fossil Butte (ah10504_0020)1990 85 and Digitalahcdm_10504_025Father DeSmet at Lake DeSmet (ah10504_0022)1988 86 and Digitalahcdm_10504_025Tall in the Saddle – Governor Nels H. Smith (ah10504_0026)1986 87 and Digitalahcdm_10504_025Teddy Roosevelt, F.E. Warren – Laramie to Cheyenne, May 30, 1903 (ah10504_0027)1989 88 and Digitalahcdm_10504_025Early Day Oil Field (ah10504_0030)1986 89 and Digitalahcdm_10504_025George Hopkins Parachutes on Devil’s Tower (ah10504_0029)1987 90 and Digitalahcdm_10504_025Stage Coach Crossing – The Sweetwater Stage (ah10504_0025)1986 91 and Digitalahcdm_10504_025Pony Express Delay – Register Cliff (ah10504_0028)1987 92 and Digitalahcdm_10504_025Wilson Price Hunt Expedition, Little Missouri River-August 1812 (ah10504_0016)1986 93 and Digitalahcdm_10504_025Jedediah Smith’s Trek to the Rocky Mountains-1823 (ah10504_0021)1989 94 and Digitalahcdm_10504_025The Wagon Mines-Wyoming’s Early Coal Industry (ah10504_0023)1987 95 and Digitalahcdm_10504_025Jerkline Freighters (ah10504_0017)1990 96 and Digitalahcdm_10504_025Sheep Industry, Early Wyoming (ah10504_0024)1991 97 and Digitalahcdm_10504_025Statehood Celebration 1890 (ah10504_0018)1989 98 and Digitalahcdm_10504_025Riding for the Hole-in-the-Wall (ah10504_0019)1988 99 and Digitalahcdm_10504_025John Colter Enters Jackson Hole (ah10504_0010)1986 100 and Digitalahcdm_10504_025Whoop Up (Legends in the Canyon) (ah10504_0011)1990 101 and Digitalahcdm_10504_025First Passenger Train Entering Wyoming 1867 (ah10504_0012)1986 102 and Digitalahcdm_10504_025Johnson County War-Burning the KC Ranch (ah10504_0013)1988 103 and Digitalahcdm_10504_025Custer’s Troops in Floral Valley, July 1874 (ah10504_0014)1986 104 and Digitalahcdm_10504_025Independence Rock 4th of July 1847 (ah10504_0015)1986 105 and Digitalahcdm_10504_025Bozeman Trail-Rising from Bedground, Bozeman Trail and Pumpkin Buttes (ah10504_0006)1987 106 and Digitalahcdm_10504_025Verendrye Brothers, 1742 (ah10504_0007)1985 107 and Digitalahcdm_10504_025Bridger’s Era (ah10504_0008)1988 108 and Digitalahcdm_10504_025Portugee Phillips Arrives at Old Bedlam, Fort Laramie, December 15, 1866 (ah10504_0009)1986 109 and Digitalahcdm_10504_025The First Telephone Line Through Telephone Canyon-Laramie-Cheyenne September 1882 (ah10504_0005)1988 110 and Digitalahcdm_10504_025Bridger’s Ferry on the North Platte 1857 (ah10504_0003)1987 111 and Digitalahcdm_10504_025Green River Crossing on the Overland Trail (ah10504_0002)1988 112 and Digitalahcdm_10504_025First Jury to Include Women-Laramie, Wyoming 1870 (ah10504_0004)1988 113 and Digitalahcdm_10504_025Buffalo Bill Cody at Old Faithful (ah10504_0001)1987 Inventories

The American Heritage Center is in the process of converting its older container lists to a more accessible format. These links are to an older versions of container lists for materials recieved between 2001-2023, boxes 55-82 and 114-119.

 1Link to Accessioning Worksheet, 2001-10-08 (PDF) 1Link to Accessioning Worksheet, 2002-02-07 (PDF) 1-3Link to Accessioning Worksheet, 2002-05-20 (PDF) 1Link to Accessioning Worksheet, 2003-01-06 (PDF) 1Link to Accessioning Worksheet, 2003-03-21 (PDF) 1 and Digitalahcdm_10504_001-004Link to Accessioning Worksheet, 2003-04-03 (PDF) 1Link to Accessioning Worksheet, 2003-09-26 (PDF) Link to Accessioning Worksheet, 2003-10-31 (PDF) 1Link to Accessioning Worksheet, 2003-11-24 (PDF) Link to Accessioning Worksheet, 2004-06-21 (PDF) 1-2Link to Accessioning Worksheet, 2004-06-30 (PDF) 1-3Link to Accessioning Worksheet, 2005-03-15 (PDF) 1-3Link to Accessioning Worksheet, 2006-01-24 (PDF) 1Link to Accessioning Worksheet, 2006-02-28 (PDF) 55Link to Accessioning Worksheet, 2006-09-11 (PDF) 56-58Link to Accessioning Worksheet, 2006-10-17 (PDF) 59-60Link to Accessioning Worksheet, 2007-04-16 (PDF) 61-62Link to Accessioning Worksheet, 2007-09-21 (PDF) 63Link to Accessioning Worksheet, 2007-11-05 (PDF) 64Link to Accessioning Worksheet, 2008-09-10 (PDF) 65Link to Accessioning Worksheet, 2008-09-12 (PDF) 66-67Link to Accessioning Worksheet, 2009-04-15 (PDF) 68Link to Accessioning Worksheet, 2010-11-30 (PDF) 69Link to Accessioning Worksheet, 2011-11-07 (PDF) 70-73Link to Accessioning Worksheet, 2012-07-20 (PDF) 74Link to Accessioning Worksheet, 2013-03-07 (PDF) 75Link to Accessioning Worksheet, 2013-08-08 (PDF) 76Link to Content List, 2016-07-01 (PDF) - contains transparences of Dave Paulley paintings 77-82 and Digitalahcdm_10504_005-024Link to Content List, 2018-03-05 (PDF) 114 and Digitalahcdm_10504_026-028Link to Content List, 2022-08-15 (PDF) 115Link to Content List, 22023-05-10 (PDF) 116-118 and Digitalahcdm_10504_029-030Link to Content List, 2023-06-12 (PDF) 119Link to Content List, 2023-09-22 (PDF)