Wyoming State Historical Society records, 1873-2022

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Wyoming State Historical Society
Title
Wyoming State Historical Society records
Dates
1873-2022 (inclusive)
1953-1999 (bulk)
Quantity
144.84 cubic ft. (119 boxes + audio-visual materials) + 27.00 GB
Collection Number
10504
Summary
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.
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
Sponsor
The creation of the EAD-version of this finding aid was made possible through a grant from the National Historic Publications and Records Commission.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

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.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

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.

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Preferred Citation

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

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Related Materials

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

Acquisition Information

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.

Processing Note

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.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I. Organizational Records, 1898, 1953-1999Return to Top

(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.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 1
PUBLISHED REPORTS
Robert Morris, John Hoyt
1898
1 2
LEGAL DOCUMENTS
Act Creating WHS (1895); Natrona County Articles of Incorporation
1953
Folders
1 3-4
EMIGRANT TRAIL TREK #1 & #2
1953
Folder
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
Folders
1 11-12
EMIGRANT TRAIL TREK #5 & #6
1955
Folder
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
Rawlins Spring Site
1957
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
Folders
3 5-6
HISTORY NEWS
1954-1965
Folder
4 1
13TH ANNUAL MEETING
1966
4 2
ANNUAL TREK
1966
4 3
EMIGRANT TRAIL TREK # 17
1966
4 4
EXECUTIVE LISTS AND MEMBERSHIPS
(various dates)
1966
4 5
14TH ANNUAL MEETING
1967
4 6
ANNUAL TREK PHOTOGRAPHS
Taken by Katherine Halverson
1967
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
Radio scripts by Clarice Whittenburg
1968
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
Articles of Incorporation (1961-1967)
1973
6 5
FOUNDATION CORRESPONDENCE #2
1973
6 6
FOUNDATION DOCUMENT
Articles of Incorporation
1973
6 7
21ST ANNUAL MEETING
1974
6 8
DRUMBRILL, RICHARD CORRESPONDENCE
Mountain Man Trails, Award, Annals
1974
6 9
FOUNDATION RECORDS
Financial and Donation Records
1974
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
(1890s-1970s)
1976
7 5
ASSORTED PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL
1976
7 6
BICENTENNIAL LIVING HISTORY
Correspondence for video-tape program
1976
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
Folders
8 2-3
GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE
1976
Folder
8 4
GRANT IN AID
1976
8 5
HISTORY NEWS
1971-1976
8 6
LEGISLATORS
1976
8 7
MABEL BROWN AWARD
1976
Folders
8 8-9
MEMBERSHIP LISTS
1976
Folder
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
Folders
10 4-5
“WYOMING FROM THE BEGINNING,”
Correspondence, Publicity, and Newspaper Clippings
1977
Folder
10 6
ANNUAL MEETING
Correspondence and Photographs
1978
10 7
ANNUAL MEETING REPORTS
1978
10 8
ANNUAL TREK
1978
10 9
AWARDS AND CORRESPONDENCE
1978
Folders
10 10-11
COUNTY CHAPTER MEMBERSHIP
1978
Folder
10 12
CHAPTER OFFICERS
1978
11 1
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TRANSCRIPT
1978
11 2
EXECUTIVE MEETING TRANSCRIPT
1978
11 3
WYOMING EUROPEAN HERITAGE
Katherine Halverson Personal File
1978
Folders
11 4-5
GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE
1978
Folder
11 6
MEMBERSHIP LISTS
1978
11 7
MOUNTAIN MAN TRAILS FOUNDATION
Publication Drafts and Correspondence
1978
11 8
SALERATUS AND SAGEBRUSH
Correspondence and Accounts
1978
11 9
WASDEN, DAVID (PRESIDENT) FILE
1978
11 10
“WYOMING FROM THE BEGINNING,”
Film Sales, Schedule, Correspondence
1978
11 11
WYOMING HISTORY WEEK PROCLAMATION
1978
12 1
ANNUAL MEETING
1979
12 2
ANNUAL TREK
1979
12 3
AWARDS PROGRAM
1979
Folders
12 4-5
AWARDS
1979
Folder
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
Drafts of Revisions, Correspondence
1979
Folders
13 1-3
CORRESPONDENCE
1979
Folder
13 4
DIVISION NEWS RELEASES
1979
13 5
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (TRANSCRIPTS)
Ellen Muler File
1979
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
Correspondence and Agreements
1979
Folders
14 1-2
GRANT-IN-AID PROJECTS
1979
Folder
14 3
GRANT-IN-AID
1976
14 4
GRANT-IN-AID: HUNT, GEOFFREY
1973
Folders
14 5-6
GRANT-IN-AID: LEWELLYN, MIKE
1975
Folder
14 7
GRANT-IN-AID: LOVE, KAREN
1971-1972
Folders
14 8-9
GRANT-IN-AID: MURRAY, ROBERT
1964-1980
Folder
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
Wyoming from the Beginning
1979
Folders
15 4-5
FOUNDATION CORRESPONDENCE
1970-1979
Folder
15 6
FOUNDATION SOLICITATION LETTERS
1970
15 7
HICKS, LUCILLE SCHOLARSHIP
1979
15 8
HISTORY NEWS
1970-1979
Folders
15 9-10
MEMBERSHIP LISTS
1979
Folder
15 11
PARRIS, BETTY JO FILE
Personal Correspondence, Memorabilia
1979
16 1
ANNALS CORRESPONDENCE
1980
16 2
ANNUAL MEETING
1980
16 3
ANNUAL REPORT
1980
16 4
ANNUAL TREK #1
Correspondence
1980
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
Folders
16 10-11
COUNTY CHAPTER REPORTS
1980
Folder
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
Vacation Land Studio, 1976 Agreement
1980
17 6
FOUNDATION FILM PROPOSALS
1980
Folders
17 7-8
MEMBERSHIP LISTS
1980
Folder
17 9
ORAL HISTORY DOCUMENTATION
Transcripts
1980
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
Correspondence, Proposal, Agreement
1976
18 1
ANNUAL TREK
Old West Ranch Tour
1981
18 2
ANNUAL TREK SLIDES
Platte and Goshen County Ranch Tour
1981
18 3
AWARDS PROGRAM
1981
18 4
CORRESPONDENCE
1981
18 5
COUNTY SOCEITY CORRESPONDENCE
1981
Folders
18 6-8
MEMBERSHIP LISTS
1979-1981
Folder
19 1
ANNUAL MEETING
1982
19 2
ANNUAL TREK
1982
19 3
AWARDS PROGRAM
1982
19 4
BROADCAST SERVICES CORRESPONDENCE
1982
Folders
19 5-6
CORRESPONDENCE
1982
Folder
19 7
COUNTY SOCIETY CORRESPONDENCE
1982
19 8
EXECUTIVE CORRESPONDENCE
1982
Folders
19 9-10
MEMBERSHIP LISTS
1982
Folder
19 11
RECKLING BALES, V.J. SCHOLARSHIP
1978-1982
20 1
AWARDS PROGRAM
1983
Folders
20 2-4
CORRESPONDENCE
1983
Folder
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
Folders
21 2-5
MEMBERSHIP LISTS
1983
Folder
21 6
SOCIETY CORRESPONDENCE
1983
22 1
ANNUAL MEETING
1984
22 2
ANNUAL TREK
1984
22 3
COUNTY SOCIETIES
1984
Folders
22 4-6
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE
1984
Folder
22 7
HISTORY DAY
1984
22 8
INTERNAL REVENUE
Returns and Correspondence
1954-1984
Folders
22 9-10
MEMBERSHIP LISTS
1984
Folder
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
Folders
23 6-10
GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE
1985
Folder
23 11
COUNTY CHAPTER CORRESPONDENCE
Annual Reports
1985
23 12
FINANCIAL REPORTS
1985
23 13
HOMSHER (LOLA) FUND
1985-1987
Folders
23 14-15
MEMBERSHIP LISTS
1985
Folder
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
Folders
25 7-8
CORRESPONDENCE
1987
Folder
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
Folders
26 5-6
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
1988
Folder
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
Folders
27 7-8
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
1989
Folder
27 9
HANDBOOK (REVISED)
1987
27 10
HANDBOOK REVISION COMMITTEE
1987
27 11
HANDBOOK UPDATE
1989
28 1
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE
1989
Folders
28 2-3
MEMBERSHIP CORRESPONDENCE
1989
28 4-6
MEMBERSHIP LISTS
1989
Folder
28 7
ANNUAL MEETING
1990
28 8
ANNUAL TREK
1990
28 9
AWARDS PROGRAM
1990
Folders
28 10-11
AWARDS PROGRAM BOOK
Guidelines for Committee Chair
1990
Folder
28 12
AWARD WINNER LISTINGS
1969-1990
Folders
29 1-2
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
1990
Folder
29 3
GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE
1990
Folders
29 4-5
HISTORY NEWS
1980-1990
Folder
29 6
HOMSHER FUND
1990
29 7
MEMBERSHIP CORRESPONDENCE
1990
Folders
29 8-9
MEMBERSHIP LISTS
1990
Folder
30 1
ANNUAL TREK
1991
30 2
AWARDS PROGRAM
1991
Folders
30 3-5
COUNTY CHAPTER CORRESPONDENCE
1991
Folder
30 6
HISTORY NEWS CORRESPONDENCE
1991
30 7
HOMSHER GRANT
1991
30 8
HOMSHER GRANT APPLICANTS
1991
30 9
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
1991
Folders
31 1-3
MEMBERSHIP CORRESPONDENCE
1991
Folder
31 4
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
1991
31 5
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CORRESPONDENCE
1991
31 6
FORT BRIDGER HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
1980-1991
Folders
31 7-8
MEMBERSHIP LISTS
1991
Folder
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
Folders
32 5-6
CORRESPONDENCE
1992
Folder
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
Folders
33 4-5
MEMBERSHIP LISTS
1992
Folder
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
Forms, Winners List
1993
Folders
34 6-7
MEMBERSHIP CORRESPONDENCE
1993
34 8-9
MEMBERSHIP LISTS
1993
Folder
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
Folders
36 6-8
EXECUTIVE CORRESPONDENCE
1989-1994
Folder
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
Acreage Limitation (1980)
1994
Folders
37 5-6
MEMBERSHIP LISTS
1994
Folder
37 7
PRESIDENT’S CORRESPONDENCE
1994
Folders
37 8-9
WORLD WAR II EXHIBITS
1994
Folder
37 10
A WAY OF LIFE—ONE FAMILY’S LEGACY
1994
38 1
ANNALS CORRESPONDENCE
1995
Folders
38 2-3
ANNUAL MEETING
Correspondence and Documents
1995
Folder
38 4
AWARDS PROGRAM
Correspondence and Information
1995
38 5
CALENDAR ORDERS
1995
38 6
CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS
1995
Folders
38 7-8
EXECUTIVE CORRESPONDENCE
1995
Folder
39 1
EXECUTIVE CORRESPONDENCE
1995
39 2
EXPIRED MEMBERSHIP LISTS
1995
39 3
FINANCIAL REPORT
1995
Folders
39 4-5
GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE
1995
Folder
39 6
HISTORICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION
1995
39 7
HOMSHER GRANT
1995
39 8
JOST, LOREN CORRESPONDENCE
1995
Folders
39 9-11
MEMBERSHIP LISTS
1995
Folder
39 12
PUBLICITY AND CORRESPONDENCE
1995
39 13
SOCIETY CHANGES AND SUGGESTIONS
1995
39 14
WORLD WAR II IN WYOMING
WSHS Publishing Project—T.A. Larson
1995
Folders
40 1-3
ANNUAL MEETING
1996
Folder
40 4
AWARDS PROGRAM
1996
40 5
CONTRACTS OR AGREEMENTS
1996
Folders
40 6-8
CORRESPONDENCE
1996
41 1-3
COUNTY CHAPTER CORRESPONDENCE
1996
Folder
41 4
COUNTY CHAPTER INFORMATION
1994-1996
41 5
DONATIONS
1996
41 6
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
(Maurine Carley Historic Preservation Nominees)
1996
Folders
41 7-8
EXECUTIVE CORRESPONDENCE
1996
Folder
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
Folders
42 5-6
MEMBERSHIP LISTS
1996
Folder
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
Folders
43 3-5
EXECUTIVE CORRESPONDENCE
1997
Folder
43 6
GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE
1997
43 7
LARAMIE PLAINS MUSEUM
Publications, Newsletters
1989-1997
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
Partnership Agreement
1998
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
Correspondence, Clippings
1999
45 7
ANNUAL TREK MULTI-MEDIA PROMOTION
1999
45 8
ANNUAL TREK PRESS RELEASE
Correspondence, Information
1999
46 1
BUS TOUR TALK AND MAPS
1999
Folders
46 2-3
CORRESPONDENCE
1999
Folder
46 4
HISTORY DAY (OLD REFERENCES)
1999
46 5
HISTORY SOCIETY FOUNDATION
1999
46 6
LAWRENCE, AMY FILE
1999
46 7
SCHOLARSHIP APPLICANTS
1999
Folders
46 8-9
WYOMING HISTORY NEWS
1989-1999
Folder
46 10
WYOMING TRAILS NEWSLETTER
1993-1999

Series II. Presidential Papers, 1994-1997Return to Top

(1 document box)
Container(s) Description Dates
Subseries 1. Michael Cassity Papers
(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.
1994-1997
Box Folder
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
For Deaccessioning
1997
47 16
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
1997
47 17
MISCELLANEOUS
1997
47 18
PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE
1996-1997

Series III. Membership Ledgers, 1953-1983Return to Top

(1 F17 box)

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

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
48
MEMBERSHIP RECORDS
1953-1963
48
FINANCIAL RECORDS
1953-1983

Series IV. Miscellaneous Journals and Reports, 1873-1890Return to Top

(1 F17 box)

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

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
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, 1964Return to Top

(1 F17 box)

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

Container(s) Description Dates
ENTRIES:
Box
50
ALLISON, BILL
1964
50
CARPENTER, DON (MRS.)
1964
50
GAITHER, JAMES
1964
50
KEENAN, PETER (MRS.)
4 Entries
1964
50
LINK, PATRICK
19 Entries
1964
50
TELLIER, PATRICIA
1964
50
SWEEM, GLENN
2 Entries
1964
50
RAMSEY, WILLIAM (MRS.)
1964
50
YALE, DON
2 Entries
1964
50
COUNTY HISTORICAL SEAL
1964
50
WSHS HISTORICAL SEAL (FINAL CHOICE)
1964

Series VI. Maps, 1883-1965Return to Top

(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.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
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
(2 items)
1951
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
Survey
1958
52
FORT LARAMIE AND FORT FETTERMAN
Survey
1958
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
Paul Henderson Annotations
1883, undated
53
PATHFINDER RESERVIOIR
1929
53
SANDFORD RANCH, NATRONA COUNTY
1959
53
PONY EXPRESS ROUTE
By L.C. Bishop and Paul Henderson
1960
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, 1987-1997Return to Top

(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).

Container(s) Description Dates
Audio-cassettes:
Box
54
EXECUTIVE MEETING
June 16, 1995
54
EXECUTIVE MEETING
(3 tapes)
August 12, 1995
54
EXECUTIVE BOARD
(3 tapes)
September 8, 1995
54
ANNUAL MEETING
September 9, 1995
54
EXECUTIVE MEETING
September 6, 1996
54
EXECUTIVE MEETING
September 7, 1996
54
EXECUTIVE MEETING
(4 tapes)
November 2, 1996
54
EXECUTIVE MEETTING
Teton County Presentation (4 tapes)
February 2, 1997
54
EXECUTIVE MEETING
September 5, 1997
54
BUSINESS MEETING
September 6, 1997
VHS tape:
Box
54
WORLD WAR II SYMPOSIUM, CASPER
November 3, 1995
54
DUBOIS MUSEUM
May 6, 1987
Reel-to-reel tape:
Box
54
WYOMING STATE SONG
Wyoming Centennial Project; Park County Historical Society
undated
Oversized Items:
1” VHS tape:
Box
54
SURVEYORS OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN
circa 1987
1” Reel Video Tape:
Box
54
WYOMING FROM THE BEGINNING
1993
8 mm movie film:
Box
54
WYOMING FROM THE BEGINNING
1993
Box Folder
83
Audio: "Wyoming - Our State" (10" record)
1952

Series VIII. David Paulley PaintingsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
84 and Digital ahcdm_10504_025
The Fossil Butte (ah10504_0020)
1990
85 and Digital ahcdm_10504_025
Father DeSmet at Lake DeSmet (ah10504_0022)
1988
86 and Digital ahcdm_10504_025
Tall in the Saddle – Governor Nels H. Smith (ah10504_0026)
1986
87 and Digital ahcdm_10504_025
Teddy Roosevelt, F.E. Warren – Laramie to Cheyenne, May 30, 1903 (ah10504_0027)
1989
88 and Digital ahcdm_10504_025
Early Day Oil Field (ah10504_0030)
1986
89 and Digital ahcdm_10504_025
George Hopkins Parachutes on Devil’s Tower (ah10504_0029)
1987
90 and Digital ahcdm_10504_025
Stage Coach Crossing – The Sweetwater Stage (ah10504_0025)
1986
91 and Digital ahcdm_10504_025
Pony Express Delay – Register Cliff (ah10504_0028)
1987
92 and Digital ahcdm_10504_025
Wilson Price Hunt Expedition, Little Missouri River-August 1812 (ah10504_0016)
1986
93 and Digital ahcdm_10504_025
Jedediah Smith’s Trek to the Rocky Mountains-1823 (ah10504_0021)
1989
94 and Digital ahcdm_10504_025
The Wagon Mines-Wyoming’s Early Coal Industry (ah10504_0023)
1987
95 and Digital ahcdm_10504_025
Jerkline Freighters (ah10504_0017)
1990
96 and Digital ahcdm_10504_025
Sheep Industry, Early Wyoming (ah10504_0024)
1991
97 and Digital ahcdm_10504_025
Statehood Celebration 1890 (ah10504_0018)
1989
98 and Digital ahcdm_10504_025
Riding for the Hole-in-the-Wall (ah10504_0019)
1988
99 and Digital ahcdm_10504_025
John Colter Enters Jackson Hole (ah10504_0010)
1986
100 and Digital ahcdm_10504_025
Whoop Up (Legends in the Canyon) (ah10504_0011)
1990
101 and Digital ahcdm_10504_025
First Passenger Train Entering Wyoming 1867 (ah10504_0012)
1986
102 and Digital ahcdm_10504_025
Johnson County War-Burning the KC Ranch (ah10504_0013)
1988
103 and Digital ahcdm_10504_025
Custer’s Troops in Floral Valley, July 1874 (ah10504_0014)
1986
104 and Digital ahcdm_10504_025
Independence Rock 4th of July 1847 (ah10504_0015)
1986
105 and Digital ahcdm_10504_025
Bozeman Trail-Rising from Bedground, Bozeman Trail and Pumpkin Buttes (ah10504_0006)
1987
106 and Digital ahcdm_10504_025
Verendrye Brothers, 1742 (ah10504_0007)
1985
107 and Digital ahcdm_10504_025
Bridger’s Era (ah10504_0008)
1988
108 and Digital ahcdm_10504_025
Portugee Phillips Arrives at Old Bedlam, Fort Laramie, December 15, 1866 (ah10504_0009)
1986
109 and Digital ahcdm_10504_025
The First Telephone Line Through Telephone Canyon-Laramie-Cheyenne September 1882 (ah10504_0005)
1988
110 and Digital ahcdm_10504_025
Bridger’s Ferry on the North Platte 1857 (ah10504_0003)
1987
111 and Digital ahcdm_10504_025
Green River Crossing on the Overland Trail (ah10504_0002)
1988
112 and Digital ahcdm_10504_025
First Jury to Include Women-Laramie, Wyoming 1870 (ah10504_0004)
1988
113 and Digital ahcdm_10504_025
Buffalo Bill Cody at Old Faithful (ah10504_0001)
1987

InventoriesReturn to Top

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.

Container(s) Description
Box
1
1
1-3
1
1
Folder
1 and Digital ahcdm_10504_001-004
1
1
1-2
1-3
1-3
1
55
56-58
59-60
61-62
63
64
65
66-67
68
69
70-73
74
75
76
Folder
77-82 and Digital ahcdm_10504_005-024
114 and Digital ahcdm_10504_026-028
115
Folder
116-118 and Digital ahcdm_10504_029-030
119

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • History--Societites, etc.--Wyoming.

Geographical Names

  • Wyoming--History--1890-1918.
  • Wyoming--History--1919-1945.
  • Wyoming--History--1946-1999.
  • Wyoming--History--2000-
  • Wyoming--History--To 1889.

Form or Genre Terms

  • Audio tapes.
  • Motion picture film.
  • Photographs.
  • Video tapes.