AHJ_ah00073 Inventory of the Edward N. Wentworth papers,1805-1959 Wentworth (Edward Norris) papers Processed by D.C. Thompson 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/
2006

University of Wyoming

 Finding aid encoded by Ann Mulfort April 2006 Finding aid is in English Edward N. Wentworth papers, 1805-1959 Collection number: 00073 University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. Publication date: 2006 Contact Information 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/ August 2002

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 Collection Summary Wentworth, Edward N. (Edward Norris), 1887-1959 Edward N. Wentworth papers 1805-1959 1925-1954 00073 4.5 cubic ft. (9 document boxes, 1 slim document box, 1 F41 folder + artwork + artifacts) University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English This collection contains manuscripts; research notes; correspondence; book reviews; speeches; miscellaneous photographs and slides; lithographs; and watercolors and sketches depicting western scenes and activities created by this author of several works on the history of the American cattle, sheep, and pork industries. Biography of Edward N. Wentworth

Edward N. Wentworth (1887-1959) was born in Dover, New Hampshire, and earned an M.S. degree from Iowa State College in 1909 in animal husbandry. He was a professor at Iowa State College and Kansas State College before serving as a captain in the U.S. Army Field Artillery in World War I. He remained in the reserve until 1950, gaining the rank of colonel. He joined the meat packing firm of Armour and Company in 1919 and was director of its livestock bureau in Chicago from 1923 to 1954. In 1954 he retired to his home, Red Oak Ridge, near Chesterton in Porter County, Indiana, where he lived with his wife, Alma, and collected western art and books. Wentworth was the author of several works on the history of the American cattle, sheep, and pork industries, including America’s Sheep Trails (1948), Pigs: From Cave to Cornbelt (1950), and Cattle and Men (1955).

 Scope and Content

The papers include manuscripts of America’s Sheep Trails and of several shorter works on sheep, cattle, and other topics, including an unpublished work titled Horses, Saddles, and Wheels. There is a substantial amount of research material, including correspondence, covering the history of sheep, cattle, and horses in America. Among other items, there is the transcript of a journal kept by Gorham Gates Kimball, along with photographs, research material, and maps, which Wentworth used to edit and publish the journal as Trailing Sheep from California to Idaho in 1865. Also included are publications of some of the shorter works and reviews of several books. Wentworth’s career with Armour and Company is reflected in photographs taken during the Livestock and Meat Industry Tours sponsored by the company from 1948 to 1950, when guests were invited to visit farms and ranches in many areas of the country to observe methods of livestock raising and processing. Artwork reflecting cattle and sheep raising is also a part of the collection.

 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 other known archival collections created by Edward N. Wentworth at the date of processing.

 Acquisition Information

The Edward N. Wentworth papers were received from Edward N. Wentworth between 1948 and 1957. Additional material was received from Marie Aebischer in 1964 and 1968. Material was also received from Kenneth E. Miller in 1966 and from Edith T. Wentworth and Norris Wentworth in 1968. There was little discernible order in the papers as received.

 Processing Information

The collection was processed by D.C. Thompson in August 2002. The materials have been organized as seemed most useful for research. However, researchers should bear in mind that the processors have used their best judgments in placing materials together and that the results may not reflect Wentworth’s use of the material. Some newsprint has been copied and the originals discarded due to fragility.

 Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Edward N. Wentworth papers, 1805-1959, Collection Number 00073, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

 Access Terms Kimball, Gorham Gates, 1838-1904. Armour and Company. Horse industry--History--United States. Sheep--History--United States. Trails--West (U.S.) Artifacts. Journals. Maps. Photographs. Speeches. Works of art. <?xm-replace_text {Title as Subject}?> Wentworth, Edward N. (Edward Norris), 1887-1959, America’s sheep trails. Agriculture Education Container List Series I. Personal 1915-1959 (2 document boxes)

Arranged alphabetically. Includes publications, photographs, and other items related to Armour and Company, Baillytown (Indiana), Chicago, and the Wentworth family.

 Armour and Company: 1 1 Monthly newsletters of Livestock Bureau; periodical 1925-1934 1 2-5 Livestock and Meat Industry Tours Booklets, including itineraries 1948-1950 1 6-9 Livestock and Meat Industry Tours Photographs 1948-1950

(4x5; arranged numerically)

 1 10 Livestock and Meat Industry Tours Photographs – California 1948-1950 1 11 Livestock and Meat Industry Tours Photographs – Colorado 1948-1950 1 12 Livestock and Meat Industry Tours Photographs – Iowa 1948-1950 1 13 Livestock and Meat Industry Tours Photographs – Nebraska 1948-1950 1 14 Livestock and Meat Industry Tours Photographs – South Dakota 1948-1950 2 1 Livestock and Meat Industry Tours Photographs – Unknown States 1948-1950 2 2 Livestock and Meat Industry Tours Photographs – Wisconsin 1948-1950 2 3 Baillytown and Indiana News clippings 1949-1954, undated 2 4 Chicago Stockyards; News clippings on John B. Sherman, fire of 1934 1929, 1934 2 5 Correspondence 1931-1959 Photographs: 2 6 Wentworth, E. N. 1940s-1950s 2 7 Wentworth, E. N. and Horses 1940s-1950s 2 8 Wentworth, E. N. and Others 1940s-1950s 2 9 Wentworth, E. N. Jr. 1934 2 10 Wentworth Family and Home 1940-1957, undated 2 11 Wentworth Family and Home Negatives 1940s-1950s 2 12 Saddle and Sirloin Club – Presentation of Portrait 1940 2 13 Wentworth, E. N. – Miscellaneous Biographical 1940-1954 2 14 Wentworth, E. N. – News Clippings 1915-1957 2 15 Wentworth, E. N. Jr. – News Clippings 1934 2 16 Wentworth Family Genealogy, etc. 1928, undated 2 17 Westerners, Chicago Corral 1953-1957 Series II. Writings on Sheep 1842-1957 Subseries 1. America’s Sheep Trails 1947-1949 (2 document boxes)

Arranged according to the organization of the published work. Contains drafts and annotated manuscript.

 Drafts: 2 18 Chapter Outlines, Galley Corrections circa 1948 2 19 Notes on Illustrations 1947-circa 1948 2 20 Chapter 3: The Spanish Foundation circa 1948 3 1 Chapter 4: The Eastern Colonies circa 1948 3 2 Chapter 6: The Merino Wave circa 1948 3 3 Chapter 7: Sheep in the Old South circa 1948 3 4 Chapter 11: Covering the Coast circa 1948 3 5 Chapter 13: The Era of the Great Trails circa 1948 3 6 Chapter 16: The Commercial Feeding Industry circa 1948 3 7 Chapter 18: Organizing the Western Industry circa 1948 3 8 Chapter 19: Financing the Sheep Business circa 1948 3 9 Chapter 22: Public Lands circa 1948 Manuscript: 3 10 Front Matter circa 1948 3 11 Chapter 1: Out of the Orient circa 1948 3 12 Chapter 2: Sheep in the New World circa 1948 3 13 Chapter 3: The Spanish Foundation circa 1948 3 14 Chapter 4: The Eastern Colonies circa 1948 3 15 Chapter 5: Crossing the Alleghenies circa 1948 3 16 Chapter 6: The Merino Wave circa 1948 3 17 Chapter 7: Sheep in the Old South circa 1948 3 18 Chapter 8: Sheep in the Southwest circa 1948 3 19 Chapter 9: Flocks in the Farming States circa 1948 3 20 Chapter 10: The Close of the Westward Movement circa 1948 3 21 Chapter 11: Covering the Coast circa 1948 3 22 Chapter 12: The Older Western States circa 1948 3 23 Chapter 13: The Era of the Great Trails circa 1948 4 1 Chapter 14: Taking Over the Territories circa 1948 4 2 Chapter 15: Plains and Foothills circa 1948 4 3 Chapter 16: The Commercial Feeding Industry circa 1948 4 4 Chapter 17: The Rise of Texas circa 1948 4 5 Chapter 18: Organizing the Western Industry circa 1948 4 6 Chapter 19: Financing the Sheep Business circa 1948 4 7 Chapter 20: The Disease Problem circa 1948 4 8 Chapter 21: Predatory Animals circa 1948 4 9 Chapter 22: The Public Lands circa 1948 4 10 Chapter 23: Cattle-Sheep Wars circa 1948

Includes photographs

 4 11 Chapter 24: American Efforts in Sheep Breeding circa 1948 4 12 Chapter 25: Sheepmen’s Associations and the Large Industries circa 1948 4 13 General Appendixes circa 1948 4 14 Statistical Appendixes circa 1948 4 15 Biographical Appendix circa 1948 4 16 References Cited circa 1948 4 17 Index circa 1948 4 18 Reviews 1948-1949 Subseries 2. Other 1906-1957 (1 document box + oversize folder)

Arranged alphabetically by subject or manuscript title. Contains manuscripts of shorter works on sheep. Some files also include publications, correspondence, reviews, photographs, and research materials specific to a single manuscript.

 5 1 Arizona Manuscripts undated 5 2-3 California Manuscripts and publications 1939-1951 5 4 Colorado Manuscripts 1940, undated 5 5 Eastward Sheep Drives from California and Oregon Publication 1942 5 6 Idaho Manuscripts undated Kimball Sheep Drive: 5 7 Biographical material and journal transcript 1906, undated 5 8 Correspondence and research 1951-1953 5 9 Manuscript and publication 1954 Maps undated 5 10 Photographs and maps undated 5 11 Lanolin Manuscripts, publication, research, correspondence 1956 5 12 Minnesota Manuscript undated 5 13 Montana Manuscripts 1940 5 14 New Mexico Manuscripts and publications 1939-1940 5 15 Shepherd’s Empire Permissions to quote 1944-1945 5 16 Shepherd’s Empire Reviews 1945-1946 6 1 Texas Manuscripts and publications 1939 6 2 Utah Manuscripts undated 6 3 Wool Washing and Scouring Manuscript and publication 1957 6 4 Wyoming Manuscript and publication 1940 Subseries 3. Research Files 1842-1952 (3 document boxes)

Arranged alphabetically by subject. Contains research material on sheep, including transcripts and notes from published sources, printed material, correspondence with important figures in the sheep industry and their descendents, etc. This material was used in creating America’s Sheep Trails and other writings about the history of sheep and the sheep industry by E.N. Wentworth.

 6 5 American Breeding 1842, 1929-1946 6 6 American Breeding – Navajo 1938-1945 6 7 Arizona 1940-1941, undated 6 8 Basques – California, etc. 1896-1946 6 9 Biographies of Sheep Men 1935-circa 1946 6 10 California 1939-1952 6 11 California – Correspondence with Chet Wing 1939-1941 6 12 California – Islands 1939-1943 6 13 California – Jewett; Miller & Lux; Trescony 1939-1951 6 14 Colorado 1939-1943 6 15 Commercial Feeding Industry 1938-1947 6 16 Crossing the Alleghenies 1941, undated 6 17 Diseases 1930-1944 7 1 Early History 1939-1943, undated 7 2 Financing circa 1927-1945 7 3 Greenland and Iceland 1940-1945 7 4 Herders 1950 7 5 Idaho 1939-1940 7 6 Illinois 1942 7 7 Indiana 1942 7 8 Iowa 1940-1945 7 9 Kansas 1942 7 10 Maryland 1939-1942 7 11 Merino and Other Breeds 1921-1942 7 12 Michigan 1942 7 13 Minnesota 1940-1942 7 14 Missouri 1942 7 15 Montana 1938-1942 7 16 Nebraska 1939-1942 7 17 Nevada 1940-1943 7 18 New Mexico 1938-1940 7 19 North Dakota 1940-1943 7 20 Oregon and Washington 1940-1943 7 21 Pennsylvania 1942 7 22 Photographs undated 7 23 Predatory Animals 1938-1946 7 24 Public Lands 1939-1946 8 1 Public Lands 1939-1946 8 2 Quotations 1947, undated 8 3 Shearing and Shearers 1939-1946 8 4 Sheep Dogs 1941-1947 8 5 Sheepmen’s Associations 1938-1945 8 6 South Dakota 1940-1945 8 7 Southern States 1938-1941 8 8 Texas 1939-1945 8 9 Texas – Photographs of Oldham County ruins undated 8 10 Trails 1938-1951 8 11 Utah 1938-1948 8 12 Western Industry 1940-1946 8 13 Wisconsin 1942 8 14 Wyoming 1938-1945 Series III. Writings on Other Topics 1806-1958 ( 1.5 document boxes)

Arranged alphabetically by subject or manuscript title. Contains manuscripts, publications, correspondence, photographs, research material for books and shorter works by E.N. Wentworth on topics other than sheep, including cattle, horses, dogs, and meat.

 8 15 Biographies of Cattlemen Manuscripts, correspondence, research 1935-1949 Cattle and Men: 8 16 Permissions, references, reviews 1955 8 17 Photographs undated 9 1 Photographs – Egypt and Near East undated 9 2 Photographs – Lascaux Caves, France undated 9 3 Research, correspondence, etc 1935-1949 Dried Meat: 9 4 Manuscripts, publications 1946-1956 9 5 Research, correspondence, etc. 1806, 1927-1956 Horses: 9 6 Photographs 1956, undated 9 7 Photographs – Arabian, Barb, Lipizzan, Turk undated 9 8 Photographs – Draft horses undated 9 9 Photographs – Horses in art undated 9 10 Photographs – Quarter horses 1956, undated 9 11 Publications by Wentworth 1933-1938 9 12 Research, correspondence, etc. 1935-1958 9 13 Research – Quotations undated 9 14-15 Horses, Saddles, and Wheels Drafts circa 1956-circa 1958 10 1 Indian Dogs Manuscript undated 10 2 Marketing and Hog Cycles Manuscript undated 10 3 Northwest Hooves Over Eastward Trails Manuscripts undated 10 4 Patterning of Meat Animals Manuscripts undated 10 5 Pigs: From Cave to Cornbelt Reviews 1950 10 6 Speaking of Judges Publication, regarding dog shows undated 10 7 Trends Affecting Agricultural Advertising Publication undated 10 8 When Porter County Was Indian Frontier Manuscript, regarding Indiana 1949 Series IV. Miscellaneous 1923-1925, undated (6 folders)

Arranged alphabetically by folder title. Contains manuscripts written by Louis Pelzer of the State University of Iowa about cattle and the cattle industry. Also contains black and white slides of livestock.

 Manuscripts of Louis Pelzer: 10 9 The Boom in Cattle Companies in the Eighties undated 10 10 A Cattlemen’s Commonwealth on the Western Range 1923 10 11 A Decade of Ox-Team Freighting on the Plains 1925 10 12 Economics and Finances of the Cattle Ranges undated 10 13 Illegal Fencing on the Western Range undated 10 14 Slides – Cattle, Sheep, Pigs undated Series V. Art and Artifacts 1805, 1933-1958 (28 items + folder)

Arranged alphabetically within each grouping. Contains original art by Edward Borein, Harold Bugbee, Walter Krawiec, Leonard H. Reedy, and Burleigh Withers. Also includes lithographs, a lariat, and an academic hood.

 10 15 Bugbee, Harold D. 1958, undated

Biographical information; artwork: antelope running (pencil), boy with Hereford (etching), cowboy on horse in front of longhorns (etching), horse herd running (pencil), Old Blue (pen) with news clipping

 Borein, Edward: Art Storage Cattle being driven down a hill (etching) undated Art Storage Cattle drive, head on (etching) undated Art Storage Cattle drive, headed to right (etching) undated Art Storage Cattle Drive, Trial Herd No. 2 (etching) undated Art Storage Five horsemen riding up hill (etching) undated Art Storage Her Calf (etching) undated Art Storage Working a Herd (etching) undated Bugbee, Harold D.: Art Storage Antelope on hill top (pencil drawing) undated Art Storage Buffalo on wagon ruts (pencil drawing) undated Art Storage Illustrations from correspondence: bear; wolf; elk 1939, 1940 Art Storage Illustrations from correspondence: cowboy and longhorn; three mountain goats; beaver; two dogs 1939 Art Storage Illustrations from correspondence: goat with multiple horns; boar; longhorn; hereford 1933, 1939, 1940 Art Storage Illustrations from correspondence: lamb; men watching sheep jumping chute; two rams and skull; ewe and lamb; man and sheep with backs turned 1939, 1940 Art Storage Illustrations from correspondence: rider on bucking horse; Indian shooting arrow at big horn sheep; wolf, bear and longhorn fighting 1933, 1939, 1940 Art Storage Illustrations from correspondence: rifle; old man; big horn sheep skull 1937, 1940, 1949 Art Storage Illustrations from correspondence: seven views of big horn sheep 1939, 1941 Art Storage Illustrations from correspondence: six views of big horn sheep; mountain goat 1939, 1940, 1942 Miller, William (publisher): Art Storage Butcher with slaughtered steer (lithograph, colored) 1805 Art Storage Man on horseback talking with man on road (lithograph, colored) 1805 Art Storage Sheep and cattle meeting on road (lithograph, colored) 1805 Art Storage Tanner working with hides (lithograph, colored) 1805 Art Storage Krawiec, Walter; Sheep coming out of chute (oil) undated Reedy, Leonard H.: Art Storage Buffalo hunt (watercolor) undated Art Storage Cowboy sitting on ground with pinto horse behind (watercolor) undated Art Storage Unknown artist; Big Horn Sheep (acrylic) undated Art Storage Withers, Burleigh; Bridger Pass Stage Station, circa 1900 (watercolor) undated Artifact Storage Academic hood undated Artifact Storage Lariat undated