Hans Kleiber papers and artwork, 1908-1964
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Kleiber, Hans, 1887-1967
- Title
- Hans Kleiber papers and artwork
- Dates
- 1908-1964 (inclusive)Date of CollectionDate of Collection
- Quantity
- 3.00 cubic ft. (4 containers)
- Collection Number
- 01172
- Summary
- Etchings, manuscripts, and photographs of a Wyoming artist best known for depictions of mountain scenery and wildlife.
- Repository
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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
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Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
- Languages
- English
Historical Note
Hans Kleiber (1887-1967) was born in Germany (of Austrian parentage) and immigrated with his family to the United States in 1900. He studied art in New York, but traveled to the Bighorn Mountains of Wyoming in 1907. Soon after he became a forest ranger in the Tongue River District. Kleiber retired from the United States Forest Service in 1923 to pursue art full time. Kleiber used the mountain scenery, wildlife, and human inhabitants of the area as his subjects. He developed a national reputation for his etchings and prints.
Content Description
The Hans Kleiber collection contains many of Kleiber’s etchings of Wyoming scenery and wildlife, Louisiana bayou scenery and wildlife; and sheepherding and other human activity. Also included are photographs of climbing in the Wind River Mountains and of ranger stations and timber operations in the area; manuscripts of nature stories by Hans Kleiber; notes on etching by Kleiber; and a musical setting of a poem by Kleiber.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
Copyright InformationThe researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.
Preferred Citation
Preferred CitationItem Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Administrative Information
Related Materials
Related MaterialsThere are no known other archival collections created by Hans Kleiber at the date of processing.
Acquisition Information
Acquisition InformationThis material was received from Hans Kleiber, 1963-1965.
Processing Note
Processing InformationThe collection was processed by D. Claudia Thompson in April 2017 and October 2020.
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Series I. Artwork
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Description: Across the Prairies, (#66) (2 Items)Dates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Amber Water, (#131)Dates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Antelope on the Head of Black Thunder, (#20)Dates:Container: Box 1
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Description: At the Hitchrack, (#152)Dates:Container: Box 1
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Description: At the Hitchrack, (#178), Christmas Card, Color PrintDates:Container: Box 1
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Description: At Timberline, (#122)Dates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Avocet, (#107)Dates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Bald Pates, (#110), ColorDates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Barataria, Louisiana, (#104)Dates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Bayou Teche, Louisiana, (#130)Dates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Bighorn, Wyoming, (#27)Dates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Black Ducks, (#145)Dates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Black Tooth, Wyoming, (#8)Dates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Blackbirds II, (#85)Dates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Bon Voyage, (#23)Dates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Bucket of Blood Saloon, (#73)Dates:Container: Box 1
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Description: A Burial on the Prairie, (#69)Dates:Container: Box 1
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Description: A Burial on the Prairie, (#69)Dates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Camp Fire, (#160), ColorDates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Camping in the Bighorns, Wyoming, Elk Lake, (#11)Dates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Camping in the Rockies, (#197), Christmas Card, Color PrintDates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Chief Sitting Bull, (#61)Dates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Christmas Eve, (#191), Christmas Card, Color PrintDates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Christmas Eve, (#192), Christmas Card, Color PrintDates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Christmas Eve, Dayton, Wyoming, (#24)Dates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Col. W.F. Cody, (#60)Dates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Cooke City, Montana (unnumbered)Dates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Cow Moose and Calf, (#90), Color PlateDates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Crossing the Platte, (#71)Dates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Crows in the Fall, Wyoming, (#18)Dates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Curlews, (#118)Dates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Custer Battlefield (unnumbered)Dates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Cypress Swamp, (#129)Dates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Dayton, Wyoming, (#1), (Summer Scene)Dates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Dayton, Wyoming, (#22), (Winter Scene)Dates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Deadwood Coach on the Bozeman Trail, Circle M Ranch, Banner, Wyoming, (#121)Dates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Deep in the Rockies, (#124)Dates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Drake and Lilies, (#97)Dates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Drakes in Summer, (#98)Dates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Drakes in Summer, (#158), ColorDates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Ducks on Jackson Lake, (#37)Dates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Egrets, (#102)Dates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Egrets, (#103)Dates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Elk Fighting, (#17)Dates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Evening at Elk Lake - Bighorns, (#52), ColorDates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Evening Flight, (#140)Dates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Evening on the Marshes, (#137)Dates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Evening on the Marshes, (#166), ColorDates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Evening on the Range, (#50), ColorDates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Evening on the Trail, (#67)Dates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Evening Star, (#138)Dates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Evening Star, (#156), ColorDates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Fighting Pheasants, (#135)Dates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Fishing on Piney - Big Horns, (#6)Dates:Container: Box 1
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Description: A Flock of Honkers, (#113)Dates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Flying Honkers, (#112)Dates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Fort Laramie, (#70)Dates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Frightened Geese, (#36)Dates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Frontier Days, (#42)Dates:Container: Box 1
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Description: Geese Crossing Wyoming, (#82)Dates:Container: Box 2
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Description: Geese Mating Time, (#30)Dates:Container: Box 2
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Description: Geese over the Marshes, (#168), ColorDates:Container: Box 2
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Description: Grand Chenier, La., (#105)Dates:Container: Box 2
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Description: Grand Teton, (#43)Dates:Container: Box 2
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Description: Green River Lake - 1930, (#25)Dates:Container: Box 2
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Description: Honkers in Flight, (#109)Dates:Container: Box 2
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Description: Honkers Settling, (#142)Dates:Container: Box 2
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Description: Honkers Settling, (#175), ColorDates:Container: Box 2
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Description: In Camp, Elk Lake, (#155), ColorDates:Container: Box 2
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Description: In Full Flight, (#93)Dates:Container: Box 2
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Description: An Indian Scout, (#58), (Jim Baker)Dates:Container: Box 2
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Description: An Indian Scout, (#58), (Jim Baker)Dates:Container: Box 2
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Description: Jackson Lake and the Tetons, (#12)Dates:Container: Box 2
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Description: Knife River Post Office, (#72)Dates:Container: Box 2
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Description: Lake La Croix, Minnesota, (#162), ColorDates:Container: Box 2
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Description: Lake O' The Woods, (#126)Dates:Container: Box 2
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Description: Lake Solitude, Bighorns, (#9)Dates:Container: Box 2
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Description: Leaping Trout, (#38)Dates:Container: Box 2
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Description: Leaving the Frontier, (#64)Dates:Container: Box 2
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Description: Leigh Lake, (#47)Dates:Container: Box 2
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Description: Little Goose Valley, (#94)Dates:Container: Box 2
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Description: Lone Fisherman, (#88) (2 Items)Dates:Container: Box 2
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Description: Lone Goose, (#144)Dates:Container: Box 2
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Description: Lone Goose, (#167), ColorDates:Container: Box 2
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Description: Magpies, (#117)Dates:Container: Box 2
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Description: Mallards Coming in, (#141)Dates:Container: Box 2
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Description: Mallards Coming in, (#176), ColorDates:Container: Box 2
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Description: Mallards - Evening II, (#51), ColorDates:Container: Box 2
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Description: Mallards in Winter, (#190), Christmas Card, Color PrintDates:Container: Box 2
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Description: Mead Creek Pond, (#114)Dates:Container: Box 2
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Description: Meneaska, (#68)Dates:Container: Box 2
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Description: Midway - 1942, (#62)Dates:Container: Box 2
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Description: Morning in the Rockies, (#123), Color PlateDates:Container: Box 2
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Description: Mount Moran, Wyoming, 1930, (#127)Dates:Container: Box 2
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Description: Near Howland Island, 1937, (#89)Dates:Container: Box 2
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Description: Northern Lights, (#87)Dates:Container: Box 2
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Description: The Old and the New, (#31)Dates:Container: Box 2
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Description: Old Homestead, (#32)Dates:Container: Box 2
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Description: An Old Plainsman, (#59)Dates:Container: Box 2
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Description: An Old Timer, (#57)Dates:Container: Box 2
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Description: On a Winter Night, (#188), Christmas Card, Color PrintDates:Container: Box 2
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Description: On the Oregon Trail, (#65)Dates:Container: Box 2
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Description: On the Range, (#187), Christmas Card, Color PrintDates:Container: Box 2
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Description: On the Wing, (#184), Christmas Card, Color PrintDates:Container: Box 2
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Description: Pheasants II, (#99)Dates:Container: Box 2
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Description: Pintail Drakes, (#120)Dates:Container: Box 2
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Description: Pitching in, (#195), Christmas Card, Color PrintDates:Container: Box 2
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Description: Plume Hunter, (#134)Dates:Container: Box 2
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Description: Poacher, (#48), Color PlateDates:Container: Box 2
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Description: A Quick Strike, (#181), Christmas Card, Color PrintDates:Container: Box 2
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Description: A Quiet Stream, (#46)Dates:Container: Box 2
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Description: Ranchester, Wyoming, (#3)Dates:Container: Box 2
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Description: Range Horses, (#33)Dates:Container: Box 2
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Description: Range Horses, (#40)Dates:Container: Box 2
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Description: Returning from the Hunt, (#78)Dates:Container: Box 2
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Description: A Rising Flock, (#116), ColorDates:Container: Box 2
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Description: Sheep Herder, (#153), ColorDates:Container: Box 3
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Description: Sheep in the High Country, (#5)Dates:Container: Box 3
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Description: Sheep in the Spring, (#2)Dates:Container: Box 3
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Description: Sheep on Piney, Bighorns, (#4)Dates:Container: Box 3
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Description: Sheep Wagon, (#21)Dates:Container: Box 3
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Description: Skiers, (#39)Dates:Container: Box 3
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Description: Sky Line, Little Goose, Bighorn Mtns, (#34)Dates:Container: Box 3
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Description: Snow Geese, (#101)Dates:Container: Box 3
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Description: Snow in the Rockies, (#149) (2 Items)Dates:Container: Box 3
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Description: Solitude I (unnumbered)Dates:Container: Box 3
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Description: Stormy Evening, (#49), ColorDates:Container: Box 3
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Description: Study of Magpies, (#100)Dates:Container: Box 3
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Description: Table Mountain - Green River, Wy, (#75)Dates:Container: Box 3
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Description: Through the Clouds, (#63)Dates:Container: Box 3
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Description: Trailherd (unnumbered)Dates:Container: Box 3
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Description: Two Geese, (#30)Dates:Container: Box 3
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Description: Virginia Deer, (#128)Dates:Container: Box 3
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Description: Watering Sheep, (#7)Dates:Container: Box 3
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Description: Weathering a Storm, (#80)Dates:Container: Box 3
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Description: Whistling Swans, (#171), ColorDates:Container: Box 3
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Description: Winter, (#45)Dates:Container: Box 3
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Description: Winter Guests, (#199)Dates:Container: Box 3
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Description: Winter Guests I, (#132)Dates:Container: Box 3
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Description: Winter Guests II, (#133)Dates:Container: Box 3
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Description: Winter in the Rockies, (#186), Christmas Card, Color PrintDates:Container: Box 3
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Description: Winter in Wyoming, (#196), Christmas Card, Color PrintDates:Container: Box 3
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Description: Winter in Wyoming I, (#95)Dates:Container: Box 3
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Description: Winter in Wyoming Ii, (#96)Dates:Container: Box 3
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Description: Winter Moon, (#189), Christmas Card, Color PrintDates:Container: Box 3
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Description: Winter on the Range, (#193), Christmas Card, Color PrintDates:Container: Box 3
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Description: Winter Trail, (#83) (2 Items)Dates:Container: Box 3
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Description: Winter Trail, (#35), (Cattle)Dates:Container: Box 3
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Description: Yellow Legs I, (#91)Dates:Container: Box 3
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Description: Yellow Legs II, (#92)Dates:Container: Box 3
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Untitled:
Container: Box 3
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Description: Elk in Snowy Mountain Meadow, (#198), Christmas Card, Color Print (#198)Dates:Container: Box 3
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Description: 2 Mallard Ducks Flying Over a Winter Stream, (#182), Christmas Card, Color PrintDates:Container: Box 3
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Description: 5 Mallard Ducks Flying Over a Winter Stream, (#185), Christmas Card, Color PrintDates:Container: Box 3
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Description: 6 Deer on Snowy Mountain Top, (#179), Christmas Card, Color PrintDates:Container: Box 3
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Description: 4 Deer (3 Does, 1 Buck) in Snowy Mountain Meadow (#183) Christmas Card, Color PrintDates:Container: Box 3
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Description: 2 Cross-Country Skiers in the Mountains (#180), Christmas Card, Color PrintDates:Container: Box 3
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Description: Many Children Ice Skating on a Frozen River Near Homes and a Barn (#194), Christmas Card, Color PrintDates:Container: Box 3
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Series II. Papers and Photographs
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Description: Correspondence from Hans Kleiber, regarding Fritz LutzowDates: 1964Container: Box 4
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Description: Manuscripts by Hans Kleiber: "A Beaver's Tale"Dates: undatedContainer: Box 4
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Description: Manuscripts by Hans Kleiber: "Buddy Bangtail"Dates: undatedContainer: Box 4
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Description: Manuscripts by Hans Kleiber: "Mr. and Mrs. Freemont"Dates: undatedContainer: Box 4
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Description: Manuscripts by Hans Kleiber: "Hank Riley"Dates: undatedContainer: Box 4
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Description: Manuscripts by Hans Kleiber: "Two Days with a Coyote"Dates: undatedContainer: Box 4
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Description: Manuscripts by Hans Kleiber: "The Arrowhead or Lodgepole Pine"Dates: undatedContainer: Box 4
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Description: Manuscripts by Hans Kleiber: "The Old Engelman Spruce, or The Great Drought"Dates: undatedContainer: Box 4
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Description: Manuscripts by Hans Kleiber: "Brother Flexilis, or Old Limber Pine"Dates: undatedContainer: Box 4
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Description: Manuscripts by Hans Kleiber: "Aspen and Red Fir"Dates: undatedContainer: Box 4
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Description: Notes on Etching by Hans KleiberDates: 1962Container: Box 4
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Description: Photographs: Timber Companies, Ranger Stations, Roads, Ranches, and Towns
Bighorn Timber Company; McShane Lumber Company; Popo Agie Ranger Station; Woodrock Ranger Station; Eaton Ranch; Cody saloon; Dayton, Wyoming; Hans Kleiber and others.
Dates: 1908, undatedContainer: Box 4 -
Description: Photographs: Wind River Mountains
Fremont Glacier Expedition (1922); Dinwoody Canyon; Gannett Peak; glaciers; lakes; etc.
Dates: 1914-1922, undatedContainer: Box 4 -
Description: Sheet Music: "Farewell, My Own Bighorns, Farewell"
Lyrics by Hans Kleiber, music by Janet Martin (includes program and news clipping)
Dates: 1963Container: Box 4
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Animals -- Wyoming.
- Bayous -- Louisiana -- Art.
- Birds -- Art.
- Logging -- Wyoming -- Photographs.
- Sheep -- Art.
Corporate Names
- United States. Forest Service.
Geographical Names
- Wind River Range (Wyo.) -- Photographs.
- Wyoming -- Art.
- Wyoming -- History, 1890-1918.
- Wyoming -- History, 1919-1945.
