AHJ_ah01350 Inventory of the Wyoming Wool Growers Association records, 1918-2006 Wyoming Wool Growers Association records Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center
American Heritage Center Dept. 3924, 1000 E. University Avenue Univerisity of Wyoming Laramie, WY 82071 Phone: 307.766.2574 Fax:307.766.5511 E-mail:ahcref@uwyo.edu URL:http://ahc.uwyo.edu/
2005

Univerisity of Wyoming

 Finding aid encoded by D. C. Thompson October 2005 Finding aid is in English Wyoming Wool Growers Association Records, 1918-2006 Collection number: Accession Number 01350 Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center Publication date: 2005 Contact Information American Heritage Center Dept. 3924, 1000 E. University Avenue Univerisity of Wyoming Laramie, WY 82071 Phone: 307.766.2574 Fax:307.766.5511 E-mail:ahcref@uwyo.edu URL:http://ahc.uwyo.edu/ April 1964

"©" 2005 Univerisity of Wyoming

 Collection Summary Wyoming Wool Growers Association Wyoming Wool Growers Association records 1918-2006 01350 36.63 cubic ft. (72 boxes) Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English Records of this association of Wyoming sheep ranchers, which was founded to promote the interests of the sheep industry in Wyoming. Biography or History

The Wyoming Wool Growers Association was founded in 1905 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, with the purpose of promoting the sheep industry in Wyoming.

 Scope and Content

The collection consists of subject files in alphabetical order, which contain information on sheep ranching, wool imports, marketing, prices and legislation, grazing rights, annual conventions, the Wyoming Agricultural Council, the National Wool Growers Association, and other topics. Also included are minutes of WWGA meetings, records of membership, photographs, a scrapbook, and bound volumes of the monthly newsletter "The Wyoming Woolgrower".

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There are no known other archival collections created by the Wyoming Wool Growers Association at the date of processing.

The collection was received from Albert H. Gordon and the Wyoming Wool Growers Association from 1964-2016.

Item Description, Box Number, Wyoming Wool Growers Association Records, Collection Number 01350, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

 Access Terms National Wool Growers Association (U.S.) Wyoming Agricultural Council Wyoming Wool Growers Association Sheep industry -- Wyoming Wool trade and industry -- Wyoming Grazing -- Wyoming Sheep ranching -- Wyoming Wyoming -- History -- 1919-1945 Wyoming -- History -- 1946- Minutes Agriculture and Natural Resources Ranching Business, Industry, Labor, and Commerce Politics, Government, and Law Clubs and Societies Wyoming 1 Abstract of Testimomy (Forest Service vs. Moroni A. Smith and Ray Smith) Access Forest Service - Devil's Tower: 60Bear Lodge Cattle Co. - Devil's Tower Hearing1991 1 Advertising 1 Agricultural Research Administration 1 American Farm Bureau Federation 1 American Meat Institute 1 American National Livestock Association 1 Ammunition and Protein Feeds 1 Senators and Congressmen Ammunition 1 Analysis of the Utilization of Lamb in Restaurants, Hotels, and Railroad Dining Cars Animal Damage Control: 62Animal Damage Control Materials1994-1997 62Testimony to House Subcommittee Regarding Animal Damage Control Program1994 62Testimony on ADC - Thomas1994 62Animal Damage Control1993 62Legal Expenses - ADC Appeal1992 62Pinedale ADC Plan1994 62Vernal, Utah1993 62ADC - Legal1992-1993 62Legal - Humane Society Idaho ASI1993 62Coyotes1993 62Animal Damage Control Correspondence1996 62An Authentic and Verified Sampling of Photographs and Quotations Depicting Predation in the State of Wyoming1971-1972 65Coyotes1975-1987 1 Annual Conventions 1918-1919 2 Annual Conventions 1920-1921, 1927, 1944, 1946 3 Annual Conventions 1922, 1924-1925 4 Annual Conventions 1928-1931 5 Annual Conventions 1935-1938 6 Annual Conventions 1939-1941, 1943 7 Annual Conventions 1944-1947, 1951, 1955 60Appeals - Permits: 60Appeals1991 60Grazing Permit - Statusundated 7 Armour and Company 8 Army Orders 65Average Annual Range Improvement Cost1984 8 Commonwealth of Australia All Correspondence 8 Australian Wool 8 Bank Statements 9 Barrett, Frank A. 9 Basque Sheepherders 9 Blending 9 Blue Book 9 Bombing Range 9 Boston and National Wool Trade Associations 9 Boston Wool Trade 10 Boston Wool Trade Association 10 Botany Worsted Mills 10 Brock, J. Elmer 10 Brock, V. Elmer 60BLM (Bureau of Land Management) - Legal: 60Legal - AZ1993 60Acquisition of Private Lands1992 60Catron County (NM)1990 60Legal - Environmental Quality Council - PRBRC - "Coal Lawsuit"1991-1992 64BLM - Section 3/Section 15undated 10 Bureau of Standards 11 C.C.C. 11 California Wool Growers Association 11 Ceiling Prices O.P.A. 11 Census of Wyoming 11 Central Shippers Advisory Board 11 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Co./Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Co. 11 Colorado Wool Growers Association 11 Commissioner of Public Lands 12 Commissioner of Public Lands - Court Decisions 12 Congressional Record 1950 65Conservation Speech Material1984 12 Consumption of Lamb 12 Cook, Robert A. B. 12 Cooper, Thomas 65Court Cases1984 12 Cost of Production 12 Cost of Production (sheep losses) 12 Culling Sheep 13 Definite Plan Report May, 1951 13 Department of Economics and Statistics of the Wool Bureau, Inc. 13 Devereaux, H. J. 14 Devereaux, H. J. 14 Dieter Bookbindery 14 Employment Service 14 Everybody's Talking About Rayon 15 Farm Credit Administration Federal Lands: 60Federal Landsundated 60Access1987-1982 60Sales1991 60Largest Permittees - FS/BLM - Federal Land Statistics1991 15 Federal Register and Congressional Record Clippings 15 Federal Trade Commission 15 Fitzpatrick, Howard 15 Fitzpatrick, Frank 15 Flitner, Howard 15 Food Distribution Administration 64Forest and Grassland1989-1992 15 Forest Service Committee 1943 Forest Service - Legal: 60American Heritage Trust Act of 19891989 60FS - Legal1989 60Forest Service - Receipts1992 Forest Service - Regulations: 60Appeals - Regs1990-1992 60Mission/Statistics1992 15 Forstmann 16 Forstmann Woolen Company 17 Forstmann, Curt E. - Forstmann Woolen Company 17 Freight Rates and Emergency Legislation 18 Game 18 Game and Fish 18 Game Section 15 Committee 1943 18 General Land Office - G. P. Howell 18 General Land Office - Washington 18 General Land Office Miscellaneous 18 General Letters 1950-1951 19 General Letters 1951-1953 20 General Letters 1957 20 Geophysical Permits 20 Glendo Project 20 Gordon, Robert Grazing: 61Grazing Fees - Groups Against1991-1992 61Groups Supportingundated 61Holistic Grazing Savoury Method1987 61Public Lands Grazing Fee - White Paperundated 61Grazing: Alternatives for Grazing Fee Debate1991 20 Grazing Bulletin 1992 Grazing Fee: 61Edmondson/Synar Campaign1992 61Grazing Fee Proposals1991 61Grazing Fee Issue/Federal Lands1991 60Grazing Fees/Omnibus Range Bill: 60Grazing Fee Lawsuit1983-1986 60Omnibus Range Bill - Redistribution of Fees1984 Grazing Fees: 61Fair Market Valueundated 65Grazing Fees1984 65Grazing Fees (PLC)1983-1984 Grazing Lands: 61Canada - Grazing Fee Lands1992 60Grazing - Legal: 60Grazing Legal1990-1992 60National Rangelands Grazing System Act1989 60PRIA - Public Rangelands Improvement Act1978-1992 61 and 65Grazing - Public Lands1990 20 Grazing Service 20 Grieve, Robert 20 Griffith, Vernon 20 Guild, Charles F. H20 - Legal: 61Sierra Club vs. Block1984 61Clean Water Act1990-1992 61H20 Hearings - State1990 61404 Permits1990 61Water Lawundated 61Wyoming Water Legislation1984-1985 21 Hadsell, Kleber H. 21 Harrison, William H. 21 Harrison, William Henry 21 Hay, John W. Jr. 21 Hay, Leonard W. 21 Heinbaugh 21 Hesse, George 21 Hill, John A. Fund 21 History of Wyoming, by I. S. Bartlett 21 Hopkins (2) 1950 21 House Committee on Public Lands, Hearing at Rawlins 22 House of Representatives - Other States 22 Hunt, Lester C. 22 Idaho Wool Growers Association 61Incentive Based Grazing Fee1992 22 Institute of American Meat Packers 22 Insurance on Wool 22 Internal Revenue 22 International Wool Secretariat 22 Iron Fireman Company 22 Izaak Walton League 22A Jackson Hole - Bills and Committee Reports Laws 22A Jackson Hole National Monument 22A Johnson County Wool Growers Association 22A Johnston, Alexander 22A Joint Livestock Commission 22A Jones, Casey 1950 22A Jones, Durham 22A Josendal, Harold 23 King Brothers Company 23 Kyne, William 23 Lamb Advertising Campaign 23 Lamb Contracts Uniform 23 Lamb Feeders Association 23 Lamb Marketing Committee 1943 23 Lamb, Sheep, and Wool Prices 23 Legislation - Bills, National and State, etc. 23 Legislative Committee - National 23 Lent, Harold 67Letters on State Land Issue1988 23 Logan-Walter Bill 23 Livestock and Sanitary Board 24 Livestock Trails 24 Lukens, S. C. 24 Macfie, William 24 Magagna, E. V. 24 Make It Yourself With Wool, cont. 63Mapsundated 68Member and Address Tagsundated 24 Moncreiffe, Malcolm - Big Horn, Wyoming 24 Marquiss, R. B. 24 Material 24 Maryland, Herman 24 McBride, A. J. 24 McCarran Investigations 24 McMicken, A. R. 24 Mead, Keith 25 Meeting of WWGA July 20, 1927 25 Members of the Association 25 Membership and Finance Committee 25 Membership Letters 25 Merrion and Wilkins 25 Minutes of Meeting 25 Miscellaneous 25 Montana Wool Growers Association 25-28 Monthly Business Review 29 Moore, Leroy 29 Munro, Kincaid, and Edgehill 29 Nadasdy, Carl 29 National Association of Wool Manufacturers 29 National Classification Board 29 National Grange 29 National Labor Relations Board 29 National Livestock and Meat Board 29 National Livestock Tax Committee 29 National Releases 30 National Wool Growers Association 31 National Wool Marketing Corp. 31 Natrona County Wool Growers Association 31 Natural Resource Board 31 New York Federation of Women's Clubs 31 New Zealand Correspondence 31 North, Mary 61O2 By-Laws and Correspondence1991 61O3 WPLC - General Information1987-1990 32 Oil Damages 32 Olson, L. K. 32 O'Mahoney, Joseph C. 60Omnibus Range Bill: 60Johanna Wald Letters - NRDC Recommendations to Omnibus Bill1985 60Rangeland - Omnibus Range Bill1985 32 O.P.A. Wool Orders (Ceilings - Lamb) 32 Oregon Wool Growers Association 33 P.M.A. Wool Advisory Committee 33 Pacific Wool Growers Association 33 Papers 33 Papers Dec. 1952 33 Park Extension National Parks Photographs and Negatives: 60WWGA Photo Files1990-1996 60, 63-64, and 68-69Miscellaneous photographs and negatives1963-1992 631989 Photos1989 63 and 69Presidents and Officersundated 63 and 69Sheepundated 63Negatives1975-1978 63 and 69Predators1970s 63Lambsundated 63Sheep, Ewes, and Lambsundated 63Herds (on the Trail)1963-1980 63Sheep Pictures1963-1970 63 and 69Wool TourMarch 1976 64 and 69Sheep Pictures - Cartoons and Future W.G. Photos1963-1970 64Sheep and Peopleundated 641989 Convention Photographs and Negatives1989 64 and 69Old Woolgrower Picsundated 64Sheep wagonsundated 64 and 69Sheep on the Range Photosundated 64Fort Casper - Sheep Herder Fair - Coffman Ranch - Immigration at Riverton - Cook-off at Eastridge Mall1987 68Wool Growers Negatives and Contact Sheetsundated 69Wool TourMarch 23, 1977 69Sketches by Edie Reno (negatives)undated 33 Planning 33 Predatory Animal Committee 34 Press Clippings 1950 34 Press Notices 34 Price Fixing Bill 34 Office of Price Administration 64Printed Material1977-1979 66Printed Material - Books1977 34 Profits and Losses on Sheep Ranches 34 Public Lands Public Lands: 61Historyundated 61Public Lands Grazing - Sheep1992 61Personnelundated 61ASI - Public Lands Committee1991 61Improvementsundated 61Public Lands News1992 61Subleasing1984 61CMA Lawsuits1985 61PL Damage: Vehicular1985 61Research1988 61Grazing Permits - Public Landsundated 61Public Land Accessundated 64Public Land Access SymposiumJuly 1987 61Public Lands: Aum's on Public Lands Stats on PL Lands in Different Statesundated 61Public Lands: Costs of Operating on Public Landsundated Public Lands - Legal: 60Natural Resources and Public Land1981-1985 60No Net Gainundated 60Private Rights and Public Lands1983 67Public Lands and Grazing Fees1961-1985 61Public Lands - Statisticsundated Public Lands - Grazing Studies: 61Grazing Fees1990s 61Grazing Fee Formula1992 61New Mexico Study1992 34 Public Relations Committee Literature 34 Public Service Commission 34 Quartermaster General Questionnaires: 65Permit Value1984 65Sub-leasing1984 34 Ram Sale Account 66 and 68Ram Sale - ads, catalog, and orders1987-1988 34 Railroad Rates 34 Reciprocity Hearings 1950 34 Reciprocal Trade Agreement 34 Reconstruction Finance Corporation 34 Re: Forest Service vs. Moroni A. Smith and Ray Smith - Abstract of Testimony 34 Reed, John A. 35 Reorganization Bill 35 Resettlement Administration 35 Research 35 Resolution Committee 64Resource Area Contact Lists and Grazing Permitees1992-1994 35 Reward and Theft Committee 36 RHEA Tillard 36 Rich, R. C. 37 Rich, S. Grover 37 Riepma, Siert 37 Robertson, E. V. 37 Routt National Forest 37 Seaverson, Reynold 37 Secretary's Report 37 Section 15 Committees 37 Selective Service Headquarters 65Senate Hearing - Public Lands Subcommittee Locatable MineralsJuly 1969 37 Shearing Rates 37 "Sheep", by Arthur Gilfillan 63Sheep Cartoons1975-1982 37 Sheep Stealing 37 Shrinkage Work 37 Sheridan County Wool Growers 38 Smith, Moroni 39 Smith, Barney and Company 39 Special Farm Committee Meeting Dec. 8-9, 1948 39 Soil Conservation Act 39 South Africa 39 State Associations of the National 39 State Board of Equalization 39 State-Federal Range Grasshopper Control Program 39 State Legislation 39 State Offices - Governor of Wyoming, etc. 40 Statements to Colmer Committee and Reports 40 Stationery and Supplies 40 Statistics 40 Steiwer, William 40 Subsidies 40 Swift and Company 41 Taggart, Lloyd 41 Tariff 41 Taylor Act - Section 15 41 Taylor Grazing Districts Committee 41 Taxation 41 Templin, Curtis 41 Tenderfoot at Bar X 41 Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association 42 Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association 42 Thompson, Ralph I. (Mrs.) 42 Tillare, Pea 42 Trail Committee 43 Transfer of Property 43 Transportation - State Association of the National 43 Transportation - Truth in Fabric 43 Transportation - Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association 43 Transportation - Tariff 43 Transportation - Top Makers Investigation 43 Transportation - Uniform Grazing Bill 43 Transportation - Thermofax 43 Transportation - Wool Department, University of Wyoming 43 Transportation - Utah Wool Growers 43 Transportation - Union Pacific Railroad 43 Trespass Committee 43 Trespass on Trails 43 Truman Committee 43 Truth-in-Fabric Bill 61U2 Environmental Quality DEQ Department1988 44 Union Pacific System 44 United States Department of Agriculture (Bureaus of Land Management, Agricultural Economics, Animal Industry; Secretary Benson; Forest Service; Wool Bill; etc.) 45 United States Department of Agriculture (Codes; Commodity Exchange; Defense; Forest Service; Transportation; etc.) 45 United States Department of Labor (Wool Futures; Vibroic Abortion; etc.) 45 United States Interior Department - Indian Affairs 46 United States Senate 46 U. S. Testing Company 46 Unrra 46 Uranium 47 Vass, A. F. 47 Von Krosigk, Hugh 47 War Production Board - Marriner Walton 47 Wardlaw, C. B. 48 Wardlaw, C. B. 48 Warren, Fred E. 61Weed Control1988 48 Western Air Lines 48 Western Wool Handlers 48 Wild Life 48 Wilson, Felix 48 Wilson, J. B. 48 Winder, G. N. 48 Wool Auction 48 Wool Bill 48 Wool Bureau 49 Wool Bureau Annual Meeting and Reports 1950 49 The Wool Bureau, Incorporated Sept. 30, 1949 49 Wool Conference Feb. 16, 1945 49 Wool Freight Rates 49 Government Wool Purchase Plan 49 Wool Handlers 49 Wool Imports 49 Wool Marketing Investigation 50 Wool Marketing Investigation 50 Wool Prices 50 Wool Prices - Wyoming Figures Statistics 50 Wool Scouring and Shrinkage 51 Wool Scouring and Shrinkage 51 Wool Scouring and Shrinkage Tests 51 Wool Stock Pile 52 Wool Storage Rates 52 Wool Trade 52 Wyoming Agricultural Council 53 Wyoming Agriculture Station 53 Wyoming Bankers Association 53 Wyoming Board of Equalization (State Department of Agriculture, Game and Fish; Wyoming Stock Growers Association; Wilderness Bills; Wool Knit Associates; Wool Top Futures; Walter Wolfson; Wyoming Reclamation Association) 53 Wyoming Co-op Wool Marketing Association (McKinley) 53 Wyoming Executive Committee 53 Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation 53 Wyoming Livestock and Sanitary Board (O. K. Barnes) 53 Wyoming Natural Resource Board 61WPLC Board/WWGA Mailing Lists1992 61Wyoming Public Lands Council1992 65Wyoming Public Lands Council - April 1976April 1976 65Wyoming Public Lands Council and Rangeland Reform1994 65Wyoming Public Lands Council - Mailing List1982-1984 65WPLC SeminarNovember 15, 1975 66WPLC SeminarNovember 15, 1984 65Wyoming Public Lands Session - DouglasNovember 15, 1984 53 Wyoming Salvage Committee 54 Wyoming, State of (Wool Prices; Edwin Wilkinson; Wilkins and Company; G. N. Winder; Wool Handlers; 1952 Wool Loan Values; Wool Processing Plant, Rawlins; Wool Tops Imports) 54 Wyoming Stock Growers Association 55 Wyoming Tax Payers Association (Natural Resource Board Speakers; Wyoming Veterinary Laboratory; Wyoming Newspaper Data; Wyoming Sheep Council) 55 Wyoming Unemployment Compensation 55 University of Wyoming 56 University of Wyoming (USDA Wool Advisory Committee; U.S. Forest Service; Werner Von Bergen; Hill-Vass; etc.) 57 University of Wyoming (Wool Department: J. A. Hill, Robert Burns; Miscellaneous) 57 Wyoming Wool Co-op, Rawlins 57-58,66, and 70-71 Wyoming Wool Grower Published Monthly by the Wyoming Wool Growers Association 1928-1947, 1964-1968, 1987-1988 63Wyoming Wool Grower - Set Copyundated 58 Membership Record Book 58 Minute Book 59 Scrapbook 62Cynthia M. Loomis - State Treasurer2000 62Max Maxfield - State Auditor1997 62Trent Blankenship - Superintendent of Public Instruction2001 62Governor's Rangeland Committee1990-1991 62Governor Jim Geringer1994-2002 62Y.3 Legislation - State of Wyoming1997-2006 62Y. Legislative and Congressional Records1995-2001 62Y.2 Legislative Committee Meetings1996-1998 62Y. Legislative and Congressional Recordsundated 62Y.3.a Wyoming Linked Deposits Act1993 67Y.4. Governor Mike Sullivan1989 67Y.8 Congressman Craig Thomas1989 67Y.9 Senator Al Simpson1989 67Y.10 Senator Malcolm Wallop1989 62Y.5 Federal Legislation US Government1993-1997 65234.1 Legislation and Hearings1977-1980 65234.12 ANCA - NWGA Public Lands1974-1975 65234.12 ANCA - NWGA Public Lands Council (Ron Michieli)1980-1982 65(P) 234.13-0 WPLUCC - Miscellaneous1973-1981 65234.2-4 Grazing Fees and Regulations1977-1983 65234.2-5 Grazing EIS's and Other Wyoming EIS's1980