Collection Summary
Jacobucci Family
Jacobucci, Joseph F.
Friend, John C.
Jacobucci Family papers
1859-1939
1934-1938
00374
4 cubic feet (7 boxes)
University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
English
Papers of a Wyoming family engaged in journalism, including research for a projected book on newspapers in the state.
Biography of the Jacobucci and Friend Families
John C. Friend (1847-1922) was a businessman and journalist in Wyoming. He arrived in the area in 1863 as a member of Company G, 11th Ohio Cavalry. After leaving the army he worked as a telegrapher at Deer Creek and Horseshoe Stations. He settled in Rawlins, Wyoming, in 1870 and helped to found the "Carbon County News." He later acquired the "Carbon County Journal" and ran it from 1879-1892. Friend served in the 2nd, 3rd, and 5th Wyoming Territorial Legislatures and as city marshal of Rawlins. John C. Friend's daughter, Margaret, married Joseph H. Jacobucci, manager of the Rawlins Light & Fuel Company. The couple had two sons: Joseph F. and John Rhea.
Joseph F. Jacobucci was born in Rawlins, Wyoming in 1914 and attended the University of Wyoming from 1932-1933. Jacobucci edited the University's student newspaper, "The Branding Iron," in 1933 and also acted as interim editor of "The Laramie Republican-Boomerang" in 1934. In 1935 Jacobucci transferred to the University of Missouri and obtained his B.A. in journalism in 1936. He returned to Wyoming in 1936 to work as the editor of the "Green River Star" and started the "Laramie Sentinel" in 1938, which was in operation for six months. Jacobucci then focused on conducting research for a book on the history of journalism in Wyoming. Joseph Jacobucci died in 1939 of a ruptured appendix.
John Rhea Jacobucci (1916-1984) attended the University of Wyoming and went on to become a businessman and political figure in Rawlins, Wyoming.
Scope and ContentThe collection contains research materials compiled by Joseph F. Jacobucci and drafts of the book that he intended to write on Wyoming newspapers. Included are notes containing information on publishers, editors and dates of publication from 1863 to 1939, as well as photographs of newspaper editors and employees. The collection also contains a ledger and a scrapbook of John C. Friend containing poetry, accounts, and newspaper clippings; photographs of the Jacobucci family, John C. Friend, and the office of the "Carbon County Journal"; correspondence recommending Margaret Friend as a teacher; an etching by Hans Kleiber; and miscellaneous items.
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 known other archival collections created by Joseph F. Jacobucci at the date of processing.
Acquisition Information
The collection was received from Margaret Friend Jacobucci in 1956 and from John R. Jacobucci in 1973 and 1975.
Processing Information
The collection was processed by D. Claudia Thompson in June 2017.
Preferred Citation
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection
Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Existence and Location of Copies
Digital reproductions of select material from this collection are available at
http://digitalcollections.uwyo.edu/luna/servlet/uwydbuwy~3~3.
Access Terms
Friend, Margaret C.
City and town life -- Wyoming
Journalism -- Wyoming.
Journalists -- Wyoming.
Newspapers.
Wyoming -- History -- to 1889.
Wyoming -- History -- 1890-1918.
Wyoming -- History -- 1919-1945.
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Publishers and Publishing
Social Life and Customs
City and Town Life
Wyoming
Container List
Series I. Jacobucci and Friend Family Papers
1
Correspondence
1924-1940
1
Correspondence recommending Margaret C. Friend as a teacher
1903-1905
6
Desert Land Deed - Sweetwater County, Wyoming - to Bernhard Spinner
1888
6
Etching by Hans Klieber - "Fall In the Rockies"
undated
1
Ledger of John C. Friend (poetry, accounts, book list, clothing accounts)
1866-1873
6
Newspaper - "The Ironing Board", spoof issue of The Branding Iron, edited by Joseph F. Jacobucci (includes news clippings about the issue)
1934
6
Newspaper Clippings (Joseph Jacubucci, College Students, John C. Friend, Portugee Phillips, etc.)
1932-1952
1
Photographs (Joseph F. Jacobucci; John C. Friend; Carbon County Journal office; teachers' institute, 1905 or 1906; etc.)
1905-1934
1
Photographs - University of Wyoming
circa 1905
1
Post Cards - Cheyenne, Evanston, Fort Bridger, Green River, Laramie, Rawlins, Saratoga (some with messages to Margaret C. Friend)
1907-1909, undated
1
Post Cards - Fort Washakie and Shoshone Indians
undated
1
Scrapbook of John C. Friend (primarily newspaper clippings)
1872-1894
1
Stock Certificates (Boar's Tusk Oil; Lube Oil; Rawlins Citizens Oil; Wyoming Soda Products)
1917-1928
1
Wyoming Oil Products Company (Green River, Wyo.), Report on Oil Shale Property by Victor C. Alderson
1926
1
Miscellaneous (typescript poem by Elizabeth Arnold Stone; bookplate of Joe F. Jacobucci; prints of Indians by W.H. Jackson)
undated
Series II. Joseph F. Jacobucci Wyoming Journalism History Research
1
Index to Western Historical Material in Newspaper Files and Books
1934-1938
6
Maps - Saratoga (WY) and the Upper Platte Valley (1894); Wyoming (1910)
1894, 1910
Newspapers - Wyoming:
6
Casper Tribune-Herald - Annual Wyoming Editions
1932-1934
6
Douglas Budget - Golden Anniversary Edition
1936
6
Encampment Echo
Oct.-Nov., 1934
6
Frontier Index (and Kearney Herald) (negative photocopies)
1865, 1868
6
[Lander] Wyoming State Journal - Annual Spring Display
1935
6
[Laramie] Daily Boomerang
1893, 1897-1898
6
Laramie Republican - Industrial Edition; Illustrated Section
1901, 1905
6
Laramie Republican-Boomerang
1937
6
Laramie Sentinel
1938
6
Lusk Herald - Golden Jubilee Edition, etc. (includes reprint of 1886 first edition)
May, June, 1936
6
[Rawlins] Carbon County Journal
1898, 1914
6
Rawlins Republican
1898
6
Rock Springs Daily Rocket - Pilot Butte Section, etc.
1936-1937
6
Rock Springs Record
1938
6
[University of Wyoming] Branding Iron - Semi-Centennial Edition; Wyoming Alumnus - Homecoming Edition
1937
6
Wyoming Jewish Press - Rosh Ha'shanah Edition
1936
6
Wyoming Stockman-Farmer and Wyoming Industrial Journal
1935
Newspapers - General:
7
Denver Post - Rotogravure Sections
1929-1937
7
[Denver] Rocky Mountain News - Diamond Jubilee Edition
1934
7
Denver Times
1899
7
Frank Leslie's Illustrated
1877
7
Hannibal Courier-Post - Mark Twain Centennial Edition
1935
7
Harper's Weekly
1877
7
[Keystone, SD] Keystone Nugget
1895
7
[New York] Sun (reprint of 1833 first edition)
1933
7
[Philadelphia] Public Ledger (reprint of 1836 first edition)
circa 1936
7
[Salt Lake] Deseret News
1859
7
Salt Lake Telegram - Covered Wagon Ediition
1936
7
Salt Lake Tribune - Scenic Section; Intermountain Empire Progress Edition
1936-1937
7
[Scottsbluff] Business Farmer
1935
7
[Union Pacific System] Overland Mail (Vol. 2, No. 2)
undated
1
Outline of Chapters
1936
Photographs:
1
Fort Sanders
1933
1
Transcontinental Air Race, Green River
1919
1
Wyoming Newspaper Buildings and Employees
1919, undated
1
Wyoming Newspaper Men and Women
undated
1
Wyoming Newspaper Men - Freeman, Legh and Fred
1867-1926, undated
1
Wyoming Newspaper Men - Sydenham, Moses H.
undated
Research Material and Manuscript Drafts - Counties:
2
Albany County
1934-1938
2
Big Horn County
1934-1938
2
Campbell County
1934-1938
2
Carbon County
1934-1938
2
Converse County
1934-1938
2
Crook County
1934-1938
2
Fremont County
1934-1938
3
Goshen County
1934-1938
3
Hot Springs County
1934-1938
3
Johnson County
1934-1938
3
Laramie County
1934-1938
3
Lincoln County
1934-1938
3
Natrona County
1934-1938
3
Niobrara County
1934-1938
3
Park County
1934-1938
3
Platte County
1934-1938
3
Sheridan County
1934-1938
4
Sublette County
1934-1938
4
Sweetwater County
1934-1938
4
Teton County
1934-1938
4
Uinta County
1934-1938
4
Washakie County
1934-1938
4
Weston County
1934-1938
Research Material and Manuscript Drafts - General Material:
4
Brundage and the Daily Telegraph
1934-1938
4-5
Frontier Index
1934-1938
5
Law General
1934-1938
5
Notes, Unfiled Notes
1934-1938
5
Nye, Bill
1934-1938
5
Press Association
1934-1938
5
Miscellaneous
1934-1938