AHJ_ah00175 Inventory of the Andrew Springs Gillespie papers, 1895-1965 Gillespie (Andrew Springs) 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.
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2006

University of Wyoming

 Finding aid encoded by Ann Mulfort July 2006 Finding aid is in English Andrew Springs Gillespie papers, 1895-1965 Collection number: 00275 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/ June 2000

"©" 2006 University of Wyoming

 Collection Summary Gillespie, Andrew Springs Andrew Springs Gillespie papers 1895-1965 00175 1.62 cubic ft. (4 boxes) University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English The collection contains correspondence, some of it with local historian and ranch owner Edith Blunk, manuscripts, an oral history interview on audiocassette, artifacts and photographs documenting ranch, rodeo, and cowboy life in southern Wyoming in the early 1900s. Biography of Andrew Springs Gillespie

A. S. “Bud” Gillespie was an Albany County, Wyoming, rancher and co-author with R. H. Burns and Willing G. Richardson of the book Wyoming’s Pioneer Ranches, which was published in 1955. Gillespie was born in 1887, the son of Samuel W. and Maggie H. (White) Gillespie. Bud Gillespie worked as a cowboy for the Swan Land and Cattle Company and gained fame as a rodeo performer during the early 1900s. He took over operation of the Gillespie ranch on the Laramie River in 1914 and bought the former Taylor ranch on Rock Creek in 1922. After his retirement he moved to Laramie, Wyoming, and became an authority and writer on the history of Albany County.

 Scope and Content

The collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, an oral interview on tape, artifacts, and photographs documenting ranch, rodeo, and cowboy life in southern Wyoming, primarily from the early 1900s.

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

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There are no other known archival collections created by Andrew Springs Gillespie at the date of processing.

The material was received from A.S. Gillespie in 1951 and 1960, R.H. Burns in 1972, and Mike Bott in 2021.

The collection was processed by D.C. Thompson in June 2000 and updated by Jamie Greene in February 2023.

Select materials from this collection were digitized in October 2030.

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Andrew Springs Gillespie papers, circa 1895-1965, Collection Number 00275, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

 Existence and Location of Copies

Digital reproductions of select material from this collection are available at https://digitalcollections.uwyo.edu/luna/servlet/uwydbuwy~174~174.

 Access Terms Horn, Tom, 1860-1903. Swan Land and Cattle Company. Albany County (Wyo.)--History. Wyoming--History--1890-1918. Wyoming--History--1919-1945. Wyoming--History--1946- Photographs. Audio cassettes. Ranchers. Rodeo performers. <?xm-replace_text {Title as Subject}?> Blunk, Edith Williams. Agriculture and Natural Resources Ranching Literature Politics, Government, and Law Social Life and Customs Wyoming 1 1 Advertisement: Wyoming Pioneer Ranches circa 1955 Artifacts: 3 Ax head undated

From old Fort Fetterman Road north of Rock Creek

 3 Horsehair rope undated

Made by A.S. Gillespie for the purpose of leading Steamboat. The rope took the pulled hairs from 6 to 8 horses.

 3 Mule shoe undated

This was picked up on a street in Rock Creek.

 3 Telegraph pole band undated

This band was used on the top of the first telegraph poles along the U.P. Railroad. It was a single wire line with the bracket set in a hole bored in the top of the pole. The band was used to keep the pole from splitting.

 Audio: 2A.S. Gillespie (audiotape)September 30, 1949

Early cattle industry; Tom Horn; case of George Black; Wilcox train robbery; early University of Wyoming

 Recording and Reproduction Characteristics

A.S. Gillespie oral history audio cassette.

 4A.S. Gillespie (reel to reel tape)undated 4A.S. Gillespie comments on Tom Horn and longhorn cattle (reel to reel tape)1949-1952 4A.S. Gillespie about Tom Horn (reel to reel tape)undated 4A.S. Gillespie about Tom Horn and Willie Richards (reel to reel tape)undated 4Daddy and Mother (reel to reel tape)September 21, 1968 4Daddy, Mildred, and me (reel to reel tape)1968 4Christmas 1969 - Mike, Dee, David and Brett, Mother, Henry and me (reel to reel tape)1969 4David and Brett (reel to reel tape)undated 1 2 Booklet: Steamboat, by Gillespie and Burns 1952 1 3 Correspondence: Blunk, Edith Williams 1958-1959 1 4 Correspondence: Museum of Westward Expansion (St. Louis) 1962 1 5 Itinerary: Ranch Tour (Albany County) circa 1959 4Land maps1908-1955 4Legal documents - Maggie Howard Gillespie1925-1981 4Legal documents - land purchases (copies)1910-1980 1 6 Manuscript: History of Virginia Dale, by Julia F. Lilley circa 1959 1 7 Manuscript: Rock Creek, by A.S. Gillespie undated 1 8 Manuscript: William Richard Williams, [by Laura Briggs] 1939 1 9 Manuscript: William Richard Williams (corrected), [by Laura Briggs] 1939 1 10 Manuscript: XX Ranch (W.R. Williams ranch), by Edith Williams Blunk undated 1 11 Notes: Little Medicine Settlement, by A.S. Gillespie undated 4Oil and gas leases1929-1982 1 12 Photographs: Bucking horses with riders 1903-1905, 1930 1 13 Photographs: Bucking horses – Steamboat with Charlie Irwin, Hugh Clark, A.S. Gillespie 1904 1 14 Photographs: Bucking horses – Steamship with A.S. Gillespie 1905 1 15 Photographs: Cheyenne Frontier Days 1905 1 16 Photographs: Danks, Clayton with Oscar Ekdahl undated 1 17 Photographs: Gillespie, A.S. “Bud,” 1904, 1912, 1965 1 18 Photographs: Indian structure 1949

On Pinto Creek below Pinto Rock, eighteen miles southeast of Laramie Peak

 1 19 Photographs: Rattlesnake Canyon undated

Sites of murders of Robert Widdowfield and Tip Vincent, August 19, 1878

 1 20 Photographs: Rawlins rodeo 1905 1 21 Photographs: Shot Gun outfit 1926 1 22 Photographs: Swan Land & Cattle Company (Two Bar Ranch) circa 1895-1905 1 23 Photographs: Sybille Valley Horse & Cattle Growers Association circa 1910 1 24 Photographs: Wild horses in Red Desert 1947

Desert Dust (bucking horse)

 1 25 Subject Files: Cattle circa 1951, 1963 1 26 Subject Files: McCormick, Jean Hickok circa 1940 1 27 Subject Files: McPhee, Hugh M. 1956