Collection Summary
White, Philip, 1945-
Philip White papers
1969-2022
12568
2.15 cubic ft. (4 boxes) + 40.80 MB
University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
English
Material concerning the Black 14 controversy at the University of Wyoming (Laramie, Wyo.), the Treagle Train, and the MX Missile Program at F.E. Warren Air Force Base (Wyo.)
Biography of Philip White
Philip White was the editor of the Branding Iron, the University of Wyoming student newspaper, in 1969. He covered the events of the Black 14 controversy, when fourteen African-American football players were dismissed from the University of Wyoming team. White resigned as editor shortly after the controversy began. He later became a staff writer for the Casper Star Tribune and covered the controversy surrounding installation of MX missiles at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Scope and Content
The collection contains materials dealing with the Black 14 controversy at the University of Wyoming in 1969, including articles from the Branding Iron as well as articles from other papers throughout Wyoming and the region. There is material pertaining to coach Lloyd Eaton including information on the civil trial that followed the suspension of the fourteen football players. Also included are retrospective articles from the 1980s and 1990s and memorabilia from the Treagle Train in 1970.
The collection also contains research material and articles about the MX missile program and the installation of MX missiles at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne, Wyoming, in the 1980s. Included are technical drawings, reports, drafts of articles by Philip White, and copies of the articles as published in the Casper Star Tribune.
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the
collection is open to the public.
Copyright Information
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libel laws as they apply.
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There are no known other archival collections created by Phil White at the date of processing.
Donated by Phil White from 2007-2022.
The collection was processed by Rhonda J. Wright in March 2007. Links to digitized folders added October 2010 by Ben Goldman. The collection was renamed and updated by D. Claudia Thompson in August 2013 and Jamie Greene in June 2017, April 2019, April 2021, and November 2022.
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Number, 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~110~110.
Access Terms
Eaton, Lloyd, 1918-2007
University of Wyoming -- Race relations.
University of Wyoming -- Newspapers.
Black 14 (Laramie, (Wyo.)
African American football players -- Political activity -- Wyoming.
MX (Weapons system)
College student newspapers and periodicals -- Wyoming.
Wyoming -- History, 1946-
F.E. Warren Air Force Base (Wyo.)
Cheyenne (Wyo.)
Laramie (Wyo.)
Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Journalism
People, Ethnicity, and Culture
African Americans
Colleges and Universities
Politics, Government, and Law
Wyoming
Science, Technology and Health
Military
Container List
Series I. Black 14 and University of Wyoming Football Materials
4Black 14 miscellaneous1969-1999
Digitalahcdm_12568_001Black 14 Social Justice Institute and research (articles and images)1964-2022
2Book: "Wyoming in Mid-Century: Prejudice, Protest and the "Black 14"" by Phil White Jr.2018
Court records (copies from National Archive):
3Defendants Opposition to Temporary Restraining Order, binder 11969-1970
3Binders 2-31969-1972
3Defendants Brief, parts 1-2, binders 4-51970-1972
3Trial, parts 1-2, binders 6 and 81971
3Motion Hearing1969-1976
3Summary of court records of the Black 14 lawsuit by Phil White2021
1
1
Eaton, Lloyd
1969-1975
1
2
Miscellaneous
1969-2006
1
3
Newspapers -- Branding Iron
1969-1999
1
4
Newspapers -- Others
1969-2000
1
5
White, Phil, Editor of Branding Iron
1969-1997
1Treagle Train - memorabilia (Treagle Tribune newspaper and press passes from Wyoming football game)October 17, 1970
4Wyo yearbook1969
Series II. MX Missile Material
2
Subject files, research material, drafts, and articles about controversy surrounding the installation of MX missiles at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Cheyenne, Wyoming
1979-1985
Series III. Research Material
2Cabooses - research materials for article written in 1981 by White (notes, newspaper clippings, and correspondence)1979-1980
4Caroline Ware1941-1968
Frontier journalism:
4Book: "Moveable Type: biography of Legh R. Freeman" by Thomas H. Heuterman1979
4Frontier Index1868-1961
4Wyo History Frontier Index1868-1971
4Chugg Water Journal1986-1999
4Henterman - Accessing the Press On Wheels1976
4Jacobucci - Daily Telegraph1956-1960
4Lent - The Press on Wheels1971
4McMurtie - Pioneer Printing, An Early Newspaper, the Sweetwater mines1868-1938
4Thompson, Claudia - Driven Bear River Riot1996
2Newspapers - "Laramie Republican" announcement of the end of WWINovember 11, 1918
2Photograph from Kenneth Calkins2018
2Rawlins/Ferris Mountains plane crash articles1957
2"Round the Sagebrush Fire, Annual Newsletter: The Illustrious U.W. Graduating Class of 1920"January 25, 1972
2"The Story of Wool" circular 186, Wyoming Agricultural Extension Service, University of WyomingDecember 1965
4Univeristy of Wyoming (newspapers, publications, handbooks)1961-1972