AHJ_ah00079 Inventory of the Herbert Oliver Brayer papers, 1803-1953 (Bulk 1871-1953) Brayer (Herbert Oliver) papers Processed by Audrey J. Wilcox University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
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/
2013,2014

University of Wyoming

 Finding aid encoded by Ann Mulfort January 2013 Finding aid is in English Collection Summary Brayer, Herbert Oliver Herbert Oliver Brayer papers 1803-1953 (bulk 1871-1953) 00079 2.45 cubic feet (3 boxes) University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English Biography of Herbert Oliver Brayer

Herbert Oliver Brayer (1913-) was an American historian during the twentieth century. An expert on the economic history of the American West, Brayer was born in Montreal, Canada and educated at the University of Southern California and the University of New Mexico. He served as Director of the Western Range Cattle Industry Study (1944-1949) and authored a number of books concerning the economic history of the American West, including "William Blackmore, A Case Study in the Economic Development of the West" (1949).

 Scope and Content

Collection contains Herbert Oliver Brayer's research files, including those concerning the Western Range Cattle Industry Study, economic history of the American West, and "William Blackmore, A Case Study in the Economic Development of the West" (which contain correspondence, manuscripts, clippings, notes, legal documents, photographs, photograph negatives, and soundscriber disks). Collection also contains Brayer's personal correspondence, speech and book review manuscripts, notes, and biographical material. Two unidentified reel to reel audio tapes, miscellaneous clippings, and class materials are in this collection as well.

 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 two other known Herbert Oliver Brayer Collections preserved at the Colorado Historical Society Library and the Stanford University Department of Special Collections.

 Acquisition Information

The collection was received from Herbert Oliver Brayer in 1948.

 Processing Information

The collection was processed by Audrey J. Wilcox in February 2014.

 Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

 Access Terms Blackmore, William, 1827-1878. Western Range Cattle Industry Study. Cattle trade -- West (U.S.) -- 19th century. Ranching -- West (U.S.) -- 19th century. Rangelands -- West (U.S.) -- 19th century. Economic development -- West (U.S.) -- 19th century. Ranchers -- West (U.S.) -- 19th century. West (U.S.) -- Economic conditions -- 19th century. West (U.S.) -- History -- 1860-1890. West (U.S.) -- History -- 1890-1945. Photographs. <?xm-replace_text {Title as Subject}?> Agriculture and Natural Resources Ranching Economics and Banking Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Education Container List Series I. Personal

1 Biography of Herbert Oliver Brayer 1932-1948 1 Correspondence 1942 1 Correspondence 1943 1 Correspondence 1944 1 Correspondence 1946-1948 1 Correspondence 1952-1953 1 Correspondence from C. Barclay, Nottingham 1946-1948 1 Letter of Herbert O. Brayer regarding occupied Germany 1946 1 Correspondence-Report of Herbert Brayer on USIS 1947 1 Correspondence-Committee on Research in Economic History, Author H. Cole 1942-1947 1 Correspondence of Fred W. Hesse 1949-1953 1 Correspondence-Keystone View Co. 1948 1 Correspondence 1942 1 Correspondence-North Dakota State Historical Society 1946 1 Correspondence-Recordak Co. 1946 1 Correspondence-Rockefeller Foundation, David Stevens 1947 1 Correspondence with W. Eugene Shiels of Xavier U. Cincinnati 1947-1948 1 Correspondence of Brayer and Henry Swan of Swan Bros. L7 Ranch 1941-1943 1 Correspondence-Henry Swan 1946-1947 1 Correspondence- George Tait, U.S. Embassy in London 1946-1947 1 Correspondence-U.S. Army and Navy Departments. National Archives 1941-1946 1 Correspondence-Westerners Denver Posse 1949 1 Correspondence-A.A. Smith to Herbert Brayer 1948 1 Correspondence from Herbert O. Brayer in Soundscriber discs 1945-1949 1 Inventory of Historical Societies 1952 1 Inventory of L.A. Huffman photographs 1949 1 Manuscripts of book reviews by Herbert O. Brayer 1943-1948 1 Newspaper Cartoons 1942-1943 1 Notebook undated 1 Outlines for Courses in American Economic History 1945-1948 1 Programs and book promotional material 1941-1949 1 Soundscriber-Brayer's Introduction to Brand Book undated 1 Soundscriber dics made in England 1946-1947 1 Soundscriber practice disk undated 1 Radio broadcast transcript-"Observation Post" Number 2 England 1947 1 Speech on post World War II Communism 1945 1 Speech on Latin America 1944 1 Notes on Speech, untitled, on railroads 1942 1 Speech "A Catholic Approach to Latin America" 1942 1 Speech "A British Influence on Western Range Cattle Industry" 1948 1 Speech "Crisis and Understanding" 1946 1 Speeches by Brayer "The Good Neighbor Policy At Home" 1945 1 Speech "A Letter to Joe About Colorado", Kiwanis Club 1948 1 Travel Receipts, miscellaneous notes, etc 1942 1 Travel Receipts, miscellaneous notes, etc 1945 1 William Henry Jackson Obituaries 1942 Series II. Western History

1 Edinburg Monthly Stock and Share List 1911 1 Newspaper Clipping March 16, 1950 1 Yellowstone Park-Photographs undated 1 Manuscripts-Mormon Cattle Drive 1939 1 Transcipt-Indian Fighting, from Saratoga Sun 1932 1 Transcript-Mormons "Life of R.L. Praetor Reveals Interesting Historical Facts" 1939 1 Transcripts-John W. "Josh" Deane from Cody Enterprise 1938 1 Transcript-"Frank Brigham and Basin in 1898" 1937 1 Transcript-"The Uinta Stock Farm and the Beckwith Race Tracks" 1897 1 Transcript-Indians near Saratoga 1941 1 Transcript-"Cokeville, Wyoming: Livest of Them All" 1917 1 Transcripts-Sam Moses 1943 1 Transcript-"Old Timer" (Oliver Perry Hanna) 1934 1 Transcript-Boney Earnest 1927 1 Transcript-Reminiscenses of R.M. Galbraith 1922 1 Transcript-"The Battle of Beartown" undated 1 Transcript-"A Bit of Unwritten History" 1928 1 Transcript-"The Story of Jack Watkins" undated 1 "Dayton, the Historical" 1940 1 Transcipt-"Piedmont Wyoming" 1940 1 Transcript-Republican Boomerang June 30, 1928 1 Transcript-David Charles Cummings undated 1 Transcript-"Last of Bonanza, Frontier Town Wiped Out" 1939 1 Transcript from the Autobiography of A.A. Anderson 1934 1 Transcripts-Livestock and Agriculture in the Bighorn Basin 1937-1939 1 Transcript-Frank Blackburn 1936 1 Transcript-"The Oldest National Forest" 1936 1 Transcript-Winter of 1886-87 1886-1887 1 Transcript-"Mrs. Elizabeth Tallman Describes Perils of Early Days in Denver" 1927-1931 1 Transcript-Ascent of Grand Teton 1899 1 Manuscript-"Boom Town Banker Central City Colorado" by Herbert Brayer 1880 1 Maps-William Blackmore undated 1 Photographs, Maps-William Blackmore 1870 1 Photographs-William Blackmore 1870 1 Photography by W. H. Jackson 1941 1 Notes for book publication-William Blackmore 1951 1 Biographical-William Blackmore 1878 1 Ledger-Brown Bros. 1861-1875 1 Transcript-"William Blackmore" from Western Entreprenuer undated 1 Correspondence with Lee Hawk-"Jesse James" February-March 1953 1 Correspondence with Lee Hawk-"Jesse James" December 1952 1 Correspondence with Lee Hawk-"Jesse James" 1948-1952 1 Correspondence with Lee Hawk-"Jesse James" January 1952, January 1953 1 Correspondence with Lee Hawk-"Jesse James" January 1953-February 1953 1 Correspondence with Lee Hawk-"Jesse James" October 1952 1 Correspondence with Lee Hawk-"Jesse James" December 1952-March 1953 1 Correspondence with Lee Hawk-"Jesse James" November-December 1952 1 Lee Hawk letter and photos 1953 1 Photographs-Dude Ranches undated 1 Photographs-By W. H. Jackson 1876 1 Photographs-"Indians"(Members of the Navajo, Apache, and Pueblo Tribes) 1946 1 Sacajawea 1954 1 Notes from books and newspapers-Francis Schlatter 1895-1947 1 Photographs-Francis Schlatter 1895 1 Photograph Negatives-Francis Schlatter 1895 1 Photographs and Negatives-Joseph Addison Thatcher undated 2 Penitentes of New Mexico 1915 2 Gallina, New Mexico 1945 2 Land Grants- Letter of George Gold 1855 2 Photographs-Land Grants and Ute Indians 1875-1878 2 Land Grants-New Mexico Records available,list 1941 2 Land Grants-document in spanish 1803 2 Land Grants-Opinion on the Matter of the Las Animas 1880 2 Land Grants-Proposal by John Collinson 1874 2 Land Grants-photograph of a sketch of Ceran St. Vrain undated Series III. Western Range Cattle Industry

2 Documents-Bureau of Animal Industry Report 1885 2 Documents-Bureau of Animal Industry Report for 1886 (incomplete) 1887 2 Correspondence of Sidford Hamp 1872 2 Foreward to Jeff Dillard's diary 1896 2 Manuscript-Autobiography of Edward Swan undated 2 Manuscript on Moreton Frewen undated 2 Transcript-Memoirs of "Kansas" Wickwire 1935 2 "British Influence in..." (by Herbert Brayer) 1948 2 Map-Jack Potter's Map of Cattle Trails 1895 2 Documents-Bureau of Animal Industry Report for 1885 1886 2 Map-Cattle trails from Texas to Kansas Pacific Railroad undated 2 Newsletter article-"A Turkey Track Trail Herd" 1948 2 Newsletter,Wyoming Stock Growers Association 1941 2 Newsletter, Wyoming Stock Growers Association 1948 2 Newspaper clippings-Colorado, etc. 1942-1948 2 Newspapers-Soundscriber discs of Mark Lane Express 1876- 2 newspaper-Soundscriber discs of St. Louis Globe Democrat 1885 2 Soundscriber disc-British Museum Newspaper Depository 1946 2 Soundscriber discs of letters from Wyoming Stock Growers Association files 1880 2 Soundscriber discussion of Early Wyoming Cattle Industry undated 2 Miscellaneous notes 1891 2 Notes of Swan Co. Livestock Record 1883-1945 undated 2 Notes from Wyoming Stock Growers Association files undated 2 Photographs-Ten Sleep Canyon and unidentified prints undated 2 Negatives-Ten Sleep Canyon and unidentified prints undated 2 Photographs-Wyoming Cattle Ranchers of English Nobility 1880-1895 2 photographs of Swan Ranch and unidentified undated 2 Photographs, miscellaneous 1877-1879 2 Photographs by Walker of Cheyenne undated 2 Photographs of L7 Cattle Company accounts and unidentified 1888 2 Powder River Cattle Co. Memorandum and Articles of Association 1882-1888 2 Swan Land and Cattle Co. Debentures and forms of Transfer (not filled out) undated 2 Swan Land and Cattle Co. Recapitulation of the Three Companies combined 1882 2 Swan Land and Cattle Co. Report on the Swan Ranches and Cattle 1882 2 Swan Land and Cattle Co. Forms 1883 2 Swan Land and Cattle Co. Resolution and Petition 1898 2 Swan Land and Cattle Co. Resolutions 1898 2 Swan Land and Cattle Co. 33rd Annual Report 1915 2 Swan Land and Cattle Co. 34th Annual Report 1916 2 Swan Land and Cattle Co. 35th Annual Report, etc. 1917 2 Swan Land and Cattle Co. 36th Annual Report, etc. 1918 2 Swan Land and Cattle Co. 37th Annual Report, etc. 1919 2 Swan Land and Cattle Co. 41st Annual Report, etc. 1923 2 Swan Land and Cattle Co. Report by W.G.L. Winchester 1924 2 Swan Land and Cattle Co. Notice of Special Resolution,etc. 1925 2 Swan Land and Cattle Co. Form for voluntary liquidation., 1926 2 Photographs-Texas Cattle Pictures 1904 2 Photographs-Texas Cattle Pictures, continued 1904 2 Photographs-Texas Cattle Pictures, continued 1904 2 Johnson County War-extracts from Buffalo Bulletin 1891 2 Johnson County War-notes from various sources 1886-1893 2 Johnson County War-"Judical Districts of Wyoming" 1865-1937 2 Johnson Country War-Letter Fred Hesse to Frank Wolcott 1893 2 Johnson County War-Letter from Sam Clover 1892 2 Johnson County War-poetry from Buffalo Bulletin 1891 2 Johnson County War-letters from Frank Kemp to Fred Hesse 1892 2 Johnson County War-notes undated 2 Johnson County War-Agreement between sheep and cattle men 1908 2 Johnson County War-"A Ballad of the Wyoming 'Rustler War' " 1947 2 Johnson County War-photo of Boise Penrose 1892 2 Johnson County War-reminiscences of A.L. Brock 1939 2 transcripts from newspapers regarding Johnson County 1893 2 Johnson County War, newsclipping undated 2 Photographs-Bar C herds West of Red Walls undated Series IV. Transportation.

3 Transportation: Colorado Toll Roads-notes 1862 3 Colorado Toll Roads-notes 1863 3 Colorado Toll Roads-notes 1864 3 Colorado Toll Roads-notes 1865 3 Colorado Toll Roads-notes 1866 3 Colorado Toll Roads-notes 1867 3 Colorado Toll Roads-notes 1881-1882, 1885, 1895 3 New Mexico Toll Roads-notes 1870 3 New Mexico Toll Roads 1882, 1887 3 Maps of Denver Rio Grande Railway 1873-1879 3 News clippings 1942 3 Denver Rio Grande and Western Railroad-speeches by Henry Swan 1944 3 Denver Rio Grande and Western Rialroad-speeches by Henry Swan undated 3 Denver Rio Grande and Western Railroad-speeches by Henry Swan undated 3 Notes on Ouray and Lake Fork Wagon Road Co. undated 3 List of Retired American Life Insurance Companies undated 3 Colorado Toll Roads-notes 1859 3 Colorado Toll Roads-notes 1861 3 Wagon Roads in Middle Fork, articles of incorporation 1865-1873 3 Insurance-speech "Insurance Against the Hazards of Western Life" 1945 3 Manuscript article on Pliny Fisk Railroad Collection with correspondence 1944-1946 3 Photograph-unidentified steam engine undated 3 Speech by J.W. Barriger-"Sir Henry Thornton Pioneer" 1944 3 Speeches by Brayer "Insurance Against the Hazards of Western Life" 1945 3 Denver Rio Grande Railroad and W. 1943 Improvement Program 1942