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Virginia Wolff Two Bar Ranch materials, 1898-1979

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Wolff, Virginia.
Title
Virginia Wolff Two Bar Ranch materials
Dates
1898-1979 (inclusive)
Quantity
9 items.
Collection Number
05141
Summary
Repository
American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY
82071
Telephone: 3077663756
ahcref@uwyo.edu
Access Restrictions
Access Restrictions

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

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Additional Information

Finding aid available in repository.

Languages
English
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Historical Note

Virginia Wolff and her husband Ronald purchased the Two Bar Ranch, located outside of Wheatland in Platte County, Wyoming, in 1968. The ranch had been established in 1878 and was one of the original five ranches owned by the Swan Land and Cattle Company. The ranch was originally a cattle operation, but switched over to sheep around 1904.

Wolff compiled a history of the ranch and contacted Frances Britton Morgan (1909- ), regarding her parents, Furman (d. 1937) and Lenna May Cleveland Britton (1891-1967) who took their wedding trip through southeastern Wyoming in 1906. Furman Britton's nephew, Charles Garwood, established a floral shop in Cheyenne, Wyoming, in the 1910s.

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Content Description

Collection contains an 85 page typescript copy of the manuscript of Virginia Wolff's "History of the Two Bar Ranch," (1971); a 1979 letter from Frances Britton Morgan to Virginia Wolff regarding her parent's honeymoon; an undated reminiscence by Morgan of her mother; and 6 photographs of Charles Garwood and his floral shop, Frances Britton Morgan, and her parents.

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Copyright Information

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Preferred Citation

Preferred Citation

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

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Administrative Information

Related Materials

Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by Virginia Wolff at the date of processing.

Acquisition Information

Acquisition Information

Processing Note

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Container List
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Subject Terms

  • Horticultural service industry -- Wyoming -- Cheyenne.
  • Ranches -- Wyoming -- Platte County.
  • Sheep ranches -- Wyoming -- Platte County.

Personal Names

  • Britton, Furman, d. 1937.
  • Britton, Lenna May Cleveland (1891-1967)
  • Garwood, Charles.

Corporate Names

  • Swan Land and Cattle Company, ltd.

Geographical Names

  • Cheyenne (Wyo.)
  • Platte County (Wyo.)
  • Two Bar Ranch (Wyo.)
  • Wyoming -- History -- 1890-1918.
  • Wyoming -- History -- 1919-1945.
  • Wyoming -- History -- 1946-
  • Wyoming -- History -- To 1889.

Form or Genre Terms

  • Photographs.
  • Reminiscences.

Other Creators

  • Personal Names

    • Morgan, Frances Britton, 1909-
    • Wolff, Virginia -- History of the Two Bar Ranch.
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