AHJ_ah01138 Inventory of the Robert West Howard papers, 1666-1985 Howard (Robert West) papers Processed by Kathryn Brooks The creation of the EAD-version of this finding aid has been made possible through a grant from the National Historic Publications and Records Commission. 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/

2011

University of Wyoming

Finding aid encoded by Kathryn Brooks December 2011 Finding aid is in English Collection Summary Howard, Robert West, 1908- Robert West Howard papers 1666-1985 (bulk 1950-1970) 01138 16.57 cubic ft. (36 boxes) + 1 envelope University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English Contains materials generated by Robert West Howard, writer and journalist of various topics, especially American history and meat consumption. Biography of Robert West Howard

Robert West Howard (1908-1988), a writer and journalist, first began reporting for various papers in New York City in 1925. From 1935-1937 he served with the Work Project Administration's Federal Writers' Project. Howard also served as editor of the Farm Journal from 1938-1943, Pathfinder from 1943-1945, and for the American Meat Institute's literature from 1954-1959. After 1959 Howard wrote over 13 books, including Hoofbeats of Destiny (about the Pony Express), The Horse in America, and This is the West.

Scope and Content

Collection contains manuscripts of Howard's works, correspondence, speeches, news clippings and book reviews by or about Howard, reel-to-reel audio tapes of interviews with Howard, and maps, photographs, articles, printed materials, and art used by Howard for research and publication.

Access Restrictions

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

The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

Related Materials

There are several other small archival collections related to Robert West Howard at the New York State Library, University of Oregon, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of the Pacific.

Acquisition Information

This material was received from Robert West Howard from 1962-1986.

Processing Information

The collection was processed by Kathryn Brooks in December 2011.

Preferred Citation

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

Access Terms Horses -- United States. Pony Express. Western stories. History -- West (U.S.) Agriculture -- United States -- 20th century. Manuscripts. Maps. Oral histories. Photographs. Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Journalism Agriculture Container List Series I. Manuscripts 26 Book - Eli Whitney 1966 26 Book - Flag of the Dreadful Bear 1965 26 Book - Niagara Falls 1969 26 Book - The Horse in America 1965 26 Book - The South Pass Story 1968 12 Cooking 1942, 1959, undated 28 Correspondence and manuscript of Homer Croy 1956-1958 9 Encyclopedia of the American Horse undated 12 "Faith at 42nd and Halstead (Special to The Christian Science Monitor)," undated 13 First Book of Farms 1966 11 Hoofbeats of Destiny circa 1960 9 Horse in American Civilization circa 1964-1965 11 Jedediah Strong Smith 1967 July 12 Introduction to New Edition The Lewis and Clark Journals (never published) undated 21 Manuscripts A-M 1954-1955, undated 21 Manuscripts P-W, untitled manuscripts 1954-1955, undated 11 "Mark Twain," 1960 May 9 Meat circa 1956-1959 13 Miscellaneous 1953-1970 11 Pike's Peak 1959 October 12 Pony Express undated 11 "Rurban, Rurban, Do Some Thinking (delivered before the Public Relations Seminar, American Institute of Cooperation, Fort Collins, Colo.)," 1957 August 11 "Sinclair Lewis," 1959 11 South Pass 1962, 1966 10 Speeches 1954-1956 11 "Spooning Wasn't Always Sex," undated 11 "Steel Ghosts in the Oasis," 1960 February 9 The Dawnmakers circa 1963 20 The Dawnseekers - marked galleys 1974, 1979 34 The Dawnseekers undated 12 The First Book of Niagara Falls circa 1967 32 The Flag of the Dreadful Bear circa 1964 March 9 The Great Iron Trail 1960-1962 29 The Great Iron Trail undated 12 The Haunted Walls (by S. Omar Barker) circa 1960-1961 11 The Long Trail undated 29 The Race West; Boomtown to Ghost Town undated 20 The Vanishing Land - author's set circa 1985 20 The Vanishing Land - marked circa 1983 32 The Wagonmen 1963-1964 12 This is Our U.S.A. 1962 11 This is the South 1959-1960 11 This is the West undated 12 Thundergate: The Forts of Niagara circa 1963-1967, undated Series II. Correspondence 2 Correspondence 1956-1959 3 Correspondence 1960-1961 4 Correspondence 1962 5 Correspondence 1963-1965 6 Correspondence 1966-1967 7 Correspondence 1968-1969 8 Correspondence 1970-1972, undated 30 Correspondence 1952-1958 33 Correspondence 1937-1948, 1954-1956, undated 31 Correspondence & speeches 1959-1963, undated 8 Envelopes 1959-1972, undated 2 Memos 1959 3 Memos 1960 5 Memos 1963, 1965 6 Memos 1966 Series III. Newspaper clippings & reviews 35 Ameryka (with articles by Howard) 1969 32 Articles, drafts, & published letters 1963-1964 10 Binder - clippings circa 1940-1942 32 Book reviews by Howard 1957-1958 14 Clippings circa 1861-1968 14 Ecology clippings circa 1968-1970 1 Eli Whitney 1967 October 23 15 Farming clippings 1965-1966 1 Farms 1967, 1969 1 Flag of the Dreadful Bear 1966 32 Hoofbeats of Destiny book reviews 1959-1961 35 Jewelers' Circular-Keystone (containing articles by Howard) 1966-1969 22 Magazine articles circa 1964-1969 15 Miscellaneous clippings circa 1961-1969 1 Miscellaneous 1952-1968 15 Mormon clippings 1960 32 Newspaper clippings - "Westerners," 1957-1960 32 Newspaper clippings - about Howard 1957-1960 32 Newspaper clippings - by Howard 1954-1963 32 Newspaper clippings - miscellaneous 1956-1958 15 Niagara Falls clippings 1963-1967 1 Niagara Falls 1970 January 1 The Boatmen 1968-1969 1 The Great Iron Trail 1962-1963 1 The Horse in America 1966-1967 1 The South Pass Story 1968-1969 32 This is the South book reviews 1959, undated 1 This is the South 1959-1960 32 This is the West book reviews 1957-1958 1 This is the West 1957-1958 1 Thundergate 1968 32 "We All Do…The Barbecue" - Reprint from the American Hereford Journal 1963 July 1 Series IV. Research & printed materials 17 Agriculture-related publications 1963-1966 18 American History Illustrated 1967-1968 33 Articles A-P 1946-1956 33 Articles R-W 1946-1953 28 Articles, clippings, poems, and correspondence concerning Vilhjalmur Stefansson and his works 1955-1959 28 Articles, photos, pamphlet concerning Vilhjalmur Stefansson 1956-1959 13 Assorted printed materials 1956-1972, undated 17 Assorted printed materials 1940-1972, undated 11 Assorted printed materials circa 1960-1971 33 Book - The Bench Mark 1959 16 Buckskin Bulletin 1970-1971 28 Cartoons undated 14 Chicago Historical Society 1959-1962 19 Colorado Magazine 1951, 1963 28 Correspondence with Colonel Edward N. Wentworth and pamphlet by him 1957-1958 12 Esther Hobart Morris and Suffrage undated 11 Food/gardening research 1956-1966 24 French journals (photocopies) 1666-1700 23 French journals/U.P.R.R. dispute (photocopies) 1685, 1866 18 Friends Journal 1970-1971 27 The Great Iron Trail photocopies 1961-1962 19 History Today 1962 11 Horse research 1952-1968 18 Inland 1959, 1970 11 Invites, announcements, programs 1959-1970 14 Iowa 1956, undated 14 Jedediah Strong Smith circa 1963 21 Livestock research materials circa 1954-1955 21 Magazines A-O 1949-1955 21 Magazines P-T 1946-1952 21 Maps undated 18 Misc. publications 1958-1961 28 Miscellaneous articles 1961-1969 32 Miscellaneous items 1956-1960 14 Miscellaneous Maps 1962-1964, undated 28 Miscellaneous notes 1963-1967, undated 16 Miscellaneous printed material circa 1935-1975 28 Miscellaneous receipts 1959-1970 28 Miscellaneous reports 1960-1970 10 Miscellaneous circa 1944-1955 28 Miscellaneous 1959, undated 1 Mormons 1954-1959 18 Museum Graphic 1958-1960 36 National Geographic map of the United States and adjoining portions of Canada and Mexico 1933 18 New York State Commission to Commemorate the War of 1812 and the Composition of The Star Spangled Banner - reports 1965-1971 21 Newspaper clippings circa 1945-1959 11 Niagara Falls research & related circa 1962-1968 14 Niagara Falls circa 1951-1967 28 Niagara 1870-1971 11 Notes undated 18 Oklahoma Today 1969-1970 35 Oversized research materials (newspapers, photos, art) 1854-1963 31 Pamphlets and periodicals 1954-1963 14 Pamphlets of Canada circa 1963-1965 10 Pamphlets circa 1953-1954 28 Peanuts 1961, undated 19 Photocopied articles circa 1881-1969 28 Pony Express Riders summary undated 13 Printed material by/about Howard 1954-1967 12 "Roads of Life" - sermons by Reverend Vernon A. Loescher 1964 14 Royal Bank of Canada Monthly Letter 1965-1970 18 Saturday Review 1959-1971 19 The Denver Westerners Monthly Roundup 1962-1966 12 "The Future Belongs to the Educated" by John M. Stalmaker undated 19 The Roundup 1959-1961, 1971 19 The Westerners 1967-1968, 1972 25 Used art 1958-1971, undated 18 Utah Historical Quarterly 1959, 1962 12 Water Pollution 1969 October 11 Western history research misc. 1763-1972 19 Westerners Brand Book 1960-1970 19 Yankee 1961 July Series V. Audiovisual 37 Assorted negatives 1963, undated 36 Bound photographs of turkeys undated 36 Cover art plates for The Wagonmen (and completed product) undated 25 Howard and Dorothy Shank tape 1968 24 Miscellaneous historical photographs & illustrations (reproductions) circa 1840-1971 35 Mock-up for image on pp. 70-71 of The Wagonmen undated 36 Mounted photograph - Annisquam, Massachusetts 1948 1 Photographs - Babcock, H.E. 1946 22 Photographs - Battle of Gettysburg undated 23 Photographs - Boats undated 22 Photographs - Brigham Young undated 1 Photographs - Canada - Ottawa undated 1 Photographs - Canada - Public Archives of Canada undated 1 Photographs - Cody (Wyo.), Buffalo Bill, and Charles Towne 1902-1912 22 Photographs - Colorado 1958-1959, undated 23 Photographs - Fort Niagara and Niagara Falls 1967, undated 23 Photographs - Horses & Carts circa 1897-1941, undated 22 Photographs - Horses 1930-1960, undated 22 Photographs - Howard, Robert West undated 22 Photographs - Indians 1970, undated 25 Photographs - miscellaneous 1908-1964, undated 23 Photographs - Mormon Choir undated 23 Photographs - Navajos undated 22 Photographs - Nebraska 1890-1959 22 Photographs - Nevada Forts 1959-1960 22 Photographs - New York 1953, 1969 22 Photographs - Peanuts undated 23 Photographs - Pony Express - Markers, Memorials, and Museums 1957-1959 23 Photographs - Pony Express - Riders undated 23 Photographs - Pony Express - Stations 1870-1961 22 Photographs - Sauk Centre, Minnesota (home of Sinclair Lewis) circa 1959 22 Photographs - Utah 1960, undated 23 Photographs - Western Writers of America 1950s-1960s 23 Photographs - Wyoming undated 23 Photographs - Wyoming, by Don Reynolds 1957-1961 23 Photographs - Wyoming - U.S. Steel at Atlantic City undated 10 Photographs circa 1943-1973, undated 32 Photographs 1960, undated 25 Tape - "Shooting Creek Overture," undated 25 Tape - Glory Glory William Steffe 1960 January 21 25 Tape - Memo to Mr. Hardenburgh 1956 April 2 Series VI. Personal 28 Agreements and contracts 1809-1969 1 Biographical data 1963 1 Publishing & financial 1959-1968 36 Scrapbook 1945-1946