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Edmund Randolph papers, 1887-1977 (bulk 1922-1977)

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Randolph, Edmund, 1903-
Title
Edmund Randolph papers
Dates
1887-1977 (bulk 1922-1977) (inclusive)
Quantity
4.75 cubic ft. (11 boxes) + 1 folder
Collection Number
01316
Summary
Papers of Edmund Randolph, cattleman and author, on cattle ventures along the Montana-Wyoming border in the 1920s and 1940s, as well as book and article manuscripts, etc.
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.

Languages
English
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Historical Note

Edmund Randolph, 1903-1987, was born in Manhattan to a distinguished New York banking family with roots in colonial New England. He left Princeton University for Wyoming in 1924 and in 1925 took a homestead near Birney, Montana. Through partnerships he entered the livestock business first with Albert G. Brown in the Brown-Randolph Cattle Company, 1924-1929 using an initial investment of $10,000. The V Bar C brand was used. He returned to Manhattan in 1927, married, and worked as a Wall Street stock broker with Walter Price. In 1940 Randolph returned to his homestead in Birney and formed a partnership with Matthew Tschirgi in the Antler Cattle Company, 1940-1951. Randolph and Tschirgi planned a cattle operation in Chihuahua, Mexico on the Corralitos Ranch and took on another investor, Prince Adolph von Schwarzenberg. In 1945 Randolph’s only child, Edmund Arthur Randolph, died while at boarding school. Randolph sold his interest to Tschirgi in 1952 and retired to Denver where he began a career as an author. He wrote “Hell among the Yearlings” (1955) published by W. W. Norton in the United States and published in Britain under the title, “Don’t Fence Them In” by William Heinemann, Ltd. He wrote many articles for the Denver Post’s “Empire Magazine” and other articles and book reviews. In 1981 “Beef, Leather, and Grass” was published by University of Oklahoma Press, which deals with his experience in large-scale cattle ranching in southeast Montana.

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Content Description

The collection contains correspondence dealing with cattle business ventures in which Randolph was involved in the 1920s and again in the 1940s in the Tongue River Valley and the Big Horn Basin. Randolph's manuscripts and published works with related correspondence with publishers and clippings and reviews are also included. Genealogical materials and some financial and legal documents as well as photographs, taken by Randolph over several decades are included. There are 16 mm motion pictures taken in the 1930s by Randolph of Crow Indians, an Indian Rodeo, and Randolph family events. There are also two commercial films, one of Charles Lindbergh's flight and another of the Coronation of King George VI of England.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Copyright Information

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

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

Arrangement

Related Materials

Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by Edmund Randolph at the date of processing.

Acquisition Information

Acquisition Information

This material was received from Edmund Randolph, 1960-1977

Processing Note

Processing Information

The collection was processed by Mary Kenney in July 2006; revised by D. Claudia Thompson, October 2009

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Container List

Processed by Mary Kenney
2006; 2009

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