Collection Summary
Schwoob, Jacob M. (Jacob McComb), 1874-1932
Jacob M. Schwoob papers
1867-1933
00097
4.5 cubic
feet (8 containers)
University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
English
Photographs and papers of a Cody, Wyoming, merchant and legislator, who wrote the state's motor vehicle license law.
Biography of Jacob M. SchwoobJacob M. Schwoob was born in Ontario in 1874. At the age of 18 he immigrated to the United States, arriving first in Buffalo, New York, then moving to Cody, Wyoming, in 1898. He was business manager of the Cody Trading Company until 1916, when he purchased the store and became its owner. He served in the Wyoming Senate from 1905-1913 and was the author of the state's motor vehicle license law which had a numeral representing each county. Schwoob was honored with license plate number 1 for the term of his life. In 1909 Schwoob married Louise Preas, with whom he had a son, Thornton. Thornton Schwoob married Margaret Files in 1926 but died in 1928. In 1926 Jacob Schwoob married Mabel Laird Bulger, who survived him. Jacob Schwoob died in 1932.
Scope and ContentCollection contains correspondence (1910-1933); speeches; certificates, including certificates as elector for Wyoming; a journal (with accompanying photographs) of a trip to Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks (1921); photographs of Schwoob, the Schwoob family, the Cody Trading Company and Cody, Wyoming; 4 scrapbooks; and a collection of campaign and other ribbons, pins, and buttons.
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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Related Materials
There are no known other archival collections created by Jacob M. Schwoob at the date of processing.
Acquisition Information
The collection was received from Thornton W. Schwoob (grandson) in 1948.
Processing Information
The collection was processed by D. Claudia Thompson in March 2017.
Preferred Citation
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection
Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Existence and Location of Copies
Digital reproductions of select material from this collection are available at
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Access Terms
Schwoob family.
Wyoming. Legislature. Senate.
Cody Trading Company (Cody, Wyo.)
National parks and reserves -- Montana.
National parks and reserves -- Wyoming.
General stores -- Wyoming -- Cody.
Cody (Wyo.)
Park County (Wyo.)
Glacier National Park (Mont.)
Yellowstone National Park.
Wyoming -- History -- 1890-1918.
Wyoming -- History -- 1919-1945.
Wyoming -- Politics and government.
Artifacts.
Scrapbooks.
Speeches.
Photographs.
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Business, Industry, Labor, and Commerce
Retail Trade
Politics, Government, and Law
Laws and Legislation
Politics and Politicians
City and Town Life
National Parks
Montana
Wyoming
Container List
Series I. Artwork, Artifacts, and Textual Materials
1
Abstract of Title - NWQ S33 T18N R74W
1919
1
Announcements, Membership Cards, etc.
1929-1933
1
Artwork - Watercolor of Unidentified Woman
1917
1
Buffalo Bill Fur Farm (agreements, bill of sale)
1929-1930
8
Buttons and Ribbons (political; Cody Stampede; conferences; University of Wyoming trustee, etc.)
1901-1931
8
Certificates (Cody Canal bond; school; citizenship; membership; appointments)
1891-1933
1
Christmas Cards
undated
1
Correspondence (business, personal, political)
1910-1933
1
Funeral and Memorial Booklets (Dean C. Dempster; Francis E. Warren; Daisy Wyman)
1918, 1929
1
Journal of Trip to Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks (includes photographs)
"The Lure of the Trail Mark, being the Log of a Personally Conducted Tour of Yellowstone National Park, Jackson Hole Country and the Glacier National Park", Personal Conductor Hon. J.M. Schwoob, guests Mrs. H.R. Weston, Master Harry Weston, Miss Alice Springer, Miss Bertha Springer, Miss Bernice Springer, August 10-21, 1921
1921
1
Manuscript - "The Famoco Gazette, Issued Spasmodically by Spike" (handwritten spoof newspaper)
1915
1
Manuscript - Untitled, re: Jacob Schwoob's business plan
undated
1
Newspaper Clippings - Cody, William F. and Garlow Family
1926-1932
1
Newspaper Clippings - Schwoob, Jacob M.
1904-1933
1
Newspaper Clippings - Schwoob, Jacob M. - Roads and License Plate
1929-1933
8
Newspapers and Newspaper Clippings (Cody Trading Company; dude ranches)
1929-1930
1
Printed Material - Cody, Wyoming, and Buffalo Bill Cody (includes Buffalo Bill Museum dedication)
1927-1932
8
Printed Material - "The Drummers - Glacier National Park" (chromolithograph by Winold Reiss)
undated
1
Printed Material - Dude Ranchers Association
1929
1
Printed Material - Miscellansous (E.W. Gollings; Lions Club; Christ Church, Alexandia, Virginia)
1927, undated
1
Printed Material - Political Issues (League of Nationals; National Parks; Prohibition)
1919-1921
7
Scrapbook - Cody and Wyoming History (Newspaper clippings, photographs, Christmas cards, etc., includes Oregon Trail marker and Buffalo Bill Museum dedications)
1905-1932
6
Scrapbook - Death and Funeral of Jacob M. Schwoob
1932
6
Scrapbook - "JMS" (Newspaper clippings, correspondence, etc. about J.M. Schwoob)
1921-1930
7
Scrapbook - Miscellaneous History, Wyoming Politics, G.A.R. Newspapers (Newspaper clippings)
1867-1920
2
Speeches (business, political, etc.)
1916-1926
Series II. Photographs
9
Autographed Prints - Frances Folsom Cleveland; W.F. Cody; William Deveny (Buffalo Bill impersonator); O.D. Maux; Frank Mondell; George O'Neil; Sally O'Neil (actress); John J. Pershing; N.B. Sleeper; F.E. Warren
1912, undated
2
Baker, Jim
1920
2
Cabins and Houses
1910-1920, undated
2
Campaign Poster - John W. Hay
1923
2, 8
Camping, Picknicking, Outdoor Life, etc.
circa 1920s
2
Children
circa 1900-circa 1930
2
Cody Stampede
circa 1920s
2
Cody Trading Company
1902-1932
2
Cody, William F. (Buffalo Bill)
1901, undated
2
Cody, William F. (Buffalo Bill) - Funeral, Museums, Monuments
1917-1932
3
Cody, Wyoming
1899-1920s
3
Couples
circa 1900-circa 1930
3
Crow Indians
1908, 1927
3
Cyclists (includes Jacob M. Schwoob)
1898
3
Garlow Family
circa 1920s
3
Groups
circa 1900-circa 1930s
3
Lockhart, Caroline
circa 1910s
3
Men
circa 1900-circa 1930s
3
Miscellaneous
undated
3
Morrell, C.H. - Buildings and People
1926
4
Motor Trips (elk hunt)
1920
4
Motor Trips (album)
1922-1930
4
Motor Trips
1922
4
Motor Trips (Troutdale, Colo., to Yellowstone)
August, 1923
4
Motor Trips (unidentified)
undated
8
Ogalalla Indians who survived Custer Battle
1926
4
Oil Fields (near Cody, Wyoming)
1927, undated
4
People with Automobiles
circa 19102-circa 1920s
4
Pfeiffer, Bill
1931-1932
4
Press Tour (J.M. Schwoob, I.H. Larom, Paul Greever, Will Hayes, John Hardin, Carl Bickle, Roy Howard, Tex Kennedy, W.G. Sheppard, Eddie Leach, S.C. Parks, R.C. Trueblood, Ernest Shaw)
November, 1928
4
Roads (Powell to Cody; Cody to Yellowstone)
circa 1920s
4
Roosevelt, Theodore, in Yellowston Park
undated
4
Scenery (Wyoming; United States; unidentified)
undated
4
Schwoob Family (album pages)
1929, undated
4
Schwoob, Jacob M. - Formal Portraits
circa 1900-circa 1930s
4
Schwoob, Jacob M. (and others)
circa 1900-circa 1930s
4
Schwoob, Jacob M. - Printing Plate
circa 1920s
5
Schwoob, Jacob M. (and others) - Snapshots
circa 1900-circa 1930s
5
Schwoob, Jacob M. - with automobiles
circa 1900-circa 1930s
5, 8
Schwoob, Jacob M. (and others) - with automobiles
circa 1900-circa 1930s
5
Schwoob, William Hayward (childhood album)
1928-1930
5
Shoshone Dam and Power Plant
circa 1920s
5
Tepic, Nayarit (Mexico)
1922
5
Tree Planting Ceremony (J.M. Schwoob and George W. Beck)
circa 1920s
5
Valley Ranch (Larom Ranch)
1920s
5
Wildlife and Hunting
undated
5
Women
circa 1900-circa 1930s
5
Women with Children
circa 1900-circa 1930s
5
Wyoming Towns (Green River, Parco, Sundance)
undated
5
Yellowstone National Park and Area
1920s
5
Yellowstone National Park - First Automobiles
1915