AHJ_ah06122 Inventory of the Mildred Kenney Rost papers, 1860s-1988 Rost (Mildred Kenney) Papers Processed by John Hanks The creation of the EAD-version of this finding aid was 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/
2006; 2017

University of Wyoming

 Finding aid encoded by Ann Mulfort January 2006 Finding aid is in English Collection Summary Rost, Mildred Kenney Mildred Kenney Rost papers 1860s-1988 06122 9 cubic ft. (7 boxes) University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English Papers of a writer and local historian of the Wheatland, Wyoming, area. Biography of Mildred Kenney Rost

Mildred Kenney Rost grew up near Wheatland, Wyoming. Her parents, William and Jennie Kenney, settled on a ranch, then moved to Wheatland in 1903, where they operated a dry goods store and founded Wheatland’s first newspaper. Mildred Kenney graduated from Wheatland High School in 1914 and from Oberlin College in 1919. She taught at Jireh College, 1919-1920, and then moved to Denver, where she was an employee and strong supporter of the Denver Public Library. She left the library when she married artist Miles Ernest Rost in 1936. The couple moved to Oceanside, California.

 Scope and Content

The Mildred Kenney Rost papers contain an autobiography and other writings by Mildred Kenney Rost; research on family and local history; correspondence; photographs of the Kenney ranch, Wheatland irrigations projects, and famly and friends; artwork by Merritt Dana Houghton, Miles Rost, and Ernest Rost (Miles Rost's father); and scrapbooks and printed material about Wyoming, Colorado, and California. Also included is an oral history of Jennie Kenney conducted when she was 95 by her daughter, Mildred Kenney Rost.

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 additional Mildred Kenney Rost papers at the Denver Public Library. For additional information related to the Kenney family, see W.B.D. and Annette Gray papers, Collection Number 01053, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming. Acquisition Information

The collection was received from Mildred Kenney Rost, 1976-1988.

 Processing Information

The collection was processed by John Hanks in June 2005 and updated by D. Claudia Thompson in February 2017.

 Preferred Citation

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

 Access Terms Rost, Miles Ernest, 1891-1961. Rost, Ernest Christian, 1867-1940. Jireh College. Ranch life--Wyoming. City and town life--Wyoming. Wheatland (Wyo.) Wyoming--History--1919-1945. Wyoming--History--1946. Autobiographies. Audio tapes. Scrapbooks. Photographs. <?xm-replace_text {Title as Subject}?> Kenney, Jennie. Places Wyoming Agriculture and Natural Resources Ranching Container List 2 Artifacts - Kenney Store Clerk’s Cap circa 1910 2 Artifacts - Miniature Wyoming Flag undated 2 Artifacts - Paper Weight (Glass) enclosing photograph of Mildred and Maurine Rost in 1888 or 1889 undated 2 Artifacts - Red Cross Nurse's Head Scarf undated 5 Artwork by Merritt Dana Houghton - Framed Pen and Ink Drawing of Kenney Ranch in Valley undated 6 Artwork by Merritt Dana Houghton - Framed Pen and Ink Drawing of Kenney Ranch with cattle and horseman 1903 4 Artwork by Ernest Christian Rost - Lithographs ("Connecticut Farm"; "A Glimpse of the Village"; "Old Elm Road") 1890 2-3 Artwork by Miles Ernest Rost (pen and ink drawings, lithographs, etc. of plants, fish, landscapes, advertisements) undated 7 Artwork by unknown - Landscape, oil on linen (possibly Wind Rivers by Miles Rost) undated 1 Biology Notebook of Mildred Kenney, with notes and drawings, Oberlin College 1917 1 Booklets - Colorado (Denver; Art in Denver; Picturesque Colorado; The Shining Mountains) 1909-1935 1 Booklets - Miscellaneous (Carlsbad, California; Oberlin College 45th Reunion) 1964, undated 1 Booklets - Wyoming (Annals of Wyoming, Oct. 1965; Fort Bridger by Ellison; Midwest Review, Oct. 1925; Wonderful Wyoming, by Dearinger & Cagle, 1925-1976 1 Booklets - Wyoming - Wheatland (Dorcas Cookbook; Wheatland's First Church; Wheatland's Past 1954-1959 1 Booklets - Wyoming - Wheatland High School Alumni Reunions, 1st-17th (Some mention Mildred Kenney Rost) 1958-1974 1 Campfire Girls, Jireh, Wyoming, (photograph album, certificates, clipping) 1919-1922, undated 1, 3 Certificates, Diplomas, and Awards (Diplomas, Membership, Red Cross, Achievement) 1910-1988 1 Correspondence 1933-1987 1 Correspondence from Hazelle Ferguson 1958-1959 1 Correspondence from Elizabeth Robinson 1958-1960 1 Delu, Rowland Olu (newspaper clippings and greeting card) 1954-1960

(African student)

 1 Desert Plant Life (articles by E.C. Rost) 1938 1 Invitations – (Wheatland High School Reunions with Mildred Rost) 1964-1975 1 Kenney, William and Kenney Ranch (photographs, artifact, documents) 1889, undated 1 Lackey, George (newspaper clippings, photographs, notes) 1963-1968

(Teacher in Africa)

 1 Manuscript - "Governor Slade's Girls," by unknown author (transcript of diary about teacher training in 1850) undated 1 Manuscript - "Wyoming Yesterdays...December Roses," autobiography of Mildred Kenney Rost 1979

(125 pages)

 1 Manuscript - "Wyoming Yesterdays...December Roses" - Illustrations undated 1 Manuscripts - Miscellaneous, by Mildred Kenney Rost ("Banditti of the Plains", "Canes", "Dr. and Mrs. W.B.D. Gray") undated 1 Martin, Catherine (correspondence; newspaper clippings) 1971-1976 1 Meyers, Gertrude and Meyers House in Carlsbad, California 1960-1969 1 Newspaper Clippings - Carlsbad and Oceanside, California 1961-1965, 1983 1 Newspaper Clippings - Kenney Family 1963-1970 1 Newspaper Clippings - Miscellaneous (Caroline Bancroft, Mary Dawson, artifacts, etc.) 1975-1987, undated 3 Newspaper Clippings - Wheatland and W.B.D. Gray and Annette Becher Gray (series of 7 articles by Mildred Kenney Rost) 1980 1 Newspaper Clippings - Wheatland and Wyoming (Laramie Peak, Sybille, etc.) 1934-1982, undated 1 Newspaper Clippings - Wheatland People 1937-1980, undated 3 Newspapers - Wheatland 1938-1976 1 Oral History - Reminiscences of Jennie Kenney of Wheatland, Wyoming circa 1970

(Mildred Kenney Rost’s mother; includes notes and photograph of Jennie Kenney at 95.)

 1A Photographic Negatives of Man and Woman in Cactus Garden (no prints in collection) undated 1 Photographs - Bursom Family (two daguerreotypes) circa 1860s 1 Photographs - Gray, W.B.D. and Annette Becher Gray circa 1900-1925 3 Photographs - Kenney Family 1899-1936 1 Photographs - Kenney and Rost Family 1910-1914, 1943, undated 1 Photographs - Rost, Mildred Kenney 1985-1986 1 Photographs – Wheatland Area Irrigation Projects 1910-1920 1 Post Card, with poem "Old Wyoming" and photograph of irrigation wheel 1909 1 Scrapbooks – "In Wyoming," newspaper clippings and photographs 1911-1975 1 Scrapbooks – Newspaper clippings of poetry posted in account book 1885, undated