Collection Summary
Wyoming Pioneers Oral History project
Wyoming Pioneers Oral History project
1947-1956
300018
1.35 cubic ft. (3 boxes) + 552 KB
University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
English
The Wyoming Pioneers Oral History project interviewed Wyoming residents about their lives.
Scope and ContentThe collection contains interviews and transcripts with people who were early residents of Wyoming. Interviews were conducted between 1947 and 1956 by employees of the American Heritage Center,
University of Wyoming. Topics include life in Laramie, Hanna, Douglas, and other towns; politics and government; ranching; Camp Fire Girls; crime; Yellowstone Park; Buffalo Bill's Wild West show;
University of Wyoming; Tom Horn; a World War II war bride; mining; and the Johnson County War. Includes some interviews with Native Americans.
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 no known related materials.
Processing Information
The collection was processed by Ben Goldman in September 2010 and updated by Jamie J. Greene in March 2017.
Transcribed by Kim Winters from 2014-2016 and added to collection in June 2016.
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
http://digitalcollections.uwyo.edu:8180/luna/servlet/uwydbuwy~37~37.
Access Terms
Flagg, Oscar H., b. 1861.
Horn, Tom, 1860-1903.
Holliday family.
Corthell family.
Alsop, John D., interviewee.
Bellamy, Mary G., interviewee.
Brink, Herbert, interviewee.
Brown, B.E., Mrs., interviewee.
Butler, H.R., Mrs., interviewee.
Cahill, T. Joe, interviewee.
Carlisle, William L., 1880-, interviewee.
Catron, Milinda C., interviewee.
Chatterton, Fenimore, 1860-1958, interviewee.
Condit, E.W., interviewee.
Danks, Clayton, interviewee.
Danks, Jimmy, interviewee.
De France, Frank, interviewee.
Dunn, Charles, interviewee.
Ecoffey, Rose, interviewee.
Farthing, Charles, interviewee.
Flagg, George, interviewee.
Field, John E., interviewee.
Fuller, E.O., 1875-1965, interviewee.
Gillespie, Andrew Springs, Mrs., interviewee.
Graham, William, Mrs., interviewee.
Harnden, Grant, interviewee.
Hausseaux, Phil, interviewee.
Hawkins, Mary, interviewee.
Hodgson, Mary Ellen, interviewee.
Hoskins, A.D., interviewee.
Keeline, Harry W., interviewee.
King, Herbert J., interviewee.
King, Herbert (Herbert T.), interviewee.
Lacey, Frank, interviewee.
Ledbetter, Jack, (Wesley C.), d. 1957, interviewee.
Lee, I.M., Mrs., interviewee.
Le Fors, Nettie, interviewee.
Link, Wallis, interviewee.
Lovejoy, Elmer F., 1872-1960, interviewee.
Metz, Percy W., 1883-1964, interviewee.
Miller, R.B., interviewee.
Moreland, Mim Corthell, interviewee.
Moudy, Mable Cheney, 1878-1972, interviewee.
McDonald, W.H., interviewee.
Nelson, Aven, 1859-1952, interviewee.
Orr, Harriet Knight, interviewee.
Palmer, Axel, interviewee.
Peterson, Eli, interviewee.
Pollard, H., interviewee.
Radcliff, Mr., interviewee.
Roan, Mrs., interviewee.
Robbins, Benjamin, Mrs., interviewee.
Ross, Andrew, interviewee.
Sanger, Charles H., Mrs., interviewee.
Smith, Ed, interviewee.
Stanley, Clyde L., interviewee.
Thorp, Russell, 1877-1968, interviewee.
Wallis, O., Mrs., interviewee.
Webb, Janet Mercer, interviewee.
Webber, C.W., interviewee.
Wilson, C., interviewee.
Winninger, Mabel Buell, interviewee.
Camp Fire Girls -- Wyoming -- Laramie
University of Wyoming.
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
Crime -- Wyoming.
Politics and government -- Wyoming.
Cowboys -- Wyoming.
Ranching -- Wyoming.
Shoshoni Indians.
oglala Indians
Johnson County War, 1892.
Wyoming.
Laramie (Wyo.)
Yellowstone National Park -- Description and travel.
Wyoming -- History, To 1889.
Wyoming -- History, 1890-1918.
Wyoming -- History, 1919-1945.
Wyoming -- History, 1946-
Social Life and Customs
People, Ethnicity, and Culture
Immigration and American Expansion
Pioneers
Wyoming
Oral Histories
Container List
1
1
John D. Alsop, St. George, Utah
July 9, 1952
1
2
John D. Alsop, St. George, Utah
July 9, 1952
1
3
Mrs. Mary Bellamy, Laramie, Wyoming
June 18, 1947; Jan. 9,1948
1
4
Herbert Brink, Ten Sleep Raid
Oct. 4-5, 1955
1
5
Mr. and Mrs. B.E. Brown, Boone, Iowa
Nov. 7, 1949
1
6
Mrs. H.R. Butler, Laramie, Wyoming
June 14, 1949
1
7
T. Joe Cahill, Cheyenne, Wyoming
undated
1
8
Camp Fire Girls, Laramie, Wyoming
Jan. 25, 1951
1
9
Bill Carlisle, Laramie
undated
1
10
Milinda C. Catron, 865 Adair Ave., Sheridan, Wyoming
undated
1
11
Governor Fenimore Chatterton, Arvada, Colorado
June 8, 1953
1
12
Mr. and Mrs. E.W. Condit, Laramie, WY
Oct. 26. 1948
1
13
Mrs. Evelyn Corthell-Hill, Laramie
1953
1
14
Clayton Danks
July, 1954
1
15
Jimmy Danks
July 13, 1952
1
16
Frank DeFrance, Gordon, Nebraska
undated
1
17
Charles Dunn, Tacoma, Washington
July 26, 1949
1
18
Mrs. Rose Ecoffey (Princess Blue Water), Pine Ridge, South Dakota
July 28, 1950
1
19
Charles Farthing, Iron Mountains
undated
1
20
George Flagg
Nov. 23, 1954
1
21
John E. Field, Denver, Colorado
Oct. 7, 1950
1
22
E. O. Fuller, Laramie, Wyoming
Mar., 1950
1
23
Mr. A.S. “Bud” Gillespie
Oct. 2, 1952
1
24
Mrs. William Graham
July 14, 1947
1
25
Grant Harnden, Laramie, Wyoming
May 9, 1951
1
26
Phil Hausseaux, Douglas, Wyoming
undated
1
27
Miss Mary Hawkins, Laramie, Wyoming
Mar. 17, 1948
1
28
Mrs. Colin (Mary Ellen) Hodgson, Hanna, Wyoming
June 12, 1951
1
29
A. D. (Tom) Hoskins, Kemmerer, Wyoming
May 12, 1948
1
30
Indians (Ft. Washakie)
May 1953
1
31
Inter Office Recordings
undated
1
32
Mr. H. W. Keeline, Gillette, Wyoming
undated
1
33
Herbert J. King, Laramie, Wyoming
Feb. 21, 1949
1
34
Herbert King, Rock River
undated
2
1
Frank “Booker” Lacey, 327 N. Jefferson, Sheridan, Wyoming
undated
2
2
Jack Ledbetter, Saratoga, Wyoming
Aug. 8 &12, Oct.1, 1950
2
3
Mrs. I. M. Lee, Price, Utah
June 12, 1950
2
4
Nettie LeFors, 412 N. Adams, Buffalo, Wyoming
undated
2
5
Wallis Link, Fort Collins, Colorado
Apr. 11 & 27, 1951
2
6
Wallis Link, Fort Collins, Colorado
Apr. 11 & 27, 1951
2
7
Wallis Link, Fort Collins, Colorado
April 27, 1951
2
8
Elmer Lovejoy, Laramie, Wyoming
Feb. 21, 1951
2
9
Judge Percy W. Metz, Basin, Wyoming
May 21, 1948
2
10
R. B. Miller, Burwell, Nebraska
May 1952
2
11
Mrs. Hugh Moreland, Laramie, Wyoming
July 14, 1947
2
12
Mrs. Mable Cheney Moudy, Laramie, Wyoming
Feb. 2 & 17, Aug. 28, 1951
2
13
W. H. McDonald, North Platte, Nebraska, Mrs. Benjamin Robbins, Rushville, Nebraska
undated
2
14
Dr. Aven Nelson, Laramie, Wyoming
Aug. 18, 1947
2
15
Dr. Harriett Knight Orr, Laramie, Wyoming
July 8, 1948
2
16
Axel Palmer
Apr. 8, 1956
2
17
Axel Palmer, Laramie, Wyoming
Apr. 8, 1956
2
18
Eli Peterson, 515 4th St., Douglas, Wyoming
Mar. 1952
2
19
H. Pollard and Clay Shaw, Douglas, Wyoming
undated
2
20
Mr. Radcliff, Ogallala, Nebraska
undated
2
21
Mrs. Roan, Kaycee, Wyoming
undated
2
22
Mrs. Benjamin Robbins, Rushville, Nebraska
undated
2
23
Andy Ross, Pierce, Colorado
undated
2
24
Mrs. Charles H. Sanger, Laramie, Wyoming
Aug. 19, 1947
2
25
Mike G. Shonsey
2
26
Mrs. Clyde Stanley
Mar. 29, 1955
2
27
Ed “Boots” Smith, Laramie, Wyoming
July 19, 1950
2
28
Russell Thorp, Cheyenne, Wyoming
Apr. 27, 1951
2
29
O. Wallis, Laramie
undated
2
30
Janet Mercer Webb, 469 N. Main, Buffalo, Wyoming
undated
2
31
C. W. Webber, Fort Collins, Colorado
Sept. 24, 1950
2
32
C. Wilson, Chadron, Nebraska
undated
2
33
Mrs. Mabel Buell Winninger, Cody, Wyoming
Apr. 9, 1951
3 and Digitalahcdm_300018_001Transcripts of interviews - paper and digital (USB Drive)2014-2016