AHJ_ah10483 Inventory of the Neal L. Blair papers, 1869-1987 Blair (Neal L.) papers Processed by Ronda Frazier 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

University of Wyoming

 Finding aid encoded by Ann Mulfort February 2006 Finding aid is in English Collection Summary Blair, Neal L. Neal L. Blair papers 1869-1987 1938-1985 10483 23.00 cubic ft. (23 record boxes) University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English Personal files, publications, photographs, and subject files of this author and Wyoming Game and Fish Commission deputy game warden and manager/editor of special publications. Biography of Neal L. Blair

Neal LaVon Blair was born February 25, 1925, in Kansas City, Missouri. He graduated from Fremont County Vocational High School in Lander, Wyoming, in 1943, then served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1945. After working in Oregon for a year after the war, he returned to Wyoming to become an apprentice saddle maker, and eventually owned and operated saddle shops in Lander and Pinedale. In 1961, Blair joined the U.S. Forest Service working in the Bridger National Forest. He later joined the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission as a deputy game warden, stationed in Cokeville.

In the 1970s, Blair moved to Cheyenne where he became manager and editor of Special Publications at the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission and was associate editor of Wyoming Wildlife. Blair retired from the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission in the mid 1980s. He authored a book entitled “The History of Wildlife Management in Wyoming,” published in 1987. Neal Blair died in May 2004.

 Scope and Content

The Neal L. Blair papers contain personal files, publications, photographs, and subject files arranged into four series. Series I (General Files) contains biographical information, diaries and field notes from Blair’s time as a deputy game warden, personnel and other types of directories, big game trophy scoring guidelines, and information on the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission’s mobile wildlife educational unit. Series II (Photographs) contains mainly negatives and contact prints of photographs used in Wyoming Game and Fish Commission publications and a small number of personal photos. Series III (Publications) is organized in two sub-series. Sub-series 1 contains works written or edited by Blair. There are numerous articles written for Wyoming Wildlife magazine as well as other more specialized publications, with notes, background information, draft manuscripts, and the actual publications. Also included are drafts of other pieces, book reviews, poetry, and papers that were presented at various meetings. Blair’s book, The History of Wildlife Management in Wyoming (published in 1987), is included along with two drafts of the manuscript. Sub-series 2 contains layouts, samples, revisions, bids, etc. for Wyoming Game and Fish Commission publications supervised by Blair. Series IV (Subject Files) contains clipping files and background research for articles as well as correspondence, notes, and photographs. There are several files with information documenting the history of the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission.

 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 other known archival collections created by Neal L. Blair at the date of processing.

 Acquisition Information

Neal L. Blair donated his papers to the American Heritage Center in 1987.

 Processing Information

The collection was processed by Ronda Frazier in September 2005.

 Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Neal L. Blair papers, 1869-1987, Collection Number 10483, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

 Access Terms Wyoming. Game and Fish Commission--History. Wyoming. Game and Fish Dept.--History. Wyoming wildlife. Wildlife management--Wyoming. Big game hunting--Wyoming. Hunting--Wyoming. Wyoming--History--To 1889. Wyoming--History--1890-1918. Wyoming--History--1919-1945. Wyoming--History--1946- Manuscripts. Game wardens. Authors. Editors. History of wildlife management in Wyoming 1987. Agriculture and Natural Resources Fisheries and Wildlife Social Life and Customs Sports and Recreation Wyoming Container List Series I. General Files 1 1 Annotated Bibliography of Natural Resource Information: Powder River Basin, N.E. Wyoming and S.E. Montana 1977 1 2 “Articles and Story Ideas,” 1963-1973

Folder containing background information, notes, etc.

 1 3 Association for Conservation Information – Membership Directories 1982-1985 1 4-5 Attorney General’s Formal and Informal Opinion Manual – Formal Opinions, Informal Opinions, Supreme Court Rulings 1973 1 6 Baird, John 1971-1973 1 7 The Beaver Plew 1977

Newsletter of Sublette County Historical Society, Inc.

 Big Game Trophy Score Sheets: 1 8 Boone and Crockett Score Sheets 1981 1 9 Measurer’s Instructions 1939-1982 1 10 Biographical Information 1954-1987 1 11-12 Boone and Crockett Club 1972-1985 1 13 Calendars 1967-1984 1 14-16 Correspondence 1961-1987 1 17 Copyright Information 1979-1983 1 18 Crear, Paul 1971-1986

Correspondence

 2 1 Daily Planners 1966, 1970 2 2-5 Diaries 1962-1967 2 6 Diem, Ken undated

Manuscript of “Key to Birds of Wyoming”

 2 7 Field Notebooks undated Field Notes: 2 8 February 7, 1964 – May 7, 1966 2 9 March 14 – October 4, 1966 2 10 January 1 – November 12, 1967 2 11 Gabrielson Report: “Report to the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission” by Ira N. Gabrielson, President, Wildlife Management Institute 1952 2 12-13 The Gaffer – Wyoming Game and Fish Commission Personnel Editions 1959-1984 2 14 Hunter Safety Handbooks and Newsletter 1975, 1982 2 15 I & E Division Meeting and Workshop, Sybille Conservation Camp July 1-3, 1968 2 16 Inventory List of Fish Division Reports August 1972 2 17 Legislation – House Bill No. 202: Wildlife Management Areas 1987 2 18 Measured Trophies 1976-1986 2 19-21 McCleery Wolf Foundation (Jack Lynch), and Lobo Wolf Park 1940-1981 3 1 Miscellaneous 1976-1981 3 2-3 Mobile Wildlife Educational Unit 1959-1975 3 4 National Wildlife Week March 1971 3 5 Notebook: A.A.C.I. Workshop, Albuquerque, New Mexico February 1971 3 6 Okada, Takashi 1971

Clippings and correspondence

 3 7-8 Personnel 1950-1985 3 9 Personnel Directories 1963-1985 3 10 Pope and Young Club 1965-1985 3 11-13 Range Plant Handbook 1949-1971

Notebook of circulars and bulletins

 3 14 Rees, Thomas 1979

Correspondence

 3 15 Schedules for Wyoming Wildlife 1970-1974 3 16 Showers, Harold undated

Articles by

 3 17 Soil and Water Conservation Committee 1970 3 18 Special Publications Planning 1983-1985

(Memos)

 3 19 Staff Meeting Minutes 1977-1981 3 20 Steele, Harry 1979-1980

Clippings

 3 21 “Stop Poaching” Program 1983-1985 4 1 Style Manual undated 4 2 Sublette County Historical Society 1961-1979 4 3 Sybille Campfire Talks 1981 4 4 Sybille Wildlife Research Unit and University of Wyoming Research Lab 1956-1982 4 5 Trophy Moose – Boone and Crockett 1966-1968 4 6 Union Pass Interpretive Center 1976 4 7 Urbanek, Mae 1977

Article by

 4 8 Wildlife Society 1971-1978 4 9 “Writing,” 1958-1971

Folder of miscellaneous photos, notes, ideas, etc.

 4 10 Wyoming Checklists 1965-1967 4 11 Wyoming Directories – Miscellaneous 1982-1983 4 12 Wyoming Game Warden Manual undated

(Leather-bound, hand and typewritten)

 4 13 Wyoming Game Warden’s Manual undated

(Notebook)

 Wyoming Information Source Catalog: 4 14 Volume I: Agency Index January 1976 4 15 Volume II: Subject Index and Alphabetical Index January 1976 4 16 Volume I: Agency Index May 1978 4 17 Volume II: Subject Index and Alphabetical Index May 1978 4 18 Worksheets 1980 4 19 Wyoming Game and Fish Commission Personnel Association Meeting, Casper, Wyoming March 17, 1967 4 20 Wyoming Museums 1965-1971

Directories, clippings, etc.

 4 21 Wyoming Newspapers 1975-1979

Lists, directories, etc.

 4 22 Wyoming Public Libraries Directories 1977-1978, 1981-1982, 1983-1984 4 23 Wyoming Records Program 1966-1985 4 24 Wyoming State Fair 1976

Program, slides, contact prints

 4 25 Wyoming State Muzzle Loading Association 1981-1984 Series II. Photographs 4 26 Animals and Birds undated 4 27 Blair, Neal undated 5 1 Buffalo 1971

(Contact Print and Negatives Only)

 5 2 Catholic Church on Wind River Indian Reservation, Blair’s House, and Hot Springs State Park, Thermopolis 1969

(Contact Prints Only)

 5 3 Cody, Wyoming June 1969

(Contact Prints Only)

 5 4 Fishing and Fisheries undated 5 5 Fort Laramie, Wyoming 1969

(Contact Prints and Negatives Only)

 5 6 Herschler, Ed circa 1970s

(Governor)

 5 7 Historical 1899-1941

(copies)

 5 8 Hunting undated 5 9 Jackson Hole, Wyoming June 1969

(Contact Prints Only)

 5 10 Law Enforcement undated 5 11 Miscellaneous undated 5 12 Mule Deer undated 5 13 Negatives undated 5 14 New Mexico undated

(Contact Prints and Negatives Only)

 5 15 Packing and Camping undated 5 16 Personal undated

(Negatives Only)

 5 17 Raccoons undated 5 18 Rodeo circa 1950s 5 19 Scenic Postcards undated 5 20 Sublette County, Wyoming 1971

(Contact Prints and Negatives Only)

 5 21 Sybille Scout Camps 1969

(Contact Prints Only)

 5 22 Wyoming Elk, National Elk Refuge (Jackson, Wyoming), and Medicine Bow Elk Winter Range undated 5 23 Wyoming – Miscellaneous undated

(Contact Prints and Negatives Only)

 5 24 Wyoming State Fair 1969

(Contact Prints and Negatives Only)

 Series III. Publications Sub-series 1. Works Written or Edited by Blair 5 25 “Adventures of a Cayuse,” undated 5 26 “Annual Meeting of Central Mountains and Plains Section of the Wildlife Society” for Gaffer September 28, 1979 5 27 “An Appraisal of Potential for Outdoor Recreational Developments in Lincoln County, Wyoming: Hunting Areas,” August 1967 5 28 “Backpacking” in Wyoming Wildlife July 1971 5 29 “Backtracking a Wolf Hunter’s Trail” in Wyoming Wildlife February 1971 5 30 “The Bald Eagle,” undated 5 31 “Bears: Fact and Fancy” in Wyoming Wildlife April 1962 5 32 “Behind Wounded Knee” in Gaffer April 1973 5 33 “Bill Harwood, Black Foot Artist” in Wyoming Wildlife December 1976

Includes slides and cassette tape of interview with transcription

 5 34 “Black Beaver: Indian Mountain Man” in Wyoming Wildlife November 1977 5 35 “Blood Along Lightning Creek,” 1969 5 36 Book Reviews undated 5 37 “The Bookshelf” in Wyoming Wildlife February 1969 5 38 “A Boyhood Memory of Mountains, Eagles, and Ancestors,” undated 5 39 “The Buffalo Disaster of 1882,” undated 5 40 “Buffalo on Wyoming’s Red Desert” in Buffalo! May-June 1979 5 41 “Carcajou” in Wyoming Wildlife November 1970 5 42 “Chief Riddle” in Wyoming Wildlife November 1973 5 43 “Chief Washakie: Grand Old Man of the Shoshones” in Wyoming Wildlife March 1978 5 44 “Chuck Ward – All-Around Conservationist” in Wyoming Wildlife September 1969 5 45 “A Citizen’s Census” (George M. Cassel – Road Kills) in Wyoming Wildlife July 1973 5 46 “Cokeville Country” in Wyoming Wildlife July 1975 5 47 “A Conservation Conscience” in Wyoming Wildlife September 1968 5 48 “Cradleboard Security” in Wyoming Wildlife February 1972 6 1 “Crossroads of the Nation” in Wyoming Wildlife July 1976 6 2 “Crow Fair” in The Post Dispatch January-February 1983 6 3 “Cutter Races” in Wyoming Wildlife March 1973 6 4 Deer Manuscripts 1958-1976 6 5 “Digging on the Rockhound Trail” in Wyoming Wildlife July 1972 6 6 “Dogs in the Land of the Horse” in Wyoming Wildlife April 1975 6 7 “The Eagle’s Fate and Mine Are One” in Wyoming Wildlife August 1968 6 8 “Echoes of Sunlight” in Wyoming Wildlife September 1983 6 9 “Elusive Wapiti,” 1962 6 10-11 “Enjoy Your Game Meat: From Planning the Hunt to Eating the Bounty,” 1974 6 12 “Essence of Wyoming in Bronze: Proposal Selected for Capitol Grounds Monument” in Wyoming Wildlife July 1978 6 13 “Famous Wyoming Firearms” in Wyoming Wildlife July 1977 6 14 “The Fifth Rides Again” in Wyoming Wildlife November 1980 6 15 “Following the Cherokee Through Wyoming” in Wyoming Wildlife March 1972 6 16 “Four-Footed Robin Hood,” 1971 6 17-18 “Fremont County” in Wyoming Wildlife February 1970 “Game and Fish Bookstore” in Wyoming Wildlife: 6 19 February 1974 6 20 April 1975 6 21 January 1978 6 22 April 1978 6 23 July 1978 6 24 “Girl Scouts Learn at Sybille Conservation Camp” in Trail Blazer March-April 1969 6 25 “Gunsmoke and Elk Tusks,” undated 6 26 “Habitat: Key to Game Abundance” in Wyoming Wildlife March 1969 6 27 “Hang It All: What is the Best Way to Hang a Rifle Scabbard?” in Wyoming Wildlife April 1974 6 28-30 “An Historical Account of the Pronghorn Antelope” in Wyoming Wildlife September 1982 6 31 The History of Wildlife Management in Wyoming 1987

(Book)

 The History of Wildlife Management in Wyoming undated:

(Drafts – Handwritten and Typed, with Proofreaders Marks)

 7 1 Chapter I: Wildlife Before Wyoming 7 2 Chapter II: Territorial Days, 1869-1889 7 3 Chapter III: Statehood and the Formative Years, 1890-1920 7 4 Chapter IV: The Development of the Game and Fish Commission, 1921-1940 7 5 Chapter V: From War to Blizzard, 1941-1949 7 6 Chapter VI: Change and Expansion in a Fast Moving World, 1950-1960 7 7 Chapter VII: The Emerging of Modern Wildlife Management, 1961-1969 7 8 Chapter VIII: The Age of High Technology and Computerized Management, 1970-1979 7 9 Chapter IX: Wildlife Management in Transition, 1980-1984 7 10 Bibliography and Appendices 7 11 Additions, Corrections, Illustrations The History of Wildlife Management in Wyoming undated:

(First Draft – Master Copy)

 7 12 Acknowledgements, Preface, Forward, Contents 7 13 Chapter I 7 14 Chapter II 7 15 Chapter III 7 16 Chapter IV 7 17 Chapter V 7 18 Chapter VI 7 19 Chapter VII 7 20 Chapter VIII 7 21 Chapter IX 7 22 Bibliography and Appendices 7 23 Notes 8 1 “History on the Rocks” in Wyoming Wildlife December 1975 8 2-3 “Hole-in-the-Wall” in Wyoming Wildlife September 1976 8 4 “How to Make an Indian Packsaddle” in Wyoming Wildlife, and in American Indian Crafts and Culture February 1973, September 1973 8 5 “Hunter’s Lean-To” in Wyoming Wildlife August 1982 8 6 “Hunters of the Mountain Sheep” by Nancy Blair, Photos by Neal Blair, in Wyoming Wildlife November 1976 8 7 “Hunting Seasons and Deer” in Wyoming Wildlife July 1967 8 8-9 “The Immortal Log Cabin” in Wyoming Wildlife November 1972 8 10 “In Remembrance of Red Fenwick” in The Post Dispatch December 1982 8 11 “In the Hand: Identification of Wyoming’s Falconiformes,” 1976

(Editor)

 8 12 “The Incomparable Indian Tipi” in Wyoming Wildlife March 1979 8 13 “Jack Funk’s 1924 Jaguar Hunt” in Wyoming Wildlife April 1972 8 14 “John Sybille and Fort Platte” in Wyoming Wildlife July 1983 8 15 “Karma Wakkuri,” September 1983

Includes cassette tape of interview

 8 16 “Life in These United States,” undated 8 17 “Lincoln County” in Wyoming Wildlife July 1969 8 18 List of Articles Written by Blair and Printed in Wyoming Wildlife Magazine undated 8 19 “Long Live the Longhorn” in Wyoming Wildlife April 1978 8 20-21 “Looking Down a Long Muzzle” (Shades of Ol’ Gabe) in Wyoming Wildlife August 1972 8 22 “Management Problems of a Mule Deer Herd,” Paper Presented to Wyoming Section of the American Society of Range Management December 8-9, 1967 8 23 “The Maximum Challenge” (Bow Hunting – Ed Coy) in Wyoming Wildlife August 1973 8 24-25 “Muzzle Loading Rendezvous at Fort Bridger” in Wyoming Wildlife December 1974 8 26 “National Wildlife Week” in Wyoming Wildlife March 1971 8 27 “The Need for a Comprehensive Conservation Education Program,” November 22-23, 1968

Paper for the American Society of Range Management, Wyoming Section, Winter Technical Meeting, Torrington

 9 1 “Needs of an Editor From Field Personnel in Production of a Popular Magazine Article,” August 1971

Paper Presented to the Central Mountains and Plains Section of the Wildlife Society Annual Meeting

 9 2 “Of Sheepmen and Coyotes” in Wyoming Wildlife December 1971 9 3 “Our State Tree: The Cottonwood” in Wyoming Wildlife June 1973 9 4 “Packing and Hunting” in Wyoming Wildlife August 1971 9 5 “Pemmican and White Man Law” in Wyoming Wildlife March 1969 9 6-8 “Pioneer G & F Leaders” (D.C. Nowlin and Bruce Nowlin) in Wyoming Wildlife January 1972 9 9 “Planning a Hunt and Caring For Your Game,” 1985 9 10 “Planning a Hunt and Caring For Your Meat 1985 9 11 “The Plight of the West,” undated 9 12 Poetry undated 9 13 “Preserving Our Historic Trails” (Wyoming Mountain Men) in Wyoming Wildlife January 1976 9 14 “Provide Habitat: Places Where Wildlife Live” in Wyoming Wildlife March 1969 9 15 “Public Hunting and Fishing on Wyoming Game and Fish Department Areas,” 1984

(Editor)

 9 16 “Recreation and History,” for the Community Evaluation Report, Cokeville, Wyoming 1966 9 17 “Recreation and Wildlife,” for United States Soil Conservation Service Report, Cokeville, Wyoming undated 9 18 “Recreational Horse Use on Public Lands” in Wyoming Wildlife April 1973 9 19 “Richard Hecox: Old West Profile” in Wyoming Wildlife August 1974 9 20 “Ringtales and Hound Music” in Wyoming Wildlife January 1971 9 21 “Rocky Mountain Rifle” in Wyoming Wildlife December 1977 9 22 “Rocky Mountain Rockchuck” in Wyoming Wildlife April 1971 9 23 “Saddles and Saddlemakers” in Wyoming Wildlife June 1968 9 24-25 “Sagebrush: Lifeline of Western Wildlife” in Wyoming Wildlife June 1969 9 26 “Seen Any Wildlife Lately?” in Wyoming Wildlife March 1970 9 27 “A Shadow in the Wilderness” in Wyoming Wildlife November 1971 9 28 “Sheep Shearing on the Range” in Wyoming Wildlife March 1983 9 29 “The Sheepherder’s Castle” in Wyoming Wildlife April 1976 9 30 “Shepherd’s Castle: The Sheepwagon,” undated 9 31 “The Spadefoot Toad” in Wyoming Wildlife September 1972 9 32 “The Stalwart Ponderosa Pine” in Wyoming Wildlife January 1974 9 33 “Sublette County” in Wyoming Wildlife April 1971 9 34 “Sybille Conservation Camp,” undated 10 1 “They’re Wherever You Find ‘Em” in Wyoming Wildlife August 1975 10 2 “Toms: Spring is Turkey-Hunting Time” in Wyoming Wildlife March 1974 10 3 “The Tuskers” in Wyoming Wildlife February 1969 10 4 Untitled Articles undated 10 5 “Weigh Your Game in the Field” in Wyoming Wildlife November 1968 10 6 “The West in Wood and Bronze” (Jim McNealey – Sculptor) in Wyoming Wildlife June 1977 10 7-8 “Western Artist and Sculptor: R.V. Greeves” in Wyoming Wildlife December 1969 10 9 “What Autumn Means to Me” in Wyoming Wildlife September 1973 10 10 “What is a Conservationist?” in Wyoming Wildlife January 1968 10 11 “When Deer Come Out of the Mountains” in Wyoming Wildlife December 1970 10 12 “Where the Green River Begins” (Snook Moore) in Wyoming Wildlife October 1983

Includes cassette tape of interview

 10 13 “Why Not Feed Deer” in Wyoming Wildlife April 1968 10 14 “Wild Adolescence” (was “Young Animals”) in Wyoming Wildlife June 1972 10 15 “Wild Furs Still in Demand” in Wyoming Wildlife February 1974 10 16 “Wildlife Educational Unit” in Wyoming Wildlife September 1970 10 17 “Wildlife: Who Needs It?” in Bits and Pieces March-April 1971 10 18 “Winter and Deer,” 1970 10 19 Write-Up Jobs 1963 10 20 “Wyoming: Crossroads of the Nation,” 1976 10 21-22 “Wyoming Game Warden Manual,” 1971, 1975

(Editor)

 10 23 “Wyoming Hawks” in Wyoming Wildlife July 1973 10 24 “Wyoming Hawks,” 1973

(Editor)

 10 25 “Wyoming Heraldry” in Wyoming Wildlife July 1979 “Wyoming Stream Names” by Dee Linford, Edited by Neal Blair 1975: 10 26 Cover Design 10 27 Dummy 10 28 Old Book, New Book, Proof 1944, 1975 11 1 Photographs 11 2 Typescript 11 3 Work File 11 4 “Yellowstone’s Forgotten Corner” in Wyoming Wildlife January 1971 Sub-series 2. Wyoming Game and Fish Publications Supervised by Blair 11 5-6 “Amphibians and Reptiles of Wyoming,” 1983 11 7 “Beaver Management and Ecology in Wyoming,” undated 11 8-9 “Big Game Animals and Fur Bearers,” undated 11 10 Big Game Information Series undated 11 11 “Black Bear Hunting Regulations,” 1981-1984 11 12 “Comprehensive Planning for Wildlife Resources,” 1983 11 13 Conservation Postal Stamp 1983-1984 11 14 Cover Designs 1980-1982 11 15 “Field Guide to Trophy Bighorn Rams” (“Legal Sheep”) undated 11 16 “A Fisherman’s and River Runner’s Map/Guide to the Upper North Platte River,” 1983-1984

(Float Map)

 11 17 “Friends Series” Booklets 1978-1980 11 18 “Guarding Our Heritage,” undated 12 1 “Land is Life,” 1978 12 2 “Ospreys,” undated 12 3 “Our Big ‘N Wild Friends” Educational Booklets 1974 12 4 “Our Feathered Friends” Educational Booklets 1971 12 5 “Our Finny Friends” Educational Booklets 1977 12 6 “Our Furry Friends” Educational Booklets 1977 12 7 “Our Wildlife Heritage,” 1983 12 8 “Placing American Wildlife Management in Perspective,” 1974-1977 12 9 “The Poacher is a Thief” Brochure Layout undated 12 10 “Wyoming Antelope Hunting Regulations,” 1980 12 11 “Wyoming Data Handbook,” 1977 12 12 “Wyoming Fishing Guide,” 1983 12 13 “Wyoming Upland, Small Game, and Waterfowl Hunting Guide,” 1974

(Manuscript)

 12 14 Wyoming Wildlife “Counties of Wyoming” Series 1969-1971 12 15 “Wyoming’s Wildlife Needs Help” Trust Fund Brochure 1982 12 16 “Your Game and Fish Department” Booklets 1971 Series IV. Subject Files 12 17 Amphibians and Reptiles 1941-1985 12 18-19 Animals 1952-1972 12 20 Antelope 1960-1984 12 21 Antelope Feeding Policy 1984 12 22 Barbary Sheep 1961-1966 12 23 Bayer, Charles C. 1923-1976 13 1 Bayer, Charles C. 1923-1976 13 2-5 Bears 1964-1985 13 6 Beaver 1941-1984 13 7 Bighorn Sheep 1942-1985 13 8 Biological Data 1968-1971 13 9-10 Birds – General 1950-1984 13 11 Birds of Prey 1968-1973 13 12-13 Black-Footed Ferrets 1969-1984 13 14 Bridger, Jim 1948-1972 13 15 Brucellosis in Elk 1984-1985 Buffalo (Bison): 13 16 American Buffalo Association 1977-1981 13 17 Beefalo 1976-1983 13 18 Bibliographies 1951, undated 13 19 Buffalo East of the Mississippi 1974-1979 13 20 Custer State Park, South Dakota 1971-1972 14 1-3 General 1939-1987 14 4 Laws Pertaining to Buffalo 1979 14 5-6 National Buffalo Association 1972-1985 14 7 Onondaga Indians 1978-1979 14 8 Prehistoric 1967-1973 14 9 Roe’s “The North American Buffalo,” 1951 14 10 Wyoming 1955-1981 14 11 Yellowstone National Park 1949-1985 14 12-13 Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 1952-1970 14 14 California 1970 14 15 Camping, Survival 1965-1973 14 16 Carbon County, Wyoming 1969 14 17 Colorado 1963-1973 14 18 Communications Division, Wyoming Game and Fish – History 1939-1983 14 19 Cottonwood Trees 1967-1973 15 1-3 Coyotes 1957-1974 15 4 Deer 1949-1984 15 5-6 Eagle Poisoning, Shooting, etc. 1971-1973 15 7-8 Eagles 1948-1980 15 9 Early (1918) Tent Trailer 1976 15 10 Ecology (Study Methods) 1953-1970 15 11 Elk 1960-1984 15 12 Endangered Species 1980-1984 15 13 Female Game Wardens 1982-1983 15 14 Fish and Fisheries 1939-1985 15 15 Fish Hatcheries undated 15 16 Flaming Gorge Fishery 1961-1985 15 17-18 Flora of Wyoming 1940-1969 15 19-20 Forestry 1945-1973 16 1 Foxes 1968-1972 16 2 Frost, Ned 1942-1978 16 3-4 Fur Bearers 1952-1984 Game and Fish Law: 16 5 Beaver 1879-1899

(copies of documents)

 16 6 Enforcement 1980-1985 16 7 General 1968-1984 16 8 Related Laws 1869-1895

(copies of documents)

 Session Laws:

(copies of documents)

 16 9 1869-1899 16 10 1903 16 11 1915 16 12 1921-1929 16 13 1933-1937 16 14 1953-1959 16 15 Game Warden Uniforms 1941-1947 16 16 Game Wardens Killed on Duty 1919-1983 16 17 Gardner, Newel 1979 16 18 Grasses 1934-1966 16 19 Grazing Plan 1981-1984 16 20-21 Grizzly Bears 1966-1972 16 22-23 Gros Ventre Lodge (Wells Ranch) 1952-1979 16 24 Gros Ventre Slide 1969-1978 16 25 Gun Control 1969-1985 17 1-3 Gun Control 1969-1985 17 4 Habitat and Impact 1979-1985 17 5 Hagen, Grant 1977 17 6 Headquarters Building (Cheyenne, Wyoming) 1941-1984 History of the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission: 17 7-15 General 1941-1987 17 16 “Seventy-Five Years of Wyoming’s Wildlife Heritage: A History of the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission,” 1964

(Manuscript)

 17 17 State Emblems 1927-1975 17 18 “Wyoming Wildlife in Retrospect,” 1939-1941

(Articles)

 18 1 Wyoming Wildlife Magazine 1984-1985 Hunting and Fishing: 18 2 Diseases of Wildlife in Wyoming 1982-1983 18 3-4 General Information 1962-1985 18 5 “History of Hunting in Wyoming” by James June undated 18 6 Licenses 1980, undated 18 7 Trapping 1975-1982 18 8 Idaho 1967-1970 18 9 Jackalope undated 18 10-12 Jackson Hole National Monument 1943-1953 Jackson Hole Wildlife Park:

(copies of documents)

 18 13 Buffalo Herd 1946-1949 18 14-15 Correspondence 1946-1952 18 16 Director’s Reports 1950-1952 18 17 General 1946-1950 18 18 Javelina 1964-1967 18 19 Johnson County, Wyoming 1955-1972 18 20 Kemmerer, Wyoming 1964-1970 18 21 Lander One-Shot Antelope Hunt undated 18 22-23 Laramie County, Wyoming 1968-1980 Legislatures: 18 24-27 1977, 1981, 1983, 1984 19 1 1985 19 2 Linford, Dee 1952-1976 19 3 Management 1975-1985 19 4 Montana 1966-1972 19 5 Moose 1962-1984 19 6 Mountain Goat 1971-1983 19 7 Mountain Lions 1967-1985 19 8 Mustalids 1968 19 9 National and International Issues 1983-1984 19 10 National Elk Refuge 1983-1984 National Forests: 19 11 Ashley National Forest, Utah 1962-1966 19 12 Bighorn National Forest, Wyoming 1957 19 13 Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota and Wyoming 1962-1974 19 14 Boise National Forest, Idaho 1962 19 15-17 Bridger-Teton National Forest, Wyoming 1938-1973 19 18 Cache National Forest, Utah and Idaho 1962 19 19 Caribou National Forest, Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming 1963-1967 19 20 Dixie National Forest, Utah 1962 19 21 Fishlake National Forest, Utah 1962 19 22 Manti Lasal National Forest, Utah and Colorado 1962 19 23 Medicine Bow National Forest, Wyoming 1955-1971 19 24 Nebraska National Forest, Nebraska undated 19 25 Pawnee National Grassland, Colorado undated 19 26 Recreation 1963-1968 19 27 Sawtooth National Forest, Idaho 1965-1971 20 1 Shoshone National Forest, Wyoming 1956-1971 20 2 Targhee National Forest, Idaho and Wyoming 1965 20 3 Wasatch National Forest, Utah 1952-1965 20 4 Wilderness 1958-1977 National Parks: 20 5 General 1962-1974 20 6 Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming 1964-1981 20 7 Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming 1962-1984 20 8 Nelson, Albert 1948-1974

(Wyoming’s First Game Warden)

 20 9 New Mexico 1971-1972 20 10 North Dakota – History 1973 20 11 Plane Crash 1980 20 12 Prairie Dogs 1969-1971 20 13-14 Predators 1961-1972 20 15 Public Land Laws 1968 20 16-17 Public Lands 1952-1980 20 18 Rabbits and Rodents 1959-1972 20 19 Raccoons 1960-1973 20 20 Range 1984-1985 20 21 Range Improvement 1953-1970 21 1-4 Range Improvement 1953-1970 21 5 Range Management 1956-1983 21 6 Rare and Endangered Wildlife 1974-1979 21 7 Red Rim Antelope 1983-1984 21 8 Reptiles and Amphibians 1941-1975 21 9 Resource Conservation and Development 1969-1970 21 10 Sagebrush Rebellion 1979-1983 21 11 “60 Minutes” Television Show and the Teton Elk 1984 21 12 Smith, George H. “Coyote,” 1980-1985 21 13 Squirrels 1968 21 14-16 Soil and Water Conservation 1958-1967 21 17 Snowshoes 1968-1970 21 18 South Dakota – History 1959-1973 21 19 Star Valley, Wyoming 1965-1969 22 1 Steel Shot 1984-1985 22 2 Sunset Review 1983 22 3 Sweetwater County, Wyoming 1968-1970 22 4-5 Trapping 1968-1980 22 6 Trees 1970-1974 22 7-9 Trees and Plants 1937-1976 22 10-11 Trust Fund 1981-1984 22 12 United States Forest Service – General 1952-1973 22 13-15 Wild Horses 1968-1986 22 16 Wildflowers and Weeds 1955-1969 23 1 Wind River Indian Reservation Game Code 1984-1985 23 2 Winter of 1983-1984 Effect on Animals 1984 23 3 Wolverines 1947-1971 23 4-5 Wolves 1968-1985 23 6 Wyoming Evergreen Trees 1945-1973 23 7 Wyoming Game and Fish Commission: Directors’ Summaries and Statements 1938-1978 Wyoming Game and Fish Commissioners: 23 8 Bagley, Lester 1946-1955 23 9 General 1969-1985 23 10 Jiacoletti, Steve 1961-1964 23 11 Judkins, William T. 1956-1984 23 12 Thomas, Earl M. 1976-1982 23 13 White, James B. 1964-1972 23 14-16 Wyoming – General 1964-1979 Separation List

18 Record Boxes of materials were separated from the collection.

Duplicate copies of items retained

Wyoming Game and Fish Publications, Annual Reports (1949-1985), Biennial Reports (1931-1948), Game & Fish Regulations/Laws (1961-1979), etc., NOT written/edited by Blair.

Other secondary materials from U.S. Forest Service, State of Wyoming, National Wildlife Federation, Wildlife Management Institute, U.S. Dept. of the Interior, etc.

Magazines/periodicals/newspapers: Grain Producers News, March 1980 In Wyoming, Autumn 1967-Winter 1973 International Game Warden, Summer 1984, Fall 1984, Winter 1985 Nature Magazine, March 1927 Pinedale Roundup, Vacation Editions, 1965-1972 Sports Afield, February 1974 Wyoming Wildlife, July 1967-December 1987 Books: Abbey, Edward. The Journey Home: Some Words in Defense of the American West. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1977 Agriculture, U.S. Dept. of. Farmer’s World: The Yearbook of Agriculture 1964. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1964 (2 copies) Agriculture, U.S. Dept. of. A Place to Live: The Yearbook of Agriculture 1963. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1963 Alexander, Gordon. Biology. New York: Barnes & Noble, Inc., 1961 Ashbrook, Frank G. Butchering, Processing and Preservation of Meat. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1955 Baker, William, et. al. Wildlife of the Northern Rocky Mountains. Healdsburg, California: Naturgraph Company, 1961 Baxter, George T. and Simon, James R. Wyoming Fishes. Cheyenne, Wyoming: Wyoming Game and Fish Department, 1970 (Paperback Copy) Baxter, George T. and Simon, James R. Wyoming Fishes. Cheyenne, Wyoming: Wyoming Game and Fish Department, 1970 (Hardback Copy) Bold, Harold C. The Plant Kingdom. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1964 Boone and Crockett Club. North American Big Game. Pittsburgh: Author, 1971 Boone and Crockett Club. North American Big Game. Washington, D.C.: Author and National Rifle Association of America, 1977 Bourliere, Francois. The Natural History of Mammals. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970 Brodrick, Harold J. Wild Animals of Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone Park, Wyoming: Yellowstone Library and Museum Association, 1954 Brown, Vinson. The Amateur Naturalist’s Handbook. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1948 Caras, Roger A. Dangerous to Man. Philadelphia: Chilton Books, 1964 Carson, Rachel. Silent Spring. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1962 Carhart, Arthur H. Planning for America’s Wildlands. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: The Telegraph Press, 1961 Clawson, Marion. The Land System of the United States. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1968 Clawson, Marion. Man and Land in the United States. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1964 Dalrymple, Byron. Complete Guide to Hunting Across North America. New York: Harper & Row, 1970 Darwin, Charles: The Origin of Species. New York: The New American Library, 1958 Dasmann, William. If Deer Are to Survive. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books, 1971 Dayton, William A. Notes on Western Range Forbs: Equisetaceae Through Fumariaceae. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1960 Deep-River Jim. Deep-River Jim’s Wilderness Trail Book. Boston: The Open Road Publishing Company, 1935 Dobzhansky, Theodosius. Genetics and the Origin of Species. New York: Columbia University Press, 1951 Dykstra, R.R. 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