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Guide to Wyoming State Historical Society Records,
1873-1999 (bulk 1953-1999)
25 Cubic Feet + Audio-Visual Material
Accession Number 10504
Prepared by Melanie Francis
June 2001
Contents
Introduction
History
Series Description
Scope and Content
Series I. Organizational Records
Series II. Presidential Papers, Subseries 1. Michael Cassity Papers
Series III. Membership Ledgers
Series IV. Miscellaneous Journals and Reports
Series V. Wyoming State Historical Society Seal
Series VI. Maps
Series VII. Audio-Visual Materials
Introduction
Wyoming State Historical Society Records,
1873-1999 (bulk 1953-1999)
25 Cubic Feet (47 document boxes, 3 F17, 3F24, 1CAL box + audio-visual materials)
Accession Number 10504
The Wyoming State Historical Society Records were given to the American Heritage Center by the Society between 1996 and 2000. The papers had been kept in storage by the society in good condition and in good chronological order. The original folder titles and arrangement have generally been maintained. Materials like photographs, 8mm film, VHS video tapes, slides, audio tapes, publications, ledgers, and other miscellaneous documents are arranged in separate series.
The collection should be cited as: Wyoming State Historical Society Records, 1873-1999, Accession Number 10504, Box Number, Folder Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.
History
A number of historical organizations preceded the Wyoming State Historical Society of today. In 1921, the state authorized the formation of a state historical society. State historian Mrs. Cyrus Beard headed the society, which encouraged membership and in 1924 began publishing what is today Annals of Wyoming: The Wyoming History Journal. However, by 1932, Wyoming again was without a state society.
The current WSHS was founded in 1953. A new Constitution was proposed and passed, which borrowed from preceding societies. Articles and amendments were proposed, revised, and adopted according to the constitutional rules of the society. Secretary-treasurer Lola Homsher became a long-term executive board member of the WSHS.
The close WSHS connection to the Wyoming State Archives and Historical Department evolved during the time when the society organized the executive headquarters in the Cheyenne office. Local county chapters formed and flourished after the reorganization of the state society. The society published Annals of Wyoming: The Wyoming History Journal, which was initiated in 1924 by Mrs. Cyrus Beard, the state historian.
Wyoming’s representative statue of Esther Hobart Morris in Statuary Hall, Washington, D. C., was the first major project of the WSHS. Subsequent projects included awards programs in recognition of art, literature, film, and drama related to Wyoming history. L. C. Bishop’s work, Organizing Historical Treks on the Old Oregon Trail, and T. A. Larson’s book, Wyoming’s War Years 1941-45, were among the first to receive awards.
Popular historical treks each summer became a highlight of the WSHS activities. Local chapters took turns hosting the event, which entailed planning bus tours, lodging, social activities, and publications for the event.
The society sponsored and conducted a variety of projects to interest members and the general public. The purchase of Fort Fetterman in 1961 and the preservation of the Sheridan Inn in 1965 are examples of society endeavors. Protection from vandalism was another major concern of the WSHS, which worked on such as projects as better security for Fort Fred Steele, Independence Rock, and Register Cliff.
History Day, initiated in 1980, was a central focus of the WSHS. It promoted the study of history in Wyoming public schools by encouraging students to use primary research sources in archives, museums, and oral history. Students researched their topics along a central theme defined each year by History Day at the national level. Presentations included a choice of formal papers, two or three dimensional displays, individual or group drama, along with extensive bibliographies for competition at the local, regional, state, and national levels.
In January 1995 the WSHS was based at the Executive Headquarters at the State Archives and Historical Department, a division of Parks and Cultural Resources, Department of Commerce. However, Dr. Celeste Colgan, director of the Department of Commerce, maintained that the former relationship between the State and the WSHS, a private organization, was no longer advantageous, and she withdrew financial assistance for the society. For a short time the Department of Commerce continued to produce Annals while the WSHS published the Wyoming History Journal.
The WSHS became a self-supporting, non-profit organization as a result of a new statute agreement with the Division of Parks and Cultural Resources, which renewed partial, monetary assistance for the recombined Annals of Wyoming: The Wyoming History Journal later in 1995. The journal was produced with editorial assistance provided by the History Department of the University of Wyoming with office space provided by the American Heritage Center. Other WSHS publications include Wyoming History News, Wyoming Historic Trails, and the Wyoming Historic Calendar (in conjunction with the American Heritage Center). The WSHS web site: www.wyshs.org was also part of the society’s outreach program by 1997.
Series Description
The Wyoming State Historical Society Papers are arranged in 7 series:
Series I. Organizational Records, 1953-1999. (46 document boxes). Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year. Correspondence for annual meetings, treks, awards, membership; constitution, by-laws and amendment revisions, information on society publications, and newspaper clippings on society events; minutes and transcripts of executive meetings, membership lists, and financial reports.
Series II. Presidential Papers, 1994-1997 (1 document box) Subseries 1. Michael Cassity Papers, 1994-1997. (1 document box). Arranged chronologically. Correspondence as Albany County representative (1994-1996) and president (1996-1997) of the WSHS for committee meeting agendas and reports, publication planning, membership outreach, and multi-media technology.
Series III. Membership Ledgers, 1953-1983. (1 F17 box). Arranged chronologically.
Series IV. Miscellaneous Journals and Reports, 1873-1890. (1 F17 box). Arranged chronologically. Published by the Territory or State of Wyoming. Annual and biennial reports about Wyoming to federal agencies in Washington.
Series V. Wyoming State Historical Society Seal, 1964. (1 F17 box). Arranged alphabetically. 19 entries for design contest for new society seal.
Series VI. Maps, 1883-1965. (3 F24 boxes). Arranged chronologically within each . box. Highway Department and Geological Survey maps with handwritten trail and trek routes marked. Also, by Paul Henderson of trail and Pony Express routes.
Series VII. Audio-visual Materials, 1987-1997. (1 CAL box + 3 items). Arranged by format chronologically. One 8mm film project, two VHS film projects, two VHS symposium video-tapes, one audio-tape of Wyoming State Song (1990), and 21 audio- tapes of executive meetings (1995-1997).
Scope and Content
The Wyoming State Historical Society Records include correspondence beginning in 1953, regarding annual meetings, membership, annual treks, annual awards, other projects, History Day, and communication among county chapters. Transcripts of executive meetings and constitutional revisions are also included. The WSHS collection does not contain many records from the period 1895-1950. Much was lost or destroyed. Records from the first decade of the revised society, the 1950s, are less complete than records from the 1960s and beyond.
Correspondence and plans for the Quarterly Bulletin, Annals of Wyoming, Wyoming History News, and Wyoming Historic Trails are included. Maps used in planning annual treks and charting historic trails are also housed in the collection. Of special interest are those maps used by Paul Henderson in his plotting of Wyoming’s Oregon, Overland, and Bozeman Trails.
Personal photographs and slides include those taken by some executive officers and show annual meetings, awards ceremonies, and annual treks. 8mm film (Wyoming from the Beginning--1963), VHS video projects (Surveyors of the 6th Principal Meridian--1987), and VHS videotape (World War II Symposium in Casper--1995) illustrate film projects funded by the society. Audio tapes provide a recording of the Wyoming State Song (1990) by the Park County Historical Society for the Wyoming Centennial Project and audio-tape records of executive meetings from 1995 through 1997.
The controversial years of 1995-1997, when the Wyoming State Historical Society eventually split from the Department of Commerce, are recorded in extensive executive correspondence, audio tapes, resulting constitutional revisions, and newspaper clippings.
- Folder List
Series I. Organizational Records, 1898, 1953-1999
Box Folder Title Date
1 1 PUBLISHED REPORTS
Robert Morris
John Hoyt 18981 2 LEGAL DOCUMENTS
Act Creating WHS (1895)
Natrona County Articles of Incorporation
Park County Legal Complaint (1948) 19531 3 EMIGRANT TRAIL TREK #1 1953
1 4 EMIGRANT TRAIL TREK #2 1953
1 5 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 1953
1 6 FIRST ANNUAL MEETING 1954
1 7 EMIGRANT TRAIL TREK #4 1954
1 8 HOMSHER, LOLA CORRESPONDENCE 1954
1 9 MEMBERSHIP RECORDS 1953-1954
1 10 SECOND ANNUAL MEETING 1955
1 11 EMIGRANT TRAIL TREK #5 1955
1 12 EMIGRANT TRAIL TREK #6 1955
1 13 MEMBERSHIP RECORDS 1955
1 14 THIRD ANNUAL MEETING 1956
1 15 EMIGRANT TRAIL #7 1956
1 16 FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING 1957
1 17 LEASE AGREEMENT - CARBON COUNTY
Rawlins Spring Site 19571 18 FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING 1958
1 19 EMIGRANT TRAIL #9 1958
1 20 SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING 1959
1 21 EMIGRANT TRAIL TREK #10 1959
1 22 HISTORY NEWS (1953-1959) 1959
1 23 SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING 1960
1 24 EMIGRANT TRAIL TREK #11 1960
1 25 EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING 1961
1 26 COPYRIGHT PAPERS/HISTORICAL BOOKLET 1961
1 27 EMIGRANT TRAIL TREK #12 1961
Box Folder Title Date
2 1 NINTH ANNUAL MEETING 19622 2 EMIGRANT TRAIL TREK #13 1962
2 3 TENTH ANNUAL MEETING 1963
2 4 EMIGRANT TRAIL TREK #14 1963
2 5 EXECUTIVE CORRESPONDENCE 1963
2 6 ELEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING 1964
2 7 HANDBOOK AND AWARDS PROGRAM 1964
2 8 EMIGRANT TRAIL TREK #14 1964
Box Folder Title Date
3 1 TWELFTH ANNUAL MEETING 19653 2 HANDBOOK AND AWARDS PROGRAM 1965
3 3 EMIGRANT TRAIL TREK #16 1965
3 4 EXECUTIVE MEETING (1960-1965) 1965
3 5 HISTORY NEWS (1954-1962) 1965
3 6 HISTORY NEWS (1963-1965) 1965
Box Folder Title Date
4 1 THIRTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING 19664 2 ANNUAL TREK 1966
4 3 EMIGRANT TRAIL TREK # 17 1966
4 4 EXECUTIVE LISTS AND MEMBERSHIPS
(various dates) 19664 5 FOURTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING 1967
4 6 ANNUAL TREK PHOTOGRAPHS
Taken by Katherine Halverson 19674 7 EMIGRANT TRAIL TREK #18 1967
4 8 HALVERSON, KATHERINE PHOTOGRAPHS 1967
4 9 MILLEK, DOROTHY CORRESPONDENCE 1967
4 10 FIFTHTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING 1968
4 11 EMIGRANT TRAIL TREK #19 1968
4 12 MEMBERSHIP LISTS 1968
4 13 PORTRAIT OF A PIONEER CITY
Radio scripts by Clarice Whittenburg 1968Box Folder Title Date
5 1 SIXTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING 19695 2 HISTORY NEWS (1960-1969) 1969
5 3 MEMORIALS - STATE AND COUNTY 1969
5 4 SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING 1970
5 5 BUDGET AND TAX CORRESPONDENCE 1970
5 6 EXECUTIVE MEETING 1970
5 7 FILM PROJECT--
WYOMING FROM THE BEGINNING 19705 8 NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS/ NEWS RELEASES 1970
5 9 EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING 1971
5 10 HOMSHER, LOLA FILE (1953-1971) 1971
Box Folder Title Date
6 1 NINETEENTH ANNUAL MEETING 19726 2 ANNALS COPYRIGHT PAPERS 1972
6 3 TWENTIETH ANNUAL MEETING 1973
6 4 FOUNDATION CORRESPONDENCE #1
Articles of Incorporation (1961-1967) 19736 5 FOUNDATION CORRESPONDENCE #2 1973
6 6 FOUNDATION DOCUMENT
Articles of Incorporation 19736 7 TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING 1974
6 8 DRUMBRILL, RICHARD CORRESPONDENCE
Mountain Man Trails, Award, Annals 19746 9 FOUNDATION RECORDS
Financial and Donation Records 19746 10 ANNALS INFORMATION COSTS 1975
6 11 EXCHANGES 1975
6 12 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR HUMANITIES 1975
6 13 WPA GRANT REQUEST 1975
Box Folder Title Date
7 1 ANNUAL CHAPTER REPORTS 19767 2 TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL MEETING 1976
7 3 ANNUAL TREK 1976
7 4 ASSORTED NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS
(1890s-1970s) 19767 5 ASSORTED PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL 1976
7 6 BICENTENNIAL LIVING HISTORY
Correspondence for video-tape program 19767 7 BIG HORN FOREST COMMITTEE 1976
7 8 COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE 1976
7 9 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 1976
7 10 GENERL CORRESPONDENCE 1976
Box Folder Title Date
8 1 BRAZELTON, JAY CORRESPONDENCE 19768 2 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE (A-L) 1976
8 3 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE (M-Z) 1976
8 4 GRANT IN AID 1976
8 5 HISTORY NEWS (1971-1976) 1976
8 6 LEGISLATORS 1976
8 7 MABEL BROWN AWARD 1976
8 8 MEMBERSHIP LISTS #1 1976
8 9 MEMBERSHIP LISTS #2 1976
Box Folder Title Date
9 1 ANNUAL MEETING 19779 2 ANNUAL TREK 1977
9 3 AWARDS CORRESPONDENCE 1977
9 4 COUNTY CHAPTER CORRESPONDENCE 1977
9 5 COUNTY CHAPTER REPORTS 1977
9 6 COPYRIGHT INFORMATION 1977
9 7 DENVER SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PROJECT 1977
9 8 EXECUTIVE COMMETTEE 1977
9 9 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 1977
9 10 MEMBERSHIP LISTS 1977
9 11 MEXICAN AMERICANS IN WYOMING 1977
9 12 MULTI-ETHNIC STUDIES 1977
9 13 PENDERGRAFT, RAY CORRESPONDENCE 1977
Box Folder Title Date
10 1 RENDEZVOUS (1825) 197710 2 TOTAL MEMBERSHIP LISTS 1977
10 3 WASDEN AWARD 1977
10 4 "WYOMING FROM THE BEGINNING"
Correspondence 197710 5 "WYOMING FROM THE BEGINNING"
Publicity and Newspaper Clippings 197710 6 ANNUAL MEETING
Correspondence and Photographs 197810 7 ANNUAL MEETING REPORTS 1978
10 8 ANNUAL TREK 1978
10 9 AWARDS AND CORRESPONDENCE 1978
10 10 COUNTY CHAPTER MEMBERSHIP
Correspondence 197810 11 COUNTY CHAPTER MEMBERSHIP LISTS 1978
10 12 CHAPTER OFFICERS 1978
Box Folder Title Date
11 1 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TRANSCRIPT 197811 2 EXECUTIVE MEETING TRANSCRIPT 1978
11 3 WYOMING EUROPEAN HERITAGE
Katherine Halverson Personal File 197811 4 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE (A-M) 1978
11 5 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE (N-Z) 1978
11 6 MEMBERSHIP LISTS 1978
11 7 MOUNTAIN MAN TRAILS FOUNDATION
Publication Drafts and Correspondence 197811 8 SALERATUS AND SAGEBRUSH
Correspondence and Accounts 197811 9 WASDEN, DAVID (PRESIDENT) FILE 1978
11 10 "WYOMING FROM THE BEGINNING"
Film Sales, Schedule, Correspondence 197811 11 WYOMING HISTORY WEEK PROCLAMATION 1978
Box Folder Title Date
12 1 ANNUAL MEETING 197912 2 ANNUAL TREK 1979
12 3 AWARDS PROGRAM 1979
12 4 AWARDS #1 1979
12 5 AWARDS #2 1979
12 6 BISHOP MEMORIAL FUND 1979
12 7 BROWN, MABEL (PRESIDENT) FILE 1979
12 8 CHAPTER OFFICERS 1979
12 9 COUNTY CHAPTER CORRESPONDENCE 1979
12 10 CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS
Drafts of Revisions, Correspondence 1979Box Folder Title Date
13 1 CORRESPONDENCE (B-J) 197913 2 CORRESPONDENCE (K-Z) 1979
13 3 CORRESPONDENCE (MISCELLANEOUS) 1979
13 4 DIVISION NEWS RELEASES 1979
13 5 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (TRANSCRIPTS)
Ellen Muler File 197913 6 EXECUTIVE MEETINGS 1979
13 7 EXECUTIVE MEETING TRANSCRIPTS 1979
13 8 GRANT-IN-AID 1979
13 9 GRANT-IN-AID FORMS (1977) 1979
13 10 GRANT-IN-AID PROJECTS
Correspondence and Agreements 1979Box Folder Title Date
14 1 GRANT-IN-AID PROJECTS (A-C) 197914 2 GRANT-IN-AID PROJECTS (H-G) 1979
14 3 GRANT-IN-AID (1976) 1979
14 4 GRANT-IN-AID: HUNT, GEOFFREY (1973) 1979 14 5 GRANT-IN-AID: LEWELLYN, MIKE #1 (1975) 1979
14 6 GRANT-IN-AID: LEWELLYN, MIKE #2 (1975) 1979
14 7 GRANT-IN-AID: LOVE, KAREN (1971-1972) 1979
14 8 GRANT-IN-AID: MURRAY, ROBERT #1
(1967-1980) 197914 9 GRANT-IN-AID: MURRAY, ROBERT #2
(1964-1966) 197914 10 GRANT-IN-AID: NELSON, GERALD (1964-65) 1979
14 11 GRANT-IN-AID: PAIGE, JOHN C. (1979-1980) 1979
Box Folder Title Date
15 1 GRANT-IN-AID: PENDERGRAFT, RAY (1969) 197915 2 GRANT-IN-AID: PETERSON, GUY (1977-1980) 1979
15 3 FILM SCHEDULE
Wyoming from the Beginning 197915 4 FOUNDATION CORRESPONDENCE #1
(1970-1978) 197915 5 FOUNDATION CORRESPONDENCE #2 1979
15 6 FOUNDATION SOLICITATION LETTERS
(1970) 1979 15 7 HICKS, LUCILLE SCHOLARSHIP 197915 8 HISTORY NEWS (1970-1979) 1979
15 9 MEMBERSHIP LISTS #1 1979
15 10 MEMBERSHIP LISTS #2 1979
15 11 PARRIS, BETTY JO FILE
Personal Correspondence, Memorabilia 1979Box Folder Title Date
16 1 ANNALS CORRESPONDENCE 198016 2 ANNUAL MEETING 1980
16 3 ANNUAL REPORT 1980
16 4 ANNUAL TREK #1
Correspondence 198016 5 ANNUAL TREK #2
Publicity, Maps 198016 6 AWARDS PROGRAM 1980
16 7 AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS 1980
16 8 GRANT-IN-AID 1980
16 9 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 1980
16 10 COUNTY CHAPTER REPORTS #1 1980
16 11 COUNTY CHAPTER REPORTS #2 1980
16 12 CHAPTER MEMBERSHIP CORRESPONDENCE 1980
16 13 CHAPTER MEMBERSHIP LISTS 1980
Box Folder Title Date
17 1 CONSTITUTION REVISION 198017 2 CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS REVISIONS 1980
17 3 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 1980
17 4 GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS 1980
17 5 GRUNKO CO. FILM
Vacation Land Studio, 1976 Agreement 198017 6 FOUNDATION FILM PROPOSALS 1980
17 7 MEMBERSHIP LISTS #1 1980
17 8 MEMBERSHIP LISTS #2 1980
17 9 ORAL HISTORY DOCUMENTATION
Transcripts 198017 10 STATE AND CHAPTER OFFICERS 1980
17 11 MISCELLANEOUS PAMPHLETS 1980
17 12 US POST OFFICE PERMIT (1979) 1980
17 13 WYOMING FROM THE BEGINNING (1976)
Correspondence, Proposal, Agreement 1980Box Folder Title Date
18 1 ANNUAL TREK
Old West Ranch Tour 198118 2 ANNUAL TREK SLIDES
Platte and Goshen County Ranch Tour 198118 3 AWARDS PROGRAM 1981
18 4 CORRESPONDENCE 1981
18 5 COUNTY SOCEITY CORRESPONDENCE 1981
18 6 MEMBERSHIP LISTS (1979-1981) 1981
18 7 MEMBERSHIP LISTS #1 1981
18 8 MEMBERSHIP LISTS #2 1981
Box Folder Title Date
19 1 ANNUAL MEETING 198219 2 ANNUAL TREK 1982
19 3 AWARDS PROGRAM 1982
19 4 BROADCAST SERVICES CORRESPONDENCE 1982
19 5 CORRESPONDENCE (A-J) 1982
19 6 CORRESPONDENCE (K-Z) 1982
19 7 COUNTY SOCIETY CORRESPONDENCE 1982
19 8 EXECUTIVE CORRESPONDENCE 1982
19 9 MEMBERSHIP LISTS #1 1982
19 10 MEMBERSHIP LISTS #2 1982
19 11 RECKLING BALES, V.J. SCHOLARSHIP
(1978-1982) 1982Box Folder Title Date
20 1 AWARDS PROGRAM 198320 2 CORRESPONDENCE (A-G) 1983
20 3 CORRESPONDENCE (H-M) 1983
20 4 CORRESPONDENCE (N-Z) 1983
20 5 COUNTY CHAPTER CORRESPONDENCE 1983
20 6 EXECUTIVE BOARD CORRESPONDENCE 1983
20 7 HANDBOOKS (1965-1983) AND
CONSTITUTION (1983) 1983Box Folder Title Date
21 1 FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT 198321 2 MEMBERSHIP LISTS #1 1983
21 3 MEMBERSHIP LISTS #2 1983
21 4 MEMBERSHIP LISTS #3 1983
21 5 MEMBERSHIP LISTS #4 1983
21 6 SOCIETY CORRESPONDENCE 1983
Box Folder Title Date
22 1 ANNUAL MEETING 198422 2 ANNUAL TREK 1984
22 3 COUNTY SOCIETIES 1984
22 4 COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE (A-F) 1984
22 5 COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE (G-N) 1984
22 6 COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE (O-Z) 1984
22 7 HISTORY DAY 1984
22 8 INTERNAL REVENUE (1954-1984)
Returns and Correspondence 198422 9 MEMBERSHIP LISTS #1 1984
22 10 MEMBERSHIP LISTS #2 1984
Box Folder Title Date
23 1 ANNUAL MEETING 198523 2 ANNUAL TREK 1985
23 3 ANNUAL TREK SLIDES 1985
23 4 AWARDS PROGRAM 1985
23 5 BUDGET CORRESPONDENCE 1985
23 6 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE (A-G) 1985
23 7 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE (H-J) 1985
23 8 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE (I-M) 1985
23 9 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE (N-S) 1985
23 10 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE (T-Z) 1985
23 11 COUNTY CHAPTER CORRESPONDENCE
Annual Reports 198523 12 FINANCIAL REPORTS 1985
23 13 MEMBERSHIP LISTS #1 1985
23 14 MEMBERSHIP LISTS #2 1985
Box Folder Title Date
24 1 ANNUAL MEETING 198524 2 ANNUAL REPORT 1986
24 3 ANNUAL TREK 1986
24 4 AWARDS CORRESPONDENCE 1986
24 5 FOUNDATION CORRESPONDENCE 1986
24 6 FINANCIAL CORRESPONDENCE 1986
24 7 FINANCIAL REPORT 1986
24 8 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 1986
24 9 HISTORY DAY 1986
24 10 MEMBERSHIP LISTS 1986
24 11 MEMORIAL FUND 1986
24 12 REPORT TO TETON CTY. MUSEUM BOARD 1986
Box Folder Title Date
25 1 ANNALS CORRESPONDENCE 198725 2 ANNUAL MEETING 1987
25 3 ANNUAL TREK 1987
25 4 AWARDS PROGRAM 1987
25 5 AASLH AWARDS PROGRAM 1987
25 6 WSHS AWARDS PROGRAM 1987
25 7 CORRESPONDENCE #1 1987
25 8 CORRESPONDENCE #2 1987
25 9 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 1987
25 10 HOMSHER ENDOWMENT AND GRANT 1987
25 11 WYOMING HISTORY IN ART 1987
Box Folder Title Date
26 1 ANNUAL MEETING 198826 2 ANNUAL TREK 1988
26 3 AWARDS PROGRAM 1988
26 4 CORRESPONDENCE 1988
26 5 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE #1 1988
26 6 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE #2 1988
26 7 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND REPORTS 1988
Box Folder Title Date
27 1 ANNUAL MEETING 198927 2 ANNUAL TREK 1989
27 3 AWARDS BOOKLET-REVISION COMMITTEE 1989
27 4 AWARDS PROGRAM 1989
27 5 CORRESPONDENCE 1989
27 6 COUNTY CHAPTER CORRESPONDENCE 1989
27 7 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE #1 1989
27 8 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE #2 1989
27 9 HANDBOOK (REVISED)-1987 1989
27 10 HANDBOOK REVISION COMMITTEE (1987) 1989
27 11 HANDBOOK UPDATE 1989
Box Folder Title Date
28 1 LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE 198928 2 MEMBERSHIP CORRESPONDENCE #1 1989
28 3 MEMBERSHIP CORRESPONDENCE #2 1989
28 4 MEMBERSHIP LISTS #1 1989
28 5 MEMBERSHIP LISTS #2 1989
28 6 MEMBERSHIP LISTS #3 1989
28 7 ANNUAL MEETING 1990
28 8 ANNUAL TREK 1990
28 9 AWARDS PROGRAM 1990
28 10 AWARDS PROGRAM BOOK
Guidelines for Committee Chair 199028 11 AWARDS PROGRAM BOOK 1990
28 12 AWARD WINNER LISTINGS (1969-1990) 1990
Box Folder Title Date
29 1 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE #1 199029 2 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE #2 1990
29 3 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 1990
29 4 HISTORY NEWS (1980-1987) 1990
29 5 HISTORY NEWS (1988-1990) 1990
29 6 HOMSHER FUND 1990
29 7 MEMBERSHIP CORRESPONDENCE 1990
29 8 MEMBERSHIP LISTS #1 1990
29 9 MEMBERSHIP LISTS #2 1990
Box Folder Title Date
30 1 ANNUAL TREK 199130 2 AWARDS PROGRAM 1991
30 3 COUNTY CHAPTER CORRESPONDENCE #1 1991
30 4 COUNTY CHAPTER CORRESPONDENCE #2 1991
30 5 COUNTY CHAPTER CORRESPONDENCE #3 1991
30 6 HISTORY NEWS CORRESPONDENCE 1991
30 7 HOMSHER GRANT 1991
30 8 HOMSHER GRANT APPLICANTS 1991
30 9 MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE 1991
Box Folder Title Date
31 1 MEMBERSHIP CORRESPONDENCE (A-G) 199131 2 MEMBERSHIP CORRESPONDENCE (H-O) 1991
31 3 MEMBERSHIP CORRESPONDENCE (P-Z) 1991
31 4 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING 1991
31 5 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CORRESPONDENCE 1991
31 6 FORT BRIDGER HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
(1980-1991) 199131 7 MEMBERSHIP LISTS #1 1991
31 8 MEMBERSHIP LISTS #2 1991
31 9 OFFICERS’ CORRESPONDENCE 1991
31 10 PRESIDENT’S CORRESPONDENCE 1991
Box Folder Title Date
32 1 ANNUAL MEETING 199232 2 ANNUAL TREK 1992
32 3 AWARDS PROGRAM 1992
32 4 CORRESPONDENCE (OFFICERS) 1992
32 5 CORRESPONDENCE (A-K) 1992
32 6 CORRESPONDENCE (L-Z) 1992
32 7 COUNTY CHAPTER INFORMATION 1992
32 8 EXECUTIVE CORRESPONDENCE 1992
32 9 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGS 1992
32 10 FINANCIAL REPORT 1992
32 11 HANDBOOK 1992
Box Folder Title Date
33 1 HANDLEY, SCOTT GRANT 199233 2 HOMSHER GRANT 1992
33 3 HOMSHER PROJECT GRANTS 1992
33 4 MEMBERSHIP LISTS #1 1992
33 5 MEMBERSHIP LISTS #2 1992
33 6 WORLD WAR II PLANNING GRANT 1992
33 7 ANNUAL MEETING 1993
33 8 AWARDS PROGRAM 1993
33 9 WYOMING HISTORY CALANDER 1993
33 10 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 1993
Box Folder Title Date
34 1 EXECUTIVE CORRESPONDENCE 199234 2 FINANCIAL CORRESPONDENCE 1993
34 3 HISTORICAL SOCIETY BILLING 1993
34 4 HOMSHER GRANT 1993
34 5 HOMSHER PROJECT GRANTS
Forms, Winners List 199334 6 MEMBERSHIP CORRESPONDENCE (A-L) 1993
34 7 MEMBERSHIP CORRESPONDENCE (M-Z) 1993
34 8 MEMBERSHIP LISTS #1 1993
34 9 MEMBERSHIP LISTS #2 1993
Box Folder Title Date
35 1 PICKETT-REID, PEGGY GRANT 199335 2 WORLD WAR II PROJECT 1993
35 3 WORLD WAR II IN WYOMING PROJECT 1993
35 4 WORLD WART II PUBLIC PROGRAMS 1993
35 5 WYOMING HISTORY NEWS (1991-1993) 1993
Box Folder Title Date
36 1 ANNUAL MEETING 199436 2 ANNUAL MEETING INFORMATION 1994
36 3 CALLENDAR CORRESPONDENCE/RECORDS 1994
36 4 CORRESPONDENCE (GENERAL) 1994
36 5 DISBURSEMENTS 1994
36 6 EXECUTIVE CORRESPONDENCE (GENERAL) 1994
36 7 EXECUTIVE CORRESPONDENCE #1
(1989-1994) 199436 8 EXECUTIVE CORRESPONDENCE #2
(1989-1994) 199436 9 FINANCIAL REPORTS 1994
36 10 FOUNDATION CORRESPONDENCE 1994
Box Folder Title Date
37 1 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 199437 2 GROWING UP IN WYOMING PROJECT 1994
37 3 HOMSHER GRANT 1994
37 4 INTERIM REPORT
Acreage Limitation (1980) 1994 37 5 MEMBERSHIP LISTS #1 199437 6 MEMBERSHIP LISTS #2 1994
37 7 PRESIDENT’S CORRESPONDENCE 1994
37 8 WORLD WAR II EXHIBITS #1 1994
37 9 WORLD WAR II EXHIBITS #2 1994
37 10 A WAY OF LIFE - ONE FAMILY’S LEGACY 1994
Box Folder Title Date
38 1 ANNALS CORRESPONDENCE 199538 2 ANNUAL MEETING #1
Correspondence and Documents 199538 3 ANNUAL MEETING #2
Correspondence and Documents 199538 4 AWARDS PROGRAM
Correspondence and Information 199538 5 CALENDAR ORDERS 1995
38 6 CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 1995
38 7 EXECUTIVE CORRESPONDENCE #1 1995
38 8 EXECUTIVE CORRESPONDENCE #2 1995
Box Folder Title Date
39 1 EXECUTIVE CORRESPONDENCE #3 199539 2 EXPIRED MEMBERSHIP LISTS 1995
39 3 FINANCIAL REPORT 1995
39 4 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE (A-L) 1995
39 5 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE (M-Z) 1995
39 6 HISTORICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION 1995
39 7 HOMSHER GRANT 1995
39 8 JOST, LOREN CORRESPONDENCE 1995
39 9 MEMBERSHIP LISTS (ALPHABETICAL) 1995
39 10 MEMBERSHIP LISTS #1 1995
39 11 MEMBERSHIP LISTS #2 1995
39 12 PUBLICITY AND CORRESPONDENCE 1995
39 13 SOCIETY CHANGES AND SUGGESTIONS 1995
39 14 WORLD WAR II IN WYOMING
WSHS Publishing Project - T.A. Larson 1995Box Folder Title Date
40 1 ANNUAL MEETING 199640 2 ANNUAL MEETING CORRESPONDENCE #1 1996
40 3 ANNUAL MEETING CORRESPONDENCE #2 1996
40 4 AWARDS PROGRAM 1996
40 5 CONTRACTS OR AGREEMENTS 1996
40 6 CORRESPONDENCE (A-K) 1996
40 7 CORRESPONDENCE (L-Z) 1996
40 8 CORRESPONDENCE (GENERAL) 1996
Box Folder Title Date
41 1 COUNTY CHAPTER CORRESPONDENCE
(A-C) 199641 2 COUNTY CHAPTER CORRESPONDENCE
(F-N) 199641 3 COUNTY CHAPTER CORRESPONDENCE
(P-W) 199641 4 COUNTY CHAPTER INFORMATION
(1994-1996) 199641 5 DONATIONS 1996
41 6 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
(Maurine Carley Historic Preservation Nominees) 199641 7 EXECUTIVE CORRESPONDENCE #1 1996
41 8 EXECUTIVE CORRESPONDENCE #2 1996
41 9 EXECUTIVE MEETING 1996
Box Folder Title Date
42 1 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 199642 2 HANDBOOK UPDATE (1990-1992) 1996
42 3 HOMSHER GRANTS 1996
42 4 MEMBERSHIP REPORTS 1996
42 5 MEMBERSHIP LISTS #1 1996
42 6 MEMBERSHIP LISTS #2 1996
42 7 MONTHLY REPORTS ( 1984-1994) 1996
42 8 PUBLICATION CORRESPONDENCE 1996
42 9 SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN PROJECT 1996
42 10 STATE OFFICER AND COMMITTEE LISTINGS 1996
42 11 TREASURER’S CORRESPONDENCE 1996
42 12 WYOMING FROM THE BEGINNING 1996
42 13 WYOMING HISTORY JOURNAL 1996
42 14 WYOMING HISTORY NEWS (1992-1995) 1996
Box Folder Title Date
43 1 ANNUAL MEETING 199643 2 DECELLE, JERRY FILE 1996
43 3 EXECUTIVE CORRESPONDENCE #1 1997
43 4 EXECUTIVE CORRESPONDENCE #2 1997
43 5 EXECUTIVE CORRESPONDENCE #3 1997
43 6 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 1997
43 7 LARAMIE PLAINS MUSEUM
Publications, Newsletters (1989-1997) 199743 8 MEMBERSHP CORRESPONDENCE 1997
43 9 PUBLICATION COMMUNICATION 1997
Box Folder Title Date
44 1 ANNUAL MEETING 199844 2 ANNUAL TREK CORRESPONDENCE 1998
44 3 ANNUAL TREK INFORMATION 1998
44 4 COMMERCE DEPARTMENT
Partnership Agreement 199844 5 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 1998
44 6 FINANCIAL CORRESPONDENCE 1998
44 7 FINANCIAL REPORT 1998
44 8 HOMSHER TRUST GRANT 1998
44 9 WYOMING ASSOCATION OF PROFESSIONAL
HISTORIANS (1994-1998) 1998Box Folder Title Date
45 1 ANNUAL MEETING 199845 2 ANNUAL MEETING BROCHURES 1999
45 3 ANNUAL TREK (ALBANY COUNTY) 1999
45 4 ANNUAL TREK BOOKLET REJECTS 1999
45 5 ANNUAL TREK BROCHURE GALLEY PROOF 1999
45 6 ANNUAL TREK INFORMATION
Correspondence, Clippings 199945 7 ANNUAL TREK MULTI-MEDIA PROMOTION 1999
45 8 ANNUAL TREK PRESS RELEASE
Correspondence, Information 1999Box Folder Title Date
46 1 BUS TOUR TALK AND MAPS 199946 2 CORRESPONDENCE (ANNUAL MEETING) 1999
46 3 CORRESPONDENCE (GENERAL) 1999
46 4 HISTORY DAY (OLD REFERENCES) 1999
46 5 HISTORY SOCIETY FOUNDATION 1999
46 6 LAWRENCE, AMY FILE 1999
46 7 SCHOLARSHIP APPLICANTS 1999
46 8 WYOMING HISTORY NEWS (1989-1994) 1999
46 9 WYOMING HISTORY NEWS (1995-1999) 1999
46 10 WYOMING TRAILS NEWSLETTER (1993-1999) 1999
Series II. Presidential Papers, 1994-1997
Subseries 1. Michael Cassity Papers, 1994-1997Box Folder Title Date
47 1 MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION/STATISTICS 199447 2 ANNUAL MEETING 1995
47 3 COMPRESSED VIDEO SYSTEM 1995
47 4 EXECUTIVE MEETING 1995
47 5 ANNUAL MEETING 1995
47 6 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 1996
47 7 E-MAIL CORRESPONDENCE 1996
47 8 FINANCIAL REPORTS 1996
47 9 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 1996
47 10 HANDBOOK AND CORRESPONDENCE 1996
47 11 MEMBERSHIP LISTS 1996
47 12 WEB PAGE PROJECT 1996
47 13 WEST, JUDY CORRESPONDENCE 1996
47 14 EXECUTIVE CORRESPONDENCE 1997
47 15 HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS
For Deaccessioning 199747 16 MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE 1997
47 17 MISCELLANEOUS 1997
47 18 PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE (1996-1997) 1997
Series III. Membership Ledgers, 1953-1983
Box Folder Title Date
48 MEMBERSHIP RECORDS 1953-195748 MEMBERSHIP RECORDS 1957-1963
48 FINANCIAL RECORDS 1953-1968
48 FINANCIAL RECORDS 1968-1983
Series IV. Miscellaneous Journals and Reports, 1873-1890
Box Folder Title Date
49 COUNCIL JOURNAL OF THE THIRD
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE
TERRITORY OF WYOMING 187349 HOUSE JOURNAL OF THE FOURTH
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE
TERRITORY OF WYOMING 187549 COUNCIL JOURNAL OF THE SEVENTH
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE
TERRITORY OF WYOMING 188249 REPORT OF THE GOVERNOR OF WYOMING
MADE TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR 188349 REPORT OF THE GOVERNOR OF WYOMING
MADE TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR 188349 REPORT OF THE GOVERNOR OF WYOMING
MADE TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR 188549 REPORT OF THE GOVERNOR OF WYOMING
MADE TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR 188549 RESOURCES OF WYOMING 1889 1889
49 HOUSE JOURNAL OF THE ELEVENTH
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY 1890Series V. Wyoming State Historical Society Seal, 1964
Box Folder Title Date
50 ALLISON, BILL Entry 196450 CARPENTER, DON (MRS.) Entry 1964
50 GAITHER, JAMES Entry 1964
50 KEENAN, PETER (MRS.) 4 Entries 1964
50 LINK, PATRICK 19 Entries 1964
50 TELLIER, PATRICIA Entry 1964
50 SWEEM, GLENN 2 Entries 1964
50 RAMSEY, WILLIAM (MRS.) Entry 1964
50 YALE, DON 2 Entries 1964
50 COUNTY HISTORICAL SEAL 1964
50 WSHS HISTORICAL SEAL (FINAL CHOICE) 1964
Series VI. Maps 1883-1965
Box Folder Title Date
51 SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN-CHEYENNE 189851 SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN-CHEYENNE 1924
51 SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN-TOWNSHIP #40 1943
51 FREMONT COUNTY 1947
51 SWEETWATER COUNTY 1947
51 FREIGHTER GAP 1958
51 SUPERIOR 1958
51 EMIGRANT GAP (2 items) 1951
51 POISON SPIDER 1951
51 RED CANYON 1951
51 SQUARE TOP BUTTE 1951
51 MANDERSON 1960
51 THERMOPOLIS 1960
Box Folder Title Date
52 FORT BRIDGER SURVEY 195852 FORT CASPER AND INDEPENDENCE ROCK
SURVEY 195852 FORT LARAMIE AND FORT FETTERMAN
SURVEY 195852 FORT BRIDGER SURVEY 1964
52 NIOBRARA COUNTY 1953
52 NATRONA COUNTY 1953
52 NATRONA COUNTY 1955
52 CASPER AND VACINITY 1955
52 RED HOLE 1960
52 STATE OF WYOMING
Paul Henderson Annotations 188352 STATE OF WYOMING
Paul Henderson Annotations No DateBox Folder Title Date
53 PATHFINDER RESERVIOIR 192953 SANDFORD RANCH, NATRONA COUNTY 1959
53 PONY EXPRESS ROUTE
By L.C. Bishop and Paul Henderson 196053 DEADWOOD NORTH, SOUTH DAKOTA 1965
53 DEADWOOD SOUTH, SOUTH DAKOTA 1965
53 CROOKS TOWER, SOUTH DAKOTA 1965
53 NATHANT, SOUTH DAKOTA 1965
53 SPEARFISH, SOUTH DAKOTA 1965
53 CASPER AND VICINITY No Date
53 LOST CABIN AND LANDER AND VICINITY No Date
53 SHERIDAN AND VICINITY No Date
53 WIND RIVER RANGE AND VICINITY No Date
Series VII. Audio-visual Materials, 1987-1997
Box Folder Title Date
54 EXECUTIVE MEETING
Audio-cassette June 16, 199554 EXECUTIVE MEETING
3 Audio-cassettes August 12, 199554 EXECUTIVE BOARD
3 Audio-cassettes Sept. 8, 199554 ANNUAL MEETING
Audio-cassette Sept. 9, 199554 EXECUTIVE MEETING
Audio-cassette Sept. 6, 199654 EXECUTIVE MEETING
Audio-cassette Sept. 7, 199654 EXECUTIVE MEETING
4 Audio-cassettes Nov. 2, 199654 EXECUTIVE MEETING
Teton County Presentation
4 Audio-cassettes Feb. 2, 199754 EXECUTIVE MEETING
Audio-cassette Sept. 5, 199754 BUSINESS MEETING
Audio-cassette Sept. 6, 199754 WORLD WAR II SYMPOSIUM, CASPER
VHS tape Nov. 3, 199554 DUBOIS MUSEUM
VHS tape May 6, 198754 WYOMING STATE SONG
Wyoming Centennial Project
Park County Historical Society
Reel-to-reel tape No DateOversized Items:
SURVEYORS OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN
1" VHS tape c1987WYOMING FROM THE BEGINNING
1" Reel Video Tape 1993WYOMING FROM THE BEGINNING
8 mm movie film