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Wyoming

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

MS 586 - Barbara O'Kelly Collection, Covey's Little America Placemat

 Collection — Box MS586.OSS1
Identifier: MS 586
Abstract

COLLECTION DEACCESSIONED 2020-12 Placemat: Covey's Little America Souvenir, US Highway 30, Wyoming, c. 1935

Dates: Other: Date acquired: 01/22/2018

MS 590 - George Morgan Collection

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: MS 590
Abstract

The collection contains pictures of Yellowstone sights, Boysen Dam, and the Shoshone Dam. Many of the pictures are taken or professionally finished by photoshops. Purchased images include Lucier Photo. Privately developed images come from Van Doran Photo Shop, and the Lorimor Studio. These pictures and postcards were most likely purchased or taken on a trip to Yellowstone as souviners.

Dates: Created: 1924-1926; Other: Date acquired: 07/12/2016

MS 591- Glenda Bell Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS 591
Abstract This collection includes the research materials and notes of Glenda Bell and Barbara Fisher from their exhibition and presentation titled "Yellowstone's Faithful Tourists in the National Park." The exhibition and the presentation focused on tourism in the national park, specifically the first white women in the park and their experiences. The exhibition ran from June 9th 1989 to November 30 1989. Bell and Fisher's presentation was very "spirited" and had a fun little script that made the...
Dates: Created: 1883-1989; Other: Majority of material found in 1887; Other: Date acquired: 07/29/2015

MS 592 - Roger Schauer Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS 592
Abstract

The collection includes a photograph album of early twentieth century life in Montana. The years in the album range from 1919 to 1930 and the subjects of the photograph appear to all be apart of the same family. The pictures are of the town in Montana that they lived in, significant moments in their lives, and trips to Yellowstone and dude ranches in Wyoming.

Dates: Created: 1919-1930; Other: Date acquired: 10/02/2006

MS 593 - Yellowstone Photograph Collection

 Collection — OS Folder 1
Identifier: MS 593
Abstract The collection includes two photographs depicting different historical moments in Yellowstone's history. One of the pictures is of the first automobile tour that took place in Yellowstone in 1915. This moment would change how Yellowstone is toured and seen, even impacting how tourists move through Yellowstone today. The second picture is of an Army pack moving through Yellowstone. This shows Yellowstone in the time before the National Park Service and when the Army ran Yellowstone National...
Dates: Created: 1915-1915; Other: Majority of material found in undated, 1915; Other: Date acquired: 03/31/2016

MS 594 - John "Johnnie D" Hopkins Collection

 Collection — 1 Folder
Identifier: MS 594
Abstract

This collection contains the indictment of the John "Johnnie D" Hopkins. John Hopkins was charged with "unlawfully and willfully" branding one head of cattle with the brand NΛY. The indictment shows the rising tensions that happened in the years leading up to the Johnson County War. In 1884 the Maverick Law was passed in the Wyoming Territory, making cattle ranching hard for smaller ranchers. The Maverick Law was one of the tipping points to the Johnson County War in 1892.

Dates: Created: 1887-1887; Other: Majority of material found in 1887; Other: Date acquired: 10/26/2006

MS 605 - Powell Centennial Speakers Collection

 Collection — Box MS605.01
Identifier: MS 605
Abstract

17 DVD recordings of Oral History interviews regarding Powell history

Dates: Created: 2008-2009; Other: Date acquired: 05/04/2010