Correspondence - Employees, 1950-1961
Scope and Contents
Albert J. Talbot (cook) – applying for 1950 position
Mary M. Gustin (cook)
Buster Cashen (hand) – HWW sent him money and offered a horse
Gladys Steffen (cook) – applies but has a small boy (NO)
Cashen and John Burleson (part-time)
Delmer (Corky) Bobbitt (haying in the summer)
Mary McCullum (housekeeper) let go by HWW in 1951
Dan Reardin (line camp job – “year around” - $125/month)
Billings Gazette (1951) – ad for cook ($125/mo. for 5-10 men)
Cashen – HWW sending him to Antler for the Fall roundup
Barney and Maxine Warp (hand and cook - $300/month together)
Dr. Spratt on William Mills’ condition (HWW paying med. bills – ’51)
Vera Simpson (cook)
Beulah Riffil (cook) – HWW picked her up on Sept. 15, 1951
Burleson died, etc.
Beckwith Employment Bureau (Jane Myhre for cook & looking for person to fill “cat-skinning job”)
Ollie Kitchel (irrigation and milking cows)
Dee Flamm (cook) – possible replacement
Lottie Barton (cook)
Charlie Carr (hand) – HWW wants if he can “leave other people alone” and if you are sober”
Crystal Ford (cook) – HWW sent sarcastic letter after she left!! (’53)
McHarg’s Employment Service – HWW looking for cook (’53) – “There is no woman boss…”
Dr. Spratt caring for Dan Maddox (HWW guardian)
Ray Rutherford’s estate ($153.14) – worked for HWW for years
William Mills died in 1954 (HWW covered hospital/funeral expenses for seven years) ---- sister wrote inquiring from Tennessee
SS Admin. regarding HWW’s 74 year-old family school teacher (1955)
Flossie Tipke (cook)
Dick Heller, Jr. (hand) - $200/mo. or $8/day (1956) teachers, cooks, etc., etc.
Joyce Harmon (teacher) - $325/mo.
Mr. Charles Carr (teacher) – hospital bills for severe burns (1958)
Walter Secrest (hand) wants to use his own horses, and HWW says it is OK as long as they are “broke to a rope corral…”
Bill Forney (handle machinery) - $300/mo. for farm and hay Wanda Whitman (cook) her letter and HWW response seeking references and a photo!
BIA recommendation for Leo Plain Feather
Paul Ramette’s medical records / hospital bill
Ken Wheeler (college kid wanting summer work) – 1960
Insurance claim on Richard Heller accident with horse (1960)
Proposition by Junior Smith for HWW to finance ranch (NO)
Dates
- Created: 1950-1961
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
From the Collection: 13.00 boxes
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Creator
- From the Collection: Willcutt (Family)
Repository Details
Part of the McCracken Research Library Repository