CF1, D1, Folder 42

California History

1. Letter from Bob, November 14, 1968

2. Letter from Bob in Placerville, CA, November 25

3. Letter from California State Library with photo services price list, December 2, 1968

4. Letter to California State Library, December 8, 1968

5. Letter from the California State Library, December 24, 1968, with envelope

6. Letter to California State Library, December 27, 1968

7. Photo of Hangtown, 1850, 2 copies, one 5 X 7, one 8 X 10

8. Photo of Hangtown, 1858

CF1, D1, Folder 43

California History

1. “Coke Wood, 73, noted state historian, dies”, Angeles Mesa News, November 8, 1979, 2 copies

2. “Founder honored”, Angeles Mesa News – Tribune News – Inglewood, November 8, 1979

3. “Historian Coke Wood dies”, Stockton Record, December 17, 1979

4. “Historian Wood A Man of Legacy”, Stockton Record

5. Jedediah Smith annual meeting April 3, 1982

6. Jedediah Smith Society invitation (Jedediah Smith was the first American to cross overland to California, 1826)

7. Letter about the California Historical Society with poem to Coke Wood

8. Letter to Mr. Bacon, February 5, 1976

9. Letter from Coke Wood, June 2, 1977

10. Letter to R. Coke Wood, October 1, 1979

11. Letter to R. Coke Wood, October 17, 1979

12. Letter from Evelyn Wood, after December 15, 1979

13. Letter from Moss to Marra about the loss of Coke, December 20, 1979

14. Letter to R. Coke Wood, July 22, 1980

15. Letter to Mrs. Wood, August 12, 1980

16. Letter to Dr. James Shebl, University of the Pacific, April 20, 1982

17. Memorial Bulletin for Richard Coke Wood

18. Negatives of Wood or his funeral party

19. “Mr. California’s legacy”, The Sacramento Bee, December 23, 1979, two copies

20. “Owens Valley as I knew it” by R. Coke wood, PhD. 35 pages with a 4 page Appreciation

21. Placemat with picture of woman cooking on a hearth on one side and notes about Mr. Julian Smith Bacon on the back

22. Poem to Coke Wood by John Spears

23. Photo of J. Smith Bacon, 2

24. Photo of R.C. Wood

25. Photo of Old Mountain, Owens Valley

26. Photos of Junipero Serra’s signature, 3

27. Photos of San Luis Rey documents, 3

28. Postcard from R. Coke Wood, October 5, 1979

29. Slides of San Luis Rey, 3

30. Photos of Richard Coke Wood receiving an award, 2, 1 with his wife

31. “Richard Coke Wood, noted historian, dies in Stockton”, Stockton Record, December 17, 1979

32. “Richard Coke Wood, noted historian, dies in Stockton”, Sacramento Bee,  December 18, 1979

33. “The Stockton Corral of Westerners”, R. Coke Wood, 2 copies

34. “Dr. R. Coke Wood selected to receive award”, Ladera (California) News, October 3, 1979, original and copy of text

35. Dr. Richard Coke Wood obituary, Humboldt Beacon, February 7, 1980, 2 copies

CF1, D1, Folder 44

Charles Carroll, 1737-1832

1. Charles Carroll from Dictionary of American Biography

2. Drawing of Charles Carroll reproduced by E.J. Haley

3. “History News”, August 1968

4. Letter from Maryland Historical Society, April 3, 1979

5. Letter from Museum and Library of Maryland History, circa 1979

6. “Maryland: Charles Carroll of Carrollton …ever a first”, 5 pages

7. Note card about Charles Carroll

8. Photo order information from Maryland Historical Society, April 30, 1979

CF1, D1, Folder 45

George Washington Carver, 1864-1943

1. 12 slides that look like they are from George Washington Carver’s burial place

2. 16 page article about George Washington Carver including a brochure from the George Washington Carver Museum at Tuskegee Institute

3. “[1897 or thereabouts George Washington Carver’s own brief history of his life]”

4. “Dr. Carver acquired honor despite many handicaps” by Robert R. Barry of the Tom Huston Peanut Company

5. Drawing of George Washington Carver with quote “Without God to draw aside the curtain, I would be helpless.” reproduced by E.J. Haley

6. [Facts about George Washington Carver] 2 copies

7. “From the Laboratories of Dr. George Washington Carver”

8. George Washington Carver brochure and photocopy

9. “George Washington Carver” from Dictionary of American Biography

10. “George Washington Carver” from Who’s Who in America

11. “George Washington Carver Kansas Homesteader” by Matt Dodge, True West, April 1984

12. George Washington Carver Museum Tuskegee Institute brochure, original and Photocopy

13. “Gorge Washington Carver, the Wizard of Tuskegee”

14. Letter to the Tuskegee Institute, May 10, 1973

15. Letter from the Tuskegee Institute, May 24, 1973, including envelope

16. Letter to Polk’s Studio, Tuskegee Institute, June 15, 1973

17. Letter to the State Historical Society of Missouri, December 1, 1977

18. Letter from The State Historical Society of Missouri, December 7, 1977, including envelope

19. Letter to George Washington Carver National Monument, May 10, 1979

20. Letter from George Washington Carver National Monument, May 17, 1979

21. Letter to George Washington Carver National Monument, May 21, 1979

22. Letter from US Department of the Interior, May 29, 1979, including envelope

23. Letter to George Washington Carver National Monument, June 1 1979

24. “A Life of Service [Mariah Watkins, 1824-1925]” by Bobbie Kennard

25. Note card about George Washington Carver

26. Postcard of Visitor Center at George Washington Carver National Monument  

CF1, D1, Folder 46

Catholic Church in the United States

1. Christmas card from Mount Angel Abbey with nativity scene on the front, 1982

2. Christmas card from Mount Angel Abbey with John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in him may not die but have eternal life”, 1983

3. Letter to Mount Angel Abbey, November 4, 1981

4. Letter from Mount Angel Abbey, November 17, 1981

5. Letter to Mount Angel Abbey, December 5, 1981

6. Letter from Mount Angel Abbey, January 23, 1982

7. Letter to Mount Angel Abbey, February 2, 1982

8. Letter to Mount Angel Abbey, February 5, 1982

9. Letter from Mount Angel Abbey, February 14, 1982

10. Letter to Mount Angel Abbey, March 12, 1982

11. Mount Angel Abbey cut lines - photos by Br. Benjamin, OSB, 2 copies

12. Photo of “Abbey Church, in background is Aquinas Hall, the major Seminary Abbey Church is connected to the monastery. It is not a parish church.

13. Photo of “The Abbey Scholar practicing with the people before Mass”

14. Photo of “Air view of the hilltop, the monastery is the largest building at the far end of the picture top faces basically east, Mt. St. Helens which can be seen from the hilltop is off to the left (north)”

15. Photo of “Fr. Blaise Turk, OSB teaching in the seminary”

16. Photo of “ordination of Fr. Konrad Schaefer, O.S.B. in the Abbey Church”

17. Photo of “Pontifical Vespers on the feast of St. Benedict in the Abbey Church, banners commemorate 1,500 since St. Benedict and our 100 years as an Abbey”         Photo of “Some of the junior members (those not yet in final vows) in the Fort – the Art Studio

18. Photo of “View of the Abbey Bells taken through one of the arches in front of the          Abbey Church

CF1, D1, Folder 47

Cattle – Texas

1. Letter to Texas Longhorn Breeders Association of America, June 17, 1980

2. “Longhorns bring $26,000”, Capper’s Weekly, 6-24-1980

3. “Texas Longhorn Centennial Trail Drive”, 1866-1966, booklet

4. “Texas Longhorn Centennial Trail Drive, 1866-1966, The Cattle That Made Texas”,  63 pages

CF1, D1, Folder 48

Cattle – Texas

1. “Bison came back to Oklahoma in 1907”, Capper’s Weekly, 10-20-742 copies

2. Letter to Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, November 2, 1972

3. Letter from Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, November 20, 1972

4. Letter to Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, November 27, 1972

5. Letter from Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, December 18, 1972

6. Letter to Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, December 21, 1972

7. Letter from Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, January 8, 1973

8. “Mammals of the Wichita – Mountains Wildlife Refuge”, 10 pages

9. “Mammals of the Wichita – Mountains Wildlife Refuge”, 4 pages

10. Note card about cattle

11. Page 6 of a list of animals from the Department of the Interior

12. Photo of “branding buffalo calves”

13. Photo of “Buffalo on Wichita Mountain Refuge”

14. Photo of “Longhorns on Wichita Mountain Refuge”

15. Photo of “Longhorns sashaying across range in Wichita Mountain Refuge”

16. Photo of [one cow or bull]

17. Photo of “taking blood samples in order to test for Brucellosis”

18. “The Texas Longhorn” brochure from Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma

19. “The Texas Longhorn”, Conservation Note 18, United States Department of the Interior

20. “The Texas Longhorn – The Cattle That Made Texas”, 20 pages          

21. “The Wichita Buffalo Herd”, Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge

CF1, D1, Folder 49

Cattle – United States

1. 1 scrap of a note about Felix Renick, introducer of whiteface shorthorn cattle

2. “Pioneer family helped improve Scioto livestock”, Chillicome Gazette, July 22, 1972

3. Program for a dedication of a monument to Felix Renick, 1 ½ faded copies

CF1, D1, Folder 50

John Chapman, 1775-1847

1. 1^st printing of any story about Johnny Appleseed, Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, November 1871

2. “John Chapman”, Dictionary of American Biography

3. “John Chapman, Johnny Appleseed”, Harper’s Weekly, November 1871, 22 pages

4. “John Chapman, ‘Johnny Appleseed’”, Ohio Historical Center, from History of the State of Ohio, William T. Utter, 1942

5. “Johnny Appleseed – John Chapman, his memory honored with a monument at Mansfield, OH, Ohio Archives and Historical Society Publications, 3 pages

6. “Johnny Appleseed Source Book”, Robert C. Harris

7. “Johnny Appleseed planted orchards over the wilderness”, James Eldredge, Capper’s Weekly, 3-23-71

8. “Johnny planted apple seeds in Sarah’s memory”, by H.N. Ferguson, Capper’s Weekly, 5-15-79

9. Letter to the Ohio Historical Society, November 15, 1971

10. Letter to Allen County – Fort Wayne Historical Society, November 15, 1971

11. Letter from the Ohio Historical Society, November 18, 1971

12. Letter to the Ohio Historical Society, November 23, 1971

13. Letter from the Ohio Historical Society, November 26, 1971

14. Letter to The Ohio Historical Society, May 31, 1972

15. Letter to Harper Magazine Company, July 1, 1980

16. 3 note cards about Johnny Appleseed

17. Photo of Johnny Appleseed monument, Mansfield, Ohio

18. Photo of a letter from The Western Reserve Historical Society, 10-30-11

19. Postcard from Harper’s Magazine, about 1980

20. “Tale of Johnny Appleseed is told”, Earl Aronson, The Columbian, October 13, 1974

CF1, D1, Folder 51

Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, 1805-1866

1. Aerial photo of land from Danner, Oregon to the grave of Jean Baptiste Charbonneau

2. “Charbonneau” by Roy Morris, two pages

3. “Children of Daniel Thomas Charbonneau and Phila May Wantz

4. Daniel T. Charbonneau Family, year 1915

5. “Documents J.B. Charbonneau wrote as Acalde…” original page from a book and photocopy

6. “Explorer’s descendant to make Oregon tour”, Oregonian, August 3, 1971

7. “Franz Charbonneaux named acting postmaster, was former superintendent of schools”

8. Genealogy from Pro International Corporation to Franz Charbonneau, April 28, 1969

9. “In loving memory of Franz Charbonneau…” with artist representation of Jesus on the front and note from Joy Charbonneaux on the back “Jean Baptiste Charbonneau”, Reference Series, no. 428,  Idaho Historical Society

10. “J.B. Charbonneau, son of Sacajawea”, by Irving W. Anderson, Oregon Historical Quarterly, September 1970

11. Letter from Earl McLees to Mrs. Wayne Charbonneaux, April 17, 1964

12. Letter from Bert Hansen to Thelma Charbonneaux, August 13, 1964

13. Letter from Pete Charbonneaux to Wilson Charbonneaux, October 27, 1964

14. Letter from Pete Charbonneaux to Wilson Charbonneaux, November 16, 1964

15. Letter to Franz Charbonneaux, September 14, 1968

16. Letter from Clair Houseman to Franz Charbonneau, November 29, 1968

17. Letter to Des Moines County Historical Society, Iowa, February 14, 1969

18. Letter from Franz Charbonneaux, February 26, 1969

19. Letter from Burlington Chamber of Commerce, February 21, 1969

20. Letter to Franz Charbonneaux, March 4, 1969

21. Letter from Franz Charbonneaux, March 20, 1969

22. Letter to Franz Charbonneaux, March 24, 1969

23. Letter from Franz Charbonneaux, April 18, 1969

24. Letter to Franz Charbonneaux, April 29, 1969

25. Letter to Franz Charbonneaux, May 5, 1969

26. Letter to Franz Charbonneaux, May 20, 1969

27. Letter from Franz Charbonneaux, May 25

28. Letter to Franz Charbonneaux, June 3, 1969

29. Letter to Mrs. Franz Charbonneaux, July 15, 1969

30. Letter to Mrs. Franz Charbonneaux, November 20, 1969

31. Letter to Mike Hanley with an explanatory note, November 22, 1970

32. Letter to William Clark Adreon, February 23, 1972

33. Letter to Father Maynard Geiger, OFM, July 5, 1974

34. Letter from Irving W. Anderson, July 5, 1974

35. Letter to the Reverend Father Maynard Geiger, O.F.M., July 20, 1974

36. Map of Oregon, circa 1970

37. Names of Grandfather and Grandmother Charbonneaux

38. Note from Franz Charbonneaux

39. Photo of Charbonneau gravesite

40. Photo of Daniel and Philon Mae Charbonneau and children plus a photocopy reading “my father, Daniel T. Charbonneau and family, 1915

41. Photo of grave of Jean Baptiste Charbonneau

42. Photo of Louis Napoleon Charbonneau and Parmelia Jane Mapes Charbonneau and photocopy of photo with writing “grandfather and wife”

43. Photo of people standing in front of the house of Jean Baptiste Charbonneau

44. Photocopy of Lewis and Clark at Three Forks, State Capitol Mural, Montana, E.S. Paxson, artist

45. Photo negative a Jean Baptiste Charbonneau’s grave, two copies from different Angles

46. Photo negative of Aerial photo of land from Danner, Oregon to the grave of Jean Baptiste Charbonneau

47. “Plastic surgery dissolving Breckinridge County’s Scars”, by Martin Pedigo, The Courier - Journal, September 27, 1965

48. “The Puzzle of Baptiste Charbonneau”, by Helen Addison Howard, The True West Frontier Times, July 1970

49. “Rancher rebuilds wagons from Old West”, by Chris Moore, Oregonian, January 16, 1972

50. “Sacajawea’s Papoose he rests at the end of the trail”, by Irving W. Anderson, Government Lands Digest, June 1974

51. Slides of people at Sacajawea State Park in Washington, two different poses, one by a tree and one by a monument

CF1, D1, Folder 52

Choral Music – Oregon

1. “The Apollo Club [editorial]”, by Miss Viola Ogden, Oregon Journal, November 26, 1946

2. Apollo Club of Portland Male Chorus Concert program, May 4, 1945

3. Apollo Club of Portland Male Chorus Concert program, December 4, 1945

4. “Apollo Club and Soloist Win Ovation”, by Susie Aubrey Smith

5. “Apollo Club to Open 56^th Concert Season”, Oregon Journal, December 1, 1946

6. “Audience enjoys male renditions”, by Mervin Shoemaker

7. “Concert given by Apollo Club”, by Hilmar Grondahl

8. “Excerpts from the By-Laws of The Apollo Club of Portland, Oregon as amended August 4, 1942

9. “Heart Attack Proves Fatal”, May 17, 1949, to which Mr. Emerson added “Apollo’s [Albert Edward] Jones goes to Maker [at age 52]”

10. “The Joy of Singing”, 21 pages

11. Photo of Margaret Zimmerman

12. “Tenor Hailed for Concert”, by Hilmar Grondahl, Oregonian, 1946

CF1, D1, Folder 53

Cities and Towns – Massachusetts – Bedford

1. “A Revolutionary Town”, by Louise K. Brown, order form, 2 copies

2. “The Bedford Flag” from Wilderness Town by Louise K. Brown, 1968, 3 pages

3. “The Bedford Flag” 1 page

4. Letter to the Bedford Historical Society, November 20, 1975

5. Letter to the Bedford Historical Society, December 1, 1975

6. Letter from the Bedford Historical Society, December 10, 1975

7. Letter from Judith Brown, December 13, 1975

8. Letter to the Bedford Historical Society, December 22, 1975

9. Letter to Judith Brown, March 4, 1976

10. Letter to The Bedford Historical Society, August 18, 1976

11. Letter from the Bedford Historical Society, November 1, 1976

12. Letter to The Bedford Historical Society, November 11, 1976

13. Letter to the Bedford Free Public Library, January 28, 1977

CF1, D1, Folder 54

Cities and Towns – Missouri – Weston

1. Letter to Weston Historical Museum, March 3, 1978

2. Letter from the Weston Historical Museum, April 4, 1978

3. Letter to R.J. Felling, D.O., April 6, 1978

4. Letter to Weston Historical Museum, November 28 Photo of a drawing of Weston, Missouri

CF1, D1, Folder 55

Cities and Towns – Oregon – Milwaukee – History

1. Letter from L. Whitcomb to Friend Dryer, Cascades, November 1, 1852, History of Milwaukie, The Oregonian, November 6, 1852

2. “Lot Whitcomb – a biography”, written by C.L. Emerson, 9-21-39 at Oregon Historical Library, Portland, 11 pages, 2 copies

3. “Milwaukie Pageant”, 33 pages

4. “Will of Lot Whitcomb”, Marie LaFrance

CF1, D1, Folder 56

Cities and Towns – Oregon – Portland – History

1. 30 half sheets of paper with a cover page reading “Founding and Founders, Civic Development, Religion, Education, Press, and Health”

2. “Bancroft – History of Oregon”, 10 half pages

3. Cancelled check to OHS, March 15, 1973

4. [Growth of Portland from a small village…to a metropolis], 26 pages

5. “History of Portland, Oregon – Bibliography”, by Chas. L. Emerson, OWP, April 7, 1941, 7 pages

6. “History of Portland, Oregon – Civic Development”, by Chas. L. Emerson, OWP, April 8, 1941, 10 pages

7. “History of Portland, Oregon - Founding”, by Chas. L. Emerson, OWP, March 26, 1941, 16 pages

8. Letter to Central Library, Portland, Oregon, August 8, 1941

9. Photo of drawing of New Post Office Building, Portland, Oregon

10. Photo of drawing of Portland, Oregon in 1890

CF1, D1, Folder 57

Cities and Towns – Pennsylvania – Philadelphia

1. “History of Philadelphia, 1609-1884”, by J. Thomas Scharf and Thompson Westcott, pages 243-385

CF1, D1, Folder 58

George Clinton, 1686-1761

1. “Border Raids Menaced Clinton’s New York”, News Release, New York State American Revolution Bicentennial Commission

2. “George Clinton 1777’s Surprise”, 7 pages

3. “George Clinton: The Political Surprise of 1777”, by William A. Polf, The Correspondent, November – December 1977

4. Letter to Office of State History, Albany, NY, July 30, 1980

CF1, D1, Folder 59

John Colter, 1775-1813

1. 1 note card about John Colter

2. 7 half sheets of paper about John Colter

3. 8 full pages of typed notes about John Colter, mostly dates and events

4. “Colter’s Hell: A case of mistaken identity” and “Les Trois Tetons: The Golden Age of Discovery, 1810-1824” both apparently from the same book, 5 pages total

5. “John Colter”, from Dictionary of American Biography

6. “John Colter”, from The Men of the Lewis and Clark Expedition a biographical roster of the fifty one members by Charles G. Clarke, 1970

7. “John Colter”, W.J.G.—t, 4 pages

8. “The Colter Stone: An Authentic Frontier Relic or a Hoax”, by John Daugherty, 5 pages, plus another copy that is 4 pages

9. “In September of 1889…”, 3 pages

10. Letter from Yellowstone National Park, February 1, 1979

11. Letter to the NPS Office of Public Affairs, February 6, 1979

12. Letter to U.S. Department of the Interior, May 30, 1979

13. Letter to Jonathan Scott Arms, Still Photographer, National Park Service, June 6, 1979, with certified mail receipt and return receipt

14. Letter from the National Park Service, June 26, 1979

15. Letter to the National Park Service, June 29, 1979

16. Letter to Yellowstone National Park, July 3, 1979

17. Letter to Yellowstone Library and Museum Association, July 26, 1979

18. Letter to Yellowstone Library and Museum Association, September 13, 1979

19. Letter to Yellowstone Library and Museum Association, October 13, 1979

20. Letter to Yellowstone Library and Museum Association, November 26, 1979

21. Letter to Grand Teton National Park, Moose, WY, March 31, 1980

22. Letter to Grand Teton National Park, Moose, WY, March 31, 1980

23. Letter to Yellowstone Library and Museum Association, April 3, 1980

24. Letter from Yellowstone Library and Museum Association

25. Letter from Grand Teton National Park, Moose, WY, May 6, 1980

26. Letter to Grand Teton National Park, Moose, WY, May 14, 1980

27. Letter from Grand Teton National Park, June 3, 1980

28. Letter to Grand Teton National Park, June 10, 1980

29. Photo of John Colter Stone Accession to Museum

30. William Henry Jackson photograph of the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River, Yellowstone National Park, 1871

CF1, D1, Folder 60

American Composers

1. “The Birth of Dixie”, an historical musical drama by Lee Durieux on the composing of the song “Dixie” by Daniel Decatur Emmett

2. “Daniel Decatur Emmett …there old times…”, 3 pages plus a one page flier for “The Birth of Dixie”

3. “Ferde Grofe, composer, conductor, pianist, arranger, radio and recording artist…”, one page and shorter one paragraph version

4. “Ferde Grofe, his spirit lives on his love for America”, 4 pages

5. “Ferde Grofe, 80, dead of strokes”

CF1, D1, Folder 61

Austrian Composers

1. “Austria: Silent Night…Warmth World Wide”, courtesy Capper’s Weekly, 27 Pages

2. “Austrian Information Service” [Christmas and other Christian holidays as they are celebrated in Austria], 8 pages

3. Card from the Austrian Embassy

4. “Christmas lights free”, Capper’s Weekly, 12-12-1978

5. “The Christmas Story of “Silent Night”, by George H. Godfrey, Northwest Magazine, December 21, 1975

6. Note cards about Silent Night (two)

7. Photo of Memorial Chapel near Salzburg where Silent Night – Holy Night was first heard on December 24, 1818

8. Photo of memorial to priest Joseph Mohr author of text and Composer of Silent Night, Franz Gruber

9. Photo of stained glass window in Memorial Chapel near Salzburg where Silent Night – Holy Night was first heard on December 24, 1818

10. Photo of the score of the Christmas song Silent Night by Franz Gruber

11. “Silent Night”, by Franz Gruber and Joseph Mohr, from the Episcopal Hymnal

12. “Silent Night Village continues old customs”, Capper’s Weekly, December 12, 1978

13. “There “Silent Night” is sung the way Gruber wrote it…” courtesy The Austrian Embassy, Washington, D.C., Capper’s Weekly, and The Portland Oregonian

14. “USA in Oberndorf”, 1 ½ pages

15. “Yule Lights Plaza”, ½ page

CF1, D1, Folder 62

Concord Coach

1. “Abbot – Downing and the Concord Coach”, reprinted from Historical New Hampshire, Volume 20, no. 3, Autumn, 1965, New Hampshire Historical Society, 46 pagesCancelled Check from New Hampshire Historical Society, August 3, 1968

2. “The Concord Coach…it opened the west…The Abbot – Downing Company of Concord Coach, Wagon, and Motor –Truck manufacture, 1813-1928: Harry N. Scheiber, Associate Professor of History, Dartmouth College, 28 pages, plus another copy of pages 13-28

3. Labeled pictures of a stagecoach, 3 pages

4. Letter from the New Hampshire Historical Society, July 29, 1968

5. Letter from the New Hampshire Historical Society, September 17, 1968

6. Letter from the New Hampshire Historical Society, September 23, 1968

7. Letter from the New Hampshire Historical Society, October 16, 1970

8. Photos and negatives of stage coach in building, 8 photos

9. Post card of a Concord Coach from Mrs. C. Camp, February 9, 1971

10. Receipt from the New Hampshire Historical Society, August 6, 1968

11. “The Stagecoach” from Ripley’s Believe it or Not, Tuscaloosa News, 1-3-82

12. “Tips for Stagecoach Travelers” reprinted from the Omaha Herald, October 3,

13. 1877, with a labeled drawing of a stagecoach, and information about the Wells Fargo Bank History Room, from Wells Fargo Bank

CF1, D1, Folder 63

Congressional Cemetery

1. “These noble spirits: The Congressional Cemetery” 9 pages including a map

CF1, D1, Folder 64

Conservation of Natural Resources

1. “An Expanded Great Plains Conservation Program for the 1970’s”, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 5 pages, 2 copies

2. “Gems found in Colorado”, Capper’s Weekly, 5-3-77

3. “The Great Plains Conservation Program – A Progress Report”, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 9 pages, 3 copies

4. “Great Plains Conservation Program” charts, 12 pages

5. “The GPCP – Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow”, 1 copy 11 pages, 1 copy 9 Pages

6. Letter to the Bismarck, ND Public Library, May 25, 1973

7. Letter to the State Historical Society, ND, August 3, 1973

8. Letter to Copyright Office, Library of Congress, June 28, 1974

9. Letter from the Copyright Office, Library of Congress, August 6, 1974

10. Letter to Margaret Flynn, August 9, 1974

11. Letter to Copyright Office, August 19, 1974

12. Letter to Copyright Office, Library of Congress, September 11, 1974

13. Letter from the Copyright Office, Library of Congress, September 16, 1974

14. Letter to John Chapman, September 18, 1974

15. Letter to Neil Chapman, September 25, 1974

16. Letter from Copyright Office, Library of Congress, November 4, 1974

17. Letter to Summy-Birchard Company, December 12, 1974

18. Letter from Summy-Birchard Company, December 18, 1974

19. Letter to Summy-Birchard Company, January 7, 1975

20. Letter to Houghton Mifflin Publishers, January 7, 1975

21. Letter from Houghton Mifflin, January 22, 1975

22. Letter to Houghton Mifflin, February 18, 1975

23. Letter from Houghton Mifflin, March 4, 1975, two copies

24. Letter from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, May 19, 1980

25. Letter to USDA Soil Conservation Service, May 31, 1980

26. Letter from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, June 19, 1980

27. Map of Great Plains area, August 1977, 2 copies

28. Photo [aerial view of windbreaks] by Robert D. Branstead

29. Photo [breaking out depleted range] by M.B. Brunsvold

30. Photo [contour strip cropping] by B. C. McLean

31. Photo [diversion terrace] by W.C. Crawford

32. Photo [Great Plains stubble] by B.C. McLean

33. Photo “Irrigation Furrow” by G.W. Stroup

34. Photo [old field seeded with good range grass] by Herb Jones and D.O. Davis

35. Photo “Pasture Improvement” by A.T. Elder

36. Photo “Range” by Edward Seidensticker

37. Photo “Range – Bush control” by Vernon Hicks

38. Photo [Range management on the Solon Higgins ranch] by James A. Glynn

39. Photo “Range Seeding” by Joe Harris

40. Photo “Range – Stock water” by W. L. Birdwell

41. Photo “Spring Development” B.C. McLean

42. Photo “Strip Cropping (Wheat) – Aerial” by Donald C. Schuhart

43. Photo [stubble mulching tillage] by H.I. Jones

44. Photo “Terraces Construction” by Steven C. Stover

45. Photo “Uniform Grazing” by D.L. Stanford

46. Photo “Water Storage Facility” by Perry Gruhlkey

47. Photo “Waterways Vegetated” by Gene Alexander

48. Photo “Windbreaks” by Erwin W. Cole

49. Photo “Windbreaks” by Norman R. Kempf

50. Postcard with poem “Out Where the West Begins” by Arthur Chapman

51. “Program for the Great Plains”, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, January 1956, 18 pages, 2 copies

52. Return slip from Copyright Office, May 1971

53. “Soil Conservation Service”, 11 pages from a larger document with photos and a map

54. Unopened undeliverable letter sent to John Chapman, dated September 18, 1974

55. Unopened undeliverable letter sent to Neil Chapman, dated September 25, 1974

CF1, D1, Folder 65

Cookery

1. “The Fireside Homemaker’s Club of Jefferson & lake Mills, Wisconsin, 1951, Mrs. Donald F. Marsch, 22 pages

2. “French Pathfinders of Wisconsin”, by Charles E. Brown, 1934

3. Letter from Florence Smith, July 1, 1968

4. Photo of Florence Smith and letter from Bob dated Oct. 4, 1980

CF1, D1, Folder 66

James Fenimore Cooper, 1789-1851

1. “History of Putnam County”, 3 pages from a book with note card about the Enoch Crosby home

2. “James Fenimore Cooper” from Dictionary of National Biography with note card about two famous products of Cooperstown, baseball and The Spy

3. Letter to New York State Historical Association, May 1972

4. Letter from New York State Historical Association, May 10, 1972

5. Letter to Dr. A.J. Irving, January 2, 1973

6. Letter from Putnam County Historical Society, November 12, 1973 with “Enoch Crosby, early American spy” from The Correspondent, Summer 1973

7. Letter from Dr. Albert J. Irving, March 18, 1974

8. Letter Dodd, Mead, & Company, September 9, 1974

9. Letter Dodd, Mead, & Company

10. “New York: James Fenimore Cooper, made by The Spy”, by Dr. Albert J. Irving, with letter from Putnam County Historical Society, NY, November 28, 1973, 30 pages    Photo of bronze statue of James Fenimore Cooper by Victor Salvatore, 1940

11. Photo of Christ Church Cooperstown

12. Photo of Enoch Crosby home

13. Photo of Otsego Hall watercolor

14. Photo of tombstone of James Fenimore Cooper

CF1, D1, Folder 67

Cowboys

1. Frank L. O’Rourke Named to National Cowboy Hall of Fame

2. ‘Hello There” by Robert M. Howard, managing editor of “The Nebraska Cattleman”, pages are numbered 11-31

3. Letter to Tri State Old-time Cowboys Memorial inc., March 4, 1983

4. Letter to Tri State Old-time Cowboys Memorial inc., March 19, 1983

5. Photo of man standing in front of covered wagon, I assume he is Frank O’Rourke the name on the wagon

6. Photo of Frank O’Rourke holding a plaque to Jesse Sears

7. Photo of Old Time Cowboys

8. “Tri State Old Time Cowboys Memorial Museum, Inc.” newsletter for 1982

CF1, D1, Folder 68

Cowboys

1. “The Call Number”, Vol. 28, Fall 1966, No. 1

2. Cancelled check and envelope from Frank O’Rourke, July 6, 1978

3. “A Cowboy’s Prayer”, Tri State Old Time Cowboys Association’s Prayer from Raymond Runnels

4. KCSR ‘Sound Citizen’ and contest winners

5. Letter from Tri State Old Time Cowboys Memorial Museum, Inc. August 16, 1971

6. Letter from Tri State Old Time Cowboys Memorial Museum, Inc. August 16, 1971

7. Letter from Tri State Old Time Cowboys Memorial Museum, Inc. July 5, 1978

8. Letter from Tri State Old Time Cowboys Memorial Museum, Inc. February 11, 1979

9. Letter from Tri State Old Time Cowboys Memorial Museum, Inc. September 29, 1978

10. Letter to Frank O’Rourke, September 30, 1978

11. Letter to Tri-State Cowboys and Frank O’Rourke, January 30, 1979

12. Letter to Frank O’Rourke and wife Jerene, January 30, 1979

13. Letter to Tri State Old time Cowboys Memorial Inc., March 7, 1979 with canceled check

14. Letter to Frank and Jerene O’Rourke, March 11, 1979

15. Letter to Frank O’Rourke, April 19, 1978

16. National Trails System National Scenic and National Historic Trails, December 1978

17. “Nebraska” poem, author unknown, popular among the cowboys of the Fawn Lake Ranch in the early 30’s

18. Notes about post cards and checks, three

19. Oregon Trail Museum Association meeting notes, 1979

20. “O’Rourke is Sound Citizen”

21. “The Pine Post” Nebraska, June 18, 1979

22. Receipt from Tri State Cowboys Memorial Museum, Inc., 7-20-1978

23. Route Map for the Primary Route of the Oregon Trail, 1841-1848, 2 copies

24. Tri State Cowboys Button, Charles Emerson, Dublin GA

CF1, D1, Folder 69

Cowboys

1. Christmas card from Dick Louks, 1980

2. Christmas card and note from Dick Louks, 1982

3. Gordon, Nebraska brochure

4. Letter from Frank O’Rourke, April 1, 1971

5. Letter from Frank O’Rourke and wife Jerene, January 30, 1979

6. Letter to Dick Louks, June 18, 1979

7. Letter from Dick, June 23, 1979

8. Letter to Dick, June 27, 1979

9. Letter from Frank and Jerene, November 26, 1979

10. Letter from Tri State Old Time Cowboys, March 15, 1980

11. Letter from Dick Louks, April 30, 1980

12. Letter to Dick Louks, July 9, 1980

13. Letter from Dick Louks, August 21, 1980

14. Letter from Tri State Old Time Cowboys Memorial Museum, Inc, 1981

15. Letter from Cowgirls association to Mrs. Emerson, April 3, 1982

16. Letter from Laresta Wickman, April 7, 1982

17. Membership dues cancelled check for Tri State Old Time Cowboys and receipt

18. Membership envelope for Persimmon Hill National Cowboy Hall of Fame

19. Newsletter from Tri State Old Time Cowboys Association, 1980

20. Newsletter from Tri State Old Time Cowboys Association, 1983

21. “Mother Died in 1928” pages 32-70 of Frank O’Rourke’s life

22. Photo of eight Old Time Cowboys

23. Photo of Old Time Cowboys, all over 75, June 1966

24. “Tri State Old Time Cowboys Memorial Museum, Inc.”, by Frank O’Rourke, 10 pages, it mentions a book Retracing Old Trails by Frank O’Rourke

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