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Guide to NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY RESOURCES Crow man and woman inside tipi, 1902-1910 Richard Throssel Papers #02394. Compiled By: Kim Mainardis 1998 Revised By: James Deagon and Leslie Waggener 2008 INTRODUCTION The American Heritage Center (AHC) is ON-LINE ACCESS the University of Wyoming’s archives, Bibliographic access to materials can be rare books and manuscripts repository. reached through University of Wyoming’s AHC collections go beyond Wyoming or library catalog, OCLC (Online Computer the region’s borders to include the Library Center), or the Rocky Mountain American West, the mining and petroleum Online Archive (www.rmoa.org). industries, U.S. politics and world affairs, environment and natural resources, HOURS OF SERVICE journalism, transportation, the history of Monday 10:00am- 9:00pm books, and 20th century entertainment. Tuesday- Friday 8:00am-5:00 pm The American Heritage Center traces its FOR MORE INFORMATION beginnings to the efforts of Dr. Grace PLEASE CALL OR WRITE Raymond Hebard, an engineer, lawyer, American Heritage Center suffragist, historian, and University of University of Wyoming Wyoming professor, librarian, and trustee. Dept. 3924 From approximately 1895 to 1935, 1000 E. University Ave. Hebard collected source materials relating Laramie, WY 82071 to the history of Wyoming, the West, (307)766-4114 (Main number) emigrant trails, and Native Americans. (307)766-3756 (Reference Department) (307)766-5511 (FAX) In 1945, University Librarian Lola Homsher established the Western History Collection at the University of Wyoming, with the materials gathered by Hebard as its nucleus. An active collecting program ensued, and in 1976, the name was changed to the American Heritage Center to reflect the archives’ broad holdings relating to American history. The AHC currently maintains more than 8,000 collections and is the repository for the University of Wyoming archives. ARRANGMENT OF THE GUIDE Arapaho School Children at Carlisle Entries are arranged alphabetically, and AHC Photograph Collections include the name, title, dates, accession number, size, and a description of each collection. A more detailed finding aid to each collection is available at the AHC. Some finding aids are available online through the Rocky Mountain Online Archive (www.rmoa.org). Access to the holdings is unrestricted except where noted. GUIDE TO AHC NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY RESOURCES Allyn, Frank H. Papers, 1846-1968 3 cubic ft. Brimlow, George Francis Papers, 1935- Acc. #5912 1960 1.35 cubic ft. (3 boxes) Frank H. Allyn was the first engineering Acc. #1898 graduate of the University of Wyoming, a drafter in the U.S. Surveyor General’s Brimlow is a historian and author of Office in Cheyenne, an early homesteader articles and books on Western history, of the Riverton Valley, and postmaster of including the books, "The Bannock Indian Riverton, Wyoming, from 1907 to 1914. War of 1878" (1938), "Cavalryman out of He retired from the Wyoming State the West: life of General William Carey Highway Department in 1949, having Brown" (1944), and "Good old days in worked in its drafting office since 1920. Montana Territory: Reminiscences of the Harrington and Butcher families" (1957). The collection contains primarily maps, many by Frank H. Allyn, including Collection consists of correspondence, Wyoming highway maps (1930-1968), manuscripts, and research files relating to lands of Union Pacific Railroad Co., road Brimlow’s research and his books and logs from the Laramie, Cheyenne, and articles. Rawlins areas (1920-1923), Shoshone and other Indian lands, school districts in Brisbin, James S. (James Sanks) Wyoming (1910), and maps of the Papers, 1893-1990 Riverton and Fremont County area 6 items including the original plat of Riverton by Acc. #1932 F.H. Allyn (1906). James S. Brisbin was born in Also included are maps of oil fields and Pennsylvania. He enlisted in the 7th copies of historical maps such as the trail Pennsylvania Volunteers in 1861 and from Missouri to Oregon (1846), routes fought in the first battle of Bull Run. from Ft. Laramie to Great Salt Lake Following extended service in the Civil (1858), and Territory of Wyoming (1876). War, Brisbin was eventually promoted to Some biographical and personal material Major in 1868 and assigned to the 2nd U.S. is also included. Cavalry to fight in the Indian Wars in northwestern Kansas. He then served at Baker and Johnston Omaha in 1872-1874. From 1875 to .30 cubic ft. (1 Box) 1877, he campaigned in the Indian wars in Acc. # 7420 Montana with General Sheridan. The remainder of his career was spent in Baker and Johnston were photographers Montana or at Fort Robinson, Nebraska. who were active in Rock Springs, He died in 1982 at the rank of General. Wyoming and Evanston, Wyoming in Brisbin was also the author of several 1885. Their photographs were of the books on his military career of President Shoshone Indian Tribe. James Garfield. The collection contains glass plate The collection contains two items on negatives of Shoshone Indians. Brisbin family genealogy; an 1868 letter 1 GUIDE TO AHC NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY RESOURCES from Brisbin to his wife Jane near Fort Acc. #3470 McPherson, Nebraska; an 1877 letter to Jane near the Yellowstone River in Mildred Stead Capron (1899-1978) was a Eastern Montana; a photocopy of his photographer, author, and member of the military record, and a 1982 obituary. Society of Women Geographers, 1955- Transcripts are available for Brisbin’s 1978. Her publications included: letters of 1868 and 1877 and for the "Wyoming Indians, Describing the Work genealogy materials. of the Episcopal Church in Wyoming amongst the Shoshone and Arapaho Butler, Charles R. Papers, 1893-1990 Tribes" (1944) and "Prayers at Christmas" 36 cubic ft. (87 boxes) (1944). After arriving in Wyoming in Acc. #9761 1935, she lived on the Arapaho Reservation. She lived in Moose, Charles R. Butler was born in Mason City, Wyoming in Teton County where she Iowa in 1923. After growing up there, he operated Capron Film Productions on the went to college for two years in Ames, Murie Ranch. She corresponded with the Iowa. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in noted photographer, Maragaret Bourke- 1943 and served for three years. He later White, 1963-1971. She was a friend of enrolled at the University of Colorado and Mardy and Olaus Murie, noted Wyoming received a B.S. and M.S. in Geology. He conservationists whose views she shared. worked a short time with the U.S. Geological Survey before being hired by The collection contains photographs, Walter Duncan Mining Company to negatives, and 16 mm films reflective of investigate the uranium mining business. Capron’s travels in Madeira, the Azores, After ten years as the manager of the South Africa, Portugal, Ireland, and the Walter Duncan Mining Company’s United States from the 1940s to the 1960s. uranium mining operations, he became an There are photographs and published independent consultant to the mining materials specific to Wyoming and the industry in which he evaluated properties Arapaho and Shoshone tribes. and determined land status (claims for Photographic subjects in Wyoming also surface ownership, mineral rights, gas, include: Big Horn and Green River Lakes, and oil) of public and private lands. He coal mining, ranching, and Oregon Trail worked in the Western United States, ruts. Also included are photographs and Alaska, Canada, and Mexico. etchings of Hans Kleiber who lived in Wyoming, 1906-1967. The collection contains agreements to mine on the Navajo, Ute Mountain, and Apache reservations, as well as Bureau of Indian Affairs documents and maps of land ownership. The collection serves as a history of land ownership and mining in Capron, Thaddeus Hurlbut Papers, these areas. 1864-1966 (bulk 1867-1890) .9 cubic ft. (2 boxes) Capron, Mildred Stead Papers, 1902- Acc. #1694 1964 12.41 cubic ft. (22 boxes) 2 GUIDE TO AHC NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY RESOURCES Thaddeus Hurlbut Capron served in the mining manager for James W. Gerard’s American Civil War and Indian Wars, Mining Properties and Daily Realty Estate particularly in General George Crook’s from 1935 to 1955. He was associated Big Horn expedition in 1876 and the with mining properties in the Rocky Battle of the Rosebud on June 17, 1876. Mountain region and British Columbia. Capron served in the Fifty-fifth Illinois Volunteers during the Civil War, and rose The collection includes notebooks of from private to major. In 1867, he was correspondence, engineering reports and commissioned a lieutenant in the regular materials related to Clark’s employment army, serving until his retirement in 1887. by James W. Gerard (JWG Mining He served at Fort Hartsuff, Fort Niobrara, Properties); subject files related to Camp Sheridan, Nebraska; Camp Wright, specific mining properties; engineering California; and Forts Bridger and Laramie reports on various mining properties; a in Wyoming. He was married to Cynthia manuscript by L.D. Clark; books by L.D. Jane Steves in 1867, and had five Clark and James W. Gerard, and personal children, including Hazen Selwyn Capron. correspondence. Also included are details of two cases heard by the Indian Claims The collection includes twelve volumes of Commission: Potawatomi Indians of “Thad’s and My Letters” (1867-1884) Oklahoma v. USA (defendant) 1961 and copied and edited by Cynthia Capron in Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska v. USA the early 1890s; manuscript (defendant) 1959 - 1961. There are also correspondence between Capron and his microphotographs of Plaintiff exhibits officers and wife from 1864 to 1882; an from the Winnebago case, including those 1868 diary-form daybook for Capron from the 19th century. while stationed at Camp Wright. The collection also includes excerpts from Clark, Helen (Helen McDonald) other diaries; pamphlets, magazine and Papers, 1875-1983 (bulk 1935-1983) newspaper clippings; manuscripts; 20 cubic ft. notebooks; reminiscences by Hazen Acc.