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Advertising of the West Collection
Advertising of the West Collection. Printed material, 1874–2016. 2 feet. Subject collection. Promotional brochures, flyers, handbills, maps, and original illustrations advertising geographic locations in the American West, as well as using the image of the West to sell other goods and services. The materials advertise tourist destinations such as rodeos, ranches, and the Grand Canyon; promotional brochures for western cities and towns such as Deming, New Mexico, and Lander, Wyoming; illustrated mining company stock certificates; and illustrations by Ken Laager for the covers of various western novels. ______
Box 1 Folder: 1. Color tourist brochure for Scenic Airways, Inc., Arizona, “Fly Over the Colorful West.” Cover features illustration of a Ford tri-motor plane flying over the Grand Canyon.
2. Tourist brochure for California’s Oak Knoll Ranch, Melone Co., Napa, California. Black and white with green details; cover features a man astride a rearing horse.
3. Color advertising brochure, “Here’s the Inside Story of the 1938 Pontiac Silver Streak, America’s Finest Low-Price Car.” Cover features illustrated profile of American Indian chief Pontiac and the face of Uncle Sam on yellow background. Brochure opens to reveal 3 lifting tabs that show various exterior and interior views of the car and its construction.
4. Brady's Tourist Guide: Oklahoma. Official Road Information of Brady Map & Pub. Co. Inc., Oklahoma City, Okla., for North America, 1925.
5. Promotional map of Grand Lake and Spavinaw Lake of Oklahoma, published by The Northeast Oklahoma Lakes Association and The Miami Chamber of Commerce, n.d.
6. Promotional map of the state of Oklahoma’s highway system by the Oklahoma State Highway Commission, 1948. Features a color state highway map with color images of Oklahoma tourist destinations on the reverse.
7. Promotional brochure: Kansas. By the Kansas Industrial Development Commission. Topeka: Kansas State Printing Plant, circa 1940.
Promotional brochure: The Stevinson Colony: 20,000 Acres of Land in the Central Part of California. By the Stevinson Colony, Merced County, California. San Francisco: Pacific Photo and Engraving, circa 1910.
Promotional brochure: Out in Idaho. By the Boise Advertising Commission, 1946.
Promotional brochure: Jonesmore. By the George D. Shalk Company, Portland, Oregon, circa 1920.
Promotional brochure: The Places You Should See at Riverside, California. By the Riverside, California, Chamber of Commerce, circa 1910.
Promotional brochure: Riverside County Has Produced $10,000,000. By the Riverside, California, Chamber of Commerce, circa 1910.
8. Printed program and illustrated envelope: 9th Annual Pre-Madison Square Garden World’s Championship Rodeo, Dublin, Texas, 1948. Presented by Everett Colborn, Gene Autry, and Dublin Rodeo Enterprises, Inc. Mailing envelope features stamped illustration of woman on a horse.
Promotional brochure: Shreveport, Louisiana: Distribution Center Land of ARK-LA-TEX. By the Shreveport, Louisiana, Chamber of Commerce, 1937.
Promotional wrapper (?): Oregon Souvenir: The World’s Industrial & Cotton Centennial Exposition. New Orleans: T. Fitzwilliam & Company, 1884.
Promotional pamphlet: Hot Springs, N.M. and Elephant Butte Dam. By Hot Springs, New Mexico, Chamber of Commerce, circa 1921.
Promotional pamphlet: Deming, Southern New Mexico Climate. By Deming, New Mexico, Chamber of Commerce. Deming: Headlight Press, 1915.
Promotional pamphlet: The Famous Broadview District, Yellowstone County, Montana. By T. A. Beeman, Real Estate, Broadview, Montana. Maxwell, Iowa: L. R. Shepard, 1913.
9. Promotional pamphlet: Grand Mesa Lakes, Delta County, Colorado. By the Delta County, Colorado, Chamber of Commerce. Delta: Delta Tribune Press, circa 1925.
Promotional brochure: Lander, Wyoming: “Where Rails End And Trails Begin.” By the Lander Chamber of Commerce, circa 1935.
Promotional brochure: Where Dreams Come True: We Will Help You Make that Dream a Realization. By Hartman Realty Company, Hartman, Colorado, circa 1915.
Promotional pamphlet: Alpine, In the Heart of the Big Bend Country of Texas, circa 1956.
Promotional pamphlet: Luling, Texas. By the Luling, Texas, Chamber of Commerce, 1955.
Newspaper excerpt: “Thumb Nail History of Fayette County [Texas]” from the LaGrange Journal, 1941.
10. Broadside: Grand Celebration! Of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Organization of Guadalupe County, And the Fifty-Eighth of the founding of the City of Seguin, on July 30, 31, and Aug. 1, 1896. [acquired as-is: lower left section of broadside is missing, heavy wear and edge loss overall.]
Broadside: Immigration Is Now Headed Towards South Texas and Candlish is in the center of the richest and most fertile country… Chicago: Co-Operative Homemakers, circa 1906. [acquired as-is: lower right section of broadside is missing.]
Printed advertisement: This Is A Personal Invitation to All of Our “Snow-Digger” Friends of the North to Drive Their Car to San Antonio This Winter And Save Coal. By the Higher Publicity League of Texas. San Antonio: C. W. Henningsen, circa 1916. [acquired as-is: folded, torn along folds, and previously mended with tape.]
11. Programme of the Teachers’ Institute and Summer Normal of Graham County: to be held at the Layton Church Grove, commencing August 19 ending August 29, 1902. Solomonville, Ariz.: Bulletin Press, 1902.
Liedertafel: Sontag, Den 9. Oktober 1938 Nachmittags 2 Uhr in “Camp Mabry.” Manfred Holck, Leiter. With advertisement below for the First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Austin, in German language. Austin, Texas, 1938.
Printed rules regarding the Galveston Artillery Annual Ball, 1894. Galveston Artillery Company.
Printed advertisement: Here Is the Best Investment on Earth… by the Texas-Mexico Ranch Co., San Antonio, Texas, circa 1910.
12. Western illustrated stock certificates: The Denver City Consolidated Silver Mining Co., Leadville, Colorado, 1882. Denver City Consolidated Silver Mining Co., Lake Co., Colorado, circa 1915. Colorado Bullfrog Gold Mining Company, Goldfield, Nevada (Arizona incorp.), 1906. The Merrimac Consolidated Mines Company, Denver, Colorado, 1901. The Deer Gold Mining Company, Denver, Colorado, 1902. The Rout County Development Company, Denver, Colorado, 1908. The Zoe Gold Mining Company, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1909. Edgemont and Union Hill Smelting Company, New Jersey, 1897. Pandem Oil Corporation, Delaware, 1930. The New Capitol Hill Realty Company, Colorado, 1913. The Grand View Consolidated Oil, Clay and Lime Company, Denver, Colorado, 1902. The Corona Mining Company, Denver, Colorado, 189_ (unused) Cascade Mining Company, Georgetown, Colorado, 18__ (unused)
13. Western illustrated stock certificates: The Hyland Mining and Milling Company, Denver, Colorado, 1887. The Croesus Gold and Mining and Tunnel Co., Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1896. The Clay County Mining & Milling Company, Denver, Colorado, 1892. The Volcano Gold Mining Company, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1899. The Six Points Gold Mining Company, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1896. The Sacremento Gold Mining and Milling Co., Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1900. The Premier Gold Mining Co., Denver, Colorado, 1933. The Quartette Gold Mining Company, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1895. The Orphan Bell Mining and Milling Co., Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1898. The Little Corporal Gold Mining Company, El Paso County, Cripple Creek Mining District; Denver, Colorado, 1899. The Old Gold Mining Company, Denver, Colorado, 1896. The Mineral Hill Gold Mining and Milling Company, Denver, Colorado, 1895. The Monument Valley Coal Company, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1910. Klondyke-Cripple Creek and Galena Mining Company, Cripple Creek, Colorado, 1900. United Mining and Leasing Corporation, Colorado, 1951. Trail Mines, Inc., Colorado, 1952. The Perry Park Gold Mining and Milling Company, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 189_ (unused). The Argonaut Gold Mining Company, Cripple Creek, Colorado, 190_ (unused). The Boston-Colorado Copper Co., Salida, Colorado, 1906. The Boston and Cripple Creek Gold Mining Company, Cripple Creek, Colorado, 1899. The Creede and Cripple Creek Mining and Milling Company, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1904. El Cortez Gold Mining Association, Breckenridge, Colorado, 1935. New Mexico Ore Processing Co., Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1942. The Helvetia Copper Company, Arizona, 1915. The Erie-Goldfield Mines Company, Denver, Colorado, 1906. The Roseberry Mining & Milling Company, Denver, Colorado, 1925. The Portland Gold Mining Company, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1919. Chico Gold and Silver Mining Company, Hardin District, Humboldt County, Nevada / Chico, Butte County, California, 186_ (unused). Hale and Norcross Mining Company, San Francisco, California, 1907. Honest Gold and Silver Mining Company, Musquito District, Calaveras County, California, 186_ (unused).
14. Advertising brochure for Donna, Texas, by the Rio Grande Valley Land Co. of Des Moines, Iowa, circa 1910.
Printed brochure: Itinerary of Mexico American Land Company, South Gulf Coast Land Excursion. Kansas City, Missouri: Hailman Printing Co., 1910.
15. Four Buffalo Bill advertising die cuts, n.d.
Small broadside: “Indians! Did You Ever See a Real Western Indian!” Middlebury, Vermont, 1886.
16. Printed brochure: Our Best Recommendation is the people who have bought Fruit and Truck Land in the Iowa Colony from the Emigration Land Co… Gulf Coast of Texas, “The California of the Future.” Circa 1908.
Printed brochure: Glorious days these: in Ogden Canyon. Learn About Ogden. The Ogden Chamber of Commerce, 1923.
Printed brochure: America’s First Buffalo Bill Rodeo, North Platte, Nebraska, June 17- 18-19, 1955. Lincoln County Fair Grounds.
Printed brochure: Vacation in Ukiah. Ukiah [California] Chamber of Commerce, 1933. Cover stamped by Redwood Empire Association.
Printed brochure: Tuolumne County: A Historic Section of the Golden State. Tuolumne County Chamber of Commerce, Sonora, California, circa 1926.
17. Printed brochure: Kansas City. 1890. Missouri National Bank, Kansas City, MO. Union Bank Note Company, 1890.
Small black-and-white printed movie handbill for silent film The Crimson Skull, by the Norman Film Manufacturing Company, 1922. This movie was shot on location in Boley, Oklahoma, and featured African American actors Anita Bush and Lawrence Chenault, along with Bill Pickett.
Printed brochure: The Women of Utah Organize for McKinley and Declare Their Faith. By J. Ellen Foster, President, Women’s Republican Association. Utah, circa 1896.
18. Printed booklet: Charter of the City of McAlester, County of Pittsburg, State of Oklahoma, As Amended, circa 1910.
Printed fold-out pictorial brochure: If You Want to Live – Live In Napa California. Napa Chamber of Commerce, Western Folder Company, circa 1910.
Printed brochure: Keep Your Eye on Willapa Harbor, Pacific County, Washington. South Bend, Washington, Commercial Club, 1909.
Printed flyer: Romantic, Picturesque San Antonio: America’s Most Interesting City. San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, circa 1935.
Printed letter by the Shawnee Development Company of Shawnee, Oklahoma, requesting list of those on RFD routes in Hartshorne, Oklahoma, 1901. Reverse of letter has printed map of Oklahoma with Shawnee at center with a red heart over the area.
19. Printed flyer: Another Enthusiastic Letter from Excursionists to the Big Laramie River Valley, Wyoming, Aug. 4, 1908. Tallmadge & Buntin Company, Chicago, Real Estate Agents.
Printed brochure: Jackson County, Oregon. Jackson County Board of Commissioners (?), circa 1922.
Printed red, white, and black brochure: Lampasas Invites You. Lampasas, Texas, Chamber of Commerce, circa 1940.
Printed red, white, and blue envelope: A Picture Book of Camp Swift, Texas, circa 1943. [Picture book located in WHC Library.]
Printed brochure: The Gulf Coast Country. Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company, circa 1908.
Printed brochure: Fairfax Industrial District at Kansas City (Missouri). Union Pacific Railroad, circa 1928.
Envelope that contained Main Streets Magazine: Edition of Fargo, ND, 1931. [Magazine located in WHC Library.]
20. Printed blue, black, and white brochure: Pocatello, The Pacific Northwest Gateway. George W. Wagenseller. Pocatello: The Tribune, 1927.
Printed red, green, and white brochure: Winnipeg. Tourist & Convention Bureau of Winnipeg and Manitoba, circa 1927.
Blank application and booklet: Hudler’s Ranch: A Riding Camp for Girls, Granby, Colorado, circa 1928.
Printed red, black, and white brochure: Galveston: The Playground of the Great Southwest. Galveston Commercial Association. Galveston: Clarke & Courts, circa 1915.
Printed blue, black, and white booklet: Central Industrial Park, Houston, Served by Santa Fe. Santa Fe Railroad, 1957.
Printed brochure: Welcome to Saint Paul, Minnesota, Gateway to the Great Northwest, City Hall Visitors Guide. City of St. Paul, circa 1955.
Printed booklet: Rochester, Minn. Goetting’s Ten Cent Store, Rochester, circa 1908.
21. Green and white printed sheet about the Story Hotel, Elk City, Oklahoma, circa 1930. Story Hotel, The Most Historical Spot in Town and Elk City’s Host to Travelers, Presents C. L. “Plucky” Smith’s Famous Poem “The Five Story House That Is Two Stories High.” The poem refers to the fact that the 5-member Story family owned and operated the hotel when this stationery was printed.
Orange, black, and white printed brochure: Gateway to the Great Northwest: Yankton, Mother City of the Dakotas, circa 1939.
Red, black, and white printed brochure: “Dazzling” Western Hills Hotel, Fort Worth, Texas. Resort and Country Club Luxury at Hotel Prices, 1951.
Green, black, and white printed brochure: Kerrville “The Heart of the Hills,” Kerrville, Texas, Chamber of Commerce. San Antonio, Naylor Printing Co., circa 1940.
Black and white printed brochure with colored cover: Settler’s Guide to Victoria and Island, British Columbia. Victoria: Clarke Printing Co., circa 1924.
22. Black, white, and red promotional leaflet: Your Opportunity in Ottawa and Franklin Co. Kansas. Ottawa Chamber of Commerce, circa 1918.
Black, white, and green brochure: Arkansas Valley of Colorado. Industrial Department, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. Chicago: Rand McNally, 1917.
Green, black, and white brochure: Montana Cabin Camps and Courts. Official Directory for 1941. Montana Cabin Camp Owners Association.
Orange, green, and blue promotional booklet: Hotel Will Rogers, Claremore, Oklahoma, Invites You. Famous Radium Water Baths in Connection, circa 1931.
23. Northern Pacific Railway Company. Northern Pacific Yellowstone Park Line: St. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth to Helena, Butte, Spokane, Tacoma, Seattle, and Portland. Chicago: Rand-McNally, 1899.
Northern Pacific Railroad Company. Sectional Land Map of Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho Traversed by the Northern Pacific Railroad. Buffalo, NY: Matthews- Northrup, circa 1895.
Northern Pacific Railway Company. Sectional Land Map of Western Washington, Containing a Detailed Account of Its Cities, Counties, Mines, Farming, Commerce, Fisheries, Fruit Growing, Manufactures, Forests, Gardening, Industries, Shipping, in the Puget Sound Country, Pacific Coast Region. Chicago: Rand McNally, 1898.
Northern Pacific Railway Company. Sectional Land Map Showing Land for Sale by the Northern Pacific Railway Company in Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Hubbard, Itasca, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Todd and Wadena Counties in Central Minnesota. 1899.
Northern Pacific Railroad Company. Washington, the Evergreen State. Sectional Land Map of Western and Central Washington including the Yakima Valley and Klickitat Country, the Willapa and Chehalis Valleys, the Cowlitz and Lower Columbia Valleys, the Famous Puget Sound Country, and the Pacific Coast Region of Washington.
Great Northern Railway Company. Wonderful Washington, “The Evergreen State” “Land of Big Red Apples.” Chicago: Rand-McNally, circa 1897.
24. The Dalles Chamber of Commerce. The Dalles, Oregon in the Heart of the Old Oregon Country, circa 1930.
Bend, Oregon, Chamber of Commerce. The Oregon Cascades from Bend, circa 1928.
Southern Pacific Lines. Now… Southern Pacific Pullman Sleepers Direct to Lake Tahoe, 1926.
Land Department, Northern Pacific Railway Company. St. Paul, MN: Washington the “Land of Fruit,” 1897. Colored card depicting a fruit basket.
Northern Pacific Railway Company. Sunnyside, Yakima County, Central Washington, 1897.
Box 2 Folder: 1. Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. Camp Gruber, circa 1943.
D. C. Collier & Co., San Diego, Real Estate Agents. Facts Worth Noting About San Diego California, 1909.
Conoco Travel Bureau. Oklahoma, the “Sooner” State” in Word and Picture, 1933.
Oceanside Chamber of Commerce. “Highway U.S. No. 101” Opening and Dedication Ceremony, 1938.
Kechi, Kansas, Cemetery Association. Souvenir 1911. Wichita: Grit Printery, 1910.
2. Abilene Chamber of Commerce. “Howdy Neighbor!” Map of Abilene, Texas, 1937.
Union Pacific Railroad Company. Thirty-Ninth Annual National Encampment, Grand Army of the Republic, Denver, Colorado, Sept. 4-7, 1905.
T. I. Hurd. Soo Line: Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway. “On the Soo Line” Choice… Free Homestead Lands in Ward County, N. Dak. At Kenmare, Donnybrook, Portal and Bowbells… circa 1896.
St. Louis: St. Louis Democrat Litho. & Print Co. Trade card map of the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas railway, circa 1875.
Chicago: Knight & Leonard, printers. “How to go West.” Take the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, circa 1871.
3. Printed reproduction of a land patent granted in 1901 to William Conover, a Comanche.
Red Man Land Company, Stillwater, Oklahoma. A blank “land deed” for 2 square inches of land in Caddo County, 1954. Includes printed mailing envelope, and a colored sticker proclaiming, “I Own Land in the Oklahoma Indian Country.”
Black, white, and green printed brochure: Pause in Albuquerque: Visit the Jemez Country. Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce. Center for Southwest research, University of New Mexico. Sept, 1950.
Black and white 11 page brochure: Uinta County Wyoming. Lions Club: Evanston and Lyman. Circa 1930.
Black, white, and orange brochure. Texas Longhorn Cavern. 1952.
4. Printed brochure: Caldwell “Idaho’s Farm Market,” 1947.
Printed brochure: Indian City U.S.A.: Anadarko, Oklahoma, circa 1956.
Printed folding advertisement: Enjoy Montana. Butte, Montana. Johnson Press, 1947.
Printed brochure: Old-New Santa Fe and Roundabout. Ralph Emerson Twitchell and the AT&SFRR. Chicago: Henry O. Shepard, 1911.
Printed booklet: The Wonder of the West (Butte Valley, California). California Butte Valley Land Company. Chicago: Rand-McNally, 1907.
5. Broadside: This Train Stops 20 Minutes for Supper at the Golden [Spike] Hotel, Promontory, Utah. T. G. Brown, Proprietor, circa 1880.
Printed brochure: Calgary, The City Phenomenal. The Industrial Bureau of Calgary, circa 1915.
Printed brochure: Sheridan, Wyoming: Corral Gate to the West, 1935.
Printed brochure: Roswell, New Mexico. Roswell Chamber of Commerce, circa 1929.
Printed brochure: Salt Lake City, Utah. Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce, 1926.
Printed brochure: Salt Lake City, Utah. Gray Line Motor Tours, circa 1940.
6. Black, white, and orange brochure: Boulder Colorado: Lots of Fun for Everyone. The Publicity Committee: Boulder Chamber of Commerce. Boulder News Harold Press, 1926.
Black, white, and red brochure: Know Estacada Oregon. Estacada Chamber of Commerce. Circa 1955.
Sepia toned brochure. Ouray: The Switzerland of America. Ouray County, CO, Chamber of Commerce. Circa 1945.
Black and white brochure. Bowie, Arizona: Natural Gateway, Chiricahua National Monument, or Wonderland of Rocks. Bowie Chamber of Commerce, circa 1940.
Blue, red, and white brochure. Sedona, Arizona, in Oak Creek Canyon: For the Perfect Vacation. Sedona Civic Club, circa 1941.
7. Envelope. The Bowie Enterprise, Bowie, Arizona: Leading Newspaper in Southwest Arizona. 1914.
Advertisement letter for the book, The Romance of Oil. W. H. Vernor. Houston, 1938.
Printed page. Open Letter (Galveston Longshoreman’s Strike). Harry N. Bell, 1922.
Black, white, and orange brochure. Hat Box Field: Muskogee Oklahoma. Oklahoma Printing Co. Muskogee. Circa 1931.
Black, white, pink, and green brochure. Russellville Arkansas: A College Town. Russellville Chamber of Commerce. Russellville Printing Co. circa 1931.
8. Black, white and red brochure. Camping and Big Game Hunting in the Far Northwest. B. D. Sheffield. Moran, Teton Lodge, Wyoming. Circa 1925.
Red, white, and black brochure. 25th Annual American Indian Exposition: Anadarko, OK. The American Indian Exposition, Anadarko. 1956.
Stock offer booklet. Extraordinary Stock Offer to our Patrons. The R. Francis Company, Chicago. 1917.
Black and white brochure. The Big Horns: Yellowstone Park. Commercial Clubs of Buffalo, Tensleep, and Worland, Montana. Circa 1925.
Green, white, and orange brochure. Belknap Hot Medical Springs [Oregon]. Frank P. Bigelow. Circa 1925.
Black and white booklet. Roosevelt Highway Route through Curry and Coos Counties with maps showing highways from Seattle, Washington to San Diego, California. National Forest Protective Association, Crescent City, CA.
9. Color brochure. Manitou, Colorado: At the Foot of Pike’s Peak. Colorado Springs: Out West Publishing Co. ca. 1915.
Black and white brochure. Brownsville, TX: New Gateway to the Latin Americas. Brownsville Chamber of Commerce, ca. 1940.
Black and white brochure. Amador County: The Goal of the “49-er” Why Not Yours? Jackson, CA. Amador Ledger Print, ca. 1925.
Red, green, and white brochure. Aspen Colorado: High in the Rockies. Aspen Chamber of Commerce, ca. 1951.
Black and white booklet. Official Maps of the City of Yuma and Yuma County Arizona. Yuma County Chamber of Commerce, ca. 1940.
10. leather-bound, black and white calendar. Texas A&M University calendar for 1921.
11. Black and white hand drawn map. Who Are the Czech-Slovaks? Gonzales, Texas: Inquirer Print, 1918. A. A. Huebsch.
12. Black and white booklet. Introduction of Wild Rice: With Recipes for its use. Remer, MN: The Hicks Company, ca. 1930.
Oklahoma Territorial Imprint. Certificate/receipt for a $1.00 Cotribution to the OK Republican State Central Committee. Oklahoma City: The Post Publishing Co. 1907.
Black and white programme. Eighth Annual Convention of the Black Hills Sunday School Association: Deadwood, Dak. Deadwood, Dakota: Black Hills Sunday School Association, 1887.
Black and white programme booklet. First International Rodeo or Cowboy Championships. London, England: Fleetway Press, LTD. 1923.
13. Black and white programme. Official Program: Twelfth Annual California Rodeo and Salinas Big Week. N. P.: Journal Print, 1923.
14. Documents from Fort Sill, Oklahoma. One change of address statement and one post exchange receipt for a uniform. 1942.
Pamphlet. Boys and Girls Aid Society. San Francisco, CA. Boys and Girls Aid Society (of) San Francisco, ca. 1887.
Black, white, and red pamphlet. Come to Yellowstone Park via Livingston Montana. Livingston Chamber of Commerce and Gardiner Commercial Club, 1941.
Black, white, and red pamphlet. San Antonio: The Metropolis of Texas Grew From 53,321 in 1900 to 96,614 in 1910: 81.2% Increase. San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, ca. 1911.
Black and white pamphlet. Shortest, Quickest, Safest, and Cheapest Route to Arizona: The Arizona and New Mexico Express Company Now Operating a New Line. San Francisco: Bacon & Company, 1876.
15. Map. Map of North Dakota. S.J. Murton & Company, Real Estate, Minneapolis. Chicago: Rand McNally, 1910.
Map. Latest Map of South Dakota. O’Brien & Montgomery, Real Estate & Insurance, Seneca, South Dakota. Sioux Falls: Brown & Saenger, 1919.
Print book. Jefferson, Texas: The Commercial Emporium of Northern and Eastern Texas Adjacent Indian Territories and Centre of the Cotton and Grain Growing Portions of Texas. Sam. F. Moseley (1818-1878, et al, ca. 1866.
Map. Trail Riders’ Map of the Canadian Rockies. Chicago: Rand McNally, 1924.
Color pamphlet. Hood River County, Oregon. Hood River County, Oregon, Chamber of Commerce, 1954.
Black and white pamphlet. Rock Climbing and Mountain Rescue Operations. Fort Carlson, Colorado. Noncommissioned Officers Academy, ca. 1959.
Color pamphlet. Winter Sports in Reno. Reno, Nevada, Chamber of Commerce. Reno: Acco Press, ca. 1959.
Pamphlet. Salt Lake City. The Kenyon Hotel, Salt Lake City, ca. 1898.
Color pamphlet. Oklahoma City: A Glimpse of the Southwest’s Busiest City. Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce, 1959.
Black and white printed booklet. Manitou Grand Caverns, Manitou, Colo. Manitou & Pike’s Peak Railway Company, ca. 1890.
Black, white, and orange pamphlet. The Big Bad Lands of South Dakota. Frank Lloyd Wright and the South Dakota State Highway Commission. Pierre: Times Printing, 1942.
Black and white printed booklet. Data Sheet No. GB34: Columbian Metal Grain Bin Style “A.” Columbian Steel Tank Company, KCMO, ca. 1925.
Black, white, and green pamphlet. Feather River Inn California. Feather River Inn, Feather River Inn Station, California. Sacramento: News Publishing Company, ca. 1925.
16. Black and white pamphlet. Galveston: Visit This Isle of Romance. Galveston Chamber of Commerce, ca. 1925.
Black and white pamphlet. Oklahoma: A Radio Presentation: Exploring America with Carveth Wells. Carveth Wells and Conoco Travel Bureau, Ponca City, Oklahoma, 1932.
Black and white pamphlet. Kansas: 50 Years of Progress, 1861-1911. W.J. Rickenbacher. Topeka: Mail Printing House, 1911.
Color pamphlet. Hotels & Boarding Houses in California. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company. Chicago: Hollister Bros., ca. 1902.
Black and white pamphlet. San Francisco Hotels and Reconstruction. Southern Pacific Company, Passenger Department. San Francisco, June 1907.
Black and white printed booklet. A Business Message from Winnipeg, Canada. Winnipeg Development and Industrial Bureau, 1908.
Black and white pamphlet. Prescott, Arizona, in the Pines: America’s Mile-High Port of Health. Prescott Chamber of Commerce, ca. 1938.
Color advertisement. Add Zest to War-Time Menus: Mexene Chili Powder Seasoning. Walker’s Austex Chili Company, Austin, Texas, ca. 1943.
Black and white printed booklet. North Western Farm Lands: Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Manitoba. Burchard-Hurlburt Investment Company, St. Paul, ca. 1902.
Black and white map. Bureau of Highways Map of the State of Idaho. Rex G. Thunder, et al., Boise, 1935.
17. Black and white printed booklet. Places to See in Wyoming. Wyoming Department of Commerce and Industry. Douglas: Douglas Enterprise, ca. 1940.
Printed booklet. The Bishop’s Lodge. The Bishop’s Lodge Company. Boulder, Colorado: The Taylor Company, ca. 1910.
Printed notice. Sections of the Revised Statutes of the United States, Pertaining to the Location and Perfecting of Soldier and Sailor Homesteads. D.H. Talbot (1850-1911). Sioux City, Iowa, ca. 1878.
Pamphlet. Lawton, Oklahoma. Lawton Chamber of Commerce, 1939.
Printed pamphlet and map. McCall, Idaho, on the Payette Lakes: A Map of Its Area with Typical Scenes. Union Pacific Stages & Greyhound Lines. Boise: Idaho Map Service, 1938.
Map. Hot Sulphur Springs, Colorado. Grand County, Colorado, Commercial Club, 1921.
Printed booklet. Wagons West: Official Souvenir Program of North Dakota’s Golden Jubilee. North Dakota Golden Jubilee Committee. Bismarck: Bismarck Tribune, 1939.
Black, white, and blue pamphlet. The Feather-Yuba Delta Region of California. Sutter- Yuba Chamber of Commerce, ca. 1930.
Black, white, and blue pamphlet. Wonderland In and Around Idaho Springs, Colorado. Clear Creek County Chamber of Commerce, ca. 1947.
18. Printed booklet. Corn is King in South Dakota. Doane Robinson and the South Dakota Business Men’s Association. Pierre, 1910.
Black and white pamphlet. Map and Information for Tourists Concerning Pueblo, Colorado, the Leading Industrial City of the Rocky Mountain Region. Pueblo Commerce Club, ca. 1915.
Color pamphlet. Pueblo, Colorado: In the Center of the Arkansas Valley, the Most Productive in the West. Pueblo Commerce Club. Pueblo: Franklin Press, ca. 1915.
Printed booklet. What to See in Montana and Idaho: Including Hotels, Tourist Parks, Restaurants, Garages, etc. St. Helena, Oregon: Mist Publishing, 1937.
Black and white pamphlet. The Y-Cross Dude Ranch, Horse Creek, Wyoming. J.C. Monday, Manager. Ca. 1925.
Black, white, and green pamphlet. Selma, California: “The Home of the Peach.” Selma Chamber of Commerce, ca. 1950.
Black and white pamphlet. Hemet and San Jacinto: Riverside County, California, the Year ‘Round! The Hemet and San Jacinto, California, Chambers of Commerce, ca. 1954.
Black, white, and green pamphlet. There’s Opportunity in Omaha: Educational Center of the West…A Growing City with Metropolitan Advantages. Omaha Chamber of Commerce, ca. 1935.
Black, white, and blue pamphlet. Yuma Mineral Spring. The Collodial Sulphur Company, Yuma, Arizona, 1955.
Printed booklet. The Mountain Wonderland: A Guide to Beautiful Revilla Island in Southeastern Alaska. Ketchikan Alaska Chronicle. Ketchikan: Alaska Sportsman, ca. 1945.
Program. John M. Reagan Camp No. 151 Presenting “Days of ’49.” Sons of Confederate Veterans. Palestine, Texas, ca. 1935. 19. Black, white, and blue pamphlet. Picturesque Lake Travis [Texas]. Lake Travis Improvement Association, ca. 1955.
Black and white pamphlet. Beautiful Lake Whitney in the Heart of Texas. Lake Whitney Association, ca. 1955.
Black and white pamphlet. Millions of Acres of Cheap Lands in the Most Fertile Part of the Great West! S.J. Gilmore, et al. Kansas City: Ramsey, Millett, & Hudson, 1881.
Black and white printed booklet. Boulder Colorado. Boulder Commercial Association, 1916.
Color pamphlet. Visit…Indian City U.S.A.: A Living Memorial to the American Indian…His Way of Life…His Culture…His Art…His Peace and His Way! Anadarko, Oklahoma, ca. 1960.
Green and white pamphlet. Urbita Springs Park: “For Health and Pleasure:” San Bernardino, California. Pacific Electric Railway Company and the Urbita Springs Park., ca. 1919.
Black and white pamphlet. Lawton, Fort Sill, and the Wichita Mountains. Lawton, Oklahoma, Chamber of Commerce. Oklahoma City: Southwestern Stationary and Bank Supply, ca. 1939.
Pamphlet. Grand Mesa Lakes: Delta County, Colorado. Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce. Delta: Delta Tribune Press, ca. 1930.
Color pamphlet. Idaho Primitive Areas: Lake and Stream Fishing, Big Game, Pack Trips. Idaho State Chamber of Commerce. Boise, Idaho, ca. 1955.
Newsletter. Riders of the Pecos. Valley Ranch, Glorieta, New Mexico. April 1944.
Form letter. To the Editor of ______: Dear Sir, You Will Be Conferring a Benefit to the Public in Your Vicinity by Publishing the Following in Your Columns. Edward Berwick (1843-1934). Monterey, California, ca. 1875.
Black and white pamphlet. Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon: “It’s the Climate.” Grants Pass, Oregon: Rogue River Courier Print, 1923.
Black and white printed booklet. Souvenir of American National Bank: San Francisco, 1906. American National Bank, San Francisco. San Francisco: H.S. Crocker Co., Printers, 1906.
Black and white printed booklet. Hood River, Oregon. Hood River, Oregon, Commercial Club, ca. 1908.
20. Postal cover. Burlington, Vermont to Bradford, New Hampshire, March 21, 1910. Northwestern Consolidated Milling Co. Ceresota Flour logo and multicolored illustration on reverse side. Tied by #332 with flag cancel.
Postal cover. Velma, Indian Territory to Krekler’s Jack Farm in West Elkton, Ohio, March 28, 1905. Stamp #319 with a Doane Type 2 Cancel on an unusual, red ad cover.
Postal cover. Cedar, Indian Territory to Morristown, New York, June 29, 1902. Veg-A- Tab advertising cover, “The Great Nerve Tonic.” Scarcity of 5 per Helbock.
Postal cover. Reid, Murdoch & Co. in Los Angeles, California, June 28, 1932. Reverse side has black and white photograph of Monarch Foods, “The Monarch Way: See it in Glass—Buy it in Tin.”
Program. “The Story of Fremont’s First Century, 1856-1956, Featuring ‘Prairie Venture,’ A Grand Historical Spectacle,” by Caroll W. Thompson. Fremont, Nebraska, 1956.
Black, white, and pink pamphlet. Millerest Lodge, Aspen, Colorado. There are photographs of the lodge in the photograph collections. Ca. 1959.
Box 3 Folder:
1. Multi-color pamphlet. Sightseeing in and about San Antonio, the Historic City of the South. San Antonio Transfer Company, ca. 1915.
Black and white pamphlet. Quick Facts about Abilene, Texas. Abilene Chamber of Commerce, 1956.
Multi-color pamphlet. What to Do in San Antonio. San Antonio Municipal Information Bureau. San Antonio: Clegg Co., ca. 1925.
Black and white advertisement. Share in this Towering Wealth Coined in Fortunes Greatest Stronghold. H.C. Dickey Company, Dallas, 1927.
Black, white, and red pamphlet. Durango, Colorado: Come to Play, You’ll Want to Stay. Durango Chamber of Commerce, ca. 1945.
Printed booklet. To the Honorable American and Mexican Joint Commission, in the City of Washington, District of Columbia. Lorenzo Guevara, Bethel Coopwood, et al. Washington, D.C., 1870. Petition in both English and Spanish for recompense for damages inflicted during the Callahan Expedition of 1855.
Color pamphlet. Hotel Flintridge, Pasadena, California. Circa 1930.
Printed booklet. Raton, New Mexico. C.E. Stivers. El Paso, Texas: Press of Daily News, ca. 1900.
Color pamphlet. Fabulous Flagstaff, in the Center of the Most Amazing and Beautiful County in the World. Flagstaff, Arizona, Chamber of Commerce, ca. 1959.
Black and white pamphlet. Bowie, Arizona: Natural Gateway, Chiricahua National Monument, or “Wonderland of Rocks.” Bowie Chamber of Commerce, ca. 1940.
Program and souvenir book. Fifteenth Annual Lone Pine Stampede, May 25-26-27, 1956. Lone Pine, California, 1956.
Printed booklet. History and Business Directory of Bridgeport, O.T. (Upon the South Canadian), the Gateway to Caddo County and New Oklahoma. Philip Dickerson. March 1903.
Printed booklet. The Cheyenne of To-Day. Industrial Club of Cheyenne, Wyoming. Cheyenne, Wyoming: Cheyenne Printing Co., 1912.
Pamphlet. Welcome to…El Navajo, Gallup, New Mexico: “The Heart of the Indian Empire.” Fred Harvey Company, ca. 1930.
2. Black and white pamphlet. Historical Souvenir Booklet and Street Directory of Beautiful Bellevue, 1541-1943. Women’s Association of the First Baptist Church. Omaha, Nebraska: Citizen Printing Company, 1943.
Printed advertisement. Soldier’s Additional Homesteads and Land Warrants Bought. W.E. Moses Land Company. Denver, Colorado. 1905.
Program. Yates Center, Kansas: September 27-28-29-30, 1948. Southwestern Fox and Wolf Hunters’ Association, Inc. Joplin, Missouri: Perrin Printing Company, 1948.
Printed newsletter. Hospital News: Published by Baptist Hospital. Baptist Hospital, Houston, Texas. Vol. 1, no. 3, 1927.
Black, white, and green pamphlet. Map of Waco and McLennan County. Community State Bank. Waco, Texas: Foster Ashburn, 1954.
Printed recipe book. Klamath Netted Gem Potatoes: The World’s Best. Klamath County, Oregon. Klamath Falls: Smith-Bates Printing Company, ca. 1944.
Printed booklet. Herefords: The Beef Breed Supreme. American Hereford Association, Kansas City, Missouri. 1945.
Pamphlet. Scenic and Historic Points of Interest. Ohio Oil Company, Findlay, Ohio. Includes Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, and Missouri. 1936. Black and white pamphlet. Air Mail Greetings from Oklahoma City. Oklahoma City Junior Chamber of Commerce. Oklahoma City: Beals and Morrison, 1930.
Printed booklet. Beautiful Lake Contrary and Saint Joseph, MO. St. Joseph, Missouri: Combe Printing Company, 1907.
Printed booklet. Prospectus for R.E. Twitchell’s “The Military Occupation of New Mexico, 1846-1851.” R.E. Twitchell, Esq., Vice-President New Mexico Historical Society. 1909.
Printed booklet. Pearls of the Mississippi. Hawkeye Pearl Button Company. Muscatine, Iowa: Records Printing Company, ca. 1918.
Printed booklet. Manual of Colorado Skiing and Winter Sports: Ski at the Top of the Nation. Colorado Ski Information Center, Denver, Colorado. 1961.
3. Black, white, and orange pamphlet. San Antonio Suburban Irrigated Farms: the Nation’s Sun Porch. Charles F.C. Ladd and San Antonio Suburban Irrigated Farms. 1928.
Black and white pamphlet. Branding Requirements for Registration of Brangus Cattle. American Brangus Breeders, Inc. Vinita, Oklahoma. Circa 1950.
Black, white, and yellow pamphlet. Lemon: the Natural Cosmetic for the Hair, for the Complexion, for the Hands, for the Cuticle of the Nails, for Teeth and Gums. California Fruit Growers Exchange. Los Angeles: Young & McAllister, circa 1928.
Postcard. Paradise Valley Sanitarium, National City, California. Paradise Valley Sanitarium. San Diego, California, 1905.
Black and white pamphlet. A Few Things You Should Know About La Mesa: “The Scenic Suburb of San Diego County.” La Mesa Chamber of Commerce, circa 1915.
Green and white pamphlet. Palomar Mountain Hotel, Palomar Mountain, San Diego County, California. Palomar Mountain Hotel, circa 1915.
Black and white pamphlet. Escondido. Escondido Chamber of Commerce. San Diego: Sunset Engineering Company, 1921.
Timetable. San Diego Electric Railway Company, Coronado Island, circa 1929.
Postcard. McKinley Launches Coronado Island. McKinley Boat and Ferry Company, San Diego, California, circa 1929.
Flyer. Coronado Tent and Cottage City: Summer Tariff 1930. Includes rates for beach houses, new cottages, and palm cottages. Mel S. Wright, Coronado Beach, California, 1930.
Pamphlet. Facts about Carlsbad, and Eddy County, New Mexico: the Most Famous County in the Great Southwest. Pecos Valley Immigration Company. Carlsbad, New Mexico. Circa 1907.
Color pamphlet. Thru Kansas over Royal Roads to the Geographic Center of the U.S.A. Kansas Chamber of Commerce. Topeka, Kansas: Western Lithograph Company, circa 1929.
Black, white, and red pamphlet. You’ll Like Texomaland, OK! Fun, fun, fun! Welcome to Kingston-Madill. Marshall County, Oklahoma, Chamber of Commerce, circa 1955.
Program. Falls Creek Baptist Assembly and Oklahoma State B.Y.P.U. [Baptist Young People’s Union] Convention, August 13-22, 1918. Falls Creek Baptist Assembly. Rayford, Oklahoma.
4. Pamphlet. Souvenir [of] Dodge City: Boot Hill Roundup, 1939. Dodge City, Kansas, Junior Chamber of Commerce. Dodge City: Herbert Etrick, Printers, 1939.
Program and souvenir book. The Sioux Falls Centennial, 1856-1956. Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Centennial, Inc. Sioux Falls: Midwest-Beach Printers, 1956.
Pamphlet. Facts: Big Wichita River Irrigated Valley. Wichita County Water Districts No. 1 and 2. Wichita Falls, Texas: Wichita Printing, 1932.
Black, white, and blue pamphlet. Camp Hood, Texas. Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, circa 1943.
Pamphlet. Big Crops Raised on Dakota Irrigated Lands: Good Soil, Good Water, Good People. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company. Milwaukee: Burdick, Armitage and Allen Print, circa 1896.
5. Program. Junior Ranger Program. Homestead National Monument of America, National Park Service. Beatrice, Nebraska. 2016.
Program. The Not-So-Junior Ranger Program. Homestead National Monument of America, National Park Service. Beatrice, Nebraska. 2016.
Black and white pamphlet. Rapid Growth of the Ranger Gas Company, Inc. of Ranger, Texas, in Heart of America’s Great Gas and Oil Field. Ranger Gas Company, circa 1930.
Pamphlet and map. Pictorial Map [of] Lubbock, Texas. Lubbock Chamber of Commerce. Lubbock, Texas: Thatcher Printing, 1955.
Catalog. Texas Rancher Supply Company, Spring & Summer 1935. Texas Rancher Supply Company. Fort Worth, Texas, 1935.
Program. Eighth Annual Gold Discovery Days Pageant and Rodeo, Custer, South Dakota, July 25-26, 1930. Women’s Civic Club. Custer, South Dakota, 1930.
Pamphlet. Colorado Springs, Industrially. Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce. Colorado Springs, Colorado: Out West Publishing, 1925.
Pamphlet. Three Kingdoms of a Great State: Minnesota, the North Star State at the Head of the Mississippi Valley… Minnesota State Board of Immigration. St. Paul, Minnesota: Thomas A. Clark, circa 1908.
Pamphlet. Facts: Oceanside, California. Oceanside Chamber of Commerce. Oceanside, California, 1940.
Program. Program of the Northwest Kansas Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church: Historical Sketch of the Church at Jewell City, Kansas. Northwest Kansas Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. March 14, 1906.
6. Cook book. Butler County Home Demonstration Cook Book. Butler County Home Demonstration Council, Women’s Units, 1951.
Cook book. Prize Recipes of El Reno. Uptown Business & Professional Women’s Club, El Reno, Oklahoma, n.d.
Pamphlet. The Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas. Fort Smith, Arkansas, Chamber of Commerce, circa 1951.
Program. Official Program: Twenty-Ninth Annual Tournament, South Dakota Firemen’s Ass’n to be held in the city of Pierre, S.D., the capital, June 17-18-19-20-21-22, 1912. South Dakota State Firemen’s Association. Pierre, South Dakota: Free Press Print, 1912.
Pamphlet. Springdale Fruit District. Springdale, Arkansas, Bureau of Information, 1910.
Pamphlet. San Antonio This Week: The Weekly Booster, Vol. 1 No. 1. Edited by Violet Smith. June 12-19, 1926.
Pamphlet. Opening of Three Towns in Oklahoma on the Frisco System. Includes information on Covington, Lucien, and Greenup, Oklahoma. A.E. Wolf, president of the Frisco Lot & Land Company. Fayetteville, Arkansas: Review Print, circa 1905.
Flyer. To the Citizens of New Braunfels. Advocates voting against the question to sell the street light system of New Braunfels, Texas to the South Texas Public Service Company on November 8, 1927. Signed by “Plaintiffs in Suit against City and South Texas Public Service Company.” 1927.
Pamphlet. The Texas Broadcaster, Vol. 7 No. 7. Texas Radio Service Association. Dallas, Texas. July 1940.
7. Pamphlet. Three Rivers, Live Oak County, Texas: Love Oak County’s Livest [sic] Town. Three Rivers Townsite Company, circa 1915.
Newsletter. The Fisco, Vol. 3 No. 5. Fisk Tire Company, San Antonio, Texas. October 5, 1916.
Souvenir book. Seventy-Ninth Infantry Training Battalion, Camp Roberts, California. E.F. (Bill) Shannon, circa 1943.
Pamphlet and envelope. Alluringly Yours, Oklahoma City. Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce. Mailed from Will Rogers Field in Oklahoma City to Washington Stamp Exchange in Newark, New Jersey on June 28, 1941.
Color pamphlet. Navajoland, U.S.A. Navajo Tribal Council. Parks Commission, Window Rock, Arizona, 1960.
Pamphlet. “Indian Days,” July 30-31, Aug. 1-2, 1929, Rapid City, S.D. Council of American Indians, Rapid City, South Dakota. St. Paul Minnesota: B. & B., 1929.
Pamphlet. Claremore, Oklahoma: Famous for Its Natural Mineral Water. Streeters Souvenir Shoppe, Claremore, Oklahoma, circa 1947.
Pamphlet. Souvenir Directory of San Angelo, 1949. Rosary Reading and Art Club, San Angelo, Texas, 1949.
Postcard. Rattlesnake Round-Up: The Nation’s Most Unusual Sporting Event. Okeene, Oklahoma, Junior Chamber of Commerce. April 1941.
Pamphlet. Oklahoma: “Home of the Red Man.” Oklahoma Planning and Resources Board, 1951.
Catalog. Fall Catalog 1960. Ryon Saddle & Ranch Supply, Fort Worth, Texas, 1960. Includes newsletter, order form, return envelope, and original envelope.
Pamphlet. Santa Fe Dining Car Service: Fred Harvey, the Super Chief. Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway menu for its flagship, the Super Chief, provided by the Fred Harvey Company, October 21, 1939.
8. Black, white, and green pamphlet. From the High Sierras in famous Yosemite National Park comes water bringing Production and Wealth to Prosperous Merced County, California: Opportunity Land in the Heart of the World’s Richest Valley. Merced County Chamber of Commerce. Merced County, California: Merced Sun-Star, 1943.
Black and white pamphlet and map. Lake Texoma (Denison Reservoir): Texas and Oklahoma. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District, 1947.
Postcard. Don’t Fail to Reach Oklahoma (Tune “Marching Through Georgia”). A.H. Miller, 1910.
Black and white booklet. Bonner Springs: the Kansas Karlsbad. Designed and edited by John Morgan Shook, late lieutenant in the U.S. Army. Burd & Fletcher Printing Company, circa 1905.
Black, white, and green booklet. This is Cordell, Oklahoma. Cordell, Oklahoma, Chamber of Commerce. Lawton, Oklahoma: C&J Printing Company, 1960.
Pamphlet and map. Progress Report: America’s Richest Undeveloped Valley. Arkansas Basin Development Association, Tulsa, Oklahoma, circa 1958.
Souvenir booklet. “Behind the Scenes.” Alexander Film Company, Colorado Springs, Colorado, circa 1935.
Booklet. American Falls, Idaho. American Falls Commercial Club, 1909.
Box 4 Folder:
1. Booklet. Nebraska: Her Resources, Advantages, and Development. Prepared and compiled by Jos. Garneau, Jr., Commissioner General, Nebraska Columbian Exhibit. Omaha, Nebraska: Rees Printing Company, 1893. Includes information on climate, soil, water supply, farm products, wheat, beets, fruit, trees, cattle, and livestock.
Booklet. The Resources of Missouri, first edition by Sylvester Waterhouse. St. Louis, Missouri: Aug. Wiebusch & Son, 1867. Includes information on agriculture, mineral resources, manufacturing outputs, the port of St. Louis and its commerce, railroads, education, and “Special Inducements and Facilities for Immigration to Missouri.”
Pamphlet and map. The Glory of Kansas, the Cottonwood and Upper Arkansas Valleys: A Correct County Map of Kansas Showing the Land Grant of the Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railroad. A.S. Johnson, Land Commissioner, Topeka, Kansas. Springfield, Ohio: Globe Printing & Publishing Company, ca. 1882.
Pamphlet and map. 5 Million Acres! In the Golden Belt Lands. Health Climate! Mild Winters! For Farms and Homes in Kansas and Colorado. Grazing on Summer and Winter Pastures. Stock Raising, Creameries and Cheese Factories. Wool-Growing, Grains, Grasses, Fruit. B. McAllaster, Land Commissioner. Kansas City: Ramsey, Millett, & Hulton, Printers, Etc., 1883.
Pamphlet and map. Wyoming, the State of Opportunity. Wyoming State Board of Immigration, Cheyenne, Wyoming, ca. 1921.
Flyer. First edition of Opening of Gotebo on the Rock Island Railway in the Kiowa and Comanche Country in the New State of Oklahoma… J.M. Hammonds, Immigration Agent, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1901.
Pamphlet. The Kansas City, Lawrence, and Southern Kansas R.R. Independent Line Passing Through the Great Wheat Belts of the Neosho and Arkansas Valleys to the Grazing and Cattle Fields of South-Western Kansas and Indian Territory. St. Louis: Times Printing House, 1883. Includes a map, time tables, and information on agriculture, soil, and climate.
Booklet. Excelsior Springs, Missouri. Chicago: Poole Brothers, circa 1909. Includes information about the town, including hotel accommodations, transportation, and an analysis of the waters.
2. Pamphlet. Hotel Will Rogers, Claremore, U.S.A. Hotel Will Rogers, circa 1930.
Pamphlet. Oklahoma in Word and Picture: “The Sooner State.” Conoco Travel Bureau, Denver, Colorado, 1933.
Booklet. Marble Deposits, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. Kansas City Southern Railway Company, Kansas City, Missouri, 1933.
Trade card. Pawnee Bill. American Caramel Company, New York, circa 1910. “This card is one of a set of 20 Wild West Cards, one of which is wrapped with every Wild West Caramel.”
Pamphlet. Buena Vista Hot Springs [Colorado] (Formerly known as Cottonwood Hot Springs): Hotel and Baths Open Summer and Winter. G.W. Alden, proprietor, circa 1890.
Pamphlet. 1000 Miles of Navigable Waterways of the San Joaquin Delta: Watersports, Boating, Fishing, Hunting. Stockton Chamber of Commerce, Stockton, California, circa 1933.
Pamphlet. Spearfish, South Dakota: The Playground of the Black Hills and the Home- Makers Mecca. Spearfish, South Dakota, Chamber of Commerce, Queen City Mail Print, 1929.
Pamphlet. At the Foot of Pikes Peak is the Cliff House, Manitou Springs, Colorado. E.E. Nichols Hotel Company. Denver, Colorado: Carson-Harper, circa 1913.
Pamphlet. Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Tunnel District Realty Company, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, 1927.
Pamphlet. Have You Registered for Fort Peck Land: Take a Trip to Malta. Commercial Club of Malta, Montana, circa 1915.
Pamphlet. A Little Journey through the Home of Becco: Nourishing as Beer. Becker Products Company. Ogden, Utah: Scoville Press, 1924.
Pamphlet. Beautiful Boulder, Colorado. Boulder Commercial Association, circa 1915.
3. Color pamphlet. Fort Worth: Convention City of the Southwest. Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, 1939.
Postal cover. Sapulpa, Indian Territory. Stiles Publishing Company, 1907.
Pamphlet and map. Foss Lake, Clinton, Okla. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, circa 1962.
Pamphlet and map. Playground of the Ozarks: Four State Map, Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. Ozarks Playground Association. Joplin, Missouri: Joplin Printing Company, circa 1949.
Letter. “A Golden Opportunity!” Boston Wilson, Drugs, Medicines, etc. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Territory: Hicks Printing Co., 1895.
Booklet. Resources of Northwest Arkansas: Zinc and Lead Mining. Missouri Pacific Railway Company, circa 1903.
4. Booklet. Vanderblue, Homer. Denver, The Industrial City. Denver: Welch-Haffner Printing Company, 1922.
Serial. White, Russell M., ed. Valley Events: The Magazine of the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Vol. 2, No. 12. Harlingen, Texas. March, 1949.
Serial. Rider, S. W., ed. The New Empire: A Monthly Journal Devoted to the Upbuilding of the Southwest and Strengthening of Trade Relations with Mexico. Vol. 1 No. 5, Kansas City: Missouri. June, 1903.
Booklet. Lions Club of Excelsior, Missouri. Excelsior Springs: Missouri’s National Health Resort, 1924.
Booklet. Boring, Tilton & Mellen. Hotel Colorado: Glenwood Hot Springs Colorado in the Heart of the Rocky Mountains. Chicago: W. F. Hall Printing Company, ca. 1895.
5. Pamphlet. Young Men’s Business Club. Forrest City, Arkansas, St. Francis County, Welcomes You. Little Rock: Democrat P. & L., ca. 1947.
Booklet. Arkansas State Publicity & Parks Commission. The Ozarks of Arkansas. Little Rock: Pioneer Printing, ca. 1955. Booklet. Arkansas State Publicity & Parks Commission. The Ouachitas of Arkansas. Little Rock: Pioneer Printing, ca. 1955.
Booklet. Souvenir of Oshkosh, Nebraska “Queen City of the Panhandle.” Oshkosh, NE: S & S Motel, 1952.
Booklet. Glacier Summer City. Boulder, CO: Glacier Summer City Company, ca. 1920.
Serial. The Dallas Greeter. Vol. 3.48. Hotel Greeters of America, February 28, 1932.
Pamphlet. Hope Ranch Park, Santa Barbara: An Unexcelled Private Beach. Santa Barbara: H. G. Chase Real Estate Company, 1940.
6. Pamphlet. Oklahoma Railway Company. Oklahoma Railway Company: Dependable, Fast, Interurban Freight Express Service. Chicago: Poole Bros., 1926.
Booklet. Coulter Tool Co. The Wire Tool: The Greatest Labor-Saving Device for Repairing or Building Wire Fences ever Invented.” Newark, New Jersey: Baker Printing Co., ca. 1920.
Serial. Plow Points. Vol 2.2 Dallas: Oliver Chilled Plow Works, Sales Department, December, 1919.
Pamphlet. “The Little Kingdom of Gilpin: Smallest County in the State,” Central City, CO: Register-Call Print, ca. 1940s.
7. Pamphlet. Knights & Ladies of Security, Topeka, Kansas “Objects” pamphlet, ca. 1892.
Pamphlet. Knights and Ladies of Security. “No Reason! Certainly No Good Reason for Refusing or Delaying to Protect Your Family Against Want.” Topeka, Kansas, ca. 1892.
Pamphlet. Knights and Ladies of Security. “A Nut to Crack: If It Burn You Let Loose,” Topeka, Kanas, ca. 1892.
8. Pamphlet. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway. “Eldorado Springs: A Charming Missouri Health and Pleasure Resort – Its Wonderful Mineral Springs.” Ca. 1900.
Booklet. Fordyce Bath House. “Fordyce Bath House, Arkansas Hot Springs: The Fordyce is the most Practical, Complete and Luxurious Bath House in the World.” St. Louis: Woodward, ca. 1920.
Booklet. Shelly, Will. “Saint Louis Views: An Artistic and Unusual Selection of Pictures Showing Some of Saint Louis’ Outstanding Places of Interest.” St. Louis: Will Shelly, ca. 1945.
Booklet. “Elk Springs, MO.: The Most Beautiful Spot in the Ozarks,” Fort Smith, AR: Ozark Home Building Company, ca. 1910.
Pamphlet. “Rockaway Beach, MO.: Largest and Most Beautiful Resort on Lake Taneycomo,” Rockaway Beach, MO: Tourist Association, ca. 1935.
9. Booklet. “Souvenir: Gathering of the Clans Under the Auspices of the St. Andrews Society of St. Paul,” St. Paul: St. Andrews Society, May 13, 1892.
Serial. Industry, Vol 1.3 Bell, CA Chamber of Commerce, January 1924.
Pamphlet. “Taos: Worth a Trip Across the Continent: The Don Fernando Hotel,” Taos, NM: Don Fernando Hotel, ca. 1925.
Booklet. Green Guide to US 30, ca. 1938.
Pamphlet. “Better Business in Idabel, Oklahoma.” Idabel: Idabel Chamber of Commerce, 1949.
Pamphlet. “Sightseeing…in the Buffalo Bill Country: The Cody Tours.” Cody, WY: C- Cody Enterprise, ca. 1925.
Booklet. E. M. Goodwin, Inc. “The Home of the Grapefruit, ‘Tip O’Texas’ See it and Stay, the Goodwin Tract, Mission, Texas.” Galveston: Clarke & Courts, 1929.
Booklet. Tulare County Board of Trade. “The Olive in Tulare County.” Visalia, CA, ca. 1915.
Pamphlet. Globe Chamber of Commerce. “Globe the City of Opportunity and some Facts about the Globe Mining District.” Globe, AZ: Silber Belt Print Job, 1907.
10. Pamphlet. Owings & Owings, Proprietors, Indian Territory. “The Star Restaurant: The Only Up-to-Date Short Order House in Roff.” Roff, Oklahoma Territory, 1895.
Booklet. Galveston, Texas, Commerce Club, “Galveston.” Galveston, 1915.
Booklet. Southwestern Folder Company, Dallas and Houston, “Distributing to the World, Cuero, Texas: The Famous City of the Land of Opportunity.” Houston: Cumming & Sons, 1909.
Letter. F.B. Williams & Co., Waco. “Illustrated Lettersheet of Waco.” 1894.
Pamphlet. El Paso Chamber of Commerce. “You Will Like El Paso, Texas.” El Paso: Ellis Bros. printing Co., 1916.
Flyer. Aberdeen Land District Immigration Association of South Dakota. “Embracing The countries of Brown, Campbell, Edmunds, McPherson, Walworth.” Chicago: Poole Bros. 1900.
Letter. Clay, Robinson & Co., “Texas and Southwestern Range Cattle Letter.” 1916.
Pamphlet. “Fifty Years: Kansas Pioneer Picnic, September 26, 1936, Dodge City, Kansas.” Dodge City: Herbert Etrick Printer, 1936.
Booklet. Coleridge State Bank, Coleridge, Nebraska. “Coleridge State Bank, 1884-1905.” Coleridge, 1905,
Booklet. El Paso Chamber if Commerce. “Only a Few Brief Facts Concerning El Paso, Texas, and the Rio Grande Valley.” El Paso: McMath Printers, 1914.
Pamphlet. Southwestern Sun Carnival Association. “12th Annual Southwestern Sun Carnival, El Paso, Texas, 1946-1947” 1946.
Pamphlet. American Indian Exposition of Tulsa. “First Annual American Indian Exposition, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Sept. 19-26, 1936.” 1936.
Oversized Materials: Location: 08335 Folder 1: • Ken Laager’s cover illustration for the book Outlaw’s Justice by A. J. Arnold, Ballantine Books, 1992. Illustration is 12 ¼” x 18 ½” on 18” x 21 ½” board. • Ken Laager’s cover illustration for the book Mountain Vengeance by Jason Manning, Signet, 2001. Illustration is 12” x 15 ¼” on 15” x 20” board. • Ken Laager’s cover illustration for the book Confederate Gold, Bantam, 1993. Illustration is 16” x 20” on 20” x 24” board.
Location: 08335 Folder 2: • Ken Laager’s cover illustration for the book Blood Mountain by L. J. Martin, Kensington Publishing Corp., 2003. Depicts two men engaged in a knife fight on a railroad construction site. Illustration is 13” x 18” on 16 ½” 21 ½” board, and signed by artist. • Ken Laager’s illustration, possibly for the book Hell Hound by Jackson Cain, Warner Books, 1984. Depicts a man in western clothing, brandishing a gun in each hand, against a frontier town scene. Illustration is 12 ¼” x 18” on 16 ¼” x 22 ¼” board, and signed by artist. • Color illustration, “Not a Bad Man,” by Bernhardt Wall. Philadelphia: Jos. Hoover & Son, copyright 1904. • Broadside: Grand Gift Concert in Aid of Public Improvements in the City of Denison, Texas. Texas Gift Concert Association, 1874. • Printed red, black, and white flyer: Bulletin No. 1: Medina Phosphate Fertilizer Company. Wichita Falls, Texas, 1921. • Printed newspaper insert: Denison Daily News—Supplement. “No Postponement! Distribution and Concert Will Positively Take Place on this Date or Money Refunded. A Fortune for One Dollar. Second Grant Distribution by the Texas Gift Concert Assoc’n Capital $500,000. Denison, Texas, Tuesday, November 30, 1875.” • St. Louis, World’s Fair Dedication Program Bandanna, Celebrating the Centennial of the Louisiana Purchase. St. Louis, 1904. • Broadside: T. I. Hurd. The Soo-Pacific Line, Free Homestead Lands in North Dakota, on the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway, circa 1895-1896. • Book. Stiles, Benjamin A. Drives in and about Kansas City. Kansas City: F. P. Burnap Co., 1905.
Location: 08340 Folder 3: • Ken Laager’s cover illustration for the book The Law and Lynchburg by Ray Hogan; New American Library, 1983. • Ken Laager illustration for the book Superstition Range [author and date not stated]; Dorchester / Leisure Books. • Cover illustration [artist unknown] for the book Saddle Hill by W. B. Glaston; Brown, Watson of London, circa 1950s. • Newspaper. The Texas Stockman, Vol. 5 No. 13. Texas Stockman & Farmer Company. San Antonio, Texas. October 27, 1885. • Newspaper. The Texas Stockman, Vol. 5 No. 20. Texas Stockman & Farmer Company. San Antonio, Texas. December 15, 1885. • Serial. “To the Immigrant. Numerous Inquiries Truthfully and Comprehensively Answered. All About Lisbon, Ransom County and North Dakota.” Lisbon, Dakota Territory: Lisbon Star, 1885.
Poster Collection: Advertising of the West Collection Oversized Storage Room Shelf 18 969. A 22” x 28” motion picture advertisement sent to theaters for Black Gold, a “thrilling epic of the oil fields” featuring African-American actors and filmed in Tatums, Oklahoma, by Norman Film Studios of Arlington, Florida, 1924. The film is billed as co- starring Lawrence Criner and Kathryn Boyd (Original Lafayette Players), Steve “Peg” Reynolds, Alfred Norcom, and US Marshal L. B. Tatums. The advertisement features a reproduction of the window card, still images from the film, and descriptions of the film and its earning potential for theaters. The text also mentions other films with African- American casts, including The Flying Ace; Regeneration; Green Eyed Monster; and Crimson Skull.
970. A 7 ½” x 25” broadside: Fourth Season of the Chautauqua Opens July 4th at Boulder. Rev. T. H. Malone, Colorado’s Gifted Orator, will deliver his masterly address, “20th Century Republic,” on the National Holiday. / July 5, African Boy Choir / July 6, Rev. Sam P. Jones / July 7 (Sunday) Sacred Concert. Denver: Smith-Brooks Printing Company, 1902.
971. An 8” x 23 ½” broadside by the Electra Land and Colonization Company of Electra, Texas: Electra: Why Open Electra? Advertising land for sale in the town of Electra, located just south of the Red River in Wichita County, Texas, circa 1915.
972. A 19” x 28” motion picture advertisement (press book) sent to theaters for Crimson Skull: Baffling Western Mystery Photo-Play. Jacksonville, Florida, 1922. [4]pp. on a single folded sheet. The advertisement notes it was “produced in the all-colored city of Boley, Oklahoma,” and the film stars Anita Bush, Lawrence Chenault, Bill Pickett and Steve Reynolds, and was produced by the Norman Film Manufacturing Company of Jacksonville, Florida. It contains an article by the film’s star, Anita Bush, along with mock-ups of various poster sizes.
973. A 19” x 29” advertisement for Tompkins Wild West Show titled “Tompkins’ Real Wild West” and depicting cowboys dragging an outlaw behind a horse and a hanging with cowboys shooting the outlaw. Newport, Kentucky: Donaldson Litho, circa 1913-1917. Tompkins Wild West Show ran from 1913-1917 in conjunction with the Cooper-Whitby Circus. The show was designed to tour Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York in the spring and summer and Maryland and Virginia in the fall. The show featured performers including Charles and Mabel Tompkins, Dixie DeVere, Chief Running Deer, Owasso, Bulldogger, Lafe Lewman, and African American trick rider Hank Drake. When the show folded, the Tompkins moved to El Reno, Oklahoma where Charles ran an automobile dealership and become mayor.
974. An 18” x 28 ¼” advertisement for Tompkins Wild West Show titled “Tompkins’ Real Wild West” and depicting cowboys whooping it up on horseback and clay pigeon shooting. Newport, Kentucky: Donaldson Litho, circa 1913-1917.
975. A 7½ ” x 15” printed broadside, first edition. The Best Thing in the West: The Rich Valley Lands of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company, Situated on the Beautiful Cottonwood and Arkansas Rivers, in Southwestern Kansas. 2,500,000 Acres for Sale on Eleven Years’ Credit. Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company. Topeka, Kansas: George W. Martin, Kansas Publishing House, circa 1880s.
976. A 9” x 25” printed broadside, first edition. Kansas! If You Would See the Fertile Prairies and Great Wheat Fields of Kansas, Join the Special Excursion to the Arkansas Valley and to the Cottonwood Valley, in South Central and Southwest Kansas under the Auspices of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R.R. Co. Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company. Springfield, Missouri: Transcript Printing Company, 1880.
Map Collection #35: Advertising of the West 1. Cameron County, Texas. A 22” x 34” black and white map, showing Cameron County Water Improvement District No. 1, Including Holdings N. T. Masterson, for sale by Chas. F. C. Ladd of Kansas City, Missouri, circa 1927. Map is marked in red pencil “Louis Spengel” along with other map notes. Drawer 8601.
2. Young County, Texas. A 24” x 30” black, white, and red map of Young County, Texas, by the Graham Chamber of Commerce, “Young County invites you to come, invest in its acreage and enjoy prosperity – an oil sand for every derrick,” circa 1920. Locations, drilling wells, and producing wells are marked in red; advertisements for local Graham businesses line the edges of the map. Names of land owners throughout Young County are also included. Drawer 8601.
3. Waco, Texas. A 22” x 28” black and white map of Waco, Texas and Additions, Compiled by Texas Blue Print Co., Waco, Texas, 1953. Map shows schools (including those for African Americans), city limits, division line of additions, railroads, street car and bus routes. A street index is printed on reverse, and map is still attached to its orange- colored paper container. Drawer 8601.
4. Texas. An 18 ½” x 21” colored map of Texas within booklet, titled: Map of Texas: Hale County on the South Plains, Center of Shallow Water Belt. By J. Walter Day and W. Y. Price, Real Estate Agents, Plainview, Hale County, Texas, 1907. Reverse is illustrated with 8 black and white agricultural images of “A Few of the Products of Hale County, Texas,” with descriptive summary of Hale County. Drawer 8601.
5. Missouri. A 19 ½” x 20 ½” colored map of Missouri within booklet, titled: Map of Missouri. By A. M. Walker, Real Estate, Loans, and Insurance of Louisiana, Missouri. Des Moines: Kenyon Printing and Mfg. Co., 1906. Reverse lists census population statistics for towns and cities in Missouri. Drawer 8601.
6. South Dakota. A 17 ¼” x 22” black, white, and red map of South Dakota within booklet, titled: Farm Lands in the South Dakota Natural Gas Belt: Sully, Hughes and Hyde Counties. By Cogan, Jameson & Crisp, Blunt, South Dakota, Real Estate Agents. Sioux Falls: Will A. Beach Print, 1903. Map legend indicates, “20th Century Map of South Dakota” by E. Frank Peterson, copyright 1902. A list of 1902 South Dakota agricultural statistics is noted in the top right corner of map. Drawer 8601.
7. Central Minnesota. A 23” x 28” black, blue, and white map “Showing Lands for Sale by the Land Department of the Northern Pacific Railroad Co., Becker, Hubbard, Ottertail, Todd, Wadena & Part of Cass Co., Minn. Issued by the Land Department, W. H. Phipps, Land Commissioner. St. Paul, Minn., Corrected to July 31, 1896.” Drawer 8601.
8. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. A 24 ½” x 47 ¼” color “Sectional Aeronautical Chart, Oklahoma City (R-5)” by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, showing portions of Oklahoma and Texas, including the cities of Oklahoma City and Amarillo, with airports, controlled and uncontrolled airways, beacons, etc. Drawer 8601.
9. South Dakota. A 14” x 16 ¾” black, white, and red map titled Map of the South Half of the Big Sioux Valley of South Dakota: with Adjacent Parts of Iowa and Minnesota. By Jas. T. Bigelow, Real Estate and Loans, Flandreau, South Dakota, n.d. Drawer 8601.
10. Texarkana. A 15 ½” x 11 ½” black, white, and red map titled “Texarkana Street Map.” By Baynham Advertising Company, circa 1944. Drawer 8601.