THE WESTERN WAYS FEATURE FILES COLLECTION MS 1056 DESCRIPTION This collection consists of several types of materials: "data" files; business correspondence; manuscripts of features stories; photographs, negatives and color transparencies; and many files of legal papers, court orders, and transcripts of legal hearings. The first category, "data" files, refers to the research materials collected for use in writing feature stories. These materials consist of ephemeral materials, such as booklets, pamphlets, maps, flyers and promotional materials, usually distributed for tourists by such agencies as Chambers of Commerce, local governments, businesses, or in some cases federal government agencies like the Department of the Interior, the National Park Service and the Bureau of Indian affairs. These ephemeral materials date from the late 1930's to the late 1960's. The second category of business correspondence consists mainly of letters to and from publishers; photographic agencies; advertising agencies; individual businesses; writers; photographers; and the Western Ways Features company. Although a small proportion of the material is personal correspondence, the great bulk of the letters are business-related. The dates of the letters range from the early 1930's until the late 1970's. There are large numbers of letters to and from Arizona Highways and its long-time editor, Raymond Carlson, over a period of three decades. An equally large number of letters are between Western Ways and the Camera Press agency in London, which represented western ways in Europe for over thirty years. Smaller collections of letters are with such Arizona personalities as Barry Goldwater, Roy Drachman, Ray Manley and many others. The third type of material are manuscripts of stories that the Western Ways Features company attempted to market, and were usually part of a package offered along with accompanying set of photographs. The manuscripts are almost always either typescripts or carbon copies, sometimes in many variant versions. Many pages of captions for the photographs are also present. In some cases, there are notebooks or other hand-written materials. These are in the nature of "field notes" written on trips to Mexico and various areas of the Southwest, and are a type of raw material for features stories. Still another type of manuscript to be found here are film scenarios from the various documentary films and shorts made by Charles Herbert, the president of Western Ways over a period of three decades. The fourth category represents photographic odds and ends that are not 1 included in the Western Ways Photographic Collection, which is still to be accessioned. They were placed in various files, usually accompanying a relevant story, and are listed in the catalog of this collection under the appropriate file name, and not cataloged or indexed separately. The final category of materials are many legal records relating to the Buena Vista Land fraud of the 1960's. Both Herbert and his wife Lucile were among the investors who failed to receive deeds for the land that they had purchased. The resulting series of legal actions continued from 1959 to 1976 as this group of investors attempted to "save the ranch". As an almost complete record of one of the many land frauds rampant in Arizona in this period, this material should provide a rich trove to future legal scholars and historians. PROCESSING This collection was processed and cataloged between August, 1993 and May, 1994 by Robert Lane under the supervision of the Acting Archivist, Rose Byrne. FINDING MATERIALS IN THIS COLLECTION All of the materials in the Western Ways Feature Files were organized under subject headings relating to the materials included in the various files. Each file name represents an actual paper file of material. In processing this collection, a catalog number was assigned to the file, to create a means to locating the file in the index. So, for example, when the name, "Candelario, John’’ is found in the index, it is followed by a series of three numbers: 1326, 1327, and 1674. These numbers are the file numbers in which materials related to Candelario may be found. If a researcher consults the catalog, he/she will that the materials consist of a number of letters, notebooks, and a film scenario. In this way, it is hoped that the future researcher will be able to access the desired materials without undo labor or an elaborate paper chase. HISTORICAL NOTE ON THE WESTERN WAYS FEATURES COMPANY The Western Ways Company was a loose association of photographers and writers that was formed to produce both written and pictorial coverage of events, places, and personalities for the purpose of creating feature stories for sale to publications, agencies, and to the private sector. Formed in Montana at the end of the 1930's, western ways continued until the late 1970's. The founder and president of Western Ways was Charles W. Herbert, who along with his wife Lucile Herbert, was to be the directing force of the company throughout all of its various manifestations. In the beginning of the company, it consisted of Herbert and a few younger 2 associates. World War II intervened, and when Western Ways was restarted in Tucson, it rapidly expanded to dozens of employees and became, besides a photo- production agency, an actual photographic plant, a photo-finishing operation, a portrait studio, as well as a base for Herbert's many projects in film and television. This period lasted from 1945 to 1953, when the photofinishing operation was sold and the number of employees was greatly reduced. The following year saw the departure of Ray Manley and Naurice Koonce, the two top photographers. After this year, Western Ways was, as Herbert wrote, "a one man operation" that continued to produce new coverages of people and places that interested him. But the great bulk of the business transacted was in materials that had been produced years before, and continued to be recycled to new clients and new markets. WESTERN WAYS INDEX Abbott, Chuck and Henderson, Esther (western photographers), 19 Acme Newspix (United Press), 434 Adams, Dr. Lytle S., Manuscripts, 3 Adams, Dr. Lytle-Captions, Clippings, 20, 1469 Agriculture, 28 Ajo, 23, 1470 Alaska, 325, 1471 American Airlines, 438 American Cinematographer, 440 American Educational Publications (A.E.P.), 441-442 American Hereford Association (H.B. Thurber), 446 American Hereford Journal, 445 American Home, 447 American Institute For Foreign Trade ("Thunderbird"), 22 American Institute of Biological Sciences, 378, 443 American Museum of Natural History- Southwestern Research Station, 24 Amerika Illustrated (U.S. State Dept.), 450 A-Miscellaneous (correspondence), 377 Animals-Miscellaneous, 25 Annan Photo Features, 375, 453 Antelope Hunt, 26 Apache, 27, 1198, 1679-1684, 1688-1707 Apache Happy Hunting Grounds, 31 Apache Puberty Rites, 969 AP Newsfeatures, 376 Arboretum (Boyce Thompson), 32 Archbold, John D., 454 Architecture, Western, 4 3 Argosy, 456, 1239 Arizona Daily Star, 462 Arizona Dawn Gardens, 29 Arizona Days and Ways (Arizona Republic), 460 Arizona Development Board, 461 Arizona-General Data, 1, 18 Arizona Highways, Correspondence, 374, 465-469 Arizona Pioneers, 1177 Arizona Range News, 464 Arizona Scenics, 34 Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, 33 Armed Services-Patriotism, 35 Arnold, Oren (Phoenix writer), 1310 Artists, 36 Asia, 324 Autry, Gene, 37, 1481 Bailey, Tom (Arizona and Wisconsin writer) 1314 Baille De Los Flores, 39 Baird, Matt (Southern Arizona rancher), 49, 1483 Baja Portfolio, 1645-1650 Baker, Riley and Maggie, 284 Balestrero, Pietro (Pete) (photographer), 38 Banff Park, 328 Barbados, 346 Barbeques, 40 Bardsley, William (Tucson writer), 1312 Baxter- Lane (Postcards), 727 Beardsleys (Tucson clothing designers), 41 Bears, Yellowstone, 321, 1193 Belknap, Bill (Nevada photographer), 1316 Better Movie Making, 472 Bingo, Pinball Dog, 42 Bisbee, 43, 14871488Blackhawk Films, 1250 Bloodhounds, 44 Blythe, 45 B-Miscellaneous (correspondence), 380 Boat In Desert, 46 Boots, 47 Bowie, 48, 1490 Bowmar Records, 474 Boyd, Phyllis (writer for Western Ways), 379 Bozell and Jacobs, 1240 Bradford-Robinson (Printing company), 475 4 Brama-Baird Data, 49 Brands (Cattle Brands),50 Braun, Joseph, 476 Breed, Jack-Station Wagon (western photographer), 51, 1318 Briscoe, Ernest (Montana photographer), 1300 British Columbia, 326 Brockner, Stewart, 1491 Brooks, Joe (Florida sports writer), 1320 Brooms, 52 Brown and Bigelow (advertising) 478 Brownie, Lew (Arizona publicity man and editor) 1493 Bucking Horse Corral, 53 Buick Magazine, 483-484 Bullfighting, 54 Burch, Ralph T. (writer and convict) 485 Burchman, Phil (Pictorial Parade), 486 Bureau of Indian Affairs, 482 Burnett, Leo (Advertising agency), 487, 646 Butterfield Stage, 55 Butts, John E., 1242 Byrd, Herb W. (Shell, Wyoming photgrapher) 1323 Byrum (Advertising agency), 488 Cabot and Gill (Tucson advertising agency), 490, 499 Cacti, 56 Cactus Ballet, 57 Cactus Candy, 57 Cactus Craft, 57, 491, 500 Cactus Disease, 58 Cactus Fruit, 59 Cactus Furniture, 299 Calabasas Mission-Canyon De Chelly-Casa Grande, 60 California Data, 1060-1090 Camera Press (London photo agency), 492-498, 1244 Camp Verde, 65 Canada, 327 and 330 Cananea, Sonora 1499 Candelario, John (New Mexico photgrapher and filmmaker) 1326, 1327, 1674 Caplin, Harvey (New Mexico photographer) 1324 Carroll, Tommy (Tucson photographer) 1329 Cartographic Maps, 66 Cary, W. Jackson (Tucson writer) 1325 Caso, Eduardo (Founder and director of Tucson Boys Choir), 273 Cattle-Captions,