William Frederick Bragg, Jr. Manuscripts and Notebooks

William Frederick Bragg was a Western writer, born in 1922 in Wyoming. He served in World War II and Korea as a Marine. He took a BA and MA from the University of Wyoming in History. His thesis was "Sacajawea’s Role in Western History" (1953). Bragg worked for Casper College, retiring in 1987. He was an author of Western fiction and Wyoming history, who published eleven Western books including: "Wyoming’s Wealth: A History of Wyoming" (1976), "Wyoming, Rugged But Right" (1979), and "Wyoming, Wild and Wooly" (1983). The Western Writers Association awarded him the Golden Spur Award in 1983 for "The Ten Sleep Mail", best short nonfiction.

Researchers may be interested in the William Frederich Bragg papers, 1918-1996. Available at the University of Wyoming's Heritage Center. The above Historical Note has been borrowed from the American Heritage Center's finding aid.