Charles "Chuck" Morrison Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection includes records from the Cole Creek Wreck including passenger lists, obituaries, and correspondence; records of New York Oil Company in Casper; District Court correspondence and files; Personal Correspondence between Wyoming State Representative Chuck Morrison and other Wyoming Representatives; Chuck Morrison writing to his family and friends, etc ; letters Chuck Morrison received and sent to various ski and outdoor clubs; ski and wildlife magazines; Chuck Morrison's historical stories and articles he wrote while working for the Casper Star-Tribune newspaper; photographs taken and collected by Chuck Morrison of Wyoming's historical sites, churches, neighborhoods, cemeteries, local flora and fauna, etc. ranging from the 1920s to the 1980s; personal photographs of Chuck Morrison's family, property, etc.; boxes of negatives related to the rest of the photos and photo rolls; Chuck Morrison's WWII credentials, awards, and photographs from his time in WWII; a special collection of letters of correspondence between Chuck Morrison, his mother, his father, and his friends, written during his time in World War II; and a special items box containing some of the plaques and awards Chuck Morrison earned over the years for writing, sportsmanship, photography, etc.
Dates
- 1835 - 1988
Creator
- New York Oil Company (Organization)
Conditions Governing Use
The Charles "Chuck" Morrison Collection are open for research use and may be reproduced following repository policy. The family expressed that the materials in the collection be made available to the public. The repository will digitize and make materials created by Morrison avaliable to as wide a range of users as possible. It will observe its Publication and Fees policy until it moves these records to the Public Domain on 2061-05-14.
Extent
Approximately 39.0 (49 Archival Boxes) Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Metadata Rights Declarations
- License: This record is made available under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Creative Commons license.
Physical Location
212-R-2L-2H-7.50 212-R-3L-3H-10.75 212-O-2L-2H- 8.0 212-O-3L-3H-10.0
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Mary Lou Morrison
Accruals
No Accruals Anticipated
Source
- Charles Morrison (Person)
Creator
- New York Oil Company (Organization)
- Frank G. Curtis (Person)
- Title
- Charles (Chuck) Morrison Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Hanz Olson and Hannah Baldwin
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Casper College Archives and Special Collections Repository
125 College Drive
Casper Wyoming United States 82601 United States
3072682549
hanz.olson@caspercollege.edu