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Casper (Wyo.) -- History.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Anatomy of a Western Town

 Item
Identifier: NCA 01.1940.01 WyCaC US
Scope and Contents

Paper written and submitted to the Wyoming Writer's Project as a social estimate of Casper, Wyoming by Joseph Orr in 1940. This copy of Orr's work was prepared from a microfilm copy at the State Archives. It is only available through the repository in digital form.

Dates: 1940-03-10

Beverly M. Holt and Kenney Gray Collection of Digitized Postcards

 Collection
Identifier: NCA 01.v.2024.10 WyCaC US
Scope and Contents This collection currently consists of a submission information package of 308 digital files of post cards of Casper and Natrona County. Subjects include banks, churches, the Cole Creek train wreck, hospitals, refineries, schools, streets and more. They pertain to the years 1902 to 1956 approximately. It looks like many of these post cards were purchased on eBay between 2004 and 2008 and were thus subsequently added to the Beverly M. Holt and Kenny Gray Collection, though it is not exactly...
Dates: 1902 - 1956

Casper "Old Town" and Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad

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Scope and Contents From the File: This collection is very diverse and extensive including stories, writings, maps, name lists, photographs, press clippings, and other documents and items related to the histories compiled by local historian and photographer Art G. Randall. He chronicled the stories of Wyoming businesses, individuals, accidents and incidents from the early 1800 and 1900s, and created substantial files and collections for historical landmarks, monuments, trails, and main pieces of the history of Casper and...
Dates: 1520 - 1992

Casper Pioneer and Families Newspaper Clippings

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Identifier: NCA 01.v.2024.09 WyCaC US
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of 9 volumes of newspaper clippings on early pioneers, families, and other topics related to the history of Casper, Wyoming.

Dates: 1980 - 1993

Dana Van Burgh Casper Buildings Project

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Identifier: NCA 01.v.1998.02
Scope and Contents The Dana Van Burgh Casper Buildings Project is a collection of historical photographs of and research about various historical buildings located in Casper, Wyoming. The images were collected or taken by Dana Van Burgh for reference purposes, originally to benefit the patrons of Casper College's Western History Center. The collection is divided up into sections by streets, and includes special locations such as Fort Caspar, historic houses, local churches, fairgrounds, and aerial and...
Dates: 2006 - 2010

Dana Van Burgh Casper Buildings Project

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: NCA 01.v.1998.02
Dates: Photographs are of historical subjects originating from at least the 1880s onward, but the images themselves were collected or taken between 2006 and 2010 by Dana Van Burgh.

Digitized Bennett Family Photo Album, 1933 - 1947

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Scope and Contents

This Wyoming family photo album contains photographs that were created by or belonged to the Bennett Family of Casper, Wyoming. Researchers will find a photograph of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's car outside of Mrs. Bennett's restaurant during his first or second visit to the State of Wyoming. There are some other photographs of Casper and surrounding areas as well as photographs of Yellowstone and other parts of the State.

Dates: 1933 - 1947

Dr. Harry B. Durham Papers

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Identifier: CCA 03.a.2024.01 WyCaC US

James G. Crawford Manuscript and Papers

 Series
Identifier: NCA 02.2024.01 WyCaC US
Content Description Manuscript of Salt Creet--The First Fifty Years by James G. Crawford, Chemical and Geological Engineer out of Casper. The manuscript includes notes and inserts of material and is comprised of 24 chapters with a prologue and an epilogue. Researchers will also find Crawrord's research files pertaining to the early history of Salt Creek. It is thought that Crawford was working on his manuscript and collecting these materials between approximately 1961 and 1971, but his draft was never...
Dates: 1961 - 1971

Jan and Bill Hawks Papers

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Identifier: NCA 01.v.2023.01 WyCaC US
Scope and Contents The Jan and Bill Hawks Papers consist of copies of scrapbooks and photoalbums documenting the Casperites who made history for their role in the First Lady's project in 1989, and the Casper Nit Whit's during the 1960s. Researchers will also find a historic photograph of the Fox Farm on Squaw Creek and a milk cap cover from Galles Dairy, a Landmens Wives Directory from 1972-1973, 3 photographs of gardens at site of the old Armory building and Natrona County Library planted by "Bulbs Us Ladies...
Dates: 1945 - 2001