Casper (Wyo.) -- History.

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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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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The Sheffner-McFadden Collection consists of family photographs and albums, postcards, and photographs of early-day Casper, Wyoming, that had been collected by Genevieve Sheffner Shultz. Other materials include a notebook belonging to Frances C. Butler (Sheffner), an East Side High School Class of 1918 Yearbook, and a letter to Jean C. Mcfadden from prolific Wyoming writer Peggy Simson Curry.