Guide to the Norman King Collection, 1887-1961

Wyoming State Archives

Wyoming State Archives
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Barrett Building
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002
USA
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Collection Summary

Title Norman King Collection
Dates (Inclusive) 1887-1961
Collector King, Norman D., 1901-1972
Abstract Material relating to Wyoming history and historical sites, espeically the Oregon and Overland Trails.
Collection Number H68-158
Size 2.5 cubic feet
Repository Wyoming State Archives
Languages English

Biographical Note

Col. Norman D. King was an aficionado of western and Wyoming history. He collected newspaper clippings, articles, reports and publications about historical people and events.


Arrangement

This collection is organized into six series: I. Addresses and Articles; II. Publications; III. Records; IV. Maps; V. Subject Files, and VI. Medals and Ribbons. Topics and records within one series may also be found in another. Subsequently, researchers should consult cross-reference the major series - Addresses and Articles, Publications and Subject Files - for complementary records.


Scope and Content

Much of the collection is comprised of newspaper articles original and transcribed about Wyoming's pioneers and territorial past, and Federal Writers' Project reports. Of special interest are records about the Oregon Trail and the Oregon Trail Memorial Association, writings and addresses of Robert Spurrier Ellison, activities of Daniel Greenburg, articles about William H. Jackson, minutes of the Cheyenne Board of Trade, and files on the Custer Battlefield, including correspondence about the 50th anniversary of the Battle of the Little Big Horn.


Restrictions

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Copy Restrictions

Limited duplication of print materials allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.


Preferred Citation

Item description, H68-158, Norman King Collection, Wyoming State Archives.


Processing Information

Finding aid prepared in 1998 by Carl Hallberg


Acquisition Information

Donated by Col. Norman D. King in 1968.


Separated Material

See notes in container list.


Related Material

H69-18, Norman D. King Collection, Wyoming State Archives

H69-21, Norman D. King Collection, Wyoming State Archives

H69-22, Norman D. King Collection, Wyoming State Archives

H69-27, Norman D. King Collection, Wyoming State Archives

H69-38, Norman D. King Collection, Wyoming State Archives

H69-45, Norman D. King Collection, Wyoming State Archives

H69-54, Norman D. King Collection, Wyoming State Archives

H69-63, Norman D. King Collection, Wyoming State Archives

H69-78, Norman D. King Collection, Wyoming State Archives

Norman D. King Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries

Norman D. King papers, Hoover Institution Archives.


Access Terms

Big Horn Basin Colonization and Irrigation Society (Wyo.)

Sheridan Rodeo (Celebration) (Sheridan, Wyo.)

American Legion

American Legion. Department of Wyoming

Ames Monument State Historic Site (Wyo.)

Baker, Jim, 1818-1898

Bridger, Jim, 1804-1881

Brooks, Bryant B. (Bryant Butler), 1861-1944

Carlisle, Bill, 1890-1964

Casper (Wyo.)

Cheyenne (Wyo.)

Collins, Caspar Wever, 1844-1865

Daughters of the American Revolution

Democratic Party (Wyo.)

Ellison, R.S. (Robert Spurrier), 1975-1945

Fort Bridger (Wyo.)

Fort Fetterman (Wyo.)

Fort Laramie (Wyo.)

Fort Phil Kearney (Wyo.)

Fort Reno (Wyo.)

Fremont County (Wyo.)

Frontier and pioneer life

Grand Teton National Park (Wyo.)

Gros Ventre Slide Geological Area (Wyo.)

Guernsey State Park (Wyo.)

Hebard, Grace Raymond, 1861-1936

Horn, Tom, 1860-1903

Hot Springs State Park (Wyo.)

Hunton, John C., 1839-1928

Independence Rock (Wyo.)

Independence Rock State Historic Site (Wyo.)

Indians of North America--Great Plains

Jackson Hole (Wyo.)

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942

Kendrick, John B. (John Benjamin), 1857-1933

Kennedy, T. Blake, 1874-1957

Lander (Wyo.)

Lathrop, George, 1830-1915

Lavoy (Wyo.)

Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876

Meeker, Ezra, 1830-1928

Mockler, Alfred J. (Alfred James), 1863-1952

Mormons--Wyoming

Music

National parks and reserves--United States

Nye, Bill, 1850-1896

Nye, Edgar W. (Edgar Wilson), 1850-1896

O'Mahoney, Joseph C. (Joseph Christopher), 1884-1962

Oregon National Historic Trail

Overland Trail

Pioneers--Wyoming

Pony express

Pony express stations--Wyoming

Railroads--West (U.S.)

Railroads--Wyoming

Rawlins (Wyo.)

Road maps

Rodeos--Wyoming

Sacagawea

Sheet music

Spear, Elsa, 1896-1992

Spotted Tail, 1823-1881

Teapot Dome Scandal, 1921-1924

Thermopolis (Wyo.)

Tourism

Tourism Industry

Union Pacific Railroad Company

Uva (Wyo.)

Wyoming State Fair (Celebration) (Douglas, Wyo.)

Wyoming Wool Growers Association

Yellowstone National Park


Container List

Series I. Articles and Addresses 

Description Container

"Along the Old Trails of Wyoming" by R.S. Ellison, 1929  

Box  1  

"The Battle of Red Buttes," by G.C. Isley  

Box  1  

"Before the Railroad Came Into Fremont County," by J. Ernest Smith  

Box  1  

"Bill Carlisle," by Mae Cody  

Box  1  

"Bill Nye Humorist," by Alfred J. Mokler and Charline Sackett  

Box  1  

"Building of the Ames Monument"  

Box  1  

"Burnt Ranch: The Overland Stage to California," by Frank A. Root and William E. Connelley  

Box  1  

"Cheyenne Was Once Labeled Wickedest City in America"  

Box  1  

"Crowheart Butte," by Ludwig Stanley Landmichl  

Box  1  

"The Devil’s Gate," by Alfred J. Mokler  

Box  1  

"Early Days in Montana and Wyoming," by William L. Lansing  

Box  1  

"Early Folk Lore Legends"  

Box  1  

"Eleven Days Without Mail," by Ludwig Stanley Landmichl, 1910  

Box  1  

"Falling Leaf," The Princess - Most Beautiful Daughter of the Sioux"  

Box  1  

"Fort John Buford," by Alfred J. Mokler  

Box  1  

"Fort Laramie," by "lice c. Guyol  

Box  1  

"Freund’s Castle," by Edward Burnett  

Box  1  

"The Grattan Massacre"  

Box  1  

"The History of Fort Bridger." by Charles M. Fowkes, Jr.  

Box  1  

"Indian Chiefs Hanged at Fort Laramie," by Alfred J. Mokler  

Box  1  

"Indian Legends: The Story of Cottontail and the Sun"  

Box  1  

"Laying the Foundations of Sheridan," by J.D. Loucks  

Box  1  

"The Legend of Sheep Eaters," by Nellie H. Vanderveer  

Box  1  

"Locating the Red Buttes Indian Fight Site . . .," 1926  

Box  1  

"Lord Ranch," by G.C. Isley  

Box  1  

"M.D. Quick," by Olaf B. Kongslie  

Box  1  

"The Manner in Which the Sioux Became Divided Into Twelve Tribes"  

Box  1  

"Memorandum Concerning the Number of Soldiers Killed in Platte Bridge and Red Buttes Indian Fights, July 26, 1865"  

Box  1  

"The Natural Fort," by C.G. Coutant, 1899  

Box  1  

"North Platte," by Alfred J. Mokler  

Box  1  

"Old Mother Featherlegs, Ike Diapert and George McFadden Share Lonely Grave Along the Trail, South of Lusk," by J.B. Griffith  

Box  1  

"Oddities and Interesting Facts About Wyoming," 1939  

Box  1  

"Red Buttes Indian Fight . . ." by R.S. Ellison, 1924  

Box  1  

"The Relief of Fort Phil Kearney," by Edward Burnett,  

Box  1  

"Some of the Indian Battles and Battlefields," by W.M. Camp, 1920  

Box  1  

"Stage Robbery at Cold Springs," by Charline Sackett,  

Box  1  

"Statement Regarding fight at Platte Bridge and Red Buttes . . .,"by John Crumb, 1927  

Box  1  

"Story of Development of Slater and Slater Flats,"  

Box  1  

"The Teapot Dome," by Alfred J. Mockler,  

Box  1  

"Three Battles at Platte Bridge," by G.C. Isley,  

Box  1  

"Three Day Fight With Indians," by Charline Sackett,  

Box  1  

"Tubb Town,"  

Box  1  

"A Veteran of Westport," by G.C. Isley, 1928  

Box  1  

"The Virginian and the Goose Egg Ranch House," by Alfred J. Mokler,  

Box  1  

"A Weird Tale,"  

Box  1  

"When Uva Was a Railroad Terminal - A Bit of History,"  

Box  1  

Series II. Publications 

Description Container

All American Indian Days 1957 [program]  

Box  1  

American Cattle Trails, 1540-1900 by Garnet M. and Herbert O. Brayer, 1952  

Box  1  

America’s Historic Opportunity , 1937 [Oregon Trail]  

Box  1  

Annals of Wyoming , Oct 1957 [transferred to historical library]  

Box  1  

An Army Boy of the Sixties: A Study of the Plains by Alson B. Ostrander, 1924  

Box  1  

Book of the Governors: Wyoming, 1926  

Box  1  

Brands  

Box  1  

"Bullwhacking Across the Plains," by W.H. Jackson, 1931  

Box  1  

Catalog . . . of D.A.R. Insignia . . .  

Box  1  

Cavalcade of the Golden West  

Box  1  

Cavalier, April 1959  

Box  1  

The Cavalry Journal, Jan-Feb 1941  

Box  1  

Charley Reynods, 1915  

Box  1  

Cheyenne Country Club, 1917  

Box  1  

Cheyenne: The Magic City, by C.D. Kirkland 1890 [a pictorial booklet]  

Box  1  

Cheyenne, Wyo. Souvenir Folder [postcards]  

Box  1  

The Citizens’ Alliance of Cheyenne, Wyoming, Constitution and By-Laws  

Box  1  

The City of Casper, Wyoming, 1924: The Wonder City of the West, 1924  

Box  1  

Community Songs  

Box  1  

Covered Wagon Centennial Celebration at Old Fort Laramie . ., 1930 [program]  

Box  1  

The Custer Semi-Centennial Commemoration . . ., 1926  

Box  1  

The Dining Room: Its Decoration and Entertainment  

Box  1  

Driving the Golden Spike: Story of A Great Achievement by George N. Hillman, 1932  

Box  1  

Dude Ranch Directory  

Box  1  

Edwin Willard Deming, 1925  

Box  1  

An Epic of the Middle West: Excerpts From the Personal Diary of the Late William Emory Atchinson in 1864, by Charles M. Ramsdell, 1933  

Box  1  

Famous American Mountain Paintings,I: With Moran in the Yellowstone, by W.H. Jackson in Appalachia, December1936, 149-58  

Box  1  

First Annual State Convention, Young Folks Democratic Clubs, 1934  

Box  1  

Fortieth Annual Cheyenne Frontier Days, 1936 [transferred to historical collections]  

Box  1  

Fourth Annual Buffalo Bill Birthday Banquet, 1927 [program]  

Box  1  

Fourth Annual Report of the Cheyenne Railway Employees Building and Loan Association, 1905  

Box  1  

From East To West, The Oregon Trail Is The Best  

Box  1  

Geography of Wyoming by Lewis C. Tidball  

Box  1  

George Lathrop Memorial, 1930 [program]  

Box  1  

Governors’ Conference, 1926 [program]  

Box  1  

Green River Rendezvous, 1838-1938,1938 [program]  

Box  1  

Greenburg’s Gazette, 1928? [Casper]  

Box  1  

Haynes’ Bulletin, Feb 1923 [National Park Service and Yellowstone National Park]  

Box  1  

The History and Government of Wyoming, 8th edition, by Grace Raymond Hebard, 1919  

Box  1  

How the West Was Won [book about making the movie with the same title]  

Box  1  

Hymns for His Praise, 1903  

Box  1  

Independence Rock: The Great Record of the Desert by Robert Spurrier Ellison, 1930  

Box  1  

Infantry Journal, Sep 1941  

Box  1  

Jackson Hole  

Box  1  

Jackson Hole: Where to Go . . . What to See  

Box  1  

Laramie or, The Queen of Bedlam: A Story of the Sioux War of 1876 by Charles King, 1890  

Box  1  

Midwest Review, Mar 1928 and Jul-Aug 1929 [transferred to historical publications]  

Box  1  

Mountain Camping in the National Forests of Wonderful Wyoming [transferred to archives publications]  

Box  1  

"The Museum at Guersney," 1940  

Box  1  

"The Myth of the Unconquered Frontier, 1815-1871" by C.P. Stacy in American Historical Review LVI, Oct1950  

Box  1  

1940 Classified Business and Professional Directory, 1940 [Casper; transferred to historical library]  

Box  1  

North Platte River Bulletin by Edwin W. Burritt, 1941  

Box  1  

Official Detective Stories, December 1941  

Box  1  

Official Directory of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition . . . 1905, 1905  

Box  1  

The Oregon Trail, 1926  

Box  1  

Oregon Trail: A Plan To Honor the Pioneers  

Box  1  

Oregon Trail Memorial Association Annual Convention, 1939 [program and tour guide]  

Box  1  

The Overland Mail [Union Pacific Railroad magazine]  

Box  1  

The Pacific Monthly, April 1911  

Box  2  

Petroleum Industry of Wyoming, 1924  

Box  2  

Pioneering Western Trails by Clarence B. Richardson, 1929  

Box  2  

Polonaises pour Piano de Fr. Chopin  

Box  2  

Practicality of Railroads Through the South Pass, 1858  

Box  2  

Proceedings and Collections of the Wyoming Historical Department,1921-1923, 1923 [transferred to historical library]  

Box  2  

Rawlins, Carbon County, Wyoming Invites You  

Box  2  

Remarks of Hon. Addison T. Smith of Idaho . . ., 1925 [Oregon Trail]  

Box  2  

The Resources and Attractions of Wyoming for the Home Seeker,Capitalist and Tourist, 1893  

Box  2  

Richard Ranch, Cody, Wyoming [dude ranching]  

Box  2  

Richter's Community Songs for Casper, Wyoming  

Box  2  

Setting the West to Music: A Program of Western Songs  

Box  2  

A Short History of Fort Laramie, 1928  

Box  2  

Sixth Annual State Convention of Wyoming Chapter, National Association of Postmasters of the United States, 1941  

Box  2  

Songs for the Rotary Club, 1922  

Box  2  

Southeastern Wyoming for the Tourist, 1927  

Box  2  

Souvenir History of Jackson Hole, 1924  

Box  2  

A Story of "Falling Leaf," The Princess - Most Beautiful Daughter Of the Sioux by G.O. House  

Box  2  

Story of the Old Oregon Trail, 1922  

Box  2  

The Teepee Book: Official Publication of the 50th Anniversary of the Custer Battle, 1926  

Box  2  

Thermopolis, Wyoming . . . Hot Springs State Park  

Box  2  

Trailing the Campfires by Elsa Spear Edwards, 1935  

Box  2  

Union Pacific Railroad, 1867  

Box  2  

Utah Covered Wagon Days, 1936 [invitation]  

Box  2  

William H. Jackson, Photographer, Artist, Explorer, 1939  

Box  2  

William H. Jackson: Pioneer of the Yellowstone by R.S. Ellison, 1925  

Box  2  

With the Colors: Fort Douglas, Utah, 1923, 1923 Citizens’Military Training Camps  

Box  2  

Wyoming Chronological: History and Government, 1620-1931, 1938  

Box  2  

Wonderful Wyoming, 1925  

Box  2  

Wonderful Wyoming, ca. 1941 [transferred to archives publications]  

Box  2  

The Yellowstone National Park, 1906  

Box  2  

Yellowstone National Park . . ., 1920  

Box  2  

Series III. Records 

Description Container

Cheyenne Business Men's Association/Cheyenne Board of Trade minutes, 1898-1905, 1 vol.  

Box  2  

Poem Collection, n.d., 1 vol.  

Box  2  

Roosevelt Arrangement Committee proceedings, 1903, 1 vol.  

Box  2  

Series IV. Maps 

Description Container

Custer Battlefield, n.d.  

Box  FF  

Custer Battlefield, 1908  

Box  FF  

Land Grants to Railroads and Wagon Roads, 1882  

Box  FF  

Plan of the Battlefield of the 7th Regt. Cav. . . ., 1876  

Box  3  

Wilhelm’s Interpretative Map of Wonderful Wyoming, 1935  

Box  FF  

Wyoming, n.d.  

Box  3  

Wyoming Highway Map 1939 [transferred to archives publications]  

Box  3  

Series V. Subject Files 

Description Container

Baker, Jim - Cabin, 1931-1932  

Box  2  

Big Horn Basin Colonization and Irrigation Society [forms]  

Box  2  

Bridger, Jim, 1922-1932  

Box  2  

Brooks, Bryant, 1932  

Box  2  

Carson, Kit, 1922  

Box  2  

Collins, Bill, 1932  

Box  2  

Collins, Casper, 1925  

Box  2  

Crime, 1922-1926  

Box  2  

Custer Battle, 1926-1941  

Box  2  

Custer, George A., 1927-1928  

Box  2  

Custer Memorial Celebration, 1926  

Box  2  

Farrow, Edward J., 1932  

Box  2  

Fort Fetterman, 1922-1931  

Box  2  

Fort Laramie, 1927-1940  

Box  2  

Fort Phil Kearney, 1931-1932  

Box  2  

Fort Reno, 1927  

Box  2  

Greenburg, Daniel W., 1911-1931  

Box  2  

Gros Ventre Slide, 1927  

Box  2  

Horn, Tom, 1927-1932  

Box  2  

Hunton, John, 1926  

Box  2  

Independence Rock, 1926-1930  

Box  2  

Jackson, William H., 1932  

Box  2  

Kendrick, John, 1932  

Box  2  

Kennedy, T. Blake, 1925-1927  

Box  2  

Lavoye, Wyoming, 1925  

Box  2  

Lincoln, Abraham, 1925-1961  

Box  2  

Meeker, Ezra, 1923  

Box  2  

Miscellaneous, ca. 1922-1939  

Box  2  

Mokler, Alfred J., 1927  

Box  2  

Mormonism, 1923-1932  

Box  3  

National Parks, 1929-1932  

Box  3  

O’Mahoney, Joseph, 1933  

Box  3  

Oregon Trail, 1939  

Box  3  

Overland Trail, 1926  

Box  3  

Political, 1924-1926  

Box  3  

Pony Express, 1935-1937  

Box  3  

Rodeo, 1928-1937  

Box  3  

Sacajawea, 1922-1925  

Box  3  

Teton National Park, 1926-1932  

Box  3  

Series VI. Medals and Ribbons 

Description Container

American Legion, 1934  

Box  3  

American National Livestock Association, 1938  

Box  3  

Associates of Poor Richard  

Box  3  

Independence Rock Celebration, 1930  

Box  3  

I.W.L.A., 1937  

Box  3  

Lander, Wyoming  

Box  3  

Mining and Industrial Congress, 1928  

Box  3  

National Editorial Association, 1929  

Box  3  

Philadelphia, 1926  

Box  3  

Sheridan, Wyoming Rodeo, 1931  

Box  3  

Taylor, John, In Memoriam, 1887  

Box  3  

Wyoming Peace Officers Association, 1933  

Box  3  

Wyoming State Fair, 1926, 1929, 1931  

Box  3  

Wyoming Statehood, 1890  

Box  3  

Wyoming Wool Growers Association, 1934  

Box  3