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Inventory of the Robert C. Warner papers, 1915-1994

University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

Email: ahcref@uwyo.edu
URL: http://ahc.uwyo.edu/

The creation of the EAD-version of this finding aid was made possible through a grant from the National Historic Publications and Records Commission.

"©" 2006

University of Wyoming


Collection Summary

Title Robert C. Warner papers
Dates (Inclusive) 1915-1994
Dates (Bulk) 1950-1994
Creator Warner, Robert C.
Abstract Papers and photographs of a University of Wyoming photojournalism professor. Includes research material on American artist Alfred Jacob Miller and on the history of Wyoming newspapers and broadcast journalism.
Collection Number 400037
Size 40 cubic ft. (2 slim document boxes, 3 document boxes, 7 record boxes, 38 oversize boxes)
Repository University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
Language(s) English

Biography of Robert C. Warner

Robert Combs Warner was born May 22, 1925 in Douglas, Wyoming. He graduated from Converse County High School in 1943 and then served his country in the U.S. Navy during World War II, receiving the Purple Heart. After the war, he returned to his family’s Converse County ranch, and by 1954 was ranch manager running both cattle and sheep.

In June 1962, Warner sold the ranch and moved to Laramie to start summer school at the University of Wyoming. He received his B.A. with honors in journalism and English from U.W. in 1966, and his M.A. in American studies in 1973. He began lecturing at U.W. in 1971 and was promoted to assistant professor of journalism in 1975. He became tenured in 1977 and served as acting department head from 1980 to 1981. Warner received many awards, among them the AMOCO Outstanding Teaching Award in 1975 and the Society of Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi, Distinguished Campus Advisor Award in 1979. He was a member of the Wyoming Press Association.

Robert C. Warner researched the history of newspapers and broadcast journalism in Wyoming. He was also an expert on the paintings of Alfred Jacob Miller (1810-1874), who was best known as the artist of the Rocky Mountain fur trade. In 1979, he published a book on this topic, “The Fort Laramie of Alfred Jacob Miller,” based on his 1973 master’s thesis.

Warner was married to Georgie Bell. He died in December, 1988 of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Scope and Content

The Robert C. Warner papers contain Warner’s research on Alfred Jacob Miller, which was used in the preparation of his book, “The Fort Laramie of Alfred Jacob Miller,” as well as proof sheets, correspondence, book reviews, and other materials relating to publication. The papers also include subject files on the history of Wyoming print and broadcast journalism and journalists; many photographs taken by Warner of sites relating to the life of Alfred Jacob Miller; and photographs taken by Warner’s students while studying photojournalism under his direction.

Biographical material included in the papers consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, a bound volume of the University of Wyoming campus newspaper, The Branding Iron, 1963-64, when Warner was photo editor, information on some of his many awards such as the AMOCO Good Teaching Award and the Society of Professional Journalists’ Distinguished Campus Advisor Award, and a few artifacts. This series also contains a great deal of information on Warner’s death and his memorial reunion including an audio tape of the service, newspaper clippings, and many letters, cards, and tributes written in his honor.

Restrictions

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public. However, no student photographs are to be copied without individual student permission.

Copyright Information

The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply. Donor retains copyrights to materials in the 1993 accretion (Georgie Warner).

Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Robert C. Warner papers, 1915-1994, Collection Number 400037, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

Processing Information

The collection was processed by Ronda Frazier in March 2006.

Acquisition Information

Dana Dreinhofer, Dr. Jack Ravage, and Georgie B. Warner (widow) donated papers to the Robert C. Warner Collection at the American Heritage Center. Papers were received during the years 1989, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2001.

Related Materials

There are no other known archival collections created by Robert C. Warner at the date of processing. For additional information about Alfred Jacob Miller at the American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming, see:

Mae Reed and Clyde H. Porter papers, Collection Number 06142

Access Terms

Audio tapes.

Fort Laramie (Wyo.)

Journalism--History--Wyoming.

Journalism--Study and teaching.

Miller, Alfred Jacob, 1810-1874.

Negatives.

Photographs.

Photojournalism--Study and teaching.

University of Wyoming. Dept. of Journalism.

West (U.S.)--Art.

Wyoming--History--1890-1918.

Wyoming--History--1919-1945.

Wyoming--History--1946-

Wyoming--History--To 1889.

Wyoming.

Container List

Series I. 
Biographical 

Description Container

American Heritage Center,   1978
Box 1 Folder 1

AMOCO Good Teaching Award,   1975
Box 1 Folder 2

Artifacts: 

 

Pipe,   undated
Box 1 Folder 3

Printing Blocks for RCW Notepad Design,   undated
Box 1 Folder 3

Rubber Stamp: “I Will be Voting REPUBLICAN, How About You?,”   undated
Box 1 Folder 3

Society of Professional Journalists Chapter Advisor Name Badge,   undated
Box 1 Folder 3

Book Review by Warner for “Rocky Mountains,”   1975
Box 1 Folder 4

Certificate of Appreciation, Laramie Lions Club,   April 30, 1980
Box 1 Folder 5

College of Arts and Sciences “75 Exemplary Alumni,”   1993-1994
Box 1 Folder 6

Death/Memorial Reunion: 

 

Cassette Tape of Memorial Reunion,   February 18, 1989
Box 1 Folder 7

Correspondence from Gene Gressley to Dana Dreinhofer,   January-February 1989
Box 1 Folder 8

Guest Book,   February 18, 1989
Box 1 Folder 9

Newsclippings,   1989
Box 1 Folder 10

Program and Paste-Up,   1989
Box 1 Folder 11

Tributes and Condolences,   1989
Box 1 Folder 12

Distinguished Campus Advisor Award, Society of Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi,   1979
Box 1 Folder 13

Faculty File,   1971-1987
Box 1 Folder 14

General Correspondence,   1984-1988
Box 1 Folder 15

Newsclippings,   1968-1988
Box 1 Folder 16

Nomination for George Duke Humphrey Distinguished Faculty Award,   1981
Box 1 Folder 17

Note Paper (RCW Stationery),   undated
Box 1 Folder 18

Personal Correspondence from Warner in Scotland to Dana (Boucher) Dreinhofer,   1976-1979
Box 1 Folder 19

Photographs of Warner,   1961-1986
Box 1 Folder 20

“Profiles in Scholarships, Volume One” (Booklet),   July 1994
Box 1 Folder 21

“The Psychology of Communication,” Keynote Address for CASE Conference (Council for the Advancement and Support of Education), Black Hills State College, Spearfish, South Dakota,   July 1983
Box 1 Folder 22

Resume,   1988
Box 1 Folder 23

“Top Drawer” Award,   1990-1993
Box 1 Folder 24

“Wyoming: Birthplace of the Sheep Wagon,” Published in The Christian Science Monitor,   January 22, 1962
Box 1 Folder 25

Wyoming Press Association,   1987-1989
Box 1 Folder 26

Oversized Bound Volume of the Branding Iron, Vol. 71, 1963-64, Robert C. Warner, Photo Editor 

Box 2 Loose

Oversized Duplicating Plate for Letterhead for Robert Combs Warner “Top Drawer” Award Development Committee,   undated
Box 2 Folder 1

Oversized Newsclippings,   1974, 1981
Box 2 Folder 2

Oversized Photographs,   circa 1970, circa 1981
Box 2 Folder 3

Series II. 
Alfred Jacob Miller Research 

Sub-series 1. 
Research Files 

Description Container

“Altowan” Correspondence,   1981
Box 3 Folder 1

American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming: Brochures,   1988
Box 3 Folder 2

Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, Fort Worth, Texas: Correspondence,   1974-1982
Box 3 Folder 3

Arizona Highways Article on Western Art,   October 19, 1976
Box 3 Folder 4

Baird, Dr. Joseph Armstrong: Correspondence and Transparency and Print of “Trapper’s Camp,”   1974-1975
Box 3 Folder 5

Ballinger, James K., Curator, Phoenix Art Museum: Correspondence,   1978-1979
Box 3 Folder 6

Baltimore Museum of Art: Correspondence,   1972
Box 3 Folder 7

“Baltimore Sketches” of Alfred Jacob Miller, Mittendorf Collection at Whitney Museum of American Art,   1969
Box 3 Folder 8

Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley: Correspondence,   1971
Box 3 Folder 9

Boatmen’s National Bank of St. Louis: Correspondence,   1975-1976
Box 3 Folder 10

Bodmer, Karl (Charles): Article in Empire Magazine,   February 23, 1973
Box 3 Folder 11

Boston Museum of Fine Arts: Correspondence,   1973-1974
Box 3 Folder 12

Britain: Correspondence Regarding Alfred Jacob Miller,   1972
Box 3 Folder 13

British Information Services, New York,   1972
Box 3 Folder 14

Brown, David L. “Three Years in the Rocky Mountains” (1837), Photocopy from the Joslyn Art Museum,   1971
Box 3 Folder 15

Brownlee, Brenda, Fort Malden National Historic Park, Canada: Correspondence,   1976
Box 3 Folder 16

Buffalo Bill Historical Society, Cody, Wyoming: Correspondence, Clippings, etc.,   1977-1982
Box 3 Folder 17

Cadbury, Warder H.: Correspondence,   1978-1982
Box 3 Folder 18

Campbell, Robert (1804-1879): Copies of “The Rocky Mountain Letters (1832-34) and “The Private Journal” (September/December 1833) 

Box 3 Folder 19

Carlsen, Henning Thinggaard: Correspondence,   1974-1975
Box 3 Folder 20

Carlson, William D., University of Wyoming President: Correspondence,   1974-1977
Box 3 Folder 21

Catlin, George,   1976-1981
Box 3 Folder 22

“The Chroniclers”: Article by the Editors of Time-Life Books, Robert C. Warner, Consultant,   1977
Box 3 Folder 23

Clippings,   1973-1988
Box 3 Folders 24-26

Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.: Correspondence,   1971
Box 3 Folder 27

Correspondence: Miscellaneous,   1982
Box 3 Folder 28

“Death of the Thunderbolt: Some Notes on the Final Illness of Milton Sublette”: Article in Missouri Historical Society Bulletin,   October 1961
Box 3 Folder 29

Denver Art Museum: Correspondence,   1980
Box 3 Folder 30

Denver Public Library,   undated
Box 3 Folder 31

Diary and Journal Extracts,   undated
Box 3 Folder 32

Doyle (William) Galleries, New York: Catalog,   1984
Box 3 Folder 33

Dunkeld, Perthshire: Postcards,   undated
Box 3 Folder 34

Bierstadt (Edward) & Sons, Specialists in Rare Americana, New York: Correspondence,   1972
Box 3 Folder 35

Ewers, John C.: 

 

Artists of the Old West. Chapter 7,   1965
Box 3 Folder 36

Correspondence,   1980-1981
Box 3 Folder 37

Farny, Henry: Article and Exhibit Catalog,   1978, undated
Box 3 Folder 38

Field, Matthew C. “Prairie and Mountain Sketches” with references to Fort Laramie (was in William D. Stewart party in 1843) 

Box 3 Folder 39

Fort John: Sketches from 1836 and 1849 

Box 3 Folder 40

Fort Laramie National Historic Site,   1954-1978
Box 3 Folder 41

Fort Malden National Historic Park, Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada: Correspondence,   1976-1978
Box 3 Folder 42

Fort Sill, Oklahoma: Correspondence Regarding “Buffalo Hunt” Painting,   1977
Box 3 Folder 43

Fort Steele, Wyoming: Article,   January 1977
Box 3 Folder 44

“Fort Union” by Charles Bodmer: Information about Painting,   undated
Box 3 Folder 45

Fothringham, D. Steuart: Correspondence,   1972-1979
Box 3 Folder 46

Fothringham, Robert and Elizabeth Steuart: 

 

Copies of Miller’s Murthly Castle Letters,   1978
Box 3 Folder 47

Correspondence,   1977-1979
Box 3 Folder 48

“Frontier America: The Far West”: Philip Morris Exhibit,   1977
Box 3 Folder 49

Fur Trade (Aspects of ): Select Papers of the 1965 North American Fur Trade Conference, Minnesota Historical Society,   1967
Box 3 Folder 50

Gilcrease Institute Collection, Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma,   1954-1971
Box 3 Folder 51

Graff Family: Correspondence,   1977-1979
Box 3 Folder 52

Grandtully Church,   1942, 1976
Box 4 Folder 1

Gray, W.H. “History of Oregon” (1836) Photocopy of a few pages with references to Fort Laramie 

Box 4 Folder 2

Gump’s Gallery (San Francisco): Exhibit Catalog,   1988
Box 4 Folder 3

Gund Collection of Western Art: Catalog,   1970-1983
Box 4 Folder 4

Haines, Aubrey L. (Historian, Yellowstone National Park): Letter to James Harris of Laramie about Site of Fort William,   1969
Box 4 Folder 5

Hambleton, T. Edward: Correspondence,   1972-1980
Box 4 Folder 6

Hansen, Clifford (Senator): Correspondence,   1976
Box 4 Folder 7

Harvey, Jean Porter (Daughter of Mae Reed Porter): Correspondence,   1974-1976
Box 4 Folder 8

Harvey, John: Correspondence,   1976
Box 4 Folder 9

Heaps, Leo: 

 

Catlin Plates,   1975
Box 4 Folder 10

Correspondence,   1975-1980
Box 4 Folder 11

Heine, Cornelius W. (Chief of Historic Sites, National Park Service): Correspondence,   1976
Box 4 Folder 12

“Hell Gate – Sweetwater River” by Alfred Jacob Miller (Owned by Art Historian Leo J. Heaps),   1975-1976
Box 4 Folder 13

Hemingway, Ernest: Clippings,   1970
Box 4 Folder 14

Henderson, Paul C.: Correspondence,   1971-1978
Box 4 Folder 15

Hermanson, Gust (Graff Family Tax Accountant),   1975-1977
Box 4 Folder 16

Hill, William E.: Correspondence,   1984
Box 4 Folder 17

Hinrichs, William: Correspondence (Fort William Stained Glass),   1973
Box 4 Folder 18

Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Correspondence,   1972
Box 4 Folder 19

“History of Recreation, Upper Fremont Lake, Wyoming” by Wallace L. Chambers, M.D.,   March 1978
Box 4 Folder 20

Hollon, C.E. “Jerry” (Director, University of Wyoming Office of Development): Correspondence,   1977-1978
Box 4 Folder 21

Hunt, David C.: Correspondence,   1977
Box 4 Folder 22

Hunter, Wilbur H.: Articles,   1950, 1972
Box 4 Folder 23

“Hunting Elk” by Alfred Jacob Miller 

20x14 oil-on-canvas given to UW by the Everett D. Graff family
Box 4 Folder 24

Hunton, John “A Short History of Old Fort Laramie” (Booklet Published by the Goshen News of Torrington),   February 1928
Box 4 Folder 25

Hyde, Bryden Bordley, F.A.I.A.: Correspondence,   1976
Box 4 Folder 26

Independence Rock,   December 1978
Box 4 Folder 27

Jackson, Harry,   1974-1982
Box 4 Folder 28

James, Macgill: Correspondence,   1973-1979
Box 4 Folder 29

John Howell Books, San Francisco, California: Correspondence,   1978-1982
Box 4 Folder 30

Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska,   1967-1979
Box 4 Folder 31

Kendall, Robert S.: Correspondence,   1987
Box 4 Folder 32

Kennedy Galleries, New York,   1973-1975
Box 4 Folder 33

Knoedler & Co., New York: Correspondence,   1972
Box 4 Folder 34

Ladner, Mildred: Correspondence,   1980
Box 4 Folder 35

Lectures: 

 

“Alfred Jacob Miller, First Artist in the Central Rockies,” Laramie County Chapter, Wyoming Historical Society,   undated
Box 4 Folder 36

“First Artist in Wyoming,” Eastern Wyoming College, Torrington,   February 9, 1983
Box 4 Folder 37

Birnam Institute, Scotland,   July 8, 1977
Box 4 Folder 38

Lecture Record – Warner on Alfred Jacob Miller,   1973-1976
Box 4 Folder 39

Letter (1839) from Apollo Gallery to Sir William Drummond Stewart, Steuart Papers, Scottish Record Office, Edinburgh 

(Transcribed)
Box 4 Folder 40

Letter (May 27, 1945) from Bernard DeVoto to Mae Reed Porter, Porter Papers, American Heritage Center 

Box 4 Folder 41

Letter (June 29, 1836) from Crawford at Fort William (Fort Laramie), Missouri Historical Society,   1972

(Photocopy)
Box 4 Folder 42

Letter (December 22, 1837) from John A. Hamilton of St. Louis to P. Chouteau Jr. of New York Referring to B. Woods at Laramie’s Fork, Missouri Historical Society,   1972

(Photocopy and Summary)
Box 4 Folder 43

Letter (December 16, 1836) from Joshua Pilcher to P.D. Papin or Mr. Halsey at Fort Pierre, Missouri Historical Society,   1972

(Photocopy and Transcription)
Box 4 Folder 44

Letter (August 1, 1835) from Lucien Fontenelle in Fort William (Fort Laramie) to Mr. Drips (in the Mountains), Missouri Historical Society,   1972

(Photocopy and Transcription)
Box 4 Folder 45

Letter (December 13, 1836) from Milton G. Sublette at Fort William (Fort Laramie) to Pratt Chouteau & Co. 

(Photocopy and Transcription)
Box 4 Folder 46

Letters (Dated 1837-1838) from F. Labou and Lewis Howard, Fort William (Fort Laramie), Missouri Historical Society 

(Photocopies and Translations from French)
Box 4 Folder 47

Letters (Dated 1842-1843) from Fort John at Laramie’s Fork 

(Photocopies)
Box 4 Folder 48

Maeder, Richard H. (Superintendent, Fort Laramie National Historic Site): Correspondence,   1976-1977
Box 4 Folder 49

Maps of the West,   undated
Box 4 Folder 50

Maryland Historical Society,   1971-1972
Box 4 Folder 51

Maxwell Galleries Ltd. (San Francisco, California),   1974-1975
Box 4 Folder 52

Mayer, John D.: Correspondence,   1975-1978
Box 4 Folder 53

McLellan, A.G. (University of Waterloo): Correspondence,   1978
Box 4 Folder 54

Miller, Alfred Jacob: 

 

Catalog of Collection at the University of Wyoming American Heritage Center,   1980
Box 4 Folder 55

Family Background,   1974
Box 4 Folder 56

Letters, etc. from the DeVoto Papers at Stanford University (Macgill James File),   undated
Box 4 Folder 57

Newspaper Accounts from the DeVoto Papers at Stanford University (Macgill James File),   undated
Box 4 Folder 58

Notebook Marked 1832 from the DeVoto Papers at Stanford University (Macgill James File),   undated
Box 4 Folder 59

“Rough Draughts for Notes to Indian Sketches” (Original at Gilcrease Institute, Tulsa, Oklahoma),   undated
Box 4 Folder 60

Sketches in the Mae Reed Porter Papers at the American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming,   undated
Box 4 Folder 61

Studio Account Book from the from the DeVoto Papers at Stanford University (Macgill James File),   undated
Box 4 Folder 62

Miller, Decatur H.: Titles of Alfred Jacob Miller Paintings,   1972-1976
Box 4 Folder 63

Missouri Historical Society,   1972
Box 4 Folder 64

Murphy, Edward D.: Correspondence,   1978
Box 4 Folder 65

Murthly, Perthshire, Scotland: Prints from Engravings,   undated
Box 4 Folder 66

Murthly Castle: Clippings,  undated
Box 4 Folder 67

Murthly Muniments: Listing of Extracts at the University of Wyoming,   1977
Box 4 Folder 68

New Orleans, Louisiana,   1972
Box 4 Folder 69

New York Historical Society: Correspondence,   1972
Box 4 Folder 70

Nicholson, Morris J. (M.D.): Correspondence,   1979-1980
Box 4 Folder 71

Norton, Louisa W.: Correspondence,   1971-1976
Box 4 Folder 72

“On the Warpath” by Alfred Jacob Miller In Art News and Time,   1974
Box 4 Folder 73

Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York,   1966-1986
Box 5 Folder 1

Peale Museum: Correspondence,   1982
Box 5 Folder 2

Perth, Scotland,   1978
Box 5 Folder 3

Phelan, Arthur J.: Correspondence and Photographs,   1974-1980
Box 5 Folder 4

Porter, Mae Reed,   October 1961, undated
Box 5 Folder 5

Porter, Mae Reed: Titles to the 84 Slides of Alfred Jacob Miller Watercolors Used with her Famous Lecture “The West That Was,”   1976
Box 5 Folder 6

Porter, Mae Reed Papers at Baylor University,   1972
Box 5 Folder 7

Porter, Mae Reed and Clyde H. Papers at the University of Wyoming,   1975-1976
Box 5 Folder 8

Public Archives of Canada, Picture Division: Miller Collection of Water-Colour Drawings,   1971-1973
Box 5 Folder 9

“The Rendezvous Near Green River – Oregon” by Alfred Jacob Miller 

Painted in 1837
Box 5 Folder 10

Renner, Ginger K.: Correspondence,   1979-1980
Box 5 Folder 11

Rosenstock, Fred,   1980
Box 5 Folder 12

Rossi, Paul: Correspondence and Clippings,   1977-1979
Box 5 Folder 13

Roter (Carl) Paintings,   undated
Box 5 Folder 14

Rules (dated 1852) for Clerical Staff in London from Harrington, Birnam, Scotland,   1980
Box 5 Folder 15

Sandeman Library, Perth, Scotland,   1975-1976
Box 5 Folder 16

“Scalp-Lock” by Alfred Jacob Miller 

Painted circa 1865
Box 5 Folder 17

Schell, H.S. (Assistant Surgeon, U.S. Army): “Fort Laramie” Extract from an 1870 Report to the War Department 

Box 5 Folder 18

Scottish Records Office, Edinburgh: Correspondence (1839-1845) between Alfred Jacob Miller and William Drummond Stewart,   1972-1977

Box 5 Folder 19

Shipping Log (May 21, 1839) at Fort Lucien (Laramie) by F. Labou to Pratte Chouteau, St. Louis by Flat Boat (Missouri Historical Society),   1972
Box 5 Folder 20

Smithsonian Institution,   1971-1972
Box 5 Folder 21

Sotheby & Co., London: Correspondence, Adrian Eeles,   1972-1977
Box 5 Folder 22

Sotheby’s, New York: Correspondence, Photographs, and Sale Catalogs,   1982
Box 5 Folders 23-24

Stevens, B.F. & Brown of London: Correspondence Regarding Provenance of some of the Murthly Castle Miller Paintings,   1953
Box 5 Folder 25

Stewart (Sir William Drummond) Letters From the DeVoto Papers at Stanford University (Macgill James File),   undated
Box 5 Folder 26

Sublette County Historical Society,   1975-1976
Box 5 Folder 27

Symington, J. Fife, Jr.: Correspondence,   1975-1979
Box 5 Folder 28

“Thar Was Old Grit in Him”: Article in Sports Illustrated about William Drummond Stewart,   January 17, 1983
Box 5 Folder 29

Thesis: “The Fort Laramie of Alfred Jacob Miller: A Catalogue of All the Known Illustrations of the First Fort Laramie” by Robert C. Warner,   December 1973

Original and one copy
Box 5 Folders 30-31

Thin, James – Booksellers: Correspondence,   1976
Box 5 Folder 32

“Trappers Around a Campfire” by Alfred Jacob Miller 

On cover of American West Magazine, November/December 1981
Box 5 Folder 33

University of Exeter, England: 

 

Correspondence,   1972-1976
Box 5 Folder 34

Opening Remarks,   May 1975
Box 5 Folder 35

Utah Museum of Natural History: Correspondence and Photographs,   1976-1977
Box 5 Folder 36

Vail, R.W.G. “The First Artist of the Oregon Trail,”   undated
Box 5 Folder 37

Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland,   1981
Box 5 Folder 38

“War Ground. ‘Beating A Retreat’” by Alfred Jacob Miller 

Oil on canvas (20 x 14), given to UW by the Everett D. Graff family, 1973
Box 5 Folder 39

Winter, Wm. H. and Johnson, Overton: “Route Across the Rocky Mountains” 

(Photocopy of 1843 Journal)
Box 5 Folder 40

Wislizenus, F.A. “A Journey to the Rocky Mountains” (1839) 

Photocopy of book with references to Fort Laramie
Box 5 Folder 41

Wister, Owen,   1986
Box 5 Folder 42

Woods, Walter A.: Correspondence,   1982-1983
Box 5 Folder 43

Wordsworth “Lines Written A Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey” (1798) First Edition Facsimile,   1975
Box 5 Folder 44

Wunderlich, Rudy: Correspondence,   1983
Box 5 Folder 45

Wyoming State Museum,   1988, undated
Box 5 Folder 46

Yale University Library: Correspondence and Photographs of Alfred Jacob Miller Paintings,   1971-1973
Box 5 Folder 47

Sub-series 2. 
Book: The Fort Laramie of Alfred Jacob Miller 

Description Container

Book: The Fort Laramie of Alfred Jacob Miller: A Catalogue of All Known Illustrations of the First Fort Laramie by Robert Combs Warner,   1979
Box 5 Folders 48-49

Book Reviews,   1980
Box 6 Folder 1

Bookmark,   1980
Box 6 Folder 2

Copyright Certificate,   1973
Box 6 Folder 3

Correspondence Regarding Book,   1980-1981
Box 6 Folder 4

Critiques,   1981
Box 6 Folder 5

Invitations to Reception and Autograph Party,   December 4, 1980
Box 6 Folder 6

Library of Congress Application for Catalog Card Number,   1979
Box 6 Folder 7

Photo Pages,   undated
Box 6 Folder 8

Photographs of Alfred Jacob Miller Paintings,   undated
Box 6 Folder 9

Printer’s Notes and Questions,   1979
Box 6 Folder 10

Proof Sheets,   undated
Box 6 Folders 11-13

Publication: Printing, Sales, Distribution, Costs, Reprint, etc.,   1978-1995
Box 6 Folder 14

Western Heritage Award Nomination,   1980-1981
Box 6 Folder 15

Sub-series 3. 
Photographic Material 

Description Container

Glass Lantern Slides: 

 

Castles, Churches, Other Buildings,   undated
Box 7 Folders 1-2

Countryside and Scenery,   undated
Box 7 Folder 3

Doors, Gates, Stained Glass Window, Vase with Flowers,   undated
Box 7 Folder 4

Fothringham, D. Steuart,   undated
Box 7 Folder 5

Fothringham, D. Steuart, Standing in Front of Alfred Jacob Miller Painting “Death of the Panther,”   undated
Box 7 Folder 6

Fothringham, D. Steuart, Standing Next to the Buffalo Chair in Murthly Castle,   undated
Box 7 Folder 7

Grave of Sir William Saltonstall Wiseman,   undated
Box 7 Folder 8

People (Unidentified),  undated
Box 7 Folder 9

Pipe Band in Parade,   undated
Box 7 Folder 10

Portraits,   undated
Box 7 Folder 11

Photographs: 

 

“Antoine Watering Stewart’s Horse” by Alfred Jacob Miller 

Painted circa 1840
Box 8 Folder 1

“Hell Gate – Sweet Water River” by Alfred Jacob Miller 

Painted circa 1838
Box 8 Folder 2

“Hunting Elk” by Alfred Jacob Miller 

Painted 1865
Box 8 Folder 3

Mayer, Brantz, As a Young Man,   undated
Box 8 Folder 4

Miller Home in Baltimore, Maryland,   undated
Box 8 Folder 5

Murthly Castle, Perthshire, Scotland,   undated
Box 8 Folder 6

Murthly Castle Grounds (Negatives Only),   1975-1978
Box 8 Folder 7

“Rendezvous Near Green River – Oregon” by Alfred Jacob Miller 

Painted circa 1838
Box 8 Folder 8

“The Scalp Lock” by Alfred Jacob Miller 

Painted circa 1865
Box 8 Folder 9

“The Trapper’s Bride” by Alfred Jacob Miller 

Painted in 1850
Box 8 Folder 10

“War Ground. Beating A Retreat” by Alfred Jacob Miller 

Painted 1865
Box 8 Folder 11

Warner with Miller Paintings,   undated
Box 8 Folder 12

West (The),   1882-1938, undated
Box 8 Folder 13

Slides: 

 

Eeles, Major Power, Lucy Cox, Murthly Castle, Paintings, and the Fothringhams,   November 1966
Box 8 Folder 14

Joslyn Art Museum Miller Collection,   undated
Box 8 Folder 15

Joslyn Art Museum’s Opening Night of Miller Exhibit,   undated
Box 8 Folder 16

Miscellaneous,   1956-1967
Box 8 Folder 17

Porter (Mae Reed) Slide Presentation “The West That Was” with List of Titles of the Alfred Jacob Miller Watercolors Featured,   undated
Box 8 Folder 18

Porter (Mae Reed) Slides of Alfred Jacob Miller Works – Numbered 1-87,   undated
Box 8 Folders 19-20

Scotland – Grandtully, Murthly, Lucy Cox,   November 1966
Box 8 Folder 21

Slide Presentation,   February 1959

(Slides Processed)
Box 8 Folder 22

Sub-series 4. 
Oversized Material 

Description Container

Maps: 

 

Fisherman’s Map of Salmon Pools on Lower Part of the River Tay,   undated
Box 45 Folder 1

Wyoming: Work Projects Administration, Wyoming Writer’s Project,   1941
Box 45 Folder 1

Negatives for Book: The Fort Laramie of Alfred Jacob Miller 

Box 45 Folder 2

Series III. 
Wyoming Media History 

Description Container

Afton,   1959, undated

Box 9 Folder 1

Associated Press,   1978
Box 9 Folder 2

Baggs,   1971
Box 9 Folder 3

Barrow, Merris C.,   1944-1965
Box 9 Folder 4

Basin,   1956-1977
Box 9 Folder 5

Bibliographies,   1965, undated
Box 9 Folder 6

Branding Iron (University of Wyoming),   1978
Box 9 Folder 7

Buffalo,   1958-1960
Box 9 Folder 8

Casper,   1947-1978
Box 9 Folder 9

CBS-TV “60 Minutes” on Rock Springs,   1978
Box 9 Folder 10

Chapin, W.E.,   1934
Box 9 Folder 11

Checklist of Early Newspapers,   1943
Box 9 Folder 12

Cheyenne,   1952-1978

(with copies of earlier newspapers)
Box 9 Folders 13-14

Cody,   1952-1978
Box 9 Folder 15

Criticism,   1978
Box 9 Folder 16

Deming, W.C.,   1915-1935
Box 9 Folder 17

Denver Post,   1978
Box 9 Folder 18

Dillon,   1976-1978

(with 1902 reproduction)
Box 9 Folder 19

Douglas Budget,   1952-1978
Box 9 Folder 20

Douglas Enterprise,   1953-1961
Box 9 Folder 21

Encampment 

(1904 & 1908 Reproductions)
Box 9 Folder 22

Evanston,   1955-1978
Box 9 Folder 23

Fort Bridger,   1941-1975
Box 9 Folder 24

Frontier Broadcasting Company,   1972
Box 9 Folder 25

Frontier Presses,   1942-1971
Box 9 Folder 26

General History of the Press,   1947-1969
Box 9 Folder 27

Gilbert (David A.) Manuscripts on History of Wyoming Journalism,   circa 1976
Box 9 Folder 28

Gillette News-Record,   1961-1978
Box 9 Folder 29

Glenrock,   undated
Box 9 Folder 30

Green River,   1956
Box 9 Folder 31

Greybull,   1966
Box 9 Folder 32

Guernsey,   1966
Box 9 Folder 33

Hartgen (Stephen) Correspondence,   1978
Box 9 Folder 34

Heart Mountain Sentinel,   1978
Box 9 Folder 35

Jackson Grand Teton,   1970
Box 9 Folder 36

Jackson Hole Guide,   1952-1956
Box 9 Folder 37

Jacobucci (John R.) Research Draft,   1976
Box 9 Folder 38

Johnson County War,   1965, undated
Box 9 Folder 39

Journalism Education,   1952-1961
Box 9 Folder 40

Kemmerer,   1951-1958
Box 9 Folder 41

Lander,   1951-1978
Box 9 Folder 42

Laramie Daily Boomerang,   1981
Box 9 Folder 43

Laramie Sentinel,   undated
Box 9 Folder 44

Lingle,   1965-1966
Box 9 Folder 45

Lovell,   1956-1961
Box 9 Folder 46

Lusk,   1936-1978
Box 9 Folder 47

Medicine Bow Post,   1978
Box 9 Folder 48

Newcastle,   1952-1958
Box 9 Folder 49

Newspaper Content Analysis,   undated
Box 9 Folder 50

Pine Bluffs,   undated
Box 9 Folder 51

Pinedale,   1951-1958

(with reprint of 1946 newspaper)
Box 9 Folder 52

Populist Newspapers,   1968
Box 9 Folder 53

Rawlins,   1952-1963
Box 10 Folder 1

Riverton,   1953-1970
Box 10 Folder 2

Rock Springs,   1947-1974
Box 10 Folder 3

Roosevelt’s 1903 Visit to Wyoming Coverage,   1977
Box 10 Folder 4

Saratoga,   1953-1966
Box 10 Folder 5

Saratoga Platte Valley Lyre,   1952

(with 1890 reproduction)
Box 10 Folder 6

Sheridan,   1956-1978
Box 10 Folder 7

Sundance,   1954
Box 10 Folder 8

Thermopolis,   1958-1966
Box 10 Folder 9

Torrington,   1966-1978
Box 10 Folder 10

Union Pacific Railroad 

(1927 copy of thesis)
Box 10 Folder 11

Wheatland,   1952-1959
Box 10 Folder 12

Worland,   1947-1964
Box 10 Folder 13

Wyoming Press Association,   1974-1978
Box 10 Folder 14

Wyoming Stock Growers’ Association,   1941-1947
Box 10 Folder 15

Wyoming Wool Growers’ Association,   1964
Box 10 Folder 16

Series IV. 
Photography by Robert Warner 

Description Container

“Campaigner” Bill Miller at UW,   1964
Box 11 Folder 1

Chimney Rock, Nebraska,   1970

As seen from high ground along the California-Oregon Trail, six miles east
Box 11 Folder 2

Cochiti Pueblo Mission, New Mexico,   1969
Box 11 Folder 3

Devil’s Gate – Sweetwater River,   1977
Box 11 Folder 4

“Early Birds” Medicine Bow Peak at Lake Marie in the Snowy Range,   1965
Box 11 Folder 5

Laramie’s Fork,   1969

Looking west to the confluence of the Laramie River with the North Platte
Box 11 Folder 6

Laramie Peak (Post Card),   1961
Box 11 Folder 7

Murthly Castle, Perthshire, Scotland: 

 

Gateway to Murthly Castle,   1975
Box 11 Folder 8

Moss Cottage,   1975
Box 11 Folder 8

“Night Before Finals” Coe Library (University of Wyoming) at Twilight,   1964
Box 11 Folder 9

Pirates Alley, New Orleans, Louisiana,   1963
Box 11 Folder 10

Register Cliff, Platte County, Wyoming,   1977
Box 11 Folder 11

San Francisco, California: 

 

Golden Gate in Fog,   1970
Box 11 Folder 12

“Restless Pacific” (Cronkite Beach, Marin County),   1962
Box 11 Folder 12

Series V. 
Student Photography and Photojournalism 

Sub-series 1. 
Assignment Folders 

Description Container

Albin, Marcy,   1985
Box 12 Folders 1-3

Alu, James,   1984
Box 12 Folder 4

Anderson, Wendy,   1985
Box 12 Folder 5

Atwood, Tom,   undated
Box 12 Folder 6

Ayers, Christine,   1986
Box 12 Folder 7

Barta, Rod,   1985
Box 12 Folder 8

Bartolic, Rick,   undated
Box 12 Folder 9

Beers, Cody,   1986
Box 12 Folder 10

Blatz, Laura,  undated
Box 12 Folders 11-12

Bonner, Brad,   1987
Box 12 Folders 13-14

Boswell, Chris,   undated
Box 12 Folders 15-20

Chang, Derek,   undated
Box 12 Folder 21

Clote, Carla A.,  undated
Box 12 Folders 22-24

DeWitt, Jeanne M.,   undated
Box 12 Folder 25

Dushan, George,   1978
Box 12 Folder 26

Eastman, Bill III,   1969-1970
Box 12 Folder 27

Farrar, Pamela,   undated
Box 12 Folders 28-33

Flock, Heather,   undated
Box 12 Folders 34-39

Fuller, Susan F.,   1969-1970
Box 12 Folders 40-42

Helmick, Andrea,   1985
Box 12 Folder 43

Hill, Gary,   1970-1971
Box 12 Folders 44-46

Hoogland, K.K.,   1983
Box 12 Folders 47-52

Hoppes, Michele D.,   undated
Box 12 Folder 53

Howard, Linda,   undated
Box 12 Folder 54

Huffsmith, Dana,   undated
Box 12 Folders 55-59

Hull, Wendy,   1979
Box 12 Folders 60-61

Jacobson, Cliff,   1987
Box 12 Folder 62

Kinucan, Kristie,   1981
Box 12 Folder 63

Klein, Connie,   undated
Box 12 Folder 64

Long, Mary,   undated
Box 12 Folder 65

Malcom, Cheryl,   1970-1971
Box 12 Folder 66

Marino, Rita,   undated
Box 12 Folder 67

Markley, Melanie,   1970-1971
Box 12 Folder 68

McDonnell, Brenda,   undated
Box 13 Folder 1

McKinnen, Allen,   1969
Box 13 Folder 2

McKinney, Kevin,   1969-1970
Box 13 Folder 3

McLaughlin, Will,   undated
Box 13 Folder 4

McMurray, Jacki,   1970
Box 13 Folder 5

McMurray, Rachel,   1971
Box 13 Folder 6

Morris, John M.,   1986
Box 13 Folder 7

Morrow, Roberta,   1971
Box 13 Folder 8

Mortimore, Mike,   1983
Box 13 Folders 9-13

Newel (?), Frank,   1983
Box 13 Folder 14

Padilla, Marty C.,   1984
Box 13 Folders 15-19

Picard, Lynne,   1986
Box 13 Folder 20

Reynolds, Dianna,   1983
Box 13 Folder 21

Rhynalds, Leigh,   1986
Box 13 Folder 22

Scholl, Katie,   1983
Box 13 Folders 23-28

Seid, Kerry,   undated
Box 13 Folder 29

Shafsky, JoAnn,   1984
Box 13 Folders 30-34

Shea, Mary,   undated
Box 13 Folder 35

Shockley, Penny,   undated
Box 13 Folder 36

Simpson, Micky,   1984
Box 13 Folder 37

Skinner, Rick,   undated
Box 13 Folder 38

Smith, Lang,   undated
Box 13 Folder 39

Snider, Sandy,   1969
Box 13 Folder 40

Stafford, Ann,   1970
Box 13 Folder 41

Sumner, Greg,   1983
Box 13 Folders 42-47

Timmermeyer, Richard,   1970
Box 13 Folder 48

Unknown,   undated
Box 13 Folders 49-50

Urbigkeit, Ruth,   1985
Box 13 Folder 51

Van Houten, Peter,   1984
Box 13 Folders 52-56

Weaklim, Martin,   1974
Box 13 Folder 57

Williams, Ed,   1975
Box 13 Folders 58-61

Wilson, Janis,   undated
Box 13 Folder 62

Wright, Ashley,   1970
Box 13 Folder 63

Sub-series 2. 
Black & White Photographs 

Description Container

Student Photographs Created for Class Assignments,   1968-1988

(Assignment titles include: Action, Fall Feature, Feature, Form and Texture, Line and Form, Still Life, Strong Statement, etc.)
Box 14-42  

Sub-series 3. 
Color Photographs 

Description Container

Various Subjects,   1968-1980
Box 43  

Sub-series 4. 
Display Boards 

Description Container

Series of Photographs Mounted with a Block of Descriptive/Historical Text (Story),   1970-1988
Box 44-47  

Sub-series 5. 
Published Works 

Description Container

Student Work Published in Newspapers or on Magazine Covers, Mounted for Display,   1970-1980
Box 48  

Sub-series 6. 
Teaching Materials 

Description Container

Posters (Self-made) for Classroom Display Showing Examples of Photographic Techniques,   undated
Box 49  

Sub-series 7. 
Catalog Page Layouts 

Description Container

Bed Sheets Layout for Aldens Catalog, by Nugent Wenckus, Inc.,   undated
Box 50 Folder 1

Calculators Layout for Aldens Catalog, by Nugent Wenckus, Inc.,   undated
Box 50 Folder 2

Wall Tiles Layout for Spiegel Catalog, by Nugent Wenckus, Inc.,   1978
Box 50 Folder 3

Sub-series 8. 
Negatives 

Description Container

Miscellaneous Negatives,   undated
Box 51 Folder 1

Practice Negatives,   1967-1968
Box 51 Folders 2-3

Sub-series 9. 
Branding Iron 

Description Container

Complaint of Student Misconduct (Regarding Letter to the Editor),   1975
Box 51 Folder 4

Miscellaneous Notes,   undated
Box 51 Folder 5

Photo Negatives of Fraternity and Sorority Members,   undated
Box 51 Folder 6

Photographs,   undated
Box 51 Folder 7

Process Color Printing Examples,   1969
Box 52 Folder 1

Student Critiques: 

 

Spring 1971
Box 52 Folder 2

Spring 1972
Box 52 Folder 3

Spring 1975
Box 52 Folder 4

Additional Container Lists 

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Description Container

Link to Accessioning Worksheet (PDF) 

 
 
 
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