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Collection Number
WPA Bio 1
Item Description
Abbot, John H. Abbot - Biographical information for John Howard Abbot; "John H. Abbot" from Progressive Men of the State of Wyoming, A. W. Bowen & Co., 1903
Location
Carbon County, WY
Date
1941
Collection Number
WPA Bio 10
Item Description
Allen, Katie - Biographical information for Katie Alberta Allen; "Wheatland's Only Woman Photographer", interviewed by Mrs. Minnie A. Rietz for "Stories of Pioneer Life", no published source, n.d. [also see her untitled obit in Douglas Enterprise, Douglas, WY, Jul. 18, 1916]
Location
Wheatland, WY
Date
1939 February 13
Collection Number
WPA Bio 100
Item Description
Brown, Elmer - Biographical information for Elmer Brown, Jr.?; "Story of Elmer Brown", no published source; "Rock Springs Once Was Center of Red Men's Quarters", Salt Lake Tribune, Jan. 23, 1933
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1000
Item Description
Washakie - Biographical information for Chief Washakie of the Shoshones; "Brief Sketch of Washakie By One Who Knew the Great Chief Well", by Hon. Jas. I. Patten, Big Horn County Rustler, Feb. 6, 1920; "Chief Washakie's Obituary", by Clough Overton, 1st. Lt., 1st Cavalry, Commanding Post, Fort Washakie, Wyo., Feb. 22, 1900; "35 Years Ago" re subject death, no source, n.d.; "Chief Washakie Visits at Springs", Thermopolis Journal, Mar. 24, 1939; "Washakie (Pena Guanna): A New Version by Wm. L. Simpson, Big Horn Health Reporter", Apr., 1927; "Chief Washakie, Advocate of Peace-if not-then War", Fort Washakie, no source, o/a 1826; "Grand Old Chief of Shoshones Lies in Wyoming Beside Sacajawea, Famous Woman of Tribe", no source, n.d.
Location
Cheyenne (Wyo.)
Date
1939 February 27
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1001
Item Description
Watrous, William - Biographical information for William Ansel Watrous; Mrs. Margaret "Maggie" E. Watrous (wife)
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1002
Item Description
Watt, Peter - Biographical information for Peter Cameron Watt; Mrs. Margaret McConnell Watt (wife); "Mr. and Mrs. Peter Watt, Early Settlers", interviewed by Georgia Kelley for "Stories of Pioneer Life"
Location
Gillette (Wyo.)
Date
1939 January 10
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1003
Item Description
Webb, Frank - Biographical information for Frank W. Webb
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1004
Item Description
Webber, William - Biographical information for William Wilson Webber; "Some Reminiscences of Fifty Years of My Life as a Teacher", interviewed by Anna M. Lewis for "Stories of Pioneer Life"
Location
Laramie (Wyo.)
Date
1938 November 10
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1005
Item Description
Webster, Eleanor - Biographical information for Mrs. Elleanor Stewart Webster; "Life of Mrs. Eleanor Webster in Rock Springs", interviewed by Mrs. Jennie Parks for "Stories of Pioneer Life"
Location
Rock Springs (Wyo.)
Date
1939 February 13
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1006
Item Description
Webster, George - Biographical information for George Leonard Webster; "The Webster Family"
Location
Wheatland (Wyo.)
Date
1939 February 14
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1007
Item Description
Wademeyer, John - Biographical information for John T. [or J.] Wedemeyer; Mrs. Dorothy M. Voight Wedemeyer (wife)
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1008
Item Description
Welch, Mollie - Biographical information for Mrs. Mary Ann "Mollie" Stahl Welch; "Life of Mrs. Welch in Sweetwater County", interviewed by Mrs. Jennie Parks for "Stories of Pioneer Life";
Location
Rock Spring (Wyo.)
Date
1939 February 13
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1009
Item Description
Welch, Thomas - Biographical information for Thomas Adderson Welch; Mrs. Mary "Mollie" Stoll Welch;
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 101
Item Description
Brown, James - Biographical information for James Brown, Sr., "The Life of James Brown, Sr.", no published source; "Salloker - Gillan" by Bishop Brown, no published source
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1010
Item Description
Wells, Charles - Biographical information for Charles "Charlie" Wells; Lucy Nancy Wells [sister]; "Life of Charles Wells", Basin Republican Rustler, Sep. 26, 1935 [or 1936?], continues for 16 issues; "Charles Wells, Early Pioneer of Washakie Co.", by L. L. H. [Lottie Holmbert, Worland, Wyo. {?}] for "Stories of Pioneer Life"; "Summary of the Life of Charles Wells", Wyoming News, Feb. 8, 1936; "Early Experiences of Miss Lucy Wells in Wyoming", by L. L. H. [Lottie Holmbert, Worland, Wyo. {?}] for "Stories of Pioneer Life"
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1011
Item Description
Wernli, William Biographical information for William Jacob Wernli; "William J. Wernli", Progressive Men of Wyoming, n.d.
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1012
Item Description
West, William - Biographical information for William Joseph West; Maud Houston West
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1013
Item Description
Westlake, Richard - Biographical information for Richard William Westlake; "Looking Back", interviewed by Betty Allen for "Stories of Pioneer Life"
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1014
Item Description
Weston, Zoe - Biographical information for Mrs. Zoe Olive [or Bathrick] Reed Zane Weston; Letter from Peter Bathrick [location unk.] to Stephen Bathrick [location unk.],1832; 3 photos of subject'; "Mrs. Zoe Zane Weston, Pioneer - Autobiography", interviewed by Mrs. Georgia Kelley for "Stories of Pioneer Life"; Letter from subject, Namfa, Idaho, to Maude Sholty, Cheyenne, Wyo., May 21, 1937
Location
Gillette (Wyo.)
Date
1938 November 9
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1015
Item Description
Whalon, Richard - Biographical information for Richard Whalon; "Richard Whalon", Progressive Men of Wyoming, 1903, pp. 955-957
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1016
Item Description
Whetstone, Hyrum - Biographical information for Hyrum Edward Whetstone; Minerva Jolley Whetstone
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1017
Item Description
Whitcomb, Elias - Biographical information for Elias W. Whitcomb; "The Late Elias W. Whitcomb Nominated to the National Cowboy Hall of Fame", Cow Country (Vol. 98, No. 11) , May 15, 1971, p. 7; "Reminiscences of a Pioneer, 1857 - 1869", interviewed by Mrs. Edith K. Alger for "Stories of Pioneer Life"; "E. W. Whitcomb", Bartlett's History of Wyoming (Vol. 1), 1918, p. 145; "Elias W. Whitcomb", excerpts from subject's Bible; Katherine Shaw Whitcomb;
Location
Lander (Wyo.)
Date
1939 February 27
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1018
Item Description
White, Charles - Biographical information for Charles J. White; "Wyoming As I Found It", interviewed by Mr. Vivian F. Cooper for "Stories of Pioneer Life"
Location
Sheridan (Wyo.)
Date
1939 January 4
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1019
Item Description
White Hawk - Biographical information for Chief White Hawk; "Aged Indian Forgets Park", no source, n.d.
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 102
Item Description
Brown, John - Biographical information for John Franklin Brown, aka "Pumpkin Butte Brown"; Mary Dittmar Brown [wife]
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1020
Item Description
White, Jim - Biographical information for James "Jim" White; "Why It Is Called White Creek", Basin Republican Rustler, Nov. 26, 1936;
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1021
Item Description
White, Julius - Biographical information for Julius F. "Sam" White; prohibition photo; "The White Family", interviewed by Vic White for "Stories of Pioneer Life"
Location
Wheatland (Wyo.)
Date
1938 November 12
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1022
Item Description
White, Vic - Biographical information for Victor Monroe "Vic" White; Mrs. Genevieve Garrett White (wife); "A True Experience", no source, n.d.
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1023
Item Description
Wickwire, B.F. - Biographical information for Byron Francis Wickwire, aka B. F. Wickmire; "Life Story of 'Kansas' Wickwire", interviewed by W. A. Coons, Lovell Chronicle, Oct. 7, 1938 to Feb. 2, 1939, and Basin Republican Rustler, Jun. 9, 1938 thru Jul. 28, 1938
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1024
Item Description
Wiggens, Seina - Biographical information for Mrs. Jensine Seina "Sena" Wiggens; "Life of Mrs. Sina Wiggens", interviewed by Mrs. Jennie Parks
Location
Rock Springs (Wyo.)
Date
1939 February 8
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1025
Item Description
Wicker, Wesley - Biographical information for Wesley Kendrick Wiker; Agness Hutchison Wiker
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1026
Item Description
Wyley, Elizabeth - Biographical information for Mrs. Elizabeth Catherine O'Brien Wiley [or Wyley]; Letter to Miss Sholty, State Library, Cheyenne, Wyo, from [no name - Mrs. Croco?], Douglas, Wyo., Jan. 16, 1937; "Captain John D. O'Brien, One of Converse County's Foremost Soldier-Pioneers" for "Stories of Pioneer Life"
Location
Douglas (Wyo.)
Date
1938 November 3
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1027
Item Description
Wiker, Miller - Biographical information for Miller Kendig Wiker; "Mr. and Mrs. Miller Kendrick Wiker", interviewed by Hallie S. Croco for "Stories of Pioneer Life"
Location
Douglas (Wyo.)
Date
1938 November 3
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1028
Item Description
Wilcox, John - Biographical information for John Franklin "Frank" Wilcox; "John F. Wilcox", Progressive Men of Wyoming, no. page numbers, n.d.
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1029
Item Description
Wilkerson, Levi - Biographical information for Levi Woodford Wilkerson; Mrs. Harriett Seamen Wilkerson (wife)
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 103
Item Description
Brown, Louisa - Biographical information for Mrs. Louisa Clenmon Brown; "The First White Woman" by Marguerite Driskill no published source; Marguerite Driskill
Location
Hulett, Wyo.
Date
1939 January 3
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1030
Item Description
Wilkinson, John - Biographical information for John Wilkinson; Mrs. Deborah Pratt Wilkinson (wife); "John Wilkinson, Pioneer Stockgrower", interviewed by Laura Briggs for "Stories of Pioneer Life"
Location
Cheyenne (Wyo.)
Date
1938 November 2
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1031
Item Description
Wilkinson, Louise - Biographical information for Mrs. Louise B. Bariani Wilkinson; "Incidents in the Life of Louise Bariani Wilkinson", interviewed b Stalla G. Scanlon for "Stories of Pioneer Life"
Location
Cheyenne (Wyo.)
Date
1939 February 27
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1032
Item Description
Williams, Justice - Biographical inforrmation for Mrs. Justice (Ellen E. Abernathy) Williams; "Mrs. Ellen Williams, Wyoming Pioneer", interviewed by Gertrude V. Cash for "Stories of Pioneer Life"
Location
Hulett (Wyo.)
Date
1938 November 3
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1033
Item Description
Williams, Fred - Biographical information for Fred Williams; Mrs. Sarah Holdworth Williams (wife)
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1034
Item Description
Williams, Harry - Biographical information for Harry Williams; "Harry Williams", The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash., n.d.; "The Boyhood of Harry Williams", interviewed by I. Harry Williams, Basin, Wyo., n.d.; "My Life at 'Day Island' Woodyard [Life of Harry Williams Con't., presumably by I. Harry Williams], n.d.
Location
Cheyenne (Wyo.)
Date
1938 December 5
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1035
Item Description
Williams, J.T. - Biographical information for J. T. Williams; "Reminiscences" by J. T. Williams, no source, n.d.
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1036
Item Description
Williams, Minnie - Biographical information for Minnie Williams; 7 pictures of subject in work and home environments; "Women as Pioneers", interviewed by N. E. Loveland, n.d., for "Stories of Pioneer Life"; "Minnie Williams, Pioneer, Dies at Home Following Long Illness; Was one of First Residents of Southfork, Came in 1892", Cody Enterprise, Mar. 2, 1838; "Cody in the Making" by Mrs. Minnie Williams, Cody Enterprise, Mar. 11, 1936
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1037
Item Description
Williams, Mollie - Biographical information for Mrs. Mollie E. Williams; golden wedding anniversary photo; "Memories of the Past in Old Wyoming", interviewed by Stella G. Scanlon for "Stories of Pioneer Life"; "Katie's Ride"; "In the Hammock", interviewed by Mary M. Hawes, Cheyenne, Wyo., Dec. 2, 1938; "Telling Daddy", interviewed by Mary H. Hawes, Cheyenne, Wyo., Dec. 2, 1938
Location
Cheyenne (Wyo.)
Date
1938 December 5
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1038
Item Description
Williams, William - Biographical information for William Richard Williams; subject's portrait [?]; "William Richard Williams, A Story of Freighting and Ranching in the Early Days of Wyoming", interviewed by Laura Briggs for "Stories of Pioneer Life"; Mrs. Margaret Keyes Williams (wife);
Location
Cheyenne (Wyo.)
Date
1939 Mar. 8
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1039
Item Description
Willis, Artemesia - Biographical information for Artemesia Stratton Willis; Irene Willis (daughter);
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 104
Item Description
Brown, Melville - Biographical information for Judge Melville Cox Brown, no published source; Mrs. Nancy W. Fillmore Brown
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1040
Item Description
Willson, Eugene - Eugene Bigelow Willson; Mrs. Isabel M. Willson (wife); Edmund Brooks Willson (brother); George Luther Willson (brother); "Trail Blazers All - The Willson Brothers", interviewed by Susie Mills Walker, n.d.; Letter from Maude Sholtle, Dir., Statewide Historical Project, State Library, Cheyenne, Wyo., to Mrs. Isabel M. Willons, Lusk, Wyo., Aug. 23, 1937
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1041
Item Description
Willson, Helen - Biographical information for Mrs. Helen McFarlane Willson; "A Talented Native Daughter, Helen Willson, Pioneer", interviewed by Susie Mills Walker for "Stories of Pioneer Life; "A Letter from One of the First Teachers of the Lusk Schools" by Mary S. Wucher, Berkeley, Calif., Mar. 11, 1929, to the Senior Class of Lusk High School, Lusk, Wyo.
Location
Gillette (Wyo.)
Date
1938 December 5
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1042
Item Description
Willson, Isabel - Biographical information for Mrs. Isabel Mack Willson; portraits of subject and her brother-in-law, Edmond [sic: Edmund] Brooks Willson; "Trail Blazers All -- The Wilson Brothers", interviewed by Susie Mills Walker for "Stories of Pioneer Life"; George Luther Willson; Edmund Brooks Willson; Eugene Bigelow Willson [husband]
Date
Undated
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