Collection Number
WPA Bio 52
Item Description
Beemer, Mamie Ensor - Biographical information for Mrs. Mamie
Ensor Beemer; "Mrs. H. D. Beemer"; "H. D. Beemer" by Ichabod S. Bartlett from “History of Wyoming”, Vol. II, pp. 567-578
Location
Laramie (Wyo.)
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 81
Item Description
Bostleman, Ernest - Biographical information for Ernest O. Bostleman
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 82
Item Description
Boswell, George - Biographical information for George Henry Boswell; "George Boswell, Bordeaux Postmaster", no published source
Location
Wheatland
Date
1938 November 12
Collection Number
WPA Bio 122
Item Description
Burns, Dan - Biographical information for Daniel J. "Dan" Burns; "Dan Burns", no published source
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 137
Item Description
Campbell, May - Biographical information for May Baird Campbell [also see "Laramie Resident 65 Years Succumbs in Night at Home; Was 87 Years Old", Laramie Republican Feb. 20, 1946, page 1]
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 177
Item Description
Clay, William - Biographical information for William Landon Clay; "A Virginian Pioneer in Wyoming", no published source
Location
Cheyenne, Wyo.
Date
1939 January 10
Collection Number
WPA Bio 198
Item Description
Converse, Jesse - Biographical information for Nelson Jesse Converse; Mrs. Katherine [aka Catherine] Reynolds Converse (wifie); "Jesse Converse and His Pioneer Family", no published source
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 264
Item Description
Diltz, D. Edward - Biographical information for Diltz, David Edmund [or Edward]; "Sketch on D. E. Diltz"
Location
Sheridan (Wyo.)
Date
1939 January 4
Collection Number
WPA Bio 284
Item Description
Early, John - Biographical information for John C. Early; "Reminiscences of John C. Early" by Vivian F. Cooper
Location
Sheridan (Wyo.)
Date
1939 January 4
Collection Number
WPA Bio 313
Item Description
Finfrock, William - Biographical information for William Edmund Finfrock; Caroline Krueger Finfrock (wife)
Location
Laramie (Wyo.)
Date
1938 November 10
Collection Number
WPA Bio 398
Item Description
Hamilton, Alexander - Biographical information for Alexander Brown [or Black] Hamilton, M. D.; Mrs. Margaret E. Martin Hamilton (wife); "Alexander Hamilton Brown, M. D." interviewed by Mrs. Daisy D. Robey, Torrington, Wyo., Dec. 2, 1938, for Wyoming From Territorial Days to the Present by Frances Birkhead Beard, Vol. III, pp. 178-180
Location
Torrington (Wyo.)
Date
1938 December 2
Collection Number
WPA Bio 412
Item Description
Harris, George - Biographical information for George "Uncle George" Harris, Sr.
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 437
Item Description
Henry, Lena - Biographical information for Mrs. Lena Larsen Henry; William Henry; "From Twilight Land", memoirs of Lena Henry as interviewed by Susie Mills Walker, includes "Mrs. Lena Henry Wins Sixth Prize in Nation Wide Skelgas Contest" article, Lusk Herald, May 15, 1930
Location
Gillette (Wyo.)
Date
1938 December 5
Collection Number
WPA Bio 457
Item Description
Holbrook, Susan - Biographical information for Mrs. Susan Weaver Baird Holbrook
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 461
Item Description
Holmberg, Addie - Biographical information for Addie Elvira Harris Holmberg
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 466
Item Description
Hopp, Charles - Biographical information for Charles Hopp; "Life of Charles Hopp in Rock Springs", interviewed by Mrs. Jennie B. Parks
Location
Rock Springs (Wyo.)
Date
1939 February 7
Collection Number
WPA Bio 485
Item Description
Hunton, John - Biographical information for John Carpenter Hunton; "Incidents of Frontier Life and Recollections of Mr. John Hunton"; sketch of village by E. R. Schuler, Cheyenne, Wyo., June 1937; Blanche Taylor Hunton; "The Huntons in Virginia" interviewed by Minnie A. Rietz; "Memories of Visits with Mr. and Mrs. John Hunton and Some Historical Facts Regarding Old Fort Laramie", interviewed by Mrs. Cecile Stoll Taylor, Torrington, Wyo.; "Memorial to Jack Hunton to be Erected at Douglas by Pioneers", by Mrs. Selma L. Terry, Cheyenne, Wyo.; "Early Settlement of the Laramie River Valley" by John Hunton, Fort Laramie Scout, Aug. 18, 1927; "John Hunton, Musician"; "John Hunton", Kemmerer Gazette, Sep. 1, 1928, p. 7; "John Hunton", History of Wyoming, 1918, Vol. I, p. 142
Location
Wheatland (Wyo.)
Date
1939 February 13
Collection Number
WPA Bio 494
Item Description
Irvine, Robert - Biographical information for Robert Lawrence "Bob" Irvine; "Reminiscences of Robert Lawrence Irvine" by Hallie S. Croco for Stories of Pioneer Life; "Robert Lawrence Irvine" interviewed by H. S. C. Converse; "Part of My Early Life" by R. L. Irvine; "My 28th Anniversary Since Abstaining From Drinking Intoxicating Liquors" by Robert L. Irvine
Location
Douglas (Wyo.)
Date
1939 January 6
Collection Number
WPA Bio 568
Item Description
Lawson, Angus - Biographical information for Angus Lawson; Mrs. Sarah Ferguson Lawson (wife); "Angus Lawson, Pioneer Resident of Wyoming" interviewed by Ida Elizabeth Hintze for Stories of Pioneer Life
Location
Cheyenne (Wyo.)
Date
1939 February 1
Collection Number
WPA Bio 571
Item Description
Leaverton, Caroline - Biographical information for Mrs. Caroline Brisbin Leaverton; "As Recalled by Mrs. Caroline Leaverton", interviewed by Vivian F. Cooper; "Mrs. Carolyn Leaverton"
Location
Sheridan (Wyo.)
Date
1939 January 4
Collection Number
WPA Bio 578
Item Description
Lenihan, John - Biographical information for John J. Lenihan; "Some Incidents in the Life of John J. Lenihan", interviewed by Miss Anna M. Lewis; "Fire Tournament, Jul. 4, 1904, Hub and Hub Contest Race, at the Fair Grounds"; "Was Called to Reward" [obituary of John Lenihan, father of John J. Lenihan]", Laramie Republican, Dec. 28, 1914
Location
Laramie (Wyo.)
Date
1938 December 2
Collection Number
WPA Bio 611
Item Description
Malonek, Sr, William - Biographical information for William R. Malonek, Sr.; William R. Malonek, Jr.; Oscar Malonek (brother)
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 641
Item Description
McGinnis, Jack - Biographical information for Jack McGinnis; Mrs. Mary Daly McGinnis (wife); "A Wyoming Ranch Woman - Mary McGinnis, Pioneer ", interviewed by Susie Mills Walker for "Stories of Pioneer Life"
Location
Gillette (Wyo.)
Date
1938 December 5
Collection Number
WPA Bio 678
Item Description
Montgomery, Thomas - Biographical information for Thomas Leroy [or LeRoy] "Roy" Montgomery; "From Waterboy to Mayor", subject interviewed by Georgia Kelley for "Stories of Pioneer Life"; "Dead Shot Spike Writes" by Walter L. Lavering, Gillette News, Nov. 29, 1912
Location
Gillette (Wyo.)
Date
1938 November 9
Collection Number
WPA Bio 729
Item Description
Osborne, John - Biographical information for John Alexander Osborne; Mrs. Meta Walter Osborne (wife); "John A. Osborne", News Record, Gillette, Wyo., Dec. 24, 1935
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 733
Item Description
Owen, William - Biographical information for William Octavius Owen; Mrs. Emma Matilda Wilson Owen (wife); "Letter from W. O. "Billy" Owen", Saratoga Sun, n.d.
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 740
Item Description
Parks, William - Biographical information for William Payne Parks, Sr.; "W. P. Parks, Pioneer Flockmaster", interviewed by Georgia B. Kelly for "Stories of Pioneer Life"
Location
Gillette (Wyo.)
Date
1938 November 9
Collection Number
WPA Bio 755
Item Description
Peryam, E.C. - Biographical information for Edward Crevor "Creve" Peryam
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 772
Item Description
Plaga, Otto - Biographical information for Otto William Plaga; postcard pics of subject; "Otto W. Plaga, Westerner", interviewed by Minnie A. Rietz for "Stories of Pioneer Life";
Location
Wheatland (Wyo.)L
Date
1938 December 1
Collection Number
WPA Bio 791
Item Description
Randall, Bishop George - Biographical information for George Maxwell Randall, Protestant Episcopal Bishop; "Bishop Randall, 1810-1873" by A. F. C. Greene, Fort Washakie, Wyo., May 15, 1941
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 808
Item Description
Richards, Charles - Biographical information for Charles Nelson "Charley" Richards; subject's portrait; "Charley Richards, Pioneer", interviewed by Rex G. Lewis for "Stories of Pioneer Life"; Letter from Maude Sholty, dir., Statewide Historical Project, State Library, Cheyenne, Wyo., Aug. 12, 1937, to subject, Casper, Wyo., Aug. 12, 1937
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 840
Item Description
Schmidt, Arthur - Biographical information for Arthur L. [or E.] Schmidt; Mrs. Myrtle Rebecca Baird Schmidt (wife)
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 901
Item Description
Steele, Nannie - Biographical information for Mrs. Nannie Elizabeth Clay Steele; subject photo; "She Came to Wild Cheyenne", no source, n.d.; "The Life of Nannie Clay Steele", interviewed by Alice M. Shields for "Stories of Pioneer Life";
Location
Cheyenne (Wyo.)
Date
1939 February 24
Collection Number
WPA Bio 911
Item Description
Story, George - Biographical information for George Story
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 922
Item Description
Stutchell, James - Biographical information for James Wilson Stuchell;
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 960
Item Description
Todd, Green - Biographical information for Green D. Todd; "GreenTodd, A True Pioneer", mqanuscript copiled by Mrs. R. L. (Grace L.) Bush for "Stories of Pioneer Life"
Location
Hulett (Wyo.)
Date
1938 November 3
Collection Number
WPA Bio 961
Item Description
Tolson, Charles - Biographical information for Charles H. Tolson; "Charles H. Tolson", interviewed by Mrs. Selma L. Terry
Location
Cheyenne (Wyo.)
Date
1939 February 25
Collection Number
WPA Bio 980
Item Description
Vreeland, Frank - Biographical information for Frank Vreeland; Mrs. Alviene Gloye Vreeland (wife);
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 1048
Item Description
Winslow, B.L. - Biographical information for Lambert LaBaw [aka B. L.] Winslow, M. D.; Florence Attillia "Attie" [or "Addie"] Baker Winslow (wife); "Obituary - Dr. B. L. Winslow", Wyoming Press, Nov. 13, 1941;
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1192
Item Description
Morris, Edward - Biographical information for Edward [E. J.] "Ed" Morris; portrait, "In Memoriam", no source [pamphlet], 1902
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1228
Item Description
Beals, Ira - Biographical information for Ira D. Beals; "Ira Beals is Dead: Pioneer of Thermopolis", Thermpolis Independent Record, Jan. 22, 1929
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1230
Item Description
Richards, E.J. - Biographical information for E. J. Richards; "E. J. Richards Dies at Local Hospital After Short Illness", Thermopolis Independent Record, Sep. 6, 1929
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1282
Item Description
Thomas, Nathaniel - Biographical information for Rev. Nathaniel Seymour Thomas; "Bishop Thomas, Long Wyoming's Episcopal Head, dies in Florida", no source, Jul. 7, 1941
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1341
Item Description
Sample, Peggy - Biographical information for Mrs. Mary Eloise "Peggy" Rietz Sample; 4 photos of birthplace and childhood; "A Ranch Girl", interviewed by Minnie A. Rietz for "Stories of Pioneer Life"
Location
Wheatland (Wyo.)
Date
1938 December 1
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1456
Item Description
Westfall, Nancy - Biographical information for Mrs. Nancy J. Bishop Hulit Westfall; "Mother of Reclusive Men Dies at 90 Years of Age", News-Record, Gillette, Wyo., Aug. 2, 1934
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1462
Item Description
Abney, James - Biographical information for James M. Abney; "Pioneer Rancher Dies", Douglas [newspaper], n.d.; "The Passing of Veteran Justice and Pioneer [Henry M. Arold] Is Distinct Loss" [no source, n.d.]; "'Dusty' Miller Died Saturday at Casper", [no source, n.d.]; "Pioneer Resident [Mrs. Hannah Peyton] is Crash Victim", [no source, n.d.]; "Mrs. Edward Reilly, Long Here, Dies", [no source, n.d.]; "William H. Ashby, Pioneer is Dead", [no source, n.d.]; "Long-Time Resident [Mrs. Mary Werner] Laid to Rest Friday", [no source, n.d.]; "Mrs. [Howard G.] Peters, Douglas Pioneer, Dead at 72", [no source, n.d.]; "John B. Okie Dies on Hunting Trip", [no source, n.d.]; "Wm. C. Fisher Dies in Golden Sunday", [no source, n.d.]; "Mrs. Mary Walker Dies in California", [no source, n.d.]; "Pony Express Rider [Thomas J. Reynolds], Who Carried Lincoln Election News, Dead", [no source, n.d.]; "Last Rites for Hugo Donzelman Are Held Here", [no source, n.d.]
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1499
Item Description
Slaymaker, Samuel - Biographical information for Samuel Slaymaker; "Obituary - Slaymaker", Lusk Standard, Jan. 6, 1912 [also Bill Barlow's Budget, Jan. 3, 1912]
Date
Undated
Collection Number
WPA Bio 1770
Item Description
Meyer, Estelle - Biographical information for Mrs. Estelle Reel Meyer; "Mrs. Cort F. Meyer, State Superintendent of Public Instruction and National Superintendent of Indian Schools" from “Women of Wyoming” by Cora M. Beach, Vol. II, pp.
Date
Undated
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