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Downey Family. Downey family papers, 1866-1997.

Title: Downey family papers, 1866-1997.

The collection contains information about and writings of family members. There is also a diary of Stephen Wheeler Downey from 1869-1870; ephemera of Laramie social clubs, Jubilee Days celebrations, and the University of Wyoming; business records of the Keystone and other mines in the Albany County area; correspondence of Downey's law practice; photographs; and a scrapbook.

ArchivalResource: 2.68 cubic ft. (7 boxes + oversize)

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A.S. Peabody family papers, 1876-1966

Title: A.S. Peabody family papers 1876-1966

The collection contains biographical material on the A.S. Peabody (grocer, businessman, and civic leader) family of Laramie, Wyoming, and Aven Nelson.

ArchivalResource: cubic ft. (1 slim document box, 1 F17 box + artifacts + oversize)

http://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wyu-ah00338.xml View

W. O. Owen papers, 1890-1942

Title: W. O. Owen papers 1890-1942

W. O. Owen was a surveyor, civil engineer, and early resident of Laramie, Wyoming, best known for his successful ascent of the Grand Teton in 1898. The collection contains autobiographical manuscripts by Owen, correspondence, photographs, maps, and printed materials.

ArchivalResource: 2 cubic ft. (4 document boxes, 1 slim document box + oversize)

http://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wyu-ah00094.xml View

DeLap, David F. David F. DeLap papers, 1923-1987.

Title: David F. DeLap papers, 1923-1987.

The David F. DeLap Papers mainly concern his 1923 ascent of the Grand Teton with fellow mountaineers Quin Blackburn and Andy DePirro. Material includes correspondence, photographs, published accounts, personal recollections, and audiotapes containing his oral history account. The collection also contains correspondence and photographs relating to the history of climbing in the Tetons from William Owen, Orrin and Lorraine Bonney, and Leigh Ortenburger.

ArchivalResource: 1 cubic ft. (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63179824 View

Fryxell, Fritiof, 1900-1986. Fritiof Fryxell papers, 1822-1986.

Title: Fritiof Fryxell papers, 1822-1986.

The Fritiof Fryxell collection contains correspondence and research materials reflecting Fryxell's historical, geological, and mountaineering insterests. Correspondents include Jackson Hole artist Olaf Moller and novelist Owen Wister. There are photographs and interviews regarding climbing in the Tetons. Research files cover several expeditions undertaken by Ferdinand V. Hayden and others for the U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. Information covers expedition personnel, including William Henry Jackson, William Henry Holmes, and Thomas Moran. Also in the collection are files on Jesse V. Howell, Fryxell's research partner. There are also Fryxell's plans for exhibits at Grand Teton National Park and documents written by John Muir.

ArchivalResource: 47 cubic ft. (90 boxes) + art.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27890545 View

Fritiof Fryxell papers, 1822-1986

Title: Fritiof Fryxell papers 1822-1986

Fritiof Fryxell was a geologist and historian who wrote about the Hayden surveys and mountaineering in the Tetons. The collection contains his research materials and writings.

ArchivalResource: 47 cubicft. (90 boxes) + art

http://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wyu-ah01638.xml View

David F. DeLap papers, 1923-1987

Title: David F. DeLap papers, 1923-1987

Correspondence, photographs, audiotapes, and other material relating to DeLap's 1923 ascent of the Grand Teton, as well as material on the history of climbing in the Tetons.

ArchivalResource: cubicft. (1 box)

http://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wyu-ah10292.xml View

Owen, W. O. (William Octavius), 1859-1947. William O. Owen papers, 1890-1930.

Title: William O. Owen papers, 1890-1930.

The collection includes a handwritten autobiography covering Owen's boyhood in Laramie and early surveying jobs; correspondence (1897-1942); legal documents; manuscripts of articles by Owen; family and personal photographs, and miscellaneous other materials. Much of the material relates to the Owen-Langford dispute.

ArchivalResource: 2 cubic ft. (5 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28455101 View

Downey Family papers, 1866-1997

Title: Downey Family papers 1866-1997

Stephen Wheeler Downey and Eva Owen were married in 1872 in Laramie, Wyoming, and had ten children together. Biographical information, writings of family members, photographs, and business records of mining companies and law firms comprise the collection, which covers a century of Laramie history.

ArchivalResource: 2.68 cubic ft. (7 boxes + oversize)

http://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wyu-ah10555.xml View