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Holliday family. Holliday family papers, 1872-1960.

Title: Holliday family papers, 1872-1960.

The collection contains materials relating to the extended Holliday family and their business interests. The Holliday family papers include scrapbooks, account books, correspondence and miscellaneous other materials for Albert, Frank, J.T., Laura, Lewis and W.H. Holliday, including materials relating to Frank's service as a trustee for the University of Wyoming, Laura's research on the Breisch family and for her work on the Ivinson Memorial Hospital, Lewis' affiliation with the University of Wyoming Alumni Association and the Freemasons of Wyoming, and materials for the Albany County and Inter-Mountain Fair Association. The collection also includes photographs and 82 glass plate negatives of the Holliday family, the Holliday's businesses, the 1948 fire that destroyed the W.H. Holliday building, and images of Laramie and Albany County, Wyoming. There are also images of the University of Wyoming's buildings, faculty members, football team, and men and women cadets. The business records in the collection deal with automotive, mining, grocery, construction, ranching, lumber, irrigation, printing, gypsum manufacturing, and a building and loan association. Some of the materials in the collection were damaged by fire and have been photocopied for preservation.

ArchivalResource: 20.14 cubic ft. (41 boxes) + artifacts.

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