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Weintz, Dorothy J. Dorothy J. Weintz papers, 1858-1969.

Title: Dorothy J. Weintz papers, 1858-1969.

Writings, biographical information, photos, and clippings relating to Weintz's projected biography of her grandfather, Asa S. Mercer, a Seattle, Washington, pioneer, together with Mercer's correspondence, financial records, legal documents, drafts of speeches, and writings relating to his pursuits in Wyoming Territory after leaving Washington. Major correspondents include Clarence Bagley.

ArchivalResource: 1.68 cubic feet (4 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28409151 View

Inventory of the Johnson County War Collection: Dykes ARCH 00155., 1884-1893 (bulk 1892).

Title: Inventory of the Johnson County War Collection: 1884-1893 (bulk 1892).

The Johnson County War, also known as the War on Powder Creek, was a range war between large cattle ranchers and small ranchers in northern Wyoming in April 1892. The Johnson County War Collection (1884-1893) contains financial and legal documents related to the cattle industry and the range war in Johnson County, Wyoming. The financial documents include a bill of sale written in compliance with the Maverick Law of 1884 and a promissory note. The legal documents were produced in connection with the criminal proceedings against the participants of the range war.

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http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/tamucush/00155/00155-P.html View

Scott, Jessie Hartsuck. Scrapbooks and writings of Jessie Hartsuck Scott, Olympia, Washington [microform].

Title: Scrapbooks and writings of Jessie Hartsuck Scott, Olympia, Washington [microform].

ArchivalResource: 5 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55635764 View

Johnson County War collection, 1884-1893.

Title: Johnson County War collection, 1884-1893.

Legal documents and letters illustrating events of the Johnson County War.

ArchivalResource: 9 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37756308 View

Mercer, A. S. (Asa Shinn), 1839-1917. Dictation from A.S. Mercer : Cheyenne, Wyoming, 1885.

Title: Dictation from A.S. Mercer : Cheyenne, Wyoming, 1885.

To Seattle, 1861, as government surveyor; president of the University of Washington and commissioner of immigration (at which time be brought 300 women around Cape Horn); to Astoria, 1866, in grain business; publisher in Texas and Cheyenne.

ArchivalResource: Originals : 3 leaves ; 25 cm.Copies : partial microfilm reel (3 exposures) : negative (Rich. 116:17) and positive.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25911926 View

Pershing, James Hammond, 1863-1948. Papers, 1913-1940.

Title: Papers, 1913-1940.

Chiefly typescript copies of correspondence with Philip Ashton Rollins and others regarding publication and attempted suppression of A.S. Mercer's The banditti of the the plains (Cheyenne, Wyo. 1894). Also autobiographical data and essay on Keats.

ArchivalResource: 7 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19482933 View

Hill, Burton S. Papers, 1851-1969, (bulk 1871-1895).

Title: Papers, 1851-1969, (bulk 1871-1895).

Collection contains materials relating to Hill's research on ranching in the Buffalo, Wyoming, area and the Johnson County War of 1892. Collection includes Hill's correspondence (1938-1969); correspondence and telegrams regarding the occurances in Johnson County from 1891-1892; legal case files involving Asa Mercer, Oscar H. (Jack) Flagg, and the Ogalalla Land and Cattle Company (1891-1892); financial ledgers for C.C. Parmalee of Buffalo, Wyoming (1886-1900); photographs and miscellaneous newspaper clippings, research notes, manuscripts, articles and reports on the 1892 cattle war and federal troop intervention.

ArchivalResource: 1.8 cubic ft. (4 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27590473 View

Conant, Roger, 1833-1915. Mercer's belles : a reporter's journal : manuscript, n.d. / by Roger Conant ; edited by Lenna Deutsch.

Title: Mercer's belles : a reporter's journal : manuscript, n.d. / by Roger Conant ; edited by Lenna Deutsch.

Typescript with manuscript corrections and additions.

ArchivalResource: ca. 250 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29853751 View

Conner, Ann S. Ann S. Conner Hartsuck trip diary, Jan. 1866- Mar. 1866.

Title: Ann S. Conner Hartsuck trip diary, Jan. 1866- Mar. 1866.

This is a typescript of the trip diary kept by Ann S. Conner on her journey to Seattle, WA. Ann S. Conner was one of a second group of Mercer Girls brought to Seattle in 1866. In this trip diary, she tells of life on the steamer which took her from New York and around the southern point of South America. At the end of the diary, she includes a note to a friend, to whom she decided to mail the diary. Ann writes of life among the varied passengers on the ship, including Asa Mercer, and of several stops in Chile.

ArchivalResource: 1 binder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/311147918 View

Hartsuck, Ann S. Conner. Ann S. Conner Hartsuck papers 1824-1892.

Title: Ann S. Conner Hartsuck papers 1824-1892. 1824-1892.

Papers (12 original items and 1 photocopy of each original) of "Mercer girl" Ann S. Conner. Included are letters in the form of a diary describing the voyage of the steamship "Continental" from New York to Seattle, her contract with Mercer, her steamship ticket, and her teacher's certificate.

ArchivalResource: 24 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43098800 View

Deininger, Anita Webb. Hat Ranch materials, 1954-1972.

Title: Hat Ranch materials, 1954-1972.

Collection contains a four page typescript manuscript written by Deininger in 1972 concerning the Hat Ranch, Louis A. Webb, the Webb family and Asa S. Mercer; and a 1954 letter from J. Elmer Brock, a rancher from Kaycee, Wyoming regarding the history of the Hat Ranch.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32993677 View