John I. White photograph collection 1860-1980 1885-1975

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John I. White photograph collection 1860-1980 1885-1975

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Included are photographs related to cowboy songs and song makers of the American West such as Will C. Barnes, Badger Clark, Gail Gardner, Romaine Lowdermilk, Dominick J. O'Malley, Powder River Jack Lee, and other cowboy songwriters, singers, and scholars. Also includes photographs relating to White's persona as "The Lonesome Cowboy" for the "Death Valley Days" radio show in the 1930s. Also contains photographs collected for plays, articles, and original scripts. Largely consisting of copy-prints, the photographs are comprised of mostly black-and-white silver gelatin prints, some color snapshots and postcards.

2 boxes; 1 linear ft.

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Utah State University. Merrill-Cazier Library. Special Collections and ArchivesUniversity Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6623979

Utah State University. Merrill-Cazier Library. Special Collections and ArchivesUniversity Archives

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O'Malley, Dominick John, 1867-1943

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Dominick J. O'Malley was born in New York City in 1867. His father, Dominick O'Malley, fought in the Civil War with New York's 69th Regiment and remained in the military in New York City after the war until he was transferred to Fort Concho near San Angelo, Texas, in December 1866. The elder O'Malley underwent surgery for the removal of a minie ball in New York in 1869, but died from the effects of the surgery in early 1870. D.J. O'Malley's mother, Margaret, remarried a soldier, Cha...

Clark, Badger, 1883-1957

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Poet. Wrote on western themes. Father a founder of Dakota Wesleyan University (Mitchell, S.D.). Contracted tuberculosis while student there (1902) and moved to Arizona where worked as ranch hand. Returned to South Dakota (1910) and spent entire life there. Published poems include "Sun and Saddle Leather" (1915) and "Sky Lines and Wood Smoke" (1935). From the description of Charles Badger Clark papers, 1905-1967. (University of the Pacific). WorldCat record id: 35111112 Badge...

Lowdermilk, Romaine, 1890-1970

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Flectcher, Tex

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Barnes, Will C. (Will Croft), 1858-1936

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Pioneer Indian fighter, cattleman, legislator, conservationist, and author; Barnes worked for the U.S. Forest Service, in Arizona and New Mexico, for 21 years. Barnes was Secretary of the U.S. Geographic Board in Washington, D.C. and published Arizona Place Names in 1935. From the description of Barnes papers, 1878-1945. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 42425421 Pioneer Indian fighter, cattleman, legislator, conservationist, and au...

Lee, Jack H.

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Freeman, Daniel, 1826-1908

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Biography Daniel Freeman was born in 1837, on a farm in the province of Ontario, Canada. Freeman first taught school but, in 1859, moved on to the study of law at Osgoode Hall in Toronto, being admitted to the bar in 1864. Besides law, he became engaged in business in Port Burwell, on Lake Erie, where he became president of the Port Burwell Harbor Company. In 1866, he married Catherine Grace Christie, and from this union three chi...

White, John I. (John Irwin), 1902-1992

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John I. White (1902-1992) was a writer, singer of cowboy songs, radio personality, and map draftsman. His singing career culminated when he played his guitar and sang as "The Lonesome Cowboy" on the NBC radio drama "Death Valley Days" sponsored by Twenty-Mule-Team Borax from 1929-1936. He maintained a lifelong interest in cowboy songs and the American West, researching and writing articles and two books on this and other topics. From the description of John I. White papers, 1889-1994...

Gardner, Gail I., 1892-1988

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Sprague, Carl T., 1895-1979

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