Records, 1951-1995.

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Records, 1951-1995.

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The collection documents the activities of the American National Cowbelles and the American National CattleWomen in promoting the beef industry and consumer education from 1951-1995. The collection includes extensive correspondence, articles of incorporation, minutes, membership index and rosters, minutes and reports with state members and chairs, scrapbooks, newsclippings, photographs, and budgets, relating to its annual conventions, committees, and promotional activities, especially the National Beef Cook-Off. The collection also includes the papers of several of the organization's former presidents, including Mary Louise Lynam (d. 1969); 25 artifacts from conventions and Beef Cook-Off contests; and 8 16mm films, 11 vhs and 1 3/4 inch video tapes, 1 phonograph record, 5 reel-to-reel tapes and 3 audiocassette tapes of Board of Director's meetings, National Beef Cook-Off contests and other promotional activities.

65.99 cubic ft. (148 boxes) + artifacts + motion picture films + video tapes + audio tapes + phonodisc.

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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American National CattleWomen

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A group of fifteen women met at the Four Bar Ranch near Douglas, Arizona, in October 1939 to form the Cow Belles, an organization to help promote the beef industry and friendship among cattle people. By 1951 ten state-wide organizations had been formed, leading to the development of a national organization. At the annual American National Cattlemen's Association convention in San Francisco in January 1951, Mary Louise Lynam was elected organizing chair and during the ANCA's 1952 convention in Fo...

Lynam, Mary Louise, d. 1969.

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