John W. Meldrum papers, 1854-1938.

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John W. Meldrum papers, 1854-1938.

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The collection includes personal and business correspondence (1874-1933). There is one letterbook (1891-1893) of Meldrum's official correspondence as Inspector General of the Wyoming National Guard and one (1889-1918) containing both personal and official correspondence written as a special disbursing officer for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and as Commissioner for Yellowstone National Park. Correspondents include prominent Wyoming political figures Joseph M. Carey, William A. Richards, DeForest Richards, and Francis E. Warren, as well as Meldrum's brother Norman, his wife Emmaline, and Laramie attorney Melville C. attorney Melville C. Brown. There are photographs of Meldrum, his wife Emmaline, Laramie, Wyoming, and Yellowstone National Park; political campaign memorabilia; two scrapbooks probably compiled by Emmaline Meldrum, one of newspaper clippings and one of personal memorabilia (1862-1905); postcards written to Meldrum's niece Susie A. Meldrum; an autograph book of Emmaline Meldrum (1863); a painting of a river scene and miscellaneous materials relating to his work as Commissioner or Yellowstone National Park and George Parrot.

2.53 cubic ft. (5 boxes) + works of art.

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7252561

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Idaho became a state on July 3, 1890 with post offices being established as early as 1876. From the guide to the Franklin County, Idaho Post Office Location Records, 1876-1945, (Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives) These photographs document Region 4, started in 1910, of the US Forest Service, covering Utah, Nevada, Southern Idaho, and Western Wyoming. From the guide to the US Forest Service Photograph Collection., 19...

United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs

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The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) was formed in 1824. An agency of the federal government of the United States within the US Department of the Interior, it is responsible for the administration and management of land held in trust by the United States for Native Americans in the United States, Native American Tribes and Alaska Natives. From the guide to the Navajo Land, motion picture, undated, (J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah) A Statistics Section was organ...

Carey, Joseph M. (Joseph Maull), 1845-1924

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Wyoming. Inspector General's Office.

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Meldrum, Norman M.

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Meldrum, John W., 1843-1936.

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John W. "Jack" Meldrum (1843-1936) was acting governor of Wyoming when the territory was admitted to statehood in 1890, and served as U.S. Commissioner of Yellowstone National Park for 41 years. He was born in Caledonia, New York, and served with the Fourteenth New York Heavy Artillery Regiment during the Civil War. With his brother Norman M. Meldrum, he raised stock at the present site of La Porte, Colorado before moving to Cheyenne, Wyoming, in 1868 with his wife Emmaline "Lina" Warren Meldrum...

Parrott, George L.

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Meldrum, Emmaline.

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Warren, Francis E. (Francis Emroy), 1844-1929

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Francis E. Warren was appointed Territorial Governor of Wyoming by President Chester A. Arthur. He served from February 28, 1885 to November 11, 1886 and served a second term when appointed by President Benjamin Harrison from April 9, 1889 to October 11, 1890. Warren was born in Hinsdale, Berkshire County, Massachusetts on June 20, 1844 and attended the common schools in his area and Hinsdale Academy. During the Civil War, Warren enlisted and fought with the Company C, 49th Regiment, Massachuset...

Republican Party (Wyo.)

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Brown, Melville, 1888-1938

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Richards, William A. (William Alford), 1849-1912

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Richards (1849-1912) was born in Wisconsin and worked as a surveyor in Nebraska from 1869 to 1873 before surveying the southern and western boundaries of Wyoming territory from 1873 to 1874 with his brother Alonzo. He worked as a surveyor in Santa Clara County, California from 1876 to 1880 before moving to Colorado Springs, Colorado to recover from tuberculosis. He homesteaded in Johnson County, Wyoming (now Washakie County)in 1885. From 1889 to 1893 Richards was surveyor general for Wyoming and...

Richards, DeForest, 1846-1903

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Meldrum, Susie A.

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