Harold J. and James H. Cook papers, 1876-1986.

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Harold J. and James H. Cook papers, 1876-1986.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32324122

Bulk of the collection pertains to the career of Harold J. Cook and includes extensive correspondence related to paleontology, petroleum development, the Agate Springs Ranch and the Agate Springs Fossil Beds; subject files; legal documents; maps, including some hand colored; financial and income tax records; notebooks; diaries; drawings; well logs; manuscripts; printed materials; photographs; and miscellaneous other materials. James H. Cook material contains correspondence, including with E.A. Brininstool and members of the Cook family; notebooks; newspaper clippings; photographs and negatives; and miscellaneous other materials. Collection also includes a typescript inventory of Cook materials held at Agate Springs Fossil Beds National Monument.

36.5 cubic ft. (55 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7340158

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Cook, James H. (James Henry), 1857-1942

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Cook, Harold James, 1887-1962.

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Harold J. Cook experienced firsthand the discovery and development of a world famous fossil site on his family's ranch. Having witnessed recovery of rare and scientifically significant specimens, he strove to have the site preserved for the public trust. Three years after his death, Agate Fossil Beds National Monument was established. Harold James Cook was born July 3, 1887 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, the only child of Captain James H. and Kate Graham Cook. Six weeks after Harold's birth the family mo...

Cook family.

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Brininstool, E.A. (Earl Alonzo), 1870-1957

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Brininstool (1870-1957) was an American author and historian of the American West. From the description of E.A. Brininstool collection of Western photographs, circa 1860s-1940s. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 123235389 Historian. From the guide to the Charles Kuhlman collection on the Battle of the Little Big Horn, 1933-1959, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) American author and historian of the American West. From the descr...