Family papers, 1861-1988 (bulk 1905-1971).

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Family papers, 1861-1988 (bulk 1905-1971).

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Collection contains the papers of Eleanor Chatterton Kennedy and her extended family from 1861 to 1988. Kennedy's personal papers include biographical material, newspaper clippings, sixteen pieces of correspondence, photographs and photograph albums, a reminiscence, slides, a home movie and the constitution and by-laws for the University of Wyoming's S.H. Knight Science Camp Geology Alumni. The collection also includes materials relating to Kennedy's extended family, which contain mostly photographs of the Chatterton, Mazuzan, Wyland, Spears, and Stough families. Included are tintypes, photographs or photograph albums of Amoreta Fenton Mazuzan Chatterton, the Chatterton family, Fenimore Chatterton, G.H. Chatterton, Stella Wyland Chatterton, Adela Stough Kennedy, Merton G. Kennedy and his work for Morrison-Knudsen in the U.S. and Brazil, Mary J. Mazuzan, Constance Chatterton and Walter L. Spears, Margaret Savage Wyland and the Wyland family. There is also miscellaneous materials relating to Constance Chatterton and Walter L. Spears' attendance at the University of Wyoming; genealogical materials on the Stough family; and biographical information on C.J. Wyland. The collection also includes drawings, photographs, miscellaneous materials, and twenty-one letters received by Eleanor Chatterton Kennedy's great aunt, Mary J. Mazuzan (a sister to Amoreta Fenton Mazuzan Chatterton) regarding an art correspondence class with the Art Students League of New York City.

2.28 cubic ft. (4 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7340253

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Spears family.

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Chatterton family.

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Spears, Walter L.

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University of Wyoming.

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Chatterton, Stella Wyland, 1869-1954.

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Kennedy, Merton G., d. 1963.

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Chatterton, G. H.

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Kennedy, Eleanor C., 1901-1993.

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Eleanor Chatterton was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, in 1901. She was the daughter of Fenimore Chatterton (1860-1958) and Stella Wyland Chatterton (1869-1954). Fenimore Chatterton, the son of Amoreta Fenton Mazuzan and G.H. Chatterton, served as acting governor of Wyoming from 1903 to 1904. Fenimore and Stella also had another daughter, Constance Chatterton, (b. 1904) who was married to Walter L. Spears. Eleanor Chatterton graduated from the University of Wyoming in 1925 an...

Morrison-Knudsen Company, inc.

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The Morrison-Knudsen Company, Inc. was incorporated in 1923 in Boise, Idaho. Along with a consortium of companies, known as the Six Companies, Morrison-Knudsen build the Hoover Dam. It was involved in construction projects throughout the West and South America, including work on the Imperial Dam in Utah and in Yosemite National Park. The company also worked on naval construction projects during World War II. From the description of Morrison-Knudsen Company, Inc. records, 1923-1973 (b...

Kennedy, Adela Stough.

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Spears, Constance Chatterton, b. 1904.

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Chatterton, Amoreta Fenton Mazuzan.

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University of Wyoming. Science Camp.

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Mazuzan, Mary J.

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Art Students League (New York, N.Y.)

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Art school. Organized in 1875 by students as a revolt against the National Academy of Design school. From the description of Art Students League records, 1875-1955. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122565877 ...

Wyland, Margaret Savage.

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Mazuzan family.

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Wyland family.

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Wyland, C. J.

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Kennedy family.

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Chatterton, Fenimore, 1860-1958

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Chatterton (1860-1958) was born in New York and came to Wyoming in 1878 to work as a sutler at Fort Steele. He later operated a general store in Saratoga, Wyoming, and was elected as a state senator in 1890 for Carbon and Niobrara counties. From 1891-1892 Chatterton attended the University of Michigan's law school and from 1894-1898 he served as Carbon County attorney. In 1898 he was elected secretary of state and served as acting governor from April 1903 to January 1905 to fill the...

Stough family.

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