John I. White papers, 1889-1994 (bulk 1930-1980).

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John I. White papers, 1889-1994 (bulk 1930-1980).

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Contains correspondence, research files, and artifacts. Includes correspondence related to songs and song makers of the American West; significant correspondents include such as Will C. Barnes, Badger Clark, Gail Gardner, Romaine Lowdermilk, Dominick J. O'Malley, Powder River Jack Lee, Austin Fife, and many other cowboy songwriters, singers, and scholars. Also includes fan mail written to White who sang as "The Lonesome Cowboy" for the "Death Valley Days" radio show in the 1930s. Research files contain research notes, ideas for articles and plays, drafts of articles, original scripts, and related correspondence. Artifacts include White's guitar and the cowboy hat given to him by cowboy poet Dominick J. O'Malley.

20.5 linear ft.

Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7399834

Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library

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Utah State University. Libraries. Special Collections and Archives.

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Gardner, Gail I., 1892-1988

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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,

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Lee, Jack H.

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Fife, Austin E.

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Austin Edwin Fife (1909-1986) was born in Lincoln, Idaho. Alta Stevens Fife (1912-1996) was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. Both were authors, folklorists, and the founders of the Fife Folklore Archive at Utah State University. From the description of Austin E. and Alta S. Fife papers, 1910-1996. (Utah State University). WorldCat record id: 71324624 Folklorist, author, and co-founder, with his wife, of the Fife Folklore Archive at Utah State University. From the de...

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...

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...