Records, 1874-1982.

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Records, 1874-1982.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53043137

The collection contains photographs, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and subject files on the evolution of the Wyoming wool industry as well as tests performed from around the United States and Australia. The collection also contains correspondence with wool buyers from around the globe as well as correspondence with Robert Burns and his travels in the Middle East and China.

7.75 cubic ft. (17 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7663700

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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University of Wyoming.

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Wyoming Wool Growers Association

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The Wyoming Wool Growers Association was founded in 1905 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, with the purpose of promoting the sheep industry in Wyoming. From the description of Wyoming Wool Growers Association records, 1918-1955. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 27965721 From the guide to the Wyoming Wool Growers Association records, 1918-1955, (Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.) ...

Ritch, William Thomson.

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American Wool Improvement Association.

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University of Wyoming. Dept. of Animal Science.

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The University of Wyoming College of Agriculture began study and research of sheep and wool in 1907 after passage of the Adams Act, which provided funding for land grant universities for sheep and wool studies. UW purchased the recently vacated Wyoming Territorial Prison and remodeled it for livestock work. The college established the Animal Husbandry Department in 1911, which was subsequently renamed Animal Production in 1934, the Animal Science Division in 1961, and the Animal Science Departme...

Burns, Robert H. (Robert Homer)

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