Mildred Kenney Rost papers, 1913-1988.

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Mildred Kenney Rost papers, 1913-1988.

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The Mildred Kenney Rost collection contains her manuscript autobiography (covering 1886-1979, 125 pages), limited correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, newspapers, books, and high school reunion materials from Wheatland, Wyoming. In addition, there is a 1971 audio tape of Mildred Kenney Rost's mother, Jennie Kenney, remembering their early days in Wheatland. Also included is artwork of Miles Ernest Rost and of his father Ernest Christian Rost.

9 cubic ft. (6 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7781068

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Rost, Ernest Christian, 1867-1940

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Jireh College

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Kenney, Jennie.

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Rost, Miles Ernest, 1891-1961

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Rost, Mildred Kenney, 1896-1991

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William and Jennie Kenney and their children, including Mildred Kenney Rost, were prominent residents of Wheatland, Wyoming in the early 1900s. They owned a ranch and then moved to town in 1903. They owned a dry goods store and they started Wheatland's first newspaper. The family valued learning and they were civic minded and progressive. Mildred Kenny Rost was like a daughter to the W.B.D. Grays who were Congregational ministers. She graduated from Wheatland High School in 1914 and Oberlin Coll...