Wyoming state flag collection, 1890-1983.

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Wyoming state flag collection, 1890-1983.

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Records related to the creation and history of the Wyoming state flag and includes small volume with lists of "Contributors to the Wyoming State Flag" (1890); program from "Statehood celebration - Presentation of the State Flag" (1890); letter from Grace Raymond Hebard (University of Wyoming professor and historian) to Verna (Keays) Keyes, designer of the state flag (1917); speech by Grace Raymond Hebard at joint session of Wyoming Legislature regarding presentation of the state flag (1919); postcards (1922, 1935); letter regarding orientation of flag on printed material (1949); notes from Verna Keyes concerning the design of the state flag (ca. 1960); letter from Wyoming Secretary of State Thyra Thomson transmitting the above notes; and a response from Archives, Museums, and Historical Department Director Robert Bush (1983).

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Wyoming, State Archives and Historical Department

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Wyoming. State Archives, Museums, and Historical Dept.

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Thomson, Thyra

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Thyra Thomson was the Secretary of State in Wyoming from 1962-1986. For many of those years, she was the highest elected woman state official in the United States. She was active with the Equal Rights Amendment, public land and oil lease issues, and securities. From the guide to the Thyra Thomson papers, 1931-1986, (University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.) Thyra Thomson (1916- ) served as Wyoming Secretary of State from 1962-1986. From the description of...

Hebard, Grace Raymond, 1861-1936

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Grace Raymond Hebard taught and served as librarian at the University of Wyoming. From the description of Marking the old Oregon trail in Wyoming, ca. 1915. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 31912428 Collection materials relating to Hebard's career as University of Wyoming professor, librarian, and western historian. Collection includes subject files containing correspondence, manuscripts, transcripts and printed materials concerning places an...

Bush, Robert, -1828

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Wyoming. Legislature

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Keyes, Verna

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Verna Keays Keyes was the designer of the Wyoming state flag, which was adopted by the Wyoming legislature in 1917. In 1916, she entered a design contest for the flag sponsored by the Wyoming Daughters of the American Revolution. Her design featured a white buffalo against a blue background, with the state seal in the middle of the buffalo. From the description of Verna Keyes papers, 1917-1997. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 269110465 ...