Digital Collections

Charles Belden was a well-known photographer who created some of the classic images of the American West, with most images captured on or near the Pitchfork Ranch in Northwest Wyoming. Also included are images from Belden's world travels. The entire collection of nearly 3,000 original negatives has been digitized.

John Roberts was an Episcopalian missionary who worked among the Arapaho and Shoshone peoples on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming. All photographs and Arapaho and Shoshone of Christian and Episcopalian texts have been digitized, in addition to most of his personal papers.

Henning Svenson settled in Laramie in 1905 and became the primary commercial and studio photographer in the town. He was known for his portraiture of Laramie residents and scenes of the surrounding area including Laramie, the Snowy Range, Fox Park, Happy Jack, and Sand Creek. Nearly 4,000 negatives from the early years of the studio have been digitized.

Nellie Tayloe Ross was the first woman governor in the United States. Her husband, William B. Ross, was elected Governor of Wyoming in 1922. Three weeks before election day in 1924, William B. Ross died and Nellie Tayloe Ross was elected in his stead. She was appointed Director of the U.S. Mint in 1933 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and served in that capacity until her retirement in 1953. Over 5,000 items - primarily speeches, correspondence, photographs, and audio/video material - have been digitized.

Collection contains materials mainly relating to Throssel's photographic work of the Crow and Northern Cheyenne Indians from 1902-1933. The digital collection includes about one-fifth of the 2,481 glass plate negatives and lantern slides Throssel produced, which document Crow and Northern Cheyenne culture, what is now the Little Bighorn National Monument, daily life of Billings, Throssel and his family, ranching, and scenery of southern Montana and northern Wyoming.

Leek was a hunter, trapper, dude rancher, politician, and guide as well as a writer and wildlife photographer. He was also one of the earliest settlers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The digital colleciton is comprised of his photographs, which depict wildlife (especially elk) and natural areas around Jackson Hole.

Thurman Wesley Arnold practiced law in Laramie, Wyoming, and served as Mayor from 1923 to 1924. He was named assistant attorney general of the U.S. in charge of the antitrust division in 1938 and was a Department of Justice representative on the Temporary National Economic Committee from 1938 to 1941. The digital collection includes speeches, correspondence, draft manuscripts, and photographs.

The Stock Association of Laramie County was organized in Cheyenne in 1872. It was involved in a broad range of activities, including managing roundups, conducting brand inspections, and dealing with health and sanitary concerns, freight rates, and fencing and other public domain issues. The Association was instrumental in the development of Wyoming livestock and rangeland laws beginning in the 1880s and was closely involved in the Johnson County War of 1892. The digital collection includes photographs and administrative records.