Chrisman Collection detail, Liberal Memorial Library

Harry E. Chrisman, former Liberal author and historian, donated a large collection of his writings, photographs, and other items to Liberal Memorial Library for the purpose of research. This database searches the contents of the Chrisman Collection.

CallNo: NC11-F1b
Descriptive Title: Branch stores		Type: Newspaper Clipping
Date of Origin: Jan/Feb 1961		Provenance:
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Text: We Pay the high; Hunters supplies; Conrad & Rath Post traders; Office; Shober & Co.; True West Page 9 Jan-Febr 1961 Vol. 8 - No. 3 Above left, Conrad and Rath, post traders, Fort Griffin (Shackleford County), Texas. This likeness was reproduced from a letterhead found in the Texas Adjutant General's office in Austin. Fort Griffin was headquarters for the buffalo hunters in West Texas.
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Subject:	Conrad and Rath Post traders Camp Minter Camp Rath Camp Reynolds True West Fort Griffin Shackleford County, Texas buffalo hunters	Related to:	P180-F1b
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CallNo: NC2-E1a6
Descriptive Title: Rodeo article about Ralph Doubleday's photos and photo examples		Type: Newspaper Clipping
Date of Origin: September 1989		Provenance:newspaper article by Chrisman
Size: 4 1/2 x 8"		Condition: very good
Text: [article] Working the early rodeo "I thoroughly enjoyed Willard Porter's "Shooting the Rodeo" (April 1989 TRUE WEST) ... An acquaintence of mine, Rusty Morse, of Arvada, Colorado, wrote in the Denver Post's Empire Magazine, August 6, 1978, that Doubleday was buried in an unmarked grave at Council Bluffs, Iowa, in his sister's plot. His casket, Morse wrote, bore a ten-gallon hat, the gift of his friend, movie star Tom Mix. - Harry E. Chrisman, 10245 W. 14th Avenue, Denver, Colorado, 80215. [caption under pictures] Harry Chrisman's photo collection includes R.R. Doubleday's photo of Bonnie Grey on King Tut at left. Though Doubleday photographed the Scottsbluff, Nebraska, rodeo in 1922, the only photos of that event that Chrisman has found so far were taken by C.F. Smith, such as the one of Phil Yoder at right.
Misc Info: Clipping of article by Chrisman about Ralph Doubleday and his rodeo photos. Two rodeo pictures, one by Doubleday and the other by C.F. Smith.
Subject:	Ralph Doubleday photos Council Bluffs, Iowa rodeo Willard Porter Denver Post's Empire Magazine "Shooting the Rodeo" rodeo arena automobile cowboy True West Tom Mix Harry Chrisman Denver, Colorado Scottsbluff, Nebraska C.F. Smith Ralph Stephenmier Phil Yoder American Legion Roy Rasch Bonnie Grey George Woodward Forres "Cowboy" Richardson Ed Wright Pinky Gist "King Tut" horses fence gate rodeo clown Rusty Morse Arvada, Colorado spectators trees Phillip T. Smith, DVM	Related to:
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