Name/Title
ScrapbookEntry/Object ID
1948.217.0001Scope and Content
City information of the 1940's, Rawlins. Update 2018: A brown covered scrapbook with the title on the spine "Library Album." Front cover is decorated with gold embossed border and a gold embossed "frame outline" inside of the border.
The book contains newspaper clippings with dates 1939-1942. Most are stamped with date. Clippings deal primarily with County Legal Notices, articles, conditions of banks notices, school information, church services schedules, new county courthouse furnishings, school news, business openings, application for retail liquor notices, County Commissioners' news and proceedings, City Council news, prison information, society events, legal notices relating to wills and deaths, county improvements (court house, highways, construction, etc).
There are a few newspapers with stamped address to County Clerk, City. Book measures 10.75" x 12 5/8." Clippings are affixed to black paper, but are affixed to ledger paper at the end of the book.
1/12/1940-Noted clippings include: Jail equipment in new courthouse approved, includes furnishings of the Sheriff's quarters.
1/12/1940-Increase in light meters, gas meters, telephones show growth to city; First National Bank officers elected; Jessie and Clarence B. Salter divorce.
1/13/1940-Anna Cardwell estate settlement notice; Library shelving, sheriff's residence furnishings and other departments listed
1/17/1940-Andrew W. Rasmussen estate settlement notice; Anna B. Watson Creditor Notice
1/17/1940-Semi Annual Abstract Statement of County Offices and Expenses
1/17/1940-Rawlins Republican Bulletin: County has no certificates of Indebtedness outstanding for first time in many years. Financial conditions listed; Day Espy elected President of Intermountain Livestock Marketing Association
1/18/1940-Editorial praising the Finns in their valiant stand in defense of their homeland during war. Relates the contributions that Scandinavians made to Carbon County; list of businesses and lawyers advertising; description of courthouse furnishings;
1/18/1940-$44 plus million dollars spent on relief during 4 years of the depression; 20/30 club organized; increase in marriages; statement of condition of Rawlins Federal Savings and Loan, 1939, and Medicine Bow State Bank.
1/20/1940-County takes honors at Denver Stock Show; Carbon County Farm Bureau, Kleber Hadsell, President
1/24/1940-Rawlins Republican Bulletin: County Budget
1/27/1940-Union Pacific Old-Timers Meet, 226 members
1/30/1940-List of Rawlins Post Office Employees and Positions
1/31/1940-City Treasurer's Report with Balances of Depts.;
Dissolution of Wyoming Timber Lands Company, lists officers; settlement of estate of Anna Cardwell; Map published of Savery Creek; Kendrick Jones notice of death; Ida Bailey, notice of death.
2/1/1940-Infantile Paralysis statistics; slot machines in town ordered out; Directors for Red Cross; Elevator for Court House; County Budget; New telephone lines needed; births ahead of deaths in 1939;
2/6/1940-Grazing Service of Civilian Conservation Corps have session for Engineers
2/7/1940-Spending of American Presidents chart from George Washington to Franklin D. Roosevelt;
2/8/1940-Editorial on cooperation for helping people stranded all over the county due to the blizzard, included Civilian Conservation Corps boys, oil company employees, etc.; water system improvement program to be continued (lengthy article); Mrs. R. E. Burnett settlement of estate;
2/10/1940-Foreclosure sale against Mrs. Hazel Roe by Patricia Hood; Morgan Evans awarded medal for Post Office safe driving
Civilian Conservation Corps boys opening roads
2/14/1940-Stanley Lantzer to be executed for killing wife (1938); settlement of estate of Sarah E. Dickinson and John K. Wilcox.
2/17/1940-County Assessor's Office and list of employees; three prisoners brought to Rawlins; photos and names of the four County Commissioners; City Budget $86,562;
2/20/1940-Carbon County Agricultural Conference hosted by Fred Hansen, Eugene McCarthy, John Gooldy; Carbon County Fair Board to be elected (300 at banquet); Club Dido to open, was formerly the Rawlins Country Club
2/23/1940-Commissioner proceedings and list of bills audited and approved
2/29/1940-List of names and grades of employees of First Ward School
3/1/1940-List of names and grades of employees of South and West Ward School
3/8/1940-First Rawlins School was Started in 1869: Rawlins High School Staff and positions
3/9/1940-Eddie Robertson, new custodian of court house; Louis Medina assistant;
3/13/1940-Wyoming fleeces are heaviest in U. S. "Wyoming stands 2nd in wool production and 3rd in sheep shorn. Estate of Louise F. Lusk to be settled; Lincoln Highway Association clipping; bids for the men and women's jury rooms for Carbon County Courthouse
3/14/1940-13 to be naturalized, list of names given; Jennie A. Cowdin settlement of estate;
3/16/1940-Library to move to Court House from the Rawlins High School building, history given of Library.
3/16/1940-Court House accepted by Commissioners
3/19/1940-First prisoners in new Carbon County Jail; Officials move into new courthouse
3/20/1940-Roof to be replaced on City Hall Building; library to open today; J. J. Hickey appointed to arrange dedication of Courthouse
3/21/1940-Washington Park WPA workers to work on project;
3/22/1940-Dorothy Cornwell to marry Lt. Melvin Engstrom
3/23/1940-Anselmi Hakala obituary; Gem Cole Baker, settlement of estate; County officials to lobby for amendment to be passed to increase salaries;
3/27/1940- Measles Epidemic in county is improved
3/30/1940-Wyoming Governmental Research Association formed in Rawlins with Hanna, Elk Mountain and Medicine Bow attending (to take place of Taxpayers League)
4/2/1940-1940 Census begins
4/9/1940-Landscaping and elevator contracts issued for new Courthouse
4/20/1940-Lamont-Baroil Road improvements; construction
started on Elk Mountain-Hanna Road; Wyoming Republican Convention to be held in Casper
4/26/1940-Apportionment of funds made to county schools (37); Seal bids for courthouse and jail garage, walks and curbing to be received until 5/18/1940
4/27/1940--Commissioner proceedings; new city office building moved into by officials;
5/4/1940-Kyle School near Medicine Bow receive standard- ization certificate
5/14/1940-Trees to be planted at new court house
5/14/1940-Population of Rawlins is 5401
5/16/1940-New traffice rgulations
5/24/1940--Commissioner proceedings and list of bills audited and approved
6/7/1940-E. F. Sullivan engineer for the PWA construction of the court house and city hall buildings becomes city engineer of Rawlins; County Fair to be held 8/29-31/1940
6/15/1940-Jehovah Witness situation with mob and Sheriff Penland; Carbon County has 5354 antelope
6/21/1940-A. A. Harper Collection on display at Museum in Court House, lengthy article;
6/22/1940-Contractor paid for new courthouse and sheriff quarters
6/25-Helen Irving, Superintendent of Schools, clipping
6/27/1940--Commissioner proceedings and list of bills audited and approved
7/3/1940-Recent contrtact included the construction of a two stall garage for the sheriff's quarters, and other items
7/6/1940-12512 persons in Carbon County
7/12/1940-Baroil-Lamont Road is practically completed; I. W. Dinsmore Prominent Republican to run for U. S. Senate
7/17/1940-Article on County Fair and no rodeo to be held; County financial situation, no certificates of indebtedness issued for 6 months.
7/20/1943-Commissioner proceedings and list of bills audited and approved
7/23/1940-Farm Bureau Bottle Creek picnic numbers 100
7/24/1940-Semi Annual Abstract Statement from County offices
7/27/1940-Judges and clerks for primary are names
8/1/1940-George Parson files for Mayor
8/7/1940-State Primary candidate listed for 1940
No date- Plans for County Fair
8/16/1940-Museum gets donations for Indian grain grinder from Ollie Farnsworth and New York Herald Tribune published 7/5/1861 donated by Clarence Ivey.
8/20/1940-History of County Fair
8/20/1940-More on County Fair History with information on fairs held through the years, exhibits, buildings, etc., lengthy article; County tax levy reduced for 1940;
8/21/1940-Delinquent tax list, names and amounts given; Dr. C. W. Jeffrey, Leeland Grieve, and Raymond Larson to State Legislature
10/4/1940-Boards to register Draftees for military service
10/23/1940-1714 County Registrants listed for selective service, names and locations are given
2/26/1941-Rawlins Members of Troop D, 115th Cavalry, picture with names given
6/12/1941-County Commissioner proceedings
7/17/1941-County Commissioner proceedings
8/7/1941-Delinquent tax list, names and amounts given;
9/11/1941-County Commissioner proceedings
10/16/1941-County Commissioner proceedings
11/20/1941-County Commissioner proceedings
12/18/1941-County Commissioner proceedings; United Press War News Map of war locations
12/23/1941-Dick Wallenstein loses life in Pacific Waters
1/18/1942-County Commissioner proceedings
1/20/1942-Volunteers needed for Civil Defense
1/24-1942-Obituary for M. E. Pickett (1868-1942)
2/4/1942-Alien Registration
2/10/1942-Charles L. Vyvey and Emma Vyvey financial dealings with Denver Cattle Loan Company
2/12/1942-Newspaper photo of Richard Wallenstein and Robert Mitwalsky, killed in WW II
2/13/1942-Newspaper photo of men who are enlisted in service standing on courthouse steps
2/14/1942-Agricultural Conference with list of speakers and subjects
2/17/1942-Rationing Board rules
2/25/1942-1942 county budget set at $200,000.
2/26/1942-Minutes of City Meeting and business conducted; County Clerks get Sugar Ration Supplies;
3/12/1942-c; More selectees to be inducted into Army
3/11-14/1942-List of serial numbers and names of men for Selective Service selection
3/18/1942-Claude W. Ballard obituary
3/19/1942-Plans dropped for Saratoga-Encampment Road
3/24/1942-58 Selectees given sendoff to Ft. Leavenworth
3/25/1942-More ordering number list for Selective Service
4/2/1942-Newspaper photo of men who are enlisted in service standing on courthouse steps
4/3/1942-Inductees leave for Fort Warren
4/4/1942-More ordering number list for Selective Service
4/7/1942-Obituary of Margaret Edwards Daley, (Mrs. W. W.); continuation of order numbers and names of men for Selective Service
4/8/1942-Newspaper photo of men inducted into service, headed to Fort Warren
4/14/1942-Pat Murphy, bowling champ; list of more order numbers and names for Selective Service;
4/16/1942-More ordering number list for Selective Service
4/23/1942-Plans completed for 4th Registration of the Selective Service
1/23/1942- Two pages of the Casper Tribune Herald, unknown reason for being saved in scrapbook, contains comics and sports primarily. Natrona County Abstract Statement of salaries and expenses.Collection
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