Eight copies of typed transcriptions, some carbon, of letters written from France, 1915-1916 and n.d.; copy of a TL from Eliot Norton to the editor of an unidentified publication, n.d.; and copy of a typed list of equipment necessary for ambulance volunteers, n.d. Correspondents include Richard Norton, his brother; and Norman, his son; and Philip O. Mills.
"8-1-17.", On verso: text; ill.; lists of National Army cantonment camps, National Guard concentration camps, increment camps, reserve officers' training camps, aero training stations, posts and stations of the Army, Naval stations and Marine barracks., Relief shown by hachures., and Shows Union Pacific lines connecting camps.
Publisher:
Poole Bros.,
Subject (Name):
Poole Brothers and Union Pacific Railroad Company
Subject (Topic):
Military training camps--United States--Maps and World War, 1914-1918--United States
Typescript memoirs between cardboard boards with handsewn and taped binding, with annotations in pencil and ink in two hands, describing John Robson's experiences as a young man in Wyoming from 1911 to 1915. Robson's account details life as a sheepherder and camp tender in No Wood, Lone Tree, and several other small Wyoming towns. He describes activities in Wyoming ranging from fishing and freighting to haying and cattle round-ups; he describes several ranches, including the ZL Bar Ranch and the OX Bar Ranch, both owned by a syndicate representing the interests of Scottish-American firms; and relates multiple trips to and from the United States and Scotland, including his final return across the Atlantic during World War I. His narrative provides a detailed account of the social network among Scots in Wyoming from 1911 to 1915. Appended to his narrative is a list of all Hawick men Robson knew to have settled or worked in Wyoming as well as five poems about Wyoming ranch life.
Description:
John Robson emigrated to the United States from Hawick, Scotland in 1911. After a voyage to New York and a train trip across the plains he arrived in Moneta, Wyoming. Over the next four years, Robson worked in various capacities in the sheep and ranching industries, travelling through much of Wyoming. In late 1913, he made a trip to Scotland for the winter, returning to Wyoming the following spring. In 1915, Robson decided to fight in World War I; he returned to Scotland. Denied regular service because of poor eyesight, Robson enlisted in the Army Veterinary Corps. and Purchased from Jordan Antiquarian Books on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 2003.
Subject (Geographic):
Hawick (Scotland), Lonetree (Wyo.), Moneta (Wyo.), No Wood (Wyo.), OX Bar Ranch (Wyo.), Wyoming--Description and travel, and ZL Bar Ranch (Wyo.)
Subject (Name):
Robson, John,--b. 1893
Subject (Topic):
Ranch life--Wyoming, Ranches--Wyoming, Scots--Wyoming, Sheep industry--Wyoming, Sheep ranchers--Wyoming, and World War, 1914-1918--United States
