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Elsie Kray Riddle papers (undated) Collection consists of unpublished manuscript of "Hell on Horses and Women" by Elsie Kray Riddle. Non-fiction autobiography detailing Elsie's youth spent working and living in Hardin, MT and norther Wyoming during the 1910's. Includes names of local members of the Hardin community including her husband, Dewey Riddle, who served two terms as the Big Horn County Sheriff. Throughout the writing brief histories of the areas are included.

Abstract The dates span from 1864 up to 2015, starting with A W Swaney in the Spanish American War. They include correspondence (mainly between family members), unpublished manuscripts (mainly AGS but also manuscripts and short stories from others), bound reports (including one from AGS as American Consulate Chief to China), journals (looked like AGS) school notes and records (AGS), oversize certificates (AGS), scrapbooks (maily photographs and clippings, probably put together by AGS), subject files...