 • Donald C. & Elizabeth M. Dickinson Research Center • Archive & Finding Aids Introduction Biography Scope & Content Note Subject Terms Accession Information Processing Information Ownership & Literary Rights Restrictions on Access Preferred Citation Container List Series 1: Research, 1958-1984, n.d. (London Rodeos) Series 2: Passport Photographs, London Rodeo, 1924-1934 Series 3: Subject Files, 1903-1986 Series 4: Rodeo Hall of Fame Published Materials, 1972-1981 Series 5: Rodeo Programs Images GUIDE to the WILLARD H. PORTER RODEO COLLECTION, 1903-1986 WILLARD PORTER (1920-1992). Collection, 1903-1986. 1.0 cubic feet (2 document boxes). Location: 0233; Rodeo Programs 0351-0358. Introduction: The subject files, photographic materials, Rodeo Hall of Fame and Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Championship Awards invitations and London rodeo research were Willard Porter's office files while employed at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. The collection contains rodeo photographic postcards, rodeo programs, subject files and research on the 1924 and 1934 London rodeos. In addition to the rodeo photographic postcards, 62 passport photos from the 1924 and 1934 London rodeo are part of the Porter collection. Biography: Willard A. Porter, rodeo journalist and former rodeo director of the National Cowboy Hall of Fame between 1979 and 1986, was born in 1920 in New Jersey. He served as editor of the "Quarter Horse Journal" from 1949 to 1953 and was editor and publisher of "Hoofs and Horns" during the mid 1950s. Porter wrote a weekly rodeo column in the "Sunday Oklahoman" newspaper between 1930 and 1991. In 1982 his book "Who's Who in Rodeo," an informational work on the Rodeo Hall of Fame inductees, was published. Porter died at his home in Port Salerno, Florida on April 24, 1992. Scope and Content: Comprising Porter's research files when he was rodeo director, the collection includes subject files, photographic materials, invitation, and 1924 and 1934 London England rodeo research materials. The collection is arranged into 5 series. Research (1958-1984, n.d.) series contains information on the 1924 and 1934 London Rodeo. The material was originally collected as research for Willard H. Porter's 1984 published article in Quarter Horse News. The folder contains postcard photographs and 11 1/4 cm X 7 cm photographs from Herman Linder, an article from The Western Horseman written by Randy Witte, a letter from Agnes Linder, and copies of archived material. Passport Photographs, London Rodeo (1924-1934) series contains 62 4cm X 6cm passport photographs of the rodeo participants given in 1977 by Mrs. George Hellborn. The container list is arranged alphabetically, but the photographs are permanently stored in their original numberical order. 53 individual photographs are identified, 8 individual passport photographs are unidentified. The detailed list of persons pictured includes the front and back numbers from the photographs in brackets after the name. Subject Files
(1903-1986) series contains the subject files, including photographic
materials, organized alphabetically by state. These files originally
contained rodeo programs, which are designated as Series 5: Rodeo
Program, 1905 - 1983, were removed to the Rodeo Programs collection.
Persons pictured in collection photographs include, Buffalo Bill
Cody, Pawnee Bill, Jackson Sundown, Ross Dollarhide, Sam Brownell,
Pete Knight, Prairie Rose, and Elton Perry. Rodeos pictured include,
the California Rodeo at Salinas, California, the War Bonnet Round-Up
in Idaho Falls, Idaho, the Pendleton Round-Up in Pendleton, Oregon,
the Black Hills Round Up in Belle Fourche, South Dakota, and Cheyenne
Frontier Days in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The number of photographs in
each folder is shown in brackets. Rodeo Programs
(1905-1983) series contains Afton Dale's Warbonnet Rodeo Programs
from the years 1936 - 1938, 1943 - 49, 1950 - 59, 1960 - 1969, and
1970 - 1976. Specific Rodeo Programs are indexed on a separate container
list and are now located in the Rodeo Program collection, 0351-0358.
The original number of collection programs and ephemeral items is
indicated in brackets. Subject Terms: Subject Headings: Accession Information: Processing Information: |
