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Container List
Series 1, Biographical
Series 2, Correspondence
Series 3, Finanacial
Series 4, Publications
Series 5, Reference Files
Series 6, Ryan Artwork
Series 7, Subject Files
Series 8, Photographs, Prints
Series 8, Photographs, Negatives
Series 8, Photographs, Slides and Transparencies

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TOM RYAN PAPERS, 1859-2002
TOM RYAN (1922-). Papers, 1859-2002.
54.3 cubic feet (45 archives boxes, 23 flat boxes, 15 photo file boxes, 3 photo binder boxes, 3 oversized folders).
Location: 0001-0016; 0017; 0019; 0021; 0023; 0025; 0027; 0029; 0031; 0645-0654; Flat File 2/Drawer 4.

SERIES 8: PHOTOGRAPHS, 1872-2001
BOX/FOLDER #	FOLDER TITLE/DESCRIPTION
	Prints
051/001	Cowboy Artists of America (CAA), 1969-1988, n.d. [21]
051/002	Miscellaneous, 1959, n.d. [19]
051/003	Flooding, Midland, TX, 9/1997 [37]
051/004	Ruidoso Downs, Ruidoso, NM, 3/1982 [8]
051/005-006	Snow, Haley Memorial Library, Midland, TX, 12/1997 [121]
	Movie Stills
060/001-003	"Ambush at Cimarron Pass" (1958) [6 contact sheets]
060/004	"Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer" (1947) [1]
060/005	"Badlands of Montana" (1957) [1 contact sheet]
060/006	"Big Jack" (1949) [2]
060/007-014	"The Bravados" (1958) [14, 3 contact sheets]
060/015-019	"Broken Lance" (1954) [9]
060/020	"Buck Benny Rides Again" (1940) [1]
060/021	"California" (1946) [1]
060/022-027	"The Canadians" (1961) [3, 8 contact sheets]
060/028	"Charge at Feather River" (1953) [2]
060/029-031	"Column South" (1953) [6]
063/014	"Column South" (1953), 11x14 enlargements [2]
060/032-035	"Comanche" (1956) [7]
060/036	"The Far Country" (1954) [1]
060/037-039	"Fighting Man of the Plains" (1949) [5]
060/040-045	"Flaming Star" (1960) [11, 1 contact sheet]
060/046-048	"Fort Apache" (1948) [5]
060/049-050	"Forty Guns" (1957) [5]
060/051	"Ghost Valley Raiders" (1940) [1]
060/052-054	"Gunfight at the OK Corral" (1957) [6]
060/055-056	"The Gunfighter" (1950) [3]
060/057	"Hondo" (1953) [1]
060/058-060	"The Howards of Virginia" (1940) [5]
060/061-066	"Indian Fighter" (1955) [12]
060/067-070	"Kangaroo" (1952) [7]
060/071-077	"The Last Hunt" (1956) [14]
061/001-005	"The Last Wagon" (1956) [9]
061/006-009	"The Law and Jake Wade" (1958) [7]
061/010-011	"Man with the Gun" (1955) [4]
061/012-013	"Misty" (1961) [6 contact sheets]
061/014-015	"Mogambo" (1953) [4]
061/016	"One Foot in Hell" (1960) [1]
061/017-023	"The Oregon Trail" (1959) [8, 6 contact sheets]
061/024-026	"Outcasts of Poker Flat" (1952) [5]
061/027	"The Plainsman" (1936) [2]
061/028-032	"Plymouth Adventure" (1952) [10]
061/033	"The Proud Ones" (1956) [1]
061/034-035	"Return of the Texan" (1952) [3 contact sheets]
061/036-041	"Romeo and Juliet" (1954) [11]
061/042	"Saddle the Wind" (1958) [2]
061/043-046	"The Searchers" (1956) [8]
061/047-048	"Shane" (1953) [3]
061/049-052	"She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" (1949) [8]
061/053-056	"Siege at Red River" (1954) [7 contact sheets]
061/057-059	"Sierra Baron" (1958) [2, 4 contact sheets]
061/060-064	"The Tall Men" (1955) [10]
061/065-066	"3 Godfathers" (1948) [4]
061/067	"The Time of Their Lives" (1946) [2]
061/068	"Tribute to a Bad Man" (1956) [2]
061/069-078	"Two Flags West" (1950) [20]
061/079	"Vera Cruz" (1954) [1]
062/001-018	"Viva Zapata" (1952) [15, 37 contact sheets]
062/019	"War Arrow" (1953) [1]
062/020-032	"Warlock" (1959) [27, 17 contact sheets]
062/033	"White Feather" (1955) [2]
062/034-048	"Yellow Sky" (1948) [30]
062/049	Richard Boone [1]
062/050	William Boyd/Smiley Burnette & Charles Starrett [2]
062/051	Richard Carlson [2]
062/052-053	Glenn Ford/Tim Holt [4]
062/054	Fuzzy Knight & Kermit Maynard [2]
062/055	Ken Maynard/Joel McCrea [2]
062/056-079	Unidentified Western movies [47, 2 contact sheets]
062/080	Unidentified non-Western movies [2]
	Personal
051/007	Campion High School, 1935-1939 [6]
051/008	Family, Extended family, n.d. [7]
051/009	Family, Jacquie, 1963, n.d. [8]
051/010	Family, Kitsie, 1958-1974, n.d. [16]
051/011	Family, Ryan family groups, n.d. [17]
051/012	Family, Ryan family, Spinner family, NY, ca. 1950s [7]
051/013	Family, Tom, 1939-1997, n.d. [9]
051/014	Family, Tom, Jr. and Mark, 1956-1977, n.d. [18]
051/015	Friends, 1964-1997, n.d. [35]
051/016	Military service, 1942-1945, n.d. [44]
051/017	Publicity, 1964-1995, n.d. [24]
051/018	Artists of America '74, 1974 [25]
051/019	Awards, 1968-1969, n.d. [9]
051/020	Exhibitions, 1971-2001, n.d. [37]
051/021	Midland mural project, ca. 1998 [28]
052/001	Ryan in the studio, 1981-1983, n.d. [43]
052/002	Ryan on the 6666 Ranch, 1965-1985, n.d. [38]
	Ranches
	Bird Ranch
052/003	Calf castration, Corral, 2/1998 [36]
052/004	Calf castration, Cowboy portraits, 2/1998 [73]
052/005	Horses, saddles, tack, 2/1998 [37]
052/006	Trail drive, Cattle, horses, 2/1998 [55]
052/007	Trail drive, Cowboys on horses, 2/1998 [74]
052/008	Trail drive, Landscapes, rodeo, 2/1998 [68]
052/009	Bird Ranch (Thompson), cowboy portraits, n.d. [2]
052/010	Haley Ranch, ranch scenes, mountain oyster fry, 4/1992 [6]
	6666 Ranch
052/011	Branding, ca. 1960s, 4/1984 [25]
052/012	Branding, Ash Creek, 4/1982 [3]
052/013	Branding, Cowboy portraits, horses, 3/1999 [71]
052/014	Roping, 4/1993 [12]
052/015	Roping, Cowboy portraits, landscapes, 3/1999 [75]
052/016-018	Roping, Twin Knobs, 3/1982 [318]
052/019	Roping, White Ash, 4/1995 [24]
053/001	Cattle, ca. 1960s [6]
053/002	Cattle, Corral, cowboys, 7/1996 [34]
053/003	Cattle, Cowboys on horses, corral, 3/1982 [8]
053/004	Chuck wagon, ca. 1960s [5]
053/005	Cowboy portraits, ca. 1960s-4/1984 [30]
053/006	Cowboy portraits, S.B. 'Burk' Burnett, 1906, n.d. [2]
053/007	Cowboy portraits, George Humphreys, ca. 1960s [2]
053/008	Cowboy portraits, Anne Burnett Phillips Marion, ca. 1960s [11]
053/009	Cowboy portraits, Susan Martin on horseback, 5/1966 [10]
053/010	Cowboy portraits, Porter Myers and family, ca. 1960s-12/1970 [12]
053/011	Cowboy portraits, Saturday night cowboys, 5/1965 [2]
063/015	Cowboy portraits, Saturday night cowboys, 11x14 enlargements, 5/1965 [2]
053/012	Cowboy portraits, Mike Seego, horses, 7/1996 [38]
053/013	Cowboys, At the barn, 04/1995 [2]
063/016	Cowboys, At the barn, last day of the roundup, 4/1995 [2]
053/014	Cowboys, Riders on horses, 7/1996 [36]
053/015	Cowboys, Strapping on spurs, 9/1982 [5]
053/016	Cowboys working, ca. 1960s [6]
053/017	Fall roundup, horse, cattle, chuck wagon, 11/1963 [177]
053/018	Horses, ca. 1960s-4/1984 [35]
053/019	Landscapes, ca. 1960s [6]
053/020	Landscapes, Cattle, corral, Croton, 4/1982 [4]
053/021	Ranch scenes, Aerial views, ca. 1960s [4]
053/022	Ranch scenes, Working cattle, 3/1999 [22]
053/023	Remuda, ca. 1960s [30]
063/017	Remuda and wranglers, 1968 [2]
053/024	Roping, ca. 1960s [8]
053/025	Roping, Corral, horses, 7/1996 [35]
053/026	Roping, Corral, working cattle, 4/1995 [34]
053/027	Ryan retrospective exhibit, The Big Gather, 9/1968 [15]
053/028	Ryan retrospective exhibit, C.A. Bromley, 9/1968 [14]
054/001	Ryan retrospective exhibit, Cowboys at the wagon, 9/1968 [26]
054/002	Ryan retrospective exhibit, Dismantling the tent, 9/1968 [9]
054/003	Ryan retrospective exhibit, Horse shoeing, 9/1968 [1]
054/004	Ryan retrospective exhibit, Loading the chuck wagon, 9/1968 [25]
054/005	Ryan retrospective exhibit, Loading the stove, 9/1968 [2]
054/006	Ryan retrospective exhibit, Remuda, 9/1968 [8]
054/007	Ryan retrospective exhibit, Remuda and wrangler, 9/1968 [22]
054/008	Ryan retrospective exhibit, Remuda, Big Gather, 9/1968 [26]
054/009	Ryan retrospective exhibit, Roping in the remuda, 9/1968 [17]
054/010	Ryan retrospective exhibit, Setting up the wagons, 9/1968 [13]
054/011	Ryan retrospective exhibit, Trailing cattle, Left side, 9/1968 [9]
054/012	Ryan retrospective exhibit, Trailing cattle, Right side, 9/1968 [8]
FF2/D04	Ryan retrospective exhibit, Trailing cattle, Right side, 11x16 enlargement, 9/1968 [1]
054/013	Ryan retrospective exhibit, Wagons and remuda, 9/1968 [24]
055/001	Ryan retrospective exhibit, Working the herd, 9/1968 [41]
055/002	Trail drive, ca. 1960s [14]
055/003	Trail drive, Black cattle, 7/1996 [35]
055/004	Trail drive, Cowboys on horses, 7/1993 [23]
055/005	Trail drive, Twin Knobs, 3/1982 [36]
055/006	Working cattle, ca. 1960s [46]
055/007	Working cattle, Saddled horse, corral, 3/1982 [36]
055/008-009	Rodeo, Midland-Odessa, TX, 1/1998 [142]
	Ryan Artwork
055/010	Book cover illustrations [26]
	Completed artwork
055/011	"Along the Little Wichita" [11]
055/012	"April Cowboy" [32]
055/013	"At Guthrie" [39]
055/014	"At Taylor Camp" [8]
055/015	"Barrel Racers on the Circuit," Details [11]
055/016	"Barrel Racers on the Circuit," Dog [6]
055/017	"Barrel Racers on the Circuit," Grass [10]
055/018	"Barrel Racers on the Circuit," Horses [37]
056/001	"Barrel Racers on the Circuit," Ink line sketch [4]
056/002	"Barrel Racers on the Circuit," Pickup truck [15]
056/003	"Barrel Racers on the Circuit," Seated figure [32]
056/004	"Barrel Racers on the Circuit," Standing figure [31]
056/005	"Big Enough," Large photographs [14]
056/006	"Big Enough," Small photographs [42]
056/007	"The Big Gather" [39]
056/008	"Branding Composition," Branding [101]
056/009	"Branding Composition," Cattle [13]
056/010	"Branding Composition," Drawing close-ups [10]
056/011	"Branding Composition," Figures [52]
056/012	"Branding Composition," Roping [134]
056/013	"A Break in the Branding" [73]
057/001-003	"Breaking Camp" [130]
057/004	"Bringing in the Roping Calves" [28]
057/005	"Bringing in the Roping Steers" [54]
057/006	"Buffalo Skull on a Post" [19]
057/007	"Calf Buster" [23]
057/008	"Call of the Range"/"The Race Home" [5]
057/009	"Color Carpet" [22]
057/010	"Colt Branding" [14]
057/011	"Conversation" [2]
057/012	"Cow Country" [24]
057/013	"Cow Country Kitchen" [82]
057/014	"Cowboy with Handlebars" [10]
057/015	"Dethroning the U.P." [4]
058/001	"Eatin' Dust"/"Dry Season Drive" [38]
058/002	"End of the Drought" [37]
058/003	"February Morning" [46]
058/004	"February Remuda" [33]
058/005	"First Calf" [63]
058/006	"Frisco Blue" [12]
058/007	"George Humphreys" [3]
058/008	"Ghost Town" [2]
058/009	"Hollywood Gold" [19]
058/010	Horse drawings, series [12]
058/011	"Horse Trailer," drawing or lithograph [8]
058/012	"Industry Giants" [18]
058/013	"Investigation," sketch [5]
058/014	"Ketch Hand," drawing [36]
058/015	"Ketch Hand," painting [18]
063/018	"Ketch Hand," painting, 11x14 enlargement [1]
058/016	"The Lady Gay" [71]
059/001	"The Lady Gay" [77]
059/002	"Lap and Tap Jackpot at Sundown" [16]
059/003	"Leading the Remuda," lithograph [99]
059/004	"Line Camp Cowboy" [34]
059/005	"May Cowboy" [20]
059/006	"Monday Morning Blues" [56]
059/007	"Mooning in the Morning" [12]
059/008	"The Moonlighters" [52]
059/009	"Moonlit Trail" [13]
059/010	"Nestled" [3]
059/011	"The Night Horse" [10]
059/012	"Noon Break" [54]
079/001	"Noon Break" [70]
079/002	"Noontime" [35]
079/003-004	"Office in the Pasture" [161]
079/005	"Palo Duro Panorama" [8]
079/006	"Passing By," lithograph [16]
079/007	"Passing By," painting [14]
079/008	"Pasture Tank" [2]
079/009	"Patching His Saddle" [25]
079/010	Pennsylvania landscapes [4]
079/011	"Portrait of Chief Justice Walter Schaeffer" [20]
079/012	"Portrait of Cowboys at the Wagon," Details [50]
079/013	"Portrait of Cowboys at the Wagon," J.J. Gibson [51]
080/001	"Portrait of Cowboys at the Wagon," Mike Gibson [43]
080/002	"Portrait of Cowboys at the Wagon," Dave Lane [19]
080/003	"Portrait of Cowboys at the Wagon," Preliminary poses [40]
080/004	"Portrait of Cowboys at the Wagon," Sketch, drawing, and painting [22]
080/005	"Portrait of Cowboys at the Wagon," Lathe Withers [22]
063/019	"Portrait of Cowboys at the Wagon," Lathe Withers, 11x14 enlargement [1]
080/006	"Portrait of George Humphreys" [17]
080/007	"Portrait of Randy Denson" [15]
080/008	"Portrait of Terry Harding" [3]
080/009	"Portrait of Willson Family" [28]
080/010	"Portrait of Speakers John Lewis and John Touhy" [13]
080/011-013	"Range Fire" [133]
080/014	"Range Mother" [3]
080/015	"Red Dirt Country," Bill and Lathe [98]
081/001	"Red Dirt Country," Cattle [101]
081/002-003	"Red Dirt Country," Cowboys [156]
081/004	"Red Dirt Country," Drawing/landscapes[44]
081/005	"Red Dirt Country," Horses/details [39]
081/006	"Re-emergence of a Breed" [39]
081/007	"The Rope Corral"/"Noon Change of Horses" [24]
081/008-009	"Roping in the Branding Corral" [148]
082/001	"Roy Store" [53]
082/002	"Saddle" [1]
082/003	"Saddle Shop," Carl Darr [35]
082/004	"Saddle Shop," Drawing, sketch, painting, models [51]
082/005	"Saddle Shop," Shop [42]
082/006	"Sharing an Apple" [62]
082/007	"Singing Ropes, Early Morning" [33]
082/008	"6666 Cowboy"/"A Small Cowboy," Child/drawing/ropers [46]
082/009	"6666 Cowboy"/"A Small Cowboy," Standing figures [53]
082/010	"Sixty Years in the Saddle" [10]
082/011	"Skittish Horses," Details/horses/roping [54]
083/001	"Skittish Horses," Posed shots [49]
083/002	"Soakin' Up," lithograph [61]
083/003	"Split Decision" [3]
083/004	"Starry Night" [89]
083/005	"Steer and Roper" [10]
083/006	Still life [1]
083/007	"Stitched Hat" [23]
083/008	"Stolen Saddle" [26]
083/009	"Texas Dust" [3]
083/010	"Tornado Junction" [7]
083/011	"Trail Drive Minus One" [19]
083/012	"Trail Drivers' Despair" [2]
083/013	"The Trophy" [27]
083/014	Twelve sketches, series [11]
083/015	"Voice of the Coyote" [15]
083/016	"Wagon and Remuda Days" [62]
083/017	"The Wagon Boss" [85]
084/001	"The Wagon Boss" [70]
084/002	"West Texas Holidays," Cattle/horses [69]
084/003	"West Texas Holidays," Figures/ropers [73]
084/004	"West Texas in a Handful of Years," book illustration [10]
084/005	"West Texas Weathered," bronze [42]
084/006	"Without Loss" [31]
084/007	"Wyatt Earp" [5]
084/008-009	"Young Wrangler with a Chew" [108]
084/010	Miscellaneous drawings and lithographs [24]
084/011	Miscellaneous paintings [17]
084/012	Miscellaneous sketches and sculpture [13]
084/013	Early art and sketches [6]
	General art reference and ideas
084/014	Advertising illustration [4]
084/015	Art and artists [10]
085/001	Art and artists, Frederic Remington [12]
085/002-003	Buffalo [130]
085/004	Buffalo herd, PA, 1960 [8]
085/005	Buffalo skulls [17]
085/006	Cattle [120]
085/007	Cattle, Longhorns, Pat McDaniels' herd, 1993-1997 [103]
085/008	Cowboys with brands [6]
085/009	Hangman's rope [8]
085/010	Horses [83]
085/011	Human skeleton, 6/1956 [16]
085/012	George Humphreys [24]
085/013	Ideas for drawings and paintings [14]
085/014	Ideas for small art and sketches [31]
085/015-016	Landscapes, 1999, n.d. [157]
085/017	Landscapes, Kansas, Dodge City, 1872-1879 [14]
086/001	Landscapes, Kansas, Ellsworth, ca. 1960 [2]
086/002	Landscapes, Rodeo, 'Red Duke,' 1999 [31]
086/003	Lithographic project possibilities [26]
086/004	Mares & colts at Pitchfork Ranch [27]
086/005	Massacre Barn, Lehigh County, PA, 1967 [9]
086/006	Moonlight scene possibilities [1]
086/007	Old West [17]
086/008	Textures [42]
086/009	Widow Mountain, CO [4]
086/010	Magazine illustrations [9]
086/011	Revolutionary War figure, posed [8]
	Proposed artwork
086/012	Richard Bolt, Pitchfork Ranch [9]
086/013	Buffalo & cow skull vignettes [24]
086/014	"Coming Out of the Remuda"/"Bigun"/"Winter Cowboy" [25]
086/015	"Day of the Blue" [9]
086/016	"Evening Chuck"/"Sheep Morrow"
086/017	"George on Reno Badger" [7]
086/018	"Gettin' a Drink in the Middle of the Pond" [5]
086/019	"Ghost Hotel" [20]
086/020	Man on horseback with dog [6]
086/021	"Mare & Colt in Moonlight" [22]
086/022	"Old Man Winter" [10]
086/023	"Out of the Chute" [8]
086/024	Pen & ink, pencil, watercolor ideas [3]
086/025	"Portrait of a Cowman/Cowboy/Rancher" [12]
086/026	"Slickered Cowboy Pouring a Cup of Coffee" [14]
086/027	"Sun Up" [14]
086/028	"Sundown" [10]
086/029	"Trail Herd at Sundown" [15]
086/030	"Weather Front" [5]