Letter from William F. Cody to A. W. Woods, July 24, 1902 Cody, William Frederick, 1846-1917 Johnston, Jeremy Christianson, Frank Seefeldt, Douglas, 1964- 2012 William F. Cody Archive University of Nebraska-Lincoln Center for Digital Research in the Humanities
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Includes two-page price list followed by letter. Alfred W. Woods of Lincoln, Nebraska, designed The Irma Hotel, Cody, Wyoming. Buffalo Bill's Wild West performed in Rice Lake, Wisconsin, July 24, 1902. Cody, William Frederick, 1846-1917 Letter from William F. Cody to A. W. Woods July 24, 1902 1 page, plus enclosure McCracken Research Library (MRL) MS6.0140

1 hand-written page, plus enclosure

 Buffalo Bill's Wild West letterhead 1 page

Media: black ink

Texts Correspondence Buffalo Bill's Wyoming Woods, Alfred Wilderman, 1857-1942 Irma Hotel (Cody, Wyo.) Weakly, Laura Added annotations Weakly, Laura Initial Encoding Clark, Linda Proofreading Adams, Deb Transcription Boyce, Gary Transcription Buffalo Bill's Wild West Rices Lake Wis July 24th/021 My Dear Mr Woods.

Your favor with blue print of fire place recdreceived— I think itsit's allrightall right. Now I hope they will be careful in selecting the pretty colored cobble stone for it. As I want that fire place to be the talk of the country— perhaps it would be better to have a first class carver to carve the Buffalo Head. Lets have that house right—2

Send Mr. Holdrege the number of plumbers who are to go out— When do you go to Cody? Please dontdon't neglect the building—

The DawingDrawing came & it was allrightall right ItsIt's now in the hands of the Courier Printing Co Buffalo— N. Y3

HaveingHaving newspaper cuts made— will send you some—4

Yours truly W. F. Cody Enclosed price list of Kibbe's Written Cards5 Note 1: Buffalo Bill's Wild West performed in Rice Lake, Wisconsin, on July 24, 1902. Note 2: Cody refers to an elaborate fireplace and to a buffalo head carving for the main bar at the Irma Hotel, then under construction in Cody, Wyoming. Note 3: "Mr. Holdrege" may be George W. Holdrege (1847-1926), an executive with the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad, which provided railroad service to the town of Cody, Wyoming. The Courier Printing Company of Buffalo, New York, was owned by George Bleistein (1861-1918), an investor in William F. Cody's irrigation ventures in and around the town of Cody. Note 4: The precise meaning of the term "newspaper cut" is unclear, but Cody may have meant publicity images of his new hotel. Note 5: This price list accompanies Cody's letter to Woods dated July 24, 1902, in the files of the Buffalo Bill Center of the West. If Cody enclosed it in his letter to Woods, it may have been in connection with a planned publicity campaign for his Irma Hotel.