Letter from William F. Cody to A. W. Woods, May 20, 1903Cody, William Frederick, 1846-1917Johnston, JeremyChristianson, FrankSeefeldt, Douglas, 1964-2012William F. Cody ArchiveUniversity of Nebraska-LincolnCenter for Digital Research in the Humanities319 Love LibraryUniversity of Nebraska–LincolnLincoln, NE 68588-4100cdrh@unlnotes.unl.eduLincoln, NebraskaUniversity of Nebraska-LincolnLincoln, NE 68588-4100wfc.css00146Envelope and letter. A. W. Woods was Alfred Wilderman Woods of Lincoln, Nebraska, designed The Irma Hotel, Cody, Wyoming. Buffalo Bill's Wild West performed in Liverpool, England, May 4-23, 1903. "Park travel" refers to travel to Yellowstone National Park.Cody, William Frederick, 1846-1917Letter from William F. Cody to A. W. WoodsMay 20, 19032 pages, plus envelopeMcCracken Research Library (MRL)MS6.0154
2 hand-written pages, plus envelope
North Western Railway Company letterhead2 pages
Media: black ink
Media: pencil
TextsCorrespondenceBuffalo Bill's WyomingWeakly, Laura Added annotationsWeakly, Laura Initial EncodingClark, Linda ProofreadingAdams, Deb TranscriptionBoyce, Gary Transcription
North Western Hotel, Liverpool1
Hotels at the following stations are under the Company's Management
Euston. London. Liverpool. Birmingham. Preston. Crewe. Holyhead. Greenore. North Wall. Dublin. Bletchley.
May. 20th 1903My. Dear. Mr. Wood.
As there will be no Park travel this summer- I will not build the big addition now. but will build an annex and let the contract to home contractors.2 You can send me your bill up to date.
Very truly YoursW. F. CodyLeft side of folded stationery: pencil calculations of addition of various numbersLiverpool, 12.15 PM, 20 MY 03, W.D.10A. W. WoodArchetect10th & O. Strs. Lincoln.Neb.U. S. A.Note 1: This letter is written on the right half of a folded piece of hotel stationery. Several penciled calculations of sums appear on the left half of the paper. Buffalo Bill's Wild West performed in Liverpool, England, from May 4 to May 23, 1903.Note 2: William F. Cody had considered building an addition to his Irma Hotel in the town of Cody, Wyoming, but ultimately decided not to proceed. Cody's comment regarding "no Park travel" very likely refers to the low number of visitors then accessing Yellowstone National Park via the town of Cody as compared to other possible routes.