Peggy Simson Curry Papers

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Title

Peggy Simson Curry Papers

Access Rights

The material in this collection may be reused so long as attribution is provided to its original source. Some writings and works may be subject to copyright restrictions depending on the publisher.

Date Created

1950-1987

Description

This collection includes copies of works by Peggy Simson Curry (1911-1987), correspondence between Mrs. Curry and her publishers and friends, newspapers and newspaper clippings, Wyoming and Casper College magazines and publications featuring her work, artwork for book covers, thank you cards, other various papers and documents, books, and photographs of Peggy Simson Curry and other family members. The collection is dated from 1923 to 1987, when Mrs. Peggy Simson Curry passed and much of her work was donated to Casper College's Western History Center by her husband, William S. Curry.

Born Peggy Anderson-Simson on December 30th, 1911 in Dunure, Ayrshire, Scotland, Peggy Simson Curry was a renowned Wyoming native writer, scholar, educator, and a loving wife and mother. She is most famous throughtout Colorado and Wyoming for being a historic poet, fiction writer, novelist, and an English teacher at Casper College for over 25 years. She grew up in the West roping and riding on a small ranch in Colorado, and then Wyoming. Her childhood growing up on a ranch inspired her to write incredible stories and she made an entire career out of writing unique characters into pictures of the west from early 1950 to 1987. Peggy’s crowning achievement, and what she’s known best for, is being named Wyoming’s First Poet Laureate in January 1980-1981 by Wyoming Governor Ed Herschler, who was a personal fan of Curry’s work in Wyoming. ( Source: "Peggy Simson Curry, Wyoming's First Poet Laureate" (2015). Lori Van Pelt. Wyohistory.org. Date accessed: July 15, 2022.)

Creator

Peggy Simson Curry

Is Part Of

Peggy Simson Curry Papers, CCA 04.2007.01. Casper College Archives and Special Collections.

Identifier

CCA 04.2007.01

Publisher

Casper College Archives and Special Collections (Western History Center)

Collection Items

The Season of the Star
Audio recording of Peggy Simson Curry reading her Christmas poem "The Season of the Star." This audio file was originally recorded as a Wheatland, Wyoming radio broadcast by Kevin Utter for a weekly devotional program titled "Music with a Message" as…

Peggy Simson Curry
Photograph of Peggy Curry Simson (1911-1987). This collection includes copies of works by Peggy Simson Curry, correspondence between Mrs. Curry and her publishers and friends, newspapers and newspaper clippings, Wyoming and Casper College magazines…
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