Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Joe Wiedeman (n.d.) of Caldwell, Kansas, was a member of the "Old Time Cherokee Strip Cow Punchers Association." To be eligible as a member of this association, it was necessary to have worked as a cow puncher prior to 1893. Included in the papers is Wiedeman's membership card, a roster of the association of 1937, and an "Anti-Horse Thief Association" certificate.