Ralph E. Woolley Pioneer Wagon Train Collection

A collection of wood and cloth figurines composing scenes from a pioneer wagon train common in the mid-1800 American West.  Collection donated to the Church College of Hawaii (now Brigham Young University-Hawaii) by the widow of former La'ie Hawai'i Temple President Ralph E. Woolley in 1958. The Church College of Hawai'i library was named in his honor: the Ralph E. Woolley Library. When collection was first acquired, the complete 43-piece collection was displayed in a large glass case positioned in the main foyer of the library until 1989 when collection pieces were restored and rehoused in the University Archives.