Smith McCoy, Small Pony Breeder, Correspondence and Other Material
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3672
Correspondence of Smith McCoy of Roderfield, West Virginia, breeder of small ponies (including some as small as twenty-four inches in height). Most letters are requests for pictures and information regarding small ponies from interested parties and customers from the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, and South Africa. Other letters tell of the joy of owning small ponies and include photographs that attest to the top rate care and homes of the ponies. The letters also document arrangements for shipping ponies and for small pony exhibits at state fairs. Attachments include photographs of ponies, a copy of Horsetrader magazine, and photocopies of clippings showing small ponies that originated from McCoy's 150 acre farm in West Virginia. There is correspondence with United States District Court Judge Sidney Christie regarding a neighbor of McCoy's that was charged with moonshining (box 1, folder 5). Other material includes oversize clippings from newspapers and magazines dating from 1965 to 1969 regarding Smith McCoy and small ponies, and two broadsides.
English
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0.7 Linear Feet (7 1/2 in. (2 document cases, 2 1/2 in. each); (1 flat storage box, 2 1/2 in.))
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