Archives Month 2013 at the American Heritage Center concludes its Rumble in the Stacks with a clear champion!  Librarian and historian, Grace Raymond Hebard, has emerged victorious over the triceratops from King Kong.  While lacking the size, the girth, and the sheer tenacity of the triceratops, Hebard was able to subdue the savage prehistoric beast using her powers of information-seeking.  The triceratops, soothed by information and Hebard’s intrepid scholarly mind, has become as docile as a golden retriever.  Hebard was able to saddle up the triceratops and they rode off into the Wyoming sunset together.  Last seen near Thermopolis, both parties were said to be getting along quite amicably.

Grace Raymond Hebard fishing at one of the lakes in the Snowy Range mountains. Photofile: “Hebard, Grace Raymond.” Neg. #18168. University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center.

The American Heritage Center would like to thank everyone who participated in this year’s Archives Month activities.  We hope you had as much fun with the collections that were highlighted as we did!

Sunset, July 26, 1922. This very much resembles the sunset into which the triceratops and Grace Raymond Hebard rode, partners in Wyoming history. Frank J. Meyers papers, #5195, Box 8A, Folder 204. University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center.