Monthly Archives: October 2025

After “Psycho”: Robert Bloch in the 1960s

Posted on October 27, 2025 by lwaggen2

Last Halloween, we introduced the recently processed papers of author Robert Bloch, best known as the author of the novel Psycho (1959), which was adapted in 1960 by Alfred Hitchcock into the legendary film of the same name. In that … Continue reading →

Posted in Adaptations, American Literature, Authors, Biography and profiles, Film History, Hollywood history, Horror, Uncategorized | Tagged 1960s, Alfred Hitchcock, Boris Leven, Horror fiction, Novelization, Psycho, Robert Bloch, Screenwriting, Star Trek, Strait-Jacket, The Night Walker, William Castle, Wolf in the Fold | Leave a comment

Big News: We’re Launching an Education and Outreach Department!

Posted on October 20, 2025 by lwaggen2

We have some really exciting news to share—the American Heritage Center is creating a new Education and Outreach Department. If you’ve been following along with us, you know we’ve always been about more than just preserving collections. We want people … Continue reading →

Posted in Education & Outreach, exhibits, Uncategorized | Tagged American Heritage Center, Archives, Brie Blasi, Community Engagement, Current Exhibits, Education and Outreach Department, Educational Programs, Life Between the Rails, New Department, Oral History, Public History, Public Programs, Railroad History, School Programs, The West is Waiting, Union Pacific Railroad, University of Wyoming, Wyoming Archives, Wyoming history | 1 Comment

From Dust to Pavement: The Good Roads Movement in Wyoming

Posted on October 13, 2025 by lwaggen2

In the late 19th and early 20th century, progressive political movements grew in popularity and in the public consciousness. Causes such as women’s suffrage, the temperance movement, and unionization became forefront political issues, and the impacts of these movements are … Continue reading →

Posted in Transportation history, Uncategorized, Wyoming history | Tagged 1919 Transcontinental Motor Convoy, 20th Century, Cheyenne, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Good Roads Movement, Grace Raymond Hebard, Grassroots movements, Highways, Interstate Highway System, Jackson Wyoming, laramie, Laramie County, Lincoln Highway, Medicine Bow, Progressive Era, Road infrastructure | Leave a comment

Breaking the “Grass” Ceiling: Women Ranchers of Wyoming

Posted on October 6, 2025 by lwaggen2

When University of Wyoming graduate student Josie Corbett arrived at the American Heritage Center in 2024 as a Women in Public Life Fellow, she came with a mission: to investigate the “multifaceted contributions of women ranchers in Wyoming to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Oral history, Uncategorized, women's history, Wyoming history | Tagged Agricultural labor, Big Piney, Care work, Cooksley sisters, Eleanor Stepp Johnston, Gender barriers, Josie Corbett, Kaycee, Kemmerer, LaBarge, Mary Budd Flitner, Patricia Frolander, Ranch Life, ranching history, Sundance, Toni David, Women in Public Life Fellowship, Women ranchers, women's history, Women's labor, Wyoming women, Wyoming Women's History Oral History Project | 1 Comment

Monthly Archives: October 2025

After “Psycho”: Robert Bloch in the 1960s

Big News: We’re Launching an Education and Outreach Department!

From Dust to Pavement: The Good Roads Movement in Wyoming

Breaking the “Grass” Ceiling: Women Ranchers of Wyoming

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