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“To Dress Macaroni with Permasent Cheese”: A History of Mac n’ Cheese through Recipes in the Toppan Rare Books Library
In celebration of the 250th anniversary of America, the American Heritage Center staff curated an exhibit called Wyoming Voices: Our Stories of America to showcase the ways in which people across Wyoming have gathered and communicated with each other. Cookery … Continue reading
Posted in America250, Cooking, Laramie
Tagged churches, Cookbooks, Great Depression, Industrial Revolution, macaroni and cheese, pasta, World War I, World War II
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Ease on Down the Road: How The Wiz Reimagined a Classic
When I got to the AHC in the spring of 2023, the material that excited me most was our Wizard of Oz related holdings. As a fan of L. Frank Baum’s fantastical novel, Oz and its many adaptations are an … Continue reading
He’s Popeye the Radio Man
Many people remember Popeye the sailor man, either from the various cartoon iterations, the live action movie starring Robin Williams, or his beginnings as a comic strip. In the latter half of the 1930s, he also had a radio adventure … Continue reading
Santa Fe’s Golden Gate Dining
It is well known that travel in the 1950s and 60s in America was highlighted by decadence. Everyone has seen the ads for airplane luxuries like cocktail lounges and sleeping sections—unfathomable to the contemporary air traveler in America—but the railroad … Continue reading
Remembering “The Wyoming Trip”
Fifty years ago, I turned 12 years old, and America turned 200. Today, with America reaching 250, and me at the ripe old age of 62, I look back with fading memory on my participation, for the Great State of Wyoming, … Continue reading
Engineering Building Cornerstone Placed 100 Years Ago
On the morning of April 30, 1926, a ceremony was held on campus to commemorate the laying of the cornerstone of the new Engineering Building. The event was so special for the university, morning classes were dismissed so that all … Continue reading
The Need for a Hero: Comics in World War II
The Golden Age of Comics Comic books have been around since the beginning of the 19th century, but with World War II on the rise, America was in need of a hero—a super hero. The Golden Age of Comics is … Continue reading
2026 Wyoming History Day Contest Results
The American Heritage Center hosted the 2026 Wyoming History Day State Competition on Monday, April 20, 2026, at the Coe Library and Wyoming Union on the campus of the University of Wyoming. Students completed year-long research projects inspired by the … Continue reading
Posted in National History Day, Wyoming History Day
Tagged Astronomy, Berlin Wall, Black 14, Conservation, Cuban Missile Crisis, Ecology, Florence Nightingale, Folk Music, Green Revolution, Industrial Revolution, Navajo Code Talkers, Picasso, Russia, Shipbuilding, Vietnam War, Watergate, women's history, Wyoming History Day, Yellowstone National Park
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