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Category Archives: 19th century
Preserving History, One Negative at A Time
The American Heritage Center is home to nearly 90,000 cubic feet of historically significant collection material, representing centuries of cultural heritage within a wide range of subject matter. Whether it be a paper document, work of art, three-dimensional artifact, analog … Continue reading
Posted in 19th century, American Heritage Center, Archival preservation, behind the scenes, Digitization techniques, Historical Preservation, Photographic collections, Uncategorized
Tagged Acetate film, American Heritage Center, Archival Materials, Digitization Techniques, Historical photographs, Historical Photos, Historical preservation, Nitrate film, Nitrate Film Preservation, Photographic collections, Photography
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Margaret Bryan: A Scientist Ahead of Her Time
April 23rd, World Book Day, is an ideal opportunity to showcase one of the AHC Toppan Rare Books Library’s books. Lectures on Natural Philosophy by Margaret Bryan is but one sample of the many rare books the AHC has to … Continue reading
The Mail Must Go Through!
A rider and his horse thunder into view over the desert horizon, barreling towards the way-station where water and a fresh horse await. As the rider leaps off his horse and onto another, his mail bag swinging from his hand, … Continue reading
Brigham Young’s Promotion of the Deseret Alphabet
Brigham Young is best known as a religious leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of LatterDay Saints. In his capacity as president of the church, he was also the force behind an intriguing educational reform. In the early 1850s, … Continue reading
Fourth of July in Wyoming Territory
How did Wyoming celebrate Fourth of July in territorial days? T.A. Larson’s History of Wyoming provides a slice of holiday history from the 1870s and 1880s. Here are excerpts: The Fourth of July was the great secular holiday, requiring elaborate … Continue reading
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Tagged Fourth of July, Parades, T.A. Larson, Wyoming history, Wyoming Territory
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Digitized Trail Diary Now Available!
Are you interested in learning more about westward expansion during the 1850s? If so, you’ll be interested to learn that University of Wyoming’s American Heritage Center (AHC) has digitized and made accessible online the diary and 2 transcripts of the … Continue reading