Category Archives: 20th century

Dolly Parton in the Movies: Behind the Scenes with 9 to 5 and Steel Magnolias

Posted on August 31, 2026 by ahcadmin

Post contributed by AHC Marketing Coordinator Miles Amende Dolly Parton passed away last week after a lifelong career of singing, songwriting, acting, and philanthropy. Parton looms large in popular culture, and it’s unsurprising that she makes an appearance in the … Continue reading →

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The Morality of A.C. Ivy

Posted on August 24, 2026 by ahcadmin

Post contributed by Ansley (Crow) Smoll, winner of the AHC’s 2026 Undergraduate Research Award for her project “The Morality of A.C. Ivy: How One Man’s Stance on Medicine Explains the Largest Scam in Cancer History.” History often asks for a … Continue reading →

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“The Wrongs Which We Seek to Condemn”: Nuremberg and the Challenge of Justice After Nazi Germany, Part Two

Posted on August 10, 2026 by ahcadmin

Content Warning: This blogpost features discussion and images related to the Holocaust. Some readers may find this material distressing. This is the second part in a two part series on the Nuremberg Trials. The International Military Tribunal began on November … Continue reading →

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“The Wrongs Which We Seek to Condemn”: Nuremberg and the Challenge of Justice After Nazi Germany, Part One

Posted on August 3, 2026 by ahcadmin

Content Warning: This blogpost features discussion and images related to the Holocaust. Some readers may find this material distressing. This is the first part in a two part series on the Nuremberg Trials. In June 2026, I traveled to Germany … Continue reading →

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America250 Exhibits at the American Heritage Center

Posted on July 6, 2026 by ahcadmin

In celebration of the United States Semiqunincentennial, the American Heritage Center is hosting three exhibits that examine our nation through its people—its citizens, authors, poets, workers, innovators, and leaders. These exhibits explore the diversity of thought and communication in the … Continue reading →

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He’s Popeye the Radio Man

Posted on June 22, 2026 by ahcadmin

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 →

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Santa Fe’s Golden Gate Dining

Posted on June 15, 2026 by ahcadmin

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 →

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University of Wyoming Commencement Exercises: Looking Back 100 Years to June 8, 1926

Posted on June 8, 2026 by ahcadmin

What were commencement exercises like at the University of Wyoming a century ago? The question might seem rather mundane at first, but when the American Heritage Center recently received a UW diploma from the family of 1926 graduate Carl A. … Continue reading →

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Engineering Building Cornerstone Placed 100 Years Ago

Posted on May 25, 2026 by ahcadmin

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 →

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