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Category Archives: Archival Film
New Finding Aids: July 2019
The faculty have been processing collections left and right, so here’s another round of new finding aids we’ve published. As a reminder, Finding Aids act as a table of contents for our collections. These aids help you find information about … Continue reading
Posted in Archival Film, Digital collections, energy resources, environmental history, Finding Aids, Heart Mountain, newly digitized collections, newly processed collections, University of Wyoming, University of Wyoming history, Wyoming, Wyoming history
Tagged Boy Scouts, Business, Dean of Women, ehtyl gasoline, Environment, Heart Mountain, Heart Mountain Relocation Camp, NRA, Sinclair Oil, Symphony
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Lost Episode of Golden Age of Television Dramatic Series “Star Tonight” Found and Identified
From 1955-56 on ABC, a live TV series titled Star Tonight offered the chance for young up-and-coming New York actors to star in a show opposite established players. The known stars included: Buster Crabbe, Neva Patterson, Theodore Bikel, and June … Continue reading
Posted in announcements, Archival Film, Digital collections, Edmund C. Rice papers, found in the archive, Motion picture actors and actresses, popular culture, Student projects, Teapot Dome scandal, television history, Uncategorized
Tagged ABC, Annie Hall, Dramatic television anthology, Early American Television, Golden Age of Television, lost TV shows, Mary Boylan, popular culture, Star Tonight, Tom Helmore, Vertigo
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UW Homecoming – Flashback to 1938
In looking for UW Homecoming images from the past, we came across two short films from 1938. One is a 6-minute clip of that year’s Homecoming parade through the streets of Laramie. Amazing floats! Although we do have some sympathy … Continue reading
World War II Films Digitized: Paul J. Halloran
The American Heritage Center has digitized and made accessible online 30 films from the Paul J. Halloran papers #4832. Paul J. Halloran was a prominent naval officer and civil engineer during the twentieth century. He oversaw construction of Pacific airbases … Continue reading
Sky High in Wyoming
In a press release written to accompany the release of her film, Sky High in Wyoming, the documentary filmmaker Mildred Capron (whose papers reside at the American Heritage Center) states: An easterner by birth and background, 14 years in China … Continue reading
UW Football Goes Bowling (1951 and 2011)
The AHC invites all University of Wyoming football fans gearing up for the 2011 New Mexico Bowl to watch some highlights of past UW football glory. In the 1951 Gator Bowl, Eddie “Boom Boom” Talboom led the Cowboys to a … Continue reading
Old Faithful Speaks
Old Faithful Speaks is a 35 millimeter nitrate film created between 1933 and 1935 to promote Wyoming tourism. Yellowstone National Park was then (and is now) a world-renowned tourist attraction. The film features what may be the first audio recording … Continue reading