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Category Archives: Archival work
On the Road: How Wyoming’s New Roving Archivist Program is Supporting Local History
Imagine trying to preserve a century-old photograph album in a historic building with challenging climate controls or figuring out how to digitize thousands of irreplaceable documents with limited resources. Across Wyoming, local institutions face daily challenges as they work to … Continue reading
Posted in Archival work, Community Impact, Local history, Uncategorized, Wyoming history
Tagged Archives, archivist, community, Digitization, heritage, historical, history, localhistory, museums, nhprc, outreach, preservation, records, shrab, Wyoming
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Behind the Scenes at the Cone: Archiving the University of Wyoming
The University of Wyoming has thousands of employees. Many of them are professors, departmental staff, administrators, custodians, and chefs. But there is one special person who has a position like no other, University Archivist and Historian John Waggener. “My position … Continue reading
Behind the Scenes at the Cone: Digitizing History
In this day and age, technology is everywhere and embedded in everything we see and do. But how do we digitize historical documents while perfectly preserving them? Well, the University of Wyoming’s American Heritage Center has someone named Halena Bagdonas, … Continue reading
Posted in American Heritage Center, Archival work, Digital collections, Digitization techniques, Uncategorized
Tagged American Heritage Center, Archivist's story, Digital Archiving, digital collections, Digital preservation, Digitization process, Digitization Techniques, Jacques Kapralik, Virtual archives
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Behind the Scenes at the Cone: Organizing and Processing History
Organizing and arranging historical documents can be difficult. And at a world-renowned archive like the one at the University of Wyoming, there are a select number of people who can manage it. One of them is AHC Processing Archivist Roger … Continue reading
Posted in American Heritage Center, Archival work, behind the scenes, faculty/staff profiles, Interns' projects, science fiction, Uncategorized
Tagged American Heritage Center, Archival Practices, archival processes, Archival processing, Buddy Ebsen, fanzines, Historical Documents, Robert Bloch
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Why are Barbara Stanwyck’s papers at the AHC? Because we asked for them!
One of the most frequently asked questions about the American Heritage Center is how and why we wound up with such a large and significant collection relating to the history of popular entertainment in the U.S.—film, television, and radio in … Continue reading
Posted in American Heritage Center, American history, Archival preservation, Archival work, Entertainment history, popular culture, television history
Tagged American Heritage Center, Archival collections, film history, Historical photographs, Historical preservation, Historical records, popular culture, Radio History, television history
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Your American Heritage Center FAQs Answered
October is Archives Month, and as part of its recognition of the auspicious occasion, the Smithsonian’s institutional archives has posted a blog titled The Smithsonian’s Top 6 Archives Myths. So far as I know, here at the American Heritage Center … Continue reading
Posted in Accessing historical documents, American Archives Month, Archival preservation, Archival work, Digital collections, Historical Preservation, popular culture, resources
Tagged American Heritage Center, American Heritage Center building, Archival accessioning, Archival collections, Digital Archiving, Toppan Rare Books Library, University of Wyoming history, western history, Wyoming history
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A Video Introduction to the AHC, 1993 Style
This is a 1993 video commissioned for the opening of the American Heritage Center’s then new building, the Centennial Complex. Hugh Downs, a longtime ABC News correspondent and commentator, whose papers are at the AHC, narrates the video. Because it … Continue reading
Posted in Accessing historical documents, American Heritage Center, Archival preservation, Archival reference services, Archival work, Toppan Rare Books Library, Uncategorized, Western history, Wyoming history
Tagged Academic research, American Heritage Center, American Heritage Center building, American Heritage Center Exhibits, American Heritage Center Reference Department, Archival collections, Digital preservation, Entertainment industry, Preservation Efforts, Toppan Rare Books Library, University of Wyoming, western history, Wyoming history
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