Category Archives: Archives

Behind the Scenes at the Cone: Photo and Audio at the American Heritage Center

This coming fall will mark, by my always-right-humanities-math, just about two years of working here at the American Heritage Center. Although I started my time at the AHC as a lucky intern, I now am one of three Photo/AV Archivist … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Revitalizing Indigenous Languages at the Archive: The American Heritage Center and the Arapaho Language

November marks Native American Heritage Month, a time to honor the rich cultures, traditions, and histories of Native communities. In celebration, the American Heritage Center is spotlighting collections that support the revitalization of Indigenous languages, particularly the Arapaho language, through … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Behind the Scenes at the Cone: Handing out History

By now, you’ve learned how the American Heritage Center (AHC) intakes, processes, and digitizes history from both the University of Wyoming, the West, and around the country. But how can people like yourselves, who want to view these documents, go … Continue reading →

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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 But how do we digitize historical documents while perfectly preserving them?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 →

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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 →

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Behind the Scenes at the Cone: Arranging Items from History

In a place like the American Heritage Center (AHC), which houses tens of thousands of historical documents, it can be hard to navigate them and figure out what each collection is. Thankfully, the Center has Jamie Greene, the Manager of … Continue reading →

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Behind the Scenes at the Cone: Intaking History

The American Heritage Center (AHC) is home to thousands of different historical materials ranging from letters, diaries, and photos to oral history recordings and original artwork, just to name a few. But how what happens when collections come through the … Continue reading →

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Empowering Narratives: Celebrating LGBTQ+ History with the Award-Winning American Heritage Center and Gregory Hinton

Preserving and celebrating diverse narratives is crucial to understanding our shared history and fostering inclusivity in society. In a remarkable collaboration the American Heritage Center at along with playwright and producer Gregory Hinton, have been recognized for exceptional work in … Continue reading →

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