Category Archives: community collections

Once A Cowboy, Always A Cowboy: The History of Homecoming at the University of Wyoming

Posted on October 14, 2019 by

Today, homecoming celebrations are often associated with fall and football, but it may not always have been true.  The tradition of homecoming is generally a celebration of welcoming former students and members of high schools, colleges, or churches within the … Continue reading →

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Lovell’s Latin American Colony

Posted on September 30, 2018 by

In 1916, the sugar beet industry brought the first serious wave of Mexican-speaking migrants to Lovell: betabeleros, the beet workers, to hoe the fields and help with the harvest. Yet most were not Mexican nationals, but rather Spanish-speaking people from … Continue reading →

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Picnic Time!

Posted on July 1, 2018 by

It’s the week of Independence Day and that has us thinking about the great outdoors and picnics. To celebrate, we went straight to the Isberg Family Collection. If their photos are any indication. Bill and Ginx Isberg loved to picnic! The Isberg … Continue reading →

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Summer Exhibit Series: Laramie Architecture

Posted on May 14, 2018 by

The summer exhibit series at the American Heritage Center celebrating Laramie’s 150th anniversary brings out a new theme this week: Buildings in Laramie. The “Hell on Wheels” tent town that greeted the official arrival of the Union Pacific Railroad in … Continue reading →

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Community Collecting Project Presented at AHC

Posted on November 23, 2011 by

Yesterday Robin Hill, Instructional Computing Services Coordinator for the Ellbogen Center for Teaching and Learning, spoke to a group of University of Wyoming archivists and librarians about an online community collecting project supported by Oxford University.  This program, RunCoCo, enables … Continue reading →

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