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Category Archives: Motion picture actors and actresses
Bruce Lee Steals the Show in “The Green Hornet”
The road to Bruce Lee’s screen stardom began in Oakland, California, where his Jun Fan Gung Fu Institute began attracting the attention of the martial arts world. His appearance in the first-ever Long Beach International Karate Championships in 1964 wowed … Continue reading
Posted in Asian American history, Comic book history, Hollywood history, Motion picture actors and actresses, popular culture, television history
Tagged Adam West, Batman, Britt Reid, Bruce Lee, Burt Ward, Karate, Kato, Martial Arts, Robin, The Green Hornet, Van Williams, William Dozier
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Archives Rewind Vol. 9
It’s been a while since we’ve highlighted some of our “Archives on the Air” programs. So here’s a brand new Archives Rewind for the new year! Episode 159: James L. Ehernberger Western Railroad Collection Railroads have had a vital impact … Continue reading
Posted in Archives on the Air, Comic book history, Hollywood history, Motion picture actors and actresses, motion picture history, Western history, Wyoming, Wyoming history
Tagged Adam West, Al Christie, Batman, Gebo, The Nervous Wreck, Union Pacific Railroad, William Dozier, Wyoming, Wyoming history
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New Finding Aids: January 2020
We’re still busy as ever archiving and processing collections. Here’s another round of finding aides we’ve published so you can see what’s been added to our collections. As a reminder, Finding Aids act as a table of contents for our … Continue reading
Posted in Finding Aids, Laramie, Local history, Motion picture actors and actresses, newly digitized collections, newly processed collections, University of Wyoming, University of Wyoming history, Western history, western politics and leadership, Wyoming, Wyoming history
Tagged Arts and Sciences, Board of Trustees, Bob Kisken, cattle branding, cattle operations, Charles P Beall, Chicano Studies, Eddie Lawrence, Elder Family, Joan Bassett, Lyle and Florence Brothers, rodeos, Ron Franscell, Samuel Western, University of Wyoming, University of Wyoming Board of Trustees, University of Wyoming history, Wyoming History Day
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New Finding Aids: November 2019
We’ve had a productive fall (read: winter) processing even more collections over the past few months. Here’s another round of finding aids we’ve published so you can see what we’ve been up to. As a reminder, Finding Aids act as … Continue reading
Posted in Digital collections, energy resources, Finding Aids, Hollywood history, Laramie, Local history, Motion picture actors and actresses, motion picture history, Natural resources, newly cataloged collections, newly processed collections, resources, Teapot Dome scandal
Tagged Bonanza Oil Company, Charles Settele, Continental Oil Company, Joseph Julian, Knight Oil Company, laramie, Ludwig & Svenson, Montana, NASA, Norman Corwin, oil, oil fields, Orson Welles, pharmacist, pharmacy, Photographic collections, Photography, Railroad History, Teapot Dome scandal, UFO, UFO conspiracies, Wyoming
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Archives Rewind Vol. 8 (Halloween Edition)
It’s the last week of October, and we’d be remiss if we didn’t pay homage to Halloween with this edition of Archives Rewind — our occasional highlights of past “Archives on the Air” programs. Let’s rewind for Vol. 8 (Halloween … Continue reading
Posted in Archives on the Air, Authors and literature, Horror, Motion picture actors and actresses, motion picture history, science fiction
Tagged Dick Tracy, Eric Taylor, Forrest Ackerman, Godzilla, H.P. Lovecraft, Halloween, Kenpachiro Satsuma, monster suit, Robert Bloch, science fiction, Son of Dracula, The Haunter in the Dark, The Smog Monster, vampire, Werewolf, Wolfman
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The Giant Gila Monster
Last Halloween, we brought you a blog post on The Killer Shrews, a low-budget horror movie shot in Dallas, Texas, and released in 1959. What is the film’s connection to the American Heritage Center? We hold the papers of Forrest … Continue reading
Posted in Horror, Motion picture actors and actresses, motion picture history, science fiction
Tagged Attack of the Crab Monsters, film, film history, Forrest J. Ackerman, Godron McLendon, movie, movie history, movie posters, movies, Mystery Science Theatre 3000, Ray Kellogg, science fiction, science fiction movie, Tarantula!, The Giant Gila Monster, The Killer Shrews, Them!
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Archives Rewind Vol. 7
August is almost over and the start of the fall semester is about to get underway once again. Before all of that gets going, let’s take a step back and enjoy some more highlights from our “Archives on the Air” … Continue reading
Posted in Archives on the Air, cartoons, Local history, Montgomery Ward, Motion picture actors and actresses, motion picture history, University of Wyoming, University of Wyoming history, Western history, Wyoming, Wyoming history
Tagged American Heritage Center building, Centennial Complex, Charlie Chaplin, Cowboy, Hollywood, Looney Tunes, Mihcael Maltese, Montgomery Ward, University of Wyoming, Wally Wales
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New Finding Aids: August 2019
We’ve had a busy and productive summer processing collections! Here’s another round of finding aids we’ve published so you can see what we’ve been up to. As a reminder, Finding Aids act as a table of contents for our collections. … Continue reading
Posted in Digital collections, Hollywood history, Laramie, LGBT, LGBTQIA+, Local history, military history, Motion picture actors and actresses, motion picture history, Natural resources, newly digitized collections, newly processed collections, oral histories, Out West in the Rockies, popular culture, University of Wyoming, University of Wyoming history, Western history, Wyoming history
Tagged Air Force, folklife, Hollywood, Jean Howard, LGBT, LGBTQ history, oil, oil fields, Petroleum, quilt, quilting, Rockefeller, U.S. Air Force, Uinta County, Wyoming, Wyoming folklife
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