Category Archives: newly digitized collections

Putting Buddy Ebsen on the Camera Stand

Posted on February 17, 2020 by ahcadmin

The AHC is primarily a research institution, meaning that a major focus of our collecting process is making collection material accessible to our patrons by processing and digitizing it. Digitization of archival material is important to making our collections searchable … Continue reading →

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Isberg collection digitized

Posted on May 8, 2017 by

The AHC has completed a grant project to digitize photographs, glass plate negatives, glass lantern slides, and stereo cards from the Isberg Family papers, a collection of a Laramie family with material dating from 1884 to 1930. Continue reading →

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Preserving Arapaho and Shoshone Heritage Through Film

Posted on August 11, 2015 by ahcadmin

The American Heritage Center has digitized and made accessible online 16 films from the Harry S. Harnsberger motion pictures and audiotapes. Harnsberger came to Wyoming in 1907 and settled in Fremont County, where his mother was engaged in drilling for … Continue reading →

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New Mining Collection Now Available Online!

Posted on July 22, 2015 by ahcadmin

The  American Heritage Center (AHC) at the University of Wyoming has digitized and made accessible online 17 letterpress books, scrapbooks, and albums from the James C. Drayton and William A. Drayton papers (Collection #8177). James C. Drayton was an attorney … Continue reading →

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Digitized Trail Diary Now Available!

Posted on May 29, 2015 by ahcadmin

Are you interested in learning more about westward expansion during the 1850s? If so, you’ll be interested to learn that University of Wyoming’s American Heritage Center (AHC) has digitized and made accessible online the diary and 2 transcripts of the … Continue reading →

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American National CattleWomen Films Now Available Online

Posted on March 9, 2015 by ahcadmin

Good news!  The University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center (AHC) has digitized and made accessible online 16 films and video from the American National CattleWomen records.  The collection as a whole documents the promotional activities of the organization, especially the … Continue reading →

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“The Land Divided, The World United:” Reporting from the Panama Canal

Posted on September 10, 2014 by ahcadmin

A newly digitized collection, the Eleanor McIlhenny papers, provides researchers with a glimpse into the keen reporting of of woman journalist working in the Panama Canal zone from the pre- to post-WWII era.  The University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center (AHC) has … Continue reading →

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World War II Films Digitized: Paul J. Halloran

Posted on May 9, 2014 by stowam

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 →

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Preserving a Legacy: Murie Family Films Digitized

Posted on April 4, 2014 by stowam

University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center (AHC) has digitized and made accessible online 461 films documenting Wyoming, including a film of the Heart Mountain Japanese Relocation Center, Alaska, Chesapeake Bay, Ireland, Brittany, Portugal, and South Africa from the Murie Family … Continue reading →

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Teaching and Learning Geology at UW: Professor Samuel H. Knight

Posted on February 7, 2014 by ahcadmin

University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center (AHC) has digitized and made accessible online over 3,200 photographs, documents, and 6 films documenting the University of Wyoming science camps and a geology lecture (Chalk Talk) that S.H. Knight gave in the 1960s … Continue reading →

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