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Category Archives: resources
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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Continuing the Conversation: “Breaking the Boom and Bust Cycle: Viewpoints from Southwest Wyoming”
The AHC’s Simpson Institute for Western Politics and Leadership is continuing the conversation on Wyoming’s economic future, this time from Southwest Wyoming. A recording of the inaugural event held in April at Laramie County Community College (Cheyenne campus) can be … Continue reading
Posted in Alan K. Simpson Institute for Western Politics and Leadership, announcements, Economic Geology, Economic History, energy resources, events, Natural resources, resources, Western history, western politics and leadership
Tagged boom and bust, Economic History, economy, natural resources, wyoming economy
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Not sure what to do with those papers, photos and digital files?
It’s Preservation Week, folks. So, even more than ever, the AHC is celebrating our favorite thing in the world – archives, of course. Preservation Week is from April 22 to 28 and promotes the role of archives, libraries and other … Continue reading
Posted in announcements, Preservation Week, resources, Uncategorized
Tagged announcements
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The Rock Springs Massacre, Sept.2, 1885
During the summer of 1885, tensions had been building between Chinese coal miners and European coal miners in Rock Springs, Wyoming Territory. Both groups were employed by the Union Pacific Coal Company and were having a dispute over wages. According … Continue reading
Family History Research @ the AHC
Archivists working in the Reference Department of the American Heritage Center are often asked about resources that can help genealogists track their family’s history. Sometimes that’s an easy question–we might actually have the personal family papers of that researcher’s forebears. … Continue reading
Posted in Family history, resources
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The Oregon Trail
You might remember this game; it was a classic facet in many an elementary school classroom. It was released in Wii format last week, bringing the joy of cholera and “fording the river” to a whole new generation. While this … Continue reading
Posted in popular culture, resources, Westward migration
Tagged digital collections, Oregon Trail, video games
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Al Christie Papers Document Silent Film
The Cannes Film Festival winner and Oscar contender The Artist is a black and white silent film. The film was released in 2011, but draws inspiration from the original era of silent films (1894-1929). The American Heritage Center holds significant … Continue reading
Posted in motion picture history, popular culture, resources
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Online Finding Aid Available for the Karl C. “Sunny” Allan Papers
Karl C. “Sunny” Allan (1886-1978) was born in Ogden, Utah. He worked as a telephone lineman in the early 1900s, and was part of the Bureau of Reclamation crew that built a telephone line from Ashton, Idaho to Moran, Wyoming. … Continue reading
A.C. Ivy Papers Document Medical History and Cancer Research
Andrew Conway Ivy (1893-1978) was born in Farmington, Missouri. In 1913, at age 20, he received the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Pedology degrees from Missouri State Normal School. The research studies for his master’s degree (M.S., 1917) and … Continue reading
Posted in medical history, military history, resources
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