Category Archives: Student projects

Adventures in the 20th Century: The Frederick and Cecil Nussbaum papers

Posted on November 4, 2018 by ahcadmin

Have you ever wondered what it was like to live from the late 1800s to the late 1900s and experience all of the technological advances and a variety of major historical moments that happened through the 20th century? Frederick Nussbaum … Continue reading →

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Hoppy’s Saddle is not Hoppy’s Saddle – The Mystery Solved

Posted on June 3, 2018 by ahcadmin

In 1982, Grace Bradley Boyd donated to the American Heritage Center a large cache of documents, photographs and memorabilia that belonged to her late husband William L. Boyd, or “Hopalong Cassidy” as he was better known. “Hoppy” was well-known to … Continue reading →

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The Adrian Scott Papers: A Look at the Hollywood Ten and McCarthyism

Posted on May 31, 2013 by ahcadmin

Greetings, readers!  My name is Patrick Conraads, and I just finished my first year as a graduate student in History at the University of Wyoming.  This past semester, I was enrolled in Rick Ewig’s Archival Methods class.  For my term … Continue reading →

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Forbidden Planet: An Exceptional Specimen of ‘B Movie’ Ingenuity

Posted on January 24, 2013 by ahcadmin

I recently had the pleasure of watching Forbidden Planet, a science-fiction film directed by Fred M. Wilcox and released in 1956. A young Leslie Nielsen plays a space captain (Commander J.J. Adams) who is directed to a planet to hopefully … Continue reading →

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