Category Archives: writers and poets

Commemorating a 60th Anniversary: Psycho by Robert Bloch

Posted on June 15, 2020 by ahcadmin

June 16th is the 60th anniversary of the release date of the film Psycho. Alfred Hitchcock’s film is based on a novel by Robert Bloch. It is the story of Norman Bates, a lonely motel caretaker who is seething with … Continue reading →

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Poet Drama in the Selden Rodman Papers

Posted on May 11, 2020 by ahcadmin

Selden Rodman (1909-2002) was a prolific author, biographer, poet, editor as well as an art collector and cultural critic. He published a book nearly every year of his adult life. He was a rebellious young man who, while attending Yale … Continue reading →

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Archives Rewind Vol. 1

Posted on February 18, 2019 by ahcadmin

In June of 2018, the AHC partnered with Wyoming Public Media to create “Archives on the Air,” a one minute look ‘behind the curtain’ of our archives. Each episode reveals a fun tidbit of history from our vault. The series … Continue reading →

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A Wyoming Frost

Posted on September 17, 2018 by ahcadmin

Verna Elizabeth Grubbs, better known to her poetic peers as Ann Winslow, was a driving force in the shaping of young poets during the early-to-mid 1900s. The Ann Winslow collection evidences her immersion in the world of the golden age … Continue reading →

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Mary O’Hara: “My Heart is in Wyoming”

Posted on January 9, 2018 by ahcadmin

Could successful screenwriter and socialite Mary O’Hara exchange her glitzy lifestyle for that of a Wyoming ranch wife? Her friends didn’t think so. But by 1930 Mary had hit her mid-forties and was fed up with her gilded life. She … Continue reading →

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The Adeline M. Leitzbach Papers: Part II of a Two-Part Series

Posted on October 24, 2017 by ahcadmin

Adeline Leitzbach once mused: “[In] the old days in pictures… we used to go out on a lot with a couple of actors, a horse, a camera man and an author. We used to shoot scenes, and mould them into … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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April is National Poetry Month

Posted on April 26, 2012 by ahcadmin

The American Heritage Center has among its holdings a number of literary figures–authors, journalists, as well as poets.  With April’s celebration of poetry and poets, we thought it fitting to share with you some of the lyrical offerings to be … Continue reading →

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