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Category Archives: Wyoming history
Field Notes from Wyoming’s Roving Archivist
Since starting my position in August 2025, I have been to 19 of the 23 counties, meeting with cultural heritage institutions along the way. Each meeting ranges from a simple “Hi, I’m the Roving Archivist,” to a tour of the … Continue reading
Posted in Programs & Services, Uncategorized, Wyoming history
Tagged archival best practices, archival preservation, collections stewardship, community archives, cultural heritage institutions, Morgan Stence, National Historic Publications and Records Commission, nhprc, RAP, Wyoming cultural heritage, Wyoming libraries, Wyoming museums, Wyoming Roving Archivist Program, Wyoming State Archives, Wyoming State Historic Records and Advisory Board
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The American Heritage Center Provides Original Image for the State’s New Rodeo License Plate
One of the most iconic rodeo photographs ever taken is now featured on Wyoming’s new rodeo specialty license plate. The scene depicted on the license plate comes from an original image by Burt C. Buffum, whose collection of photographs and … Continue reading
Legacy 101: How Wyoming Remembers Nellie Tayloe Ross
On December 20, 1977, The Wyoming Eagle marked Nellie Tayloe Ross’ death with a simple but powerful headline: “Nellie Tayloe Ross Dies at 101.” Beneath it, the paper summarized her lifetime of public service and listed her achievements as first … Continue reading
AHC and Grand Encampment Museum Unite to Share Lora Webb Nichols’s Remarkable Wyoming Archive
Lora Webb Nichols (1883-1962) was a prolific diarist and photographer who lived most of her life in southcentral Wyoming. She accumulated more than 24,000 negatives, representing the many shades of life in the frontier mining town of Encampment. Today, the … Continue reading
Posted in Collections Highlights, Photography, Uncategorized, Wyoming history
Tagged copper mining, Diaries, early Wyoming, Encampment, Frontier photography, Grand Encampment Museum, homesteaders, Lora Webb Nichols, Lora Webb Nichols Papers, Medicine Bow National Forest, Mining History, Nancy F. Anderson, Sierra Madre Mountains, Women photographers
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Snap Together: Larsh Bristol and the American Heritage Center
Conor Mullen applied for the Larsh Bristol Photojournalism Fellowship six times before he received it in 2020. When he finally got it, he used it to document something none of us saw coming: the impact of COVID-19 on the Greater … Continue reading
Posted in Student projects, Uncategorized, Wyoming history
Tagged Academic collaboration, Aubrey Edwards, Chloé Flagg, COJO (Communication & Journalism), Conor Mullen, COVID-19, Dr. Nancy Small, Gallery exhibitions, Grand Teton National Park, Greater Yellowstone Area, John Waggener, Larsh Bristol Photojournalism Fellowship, Pandemic documentation, Photography, Public Humanities, Shelby Hutson, Student photographers, University of Wyoming, Visual storytelling, Western narratives, Yellowstone National Park
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Fossils, Fame, and the Frontier: The Story of William Harlow Reed
In the annals of American paleontology, William Harlow Reed occupies a unique place—a self-taught fossil hunter whose keen eye and determination helped shape our understanding of the prehistoric West. Through his groundbreaking work at Como Bluff, Reed was instrumental in … Continue reading
Posted in American West, Biography and profiles, Paleontology & Fossils, Uncategorized, Wyoming history
Tagged 19th century science, American Heritage Center, Andrew Carnegie, Apatosaurus, Bone Wars, Carnegie Museum, Como Bluff, Dinosaur discoveries, Diplodocus carnegii, Edward Drinker Cope, Fossil hunting, Fossil preparation, Late Jurassic, Medicine Bow, Mesozoic era, Natural history museums, Othniel Charles Marsh, Sauropods, Scientific education, Stegosaurus, Union Pacific Railroad, University of Wyoming, William Harlow Reed, Wyoming paleontology
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The Classroom Building – Saving Prexy’s Pasture and Creating the “Standing Rib Roast”
Welcome back to our ongoing series “Designing the University of Wyoming,” which explores the stories behind the campus’s architecture, landmarks, and artistic features that have shaped the university’s identity over the decades. If you’ve ever wondered why one of UW’s … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Campus Heritage, Uncategorized, University of Wyoming history, Wyoming history
Tagged 1960s Architecture, Architectural History, Campus Controversy, Campus planning, Ceramic Murals, Classroom Building, Hitchcock & Hitchcock, Mosaic Art, Prexy's Pasture, Standing Rib Roast, University of Wyoming, University of Wyoming Campus Evolution
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