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American Heritage Center
2111 Willett Drive, Centennial Complex, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071
American Heritage Center
Hans Kleiber Etchings
Feline Friends: Historic Photos of Cats
The Art of the Railroad
The Musical Life of Gerald Fried
A Different Kind of Spotlight: How the media has portrayed queerness throughout the decades
Jean Howard's Hollywood: “The excitement, the glamour, and the good times"
Watercolors of the West
Richard F. Haines: The UFO Research of a NASA Scientist
Keeping History Alive: 136 Years of Progress
Man's Best Friend Through the Ages
The Entertaining Life of Buddy Ebsen
Black 14 Social Justice Summer Institute Student Exhibit
Thread by Thread: Fiber Arts in Wyoming
Songs of the West
A Look Back at the Wyoming Stock Grower's Association after 150 years
Lora Webb Nichols
Photographing Native American Life
Wyoming History in Art: David G. Paulley
Art of the Hunt: Wyoming Traditions
William Boyd's extensive merchandising of Hopalong Cassidy
The Christmas Cards of Carrie Arnold
The History of Homecoming
In Memorial: Matthew Shepard
Vera Glaser: A Pioneer for Women's Rights
Finis Mitchell, Lord of The Winds
Blacklisted: Larry Adler
Ex Libris Fitzhugh
K-5 Teaching Resources - Indigenous Tribes of Wyoming
A Look into the AHC's "Gallery One"
Collection Spotlight: Charles J. Belden photographs
A Fur Trade Diary, Painted By Alfred Jacob Miller
Collection Spotlight: Baker and Johnston Photographs
Collection Spotlight: The Al Christie Papers
J.S. Palen: An Exploration into Wyoming History
Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Collection Spotlight: Clay Blair, Jr.
Roald Fryxell: Discoveries in Space and Time
The Murie Family: Protectors of America's Wildlands
Souvenirs of War
More Pronghorn Than People
UA Flight 409: The Recovery Effort
A History of Laramie Through its Maps
Elmer F. Lovejoy: A Businessman, Inventor and Pioneer
Collection Spotlight: S.N. Leek, Wyoming Wildlife Photographer
S.H. Knight's Fossils of Wyoming
University of Wyoming: A Brief History of Campus
"Stampede" by Jerry Palen
In Pursuit of Equality
The Black 14: Protests and Reactions
Fort Laramie: Prairie Sentinel
Hayden and the Birth Of Yellowstone
Heart Mountain Relocation Center: Wyoming's Japanese Internment Camp
Buffalo Bill Dam Construction and History
Alan K. Simpson: A Broad Look At His Career
Hell on Wheels: Union Pacific Towns in Wyoming
The Virginian
Eighteenth-Century Women Writers
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More than 100 years ago, Grace Raymond Hebard—UW faculty member, administrator, librarian, and Wyoming historian—began collecting the papers and reminiscences of Wyoming’s pioneers. Her research on the history of Wyoming, the West, emigrant trails, and Native Americans became the nucleus for what is known today as the American Heritage Center (AHC). Officially established in 1945, the Center now holds over 90,000 cubic feet of historic documents and artifacts in more than 3500 collections—placing the AHC among the largest non-governmental archives in the nation.
Today, the AHC contains important holdings in numerous areas. Its western history archives include materials on early women’s suffrage and political achievements, native Americans, ranching, politics, authors, and under-documented communities. Other featured collecting areas include transportation (railroad, highway and air travel), mining and energy extraction, entertainment and popular culture (with important collections featuring Hollywood, music, radio, television and the comic book industry), natural resources and the environment, and military history. The AHC also serves as the primary archives for the University of Wyoming. We are #ALWAYS ARCHIVING.
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News
October 19, 2020 20:57 (edited)
Phase 1 of reopening will begin on September 28 with use of the public reading room by approved appointment only, available between 12-4 pm. Limited to UW students, faculty and staff who have gone through UW's Fall Opening requirements. AHCref@uwyo.edu
June 22, 2020 22:19
The AHC is launching its COVID-19 Collection Project, gathering experiences from around Wyoming about the impact of the coronavirus on work, education, personal life, community, and beyond. For more information visit: uwyo.edu/ahc/covid-19-collecting.html
June 22, 2020 22:14
The AHC Reading Room and the Centennial Complex is currently closed to public access due to COVID-19. Online access to digital materials and patron requests are available as usual. Please email the Reference Desk at ahcref@uwyo.edu if you have questions.
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