American Heritage Center Fact Sheet

American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming

Fact Sheet

Mission:	The American Heritage Center at the University of Wyoming is the repository of its manuscript and special collections and archives for UW. The American Heritage Center's primary mission is to collect, preserve, and make broadly available original source materials of enduring historical significance that support the teaching and research mission of UW.

Location:	2111 Willett Drive (Centennial Complex) Laramie, WY 82071

Postal Address:	P.O. Box 3924, Laramie, WY 82071

Telephone:	307.766.4114

FAX:	307.766.5511

E-Mail Address:	General: ahc@uwyo.edu Reference: ahcref@uwyo.edu

Web site:	www.uwyo.edu/ahc

Hours:	Sept.-May—8 a.m.-5 p.m., M-F; 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Saurday
	June-Aug.--7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., M-F; 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday Open to the public, free of charge

Major Collecting Areas:	Wyoming and the American West UW Archives Environment & Conservation Mining & Petroleum Industries 20^th Century American Culture Journalism Politics & World Affairs Rare Books Transportation

Number of Collections:	Approximately 7,000

Size of Collection:	90,000 cubic feet of archives and manuscripts 1 million photographs 15,000 maps 12,000 sound recordings 15,500 records 15,000 films 3,000 videotapes 40,000 rare books

Number of Staff:	25 full-time, several part-time, and numerous students

Departments:	Administration and Development Arrangement and Description Reference Services Toppan Rare Book Library UW Archives Wyoming History Day Program Alan K. Simpson Institute for Western Politics and Leadership

Number of Exhibits:	4-6 each year. See online exhibits.

Governing Authority:	Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs

Membership Organization:	American Heritage Center Associates

Publications:	Newsletter, Heritage Highlights Annual report Brochures Subject guides Quick Facts

Educational Programs:	Through the department of history a Three-Course Sequence in Archives Administration and the History of Books Class Annual History Symposium Wyoming History Day Program Travel Grant Program Public Tours Publication of Annals of Wyoming with the Department of Parks and Cultural Resources and the Wyoming State Historical Society (WSHS) and the Wyoming Historical calendar with the WSHS Bibliographic instruction and presentations given by the reference department and the Toppan Library

Annual Special Events:	Lecture by the George A. Rentschler Distinguished Visiting Guest Lecturer Lecture by the Bernard L. Majewski Research Fellow Wyoming History Day State Competition Archives Day celebration Exhibit Openings Concerts Cheyenne Frontier Days Print

American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming, P.O. Box 3924, Laramie, WY 82071. Phone: 307.766.4114, Fax: 307.766.5511, E-mail: shelstad@uwyo.edu. Copyright © University of Wyoming, 2001. Created on June 15, 2001. Last modified on June 03, 2003.