American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming

Spring 1998 Heritage Highlights

  1999 Wyoming Historical Calendar Available

The 1999 Wyoming Historical Calendar, produced by the American Heritage Center in cooperation with the Wyoming State Historical Society, has just been published. The theme for the calendar is celebrations in Wyoming communities. The many photographs are all from the collections of the AHC and illustrate Wyoming life during the latter half of the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century.

 

Decoration Day at Meeteetse, Wyoming, 1914, being celebrated by civil war veterans. Ohio Oil Company Records, American Heritage Center.

The calendars can be purchased for $5.95 plus $2.95 for postage and handling for one to three calendars; $3.95 for postage and handling for four to six calendars; and $6.95 for postage and handling for seven to ten calendars. Wyoming residents please add sales tax of 6%. To order calendars send check or money order to Calendars, American Heritage Center, PO Box 3924, Laramie, Wyoming, 82071, or call 307-766-4114, or send an e-mail to ahcref@uwyo.edu.

  4^th Grade Class Analyzes Primary Source Documents

On March 27, the fourth grade class from Thayer Elementary School in Laramie visited the American Heritage Center to learn more about Wyoming history. Assistant Director, Rick Ewig, and Reference Archivist, Lori Olson, presented a class to the students using diary entries and photographs documenting life on the Oregon Trail. Students analyzed several different first-hand accounts about the trail and then shared their findings with classmates.

Taylor Ewig and fourth grade classmates study Oregon Trail documents at the American Heritage Center. AHC Photograph.

The American Heritage Center encourages the use of primary sources in the 4^th grade through college level classrooms. Using letters, diaries, and photographs is an exciting way to learn about the past. If you are interested in bringing a class to the AHC to learn more about primary sources, please contact Lori Olson at 307-766-2563, or lolson@uwyo.edu.

  Clarke Diary Donated to AHC, New Elevator for the Centennial Complex

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American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming, P.O. Box 3924, Laramie, WY 82071.  Phone:  307.766.4114,  Fax:  307.766.5511, Email: shelstad@uwyo.edu.  Copyright © University of Wyoming, 1999.  Created on June 27, 1999.  Last modified on August 24, 2000.