American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming

Spring 1998 Heritage Highlights

  AHC to Assist in Publishing of Annals of Wyoming

Recently the Wyoming State Historical Society and the University of Wyoming, represented by the American Heritage Center and the History Department, have signed an agreement to publish Annals of Wyoming: The Wyoming History Journal. According to the agreement, the Society will provide the funding for the publication and the AHC will provide office space and assist with the funding for a graduate assistant. Phil Roberts, Associate Professor History at the university, will edit the journal.

  AHC Looking for World War II Material

The American Heritage Center holds more than one hundred collections related to World War II. These include the papers of Admiral Husband Kimmel, the commander of U.S. Naval Forces at Pearl Harbor in December, 1941, the Frank and Doris Hursley Papers, which contain radio scripts from the war years, the diary of a U.S. serviceman who was in the Bataan Death March, and collections related to Wyoming veterans and their service. The summer 1998 issue of Heritage Highlights will highlight a number of the Center’s World War II collections.

Momentarily sheltered from the hot sun, Marine Sergeant David Dempsey, combat correspondent, types his copy and story of the Marine’s seizure of the island of Namur, Marshalls. Don Glassman Papers, American Heritage Center

The AHC is interested in acquiring additional WWII collections to document more fully this important event in our state’s and country’s history. The Center is particularly interested in diaries, letters, photographs, and other items related to the war effort, either relating experiences overseas or on the homefront. Anyone wishing to donate materials, or who knows of someone who may be willing to donate papers, please contact Rick Ewig, PO Box 3924, Laramie, Wyoming, 8207l, 307-766-6385, rewig@uwyo.edu.

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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 January 08, 2001.