Archives On The Air
Archives on the Air takes listeners deep into the archives of the University of Wyoming's American Heritage Center. The AHC collects and preserves primary sources and rare books from Wyoming, the Rocky Mountain Region, and select aspects of the American and global past. Voiced by the AHC's Birgit Burke (previously by Molly Marcuse), each new episode of Archives on the Air reveals a fascinating tidbit from the AHC's vast collection.
Latest Episodes
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In the 1920s, Constantine Peter Arnold threw an annual winter picnic at the foot of the Snowy Range to celebrate his February birthday. His elaborate invitations promised guests either “snow or sunshine, only the fool weatherman knows which it will be”. -
Multi-talented Paul Newman was one of film’s most dominant male stars from the mid-1950s through to his retirement from acting in 2007. -
Marjorie Merriweather Post, heiress to the Post Cereals fortune, was a savvy businesswoman and a philanthropist. She built Mar-a-Lago, her Palm Beach, Florida estate in 1927. -
Disney’s 1960 film Swiss Family Robinson was a box office hit. The cast included a whole menagerie of animals, including a tobacco loving zebra named Kitty. -
Roscoe Turner was a pilot who helped publicize and romanticize aviation during the 1920s and 1930s. He regularly broke air speed records and won multiple air speed trophies. -
The Mono Lake Committee formed in 1978 with the goal of saving California’s Mono Lake. -
Near the end of World War II, the USS Queenfish torpedoed the Japanese Navy’s Awa Maru. The sinking of the Awa Maru, which was designated as a Red Cross aid ship, was decried by the Japanese as an “outrageous act of treachery.” -
The Dennis the Menace television show broadcast from 1959 to 1963 followed the adventures of Dennis, the only child of Henry and Alice Mitchell. Dennis’ neighbor, “Good Ol’ Mister Wilson” featured prominently in the program as a foil to Dennis’ many antics. -
Mimi Benzell’s beautiful and versatile voice took her from the New York Metropolitan Opera stage to radio and television performances broadcast across the country. -
The Dennis the Menace television show broadcast from 1959 to 1963 followed the adventures of Dennis, the only child of Henry and Alice Mitchell. Dennis’ neighbor, “Good Ol’ Mister Wilson” featured prominently in the program as a foil to Dennis’ many antics.
