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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The Du Pont family, which made a fortune in chemical products, was once one of the most influential and prominent families in the U.S. -
Archives on the Air- The Tower of London, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is visited by millions each year. It houses the British Crown Jewels and was the site of many infamous executions. -
The Wright-Ingraham Institute’s Running Creek Field Station hosted students interested in cross-disciplinary environmental studies in the 1970s. -
The Citizens Committee to Repeal Chinese Exclusion was founded by Pearl Buck and her husband in May of 1943. The committee was successful in getting the Exclusion Act repealed later that same year. -
The Encyclopaedia Britannica was first published in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1768. It became known as the “World’s Greatest Know-It-All.” -
Frontiersman Oliver Perry Hanna was an early settler of Sheridan County and opened the first hotel in Big Horn, Wyoming. His life on the frontier was rich with adventure. -
Encampment, Wyoming was a town that sprung up in 1897 after copper was discovered in the nearby mountains. -
Edith “Jackie” Ronne was the first American woman to overwinter in Antarctica when she accompanied her husband, Finn Ronne, on the 1946-48 Ronne Expedition to the Antarctic. -
Pioneer Ezra Meeker first traveled along the Oregon Trail in 1852 and in his old age, made it his mission to memorialize the trail with granite markers. -
Lorraine Bonney was an indefatigable champion of Jackson Hole’s wilderness areas. She co-authored several books about Wyoming mountains with her husband and traveled the world mountain climbing and pursuing other adventurous activities.
