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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Professor Samuel Knight founded the UW Science Camp in 1925. It provided generations of students from universities across the U.S. the chance to study Wyoming’s unique geology in the field. -
In 1881, George “Big Nose” Parrott was lynched by a group of masked men from Carbon County after he killed the deputy sheriff.
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In 1914, girls in Laramie organized a Camp Fire Girls club. The club was especially active in community service during World War II.
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The first woman elected to Wyoming’s House of Representatives, Mary Bellamy was also an active suffragist.
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Coach Lloyd Eaton dismissed fourteen African American players from the 1969 University of Wyoming football team after the group asked to wear black armbands to protest the policies of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Five-year-old Bill Mahan moved from Washington to Los Angeles to become a child star, acting in the 17 films featuring the Jones Family.
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Mountain climber Luther Jerstad was part of the team of American climbers that summited Mount Everest in 1963.
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Eleanor McIlhenny reported from the Panama Canal Zone during and after World War II. The canal was critically important during the war, allowing US warships to cross from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean.
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The television sitcom The Addams Family featured a bizarre cast of characters. Produced by David Levy, the show was known for its zany satire and screwball comedy.
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Sacajawea was a young Shoshone woman who joined Lewis and Clark’s expedition across North America between 1803 and 1806. There is much speculation about where Sacajawea was buried, with several contradicting accounts from Wyoming historians Grace Raymond Hebard and Blanche Schroer.
