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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Standard Oil of California started off selling kerosene in 1875 and eventually expanded its business to include gasoline, motor oils and aviation fuel. -
The Cheyenne based Hands in Harmony promoted awareness of the hearing impaired through their uniquely choreographed sign language performances. -
Shaft was a 1970s era book and movie series and television show. It starred Richard Roundtree as Shaft, New York City’s first fictitious Black private-eye detective. -
The inaugural flight carrying airmail occurred on May 15, 1918. President Woodrow Wilson witnessed the takeoff from the Washington D.C. polo grounds. The plane was destined for New York by way of Philadelphia. -
Actor Peter Lorre performed in more than 80 films, both in the U.S. and internationally. He is best remembered for his villainous leading role in the movie M. -
McClelland “Mac” Barclay devoted his considerable artistic talent to the U.S. Navy where he became one of the artists sent out to record World War II on canvas. -
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.
