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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George Zuckerman wrote the screenplay for the 1956 film Written on the Wind. It was based on the scandalous death of Zachary Reynolds, heir to the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company fortunes. -
The ill-fated Donner Party expedition set off on the Oregon Trail in the spring of 1846. Destined for California, many of the group starved to death when snow stranded them in the Sierra Nevada mountains for the winter. -
The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 aircraft, first flown in 1970, was plagued with problems. While airline executives originally had high hopes for the plane, ultimately only 386 were ever manufactured and flown. -
Entertainer Bob Hope had a career that spanned nearly eighty years. He performed on radio, stage, television and in movies and was one of the founding fathers of modern standup comedy. -
The 1970 film Tora! Tora! Tora! was an historically accurate retelling of the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese air force in 1941. -
The 1920 “West Coast Gasoline Famine” was caused by a more than 900 percent increase the number of privately owned cars from 1911 to 1919. -
Wyoming sheep wagons like those built by the Schulte Hardware Company of Casper provided sheep herders with a tiny house on wheels. -
German Lambert Kreimer trained the world’s first guide dog for the blind in 1916 and went on to have a long career in the U.S. as a guide dog trainer. -
Investigative reporter Nellie Bly is best remembered for her record breaking 72-day trip around the world in 1889. -
Investigative reporter Nellie Bly is best remembered for her record-breaking 72-day trip around the world in 1889.
