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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Toe tapping, finger snapping, hummable tunes – that’s what Charles N. Daniels was known for.Daniels exercised considerable influence on American popular… -
George Beck was one of the founders of the Shoshone Land and Irrigation Company.The company was formed to divert water from the Shoshone River for…
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Dr. Charles Bingham Penrose was a promising young Philadelphia surgeon who moved to Wyoming after suffering from tuberculosis. His friend and fellow…
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C. Townsend Ludington was aviation pioneer. His career began when he taught flying at the U.S. Naval Air Station in San Diego during WWI. He admired other…
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It’s hard to imagine basketball without the elegant, one handed jump shot. Yet, in the 1930s, basketball coaches insisted players were supposed to keep…
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During World War I, the technology of warfare had not advanced enough to cause Wyoming citizens fear of a direct attack by any of the belligerent…
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Agnes Wright Spring was a Wyoming writer and historian. And she was a young suffragette just before the 19th amendment granted voting rights to women in…
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William Gailmor began his career in the 1930s as an Orthodox Jewish Rabbi in New York. By the 1940s he was a nationally known journalist and radio news…
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By the 1960s, comic books were seen as having no redeeming social value and too simplistic for adults.That changed in 1961 when writer Stan Lee and artist…
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Seth Parker was a fictional preacher created by radio star Phillips Lord. The character was based on Lord's own grandfather. Lord played the elderly…
