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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Madame Chiang Kai-shek, the First Lady of the Republic of China, spent six weeks in 1943 touring the U.S. During her visit she made a plea for American support of China in their war with the Japanese.
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Using color television cameras to broadcast surgical procedures from hospital operating rooms revolutionized medical education in the 1950s.
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The University of Wyoming hosted a visit from Former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev in October 2011. Gorbachev was one of the most transformational world leaders in the 20th century.
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Anthropologist Zdenek Salzmann spent years recording the language and music of the Northern Arapaho. The Morning Sunrise Song would have been sung just as the dancers were preparing to rest. It was typically the last song of the night.
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In 1923, David Delap and two friends managed to reach the top of the Grand Teton without using any ropes. At one point in the climb, they had to improvise, using a pair of pants to haul each other up over the tricky terrain.
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One of the worst ethnic massacres in U.S. history occurred in 1885 in Rock Springs. Hostilities against Chinese miners escalated following a strike at a coal mine and white miners murdered and plundered the homes of their Chinese counterparts.
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Rubber embedded in asphalt creates roadway surfaces that are long-lasting and safe. In the 1950s, the Natural Rubber Bureau Research Laboratory conducted a number of experiments on roads throughout the U.S. and Canada proving the viability of rubberized roads.
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The discovery of copper in the Sierra Madre mountains of south-central Wyoming led to the founding of Encampment.
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The lure of gold led to the development of the Sweetwater Gold Mining District in the Wind River region during the second half of the 19th century.
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Actor Bill Hayes played character Doug Williams for nearly fifty years on the long running NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives.