LibGuides: American Heritage Center: Outside Resources

University of Wyoming Resources

Further resources available at the University of Wyoming can be found at the links below.

Further resources published by the State of Wyoming can be found at the links below.

Digital Collection
McCracken Research Library. The Archon database of the McCracken Research Library displays a complete list of the Library’s manuscript collections.

WyoHistory.org (Wyoming's Online Encyclopedia)

Mission: The mission of WyoHistory.org is to encourage exploration of Wyoming and its past by building and maintaining a permanent, interactive encyclopedia of Wyoming history as an ongoing project of the Wyoming State Historical Society. It went live in May 2011.
Collection of Oral Histories

Making Wyoming’s historic newspapers available to the world for education and historical research, including genealogy, is the cornerstone of Wyoming Newspapers. Wyoming Newspapers currently includes over 340 historic Wyoming newspapers and more than 800,000 pages, the earliest is the Chugg Water Journal from 1849.

Wyoming Places provides information about locations, histories, and name origins of places in the great state of Wyoming. When possible, we share stories about these places.

WPM Mission Statement: Wyoming Public Media connects Wyoming through news and cultural programming that informs, inspires, and educates.
Archives on the Air: Archives on the Air is a partnership the AHC holds with Wyoming Public Radio. Archives on the Air takes listeners deep into our archives. Archives on the Air can be heard on Wyoming Public Radio Monday through Friday at 11:50 am, and 6:50 pm or online on Wyoming Public Media’s website.
Tribal News from Wind River Indian Reservation
One Minute Audio Snapshots of Wyoming
Wyoming Stories. Captures history through the memories of those who live here.

The Archives’ Historical Photograph Collection includes more than 500,000 images of Wyoming and the Rocky Mountain region. Topics include cowboys, ranches, buildings, scenic views, studio portraits, local communities, historic events, aerial photographs, and much more.

Further resources outside of Wyoming can be found at the links below.

The Library of Congress provides citizens, teachers and students with over 34 million digitized and free primary source documents and tools to enhance teaching, learning and research.
World Digital Library, over 15,000 items
StoryCorps
Veteran's History Project
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