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Category Archives: exhibits
Fashionable and Fanciful Clothing and Accessories: A Selection of John R. Neill’s Imaginative Illustrations in the Oz Books
Introducing a new exhibit in the American Heritage Center’s second-floor loggia! The exhibit is curated by Anne Marie Lane, Head of the Toppan Rare Books Library and is sure to please Oz fans of all ages! In 1900, W.W. Denslow … Continue reading
History to the People: Outreach at the AHC
The AHC does many things to bring the contents of its collections to those individuals who are not able or interested in doing their own research here in our building. For example, we have digitized over 100,000 texts, images, audio, … Continue reading
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From the Director: On Science Fiction
Each fall the University of Wyoming Art Museum generously provides one of its exhibit galleries to the American Heritage Center for a display focused on AHC collections and collection materials. This fall, to more than usual local acclaim, co-curators Rick Ewig … Continue reading
Terror in the Theater: Fifties Fears
The great number and popularity of science fiction movies in the 1950s has led some to call the decade the “Golden Age of Science Fiction Films.” The fantasy and adventure embodied in the science fiction movies of the time often … Continue reading
Papers of African American Educator and Legislator, Harriet “Liz” Byrd at AHC
The American Heritage Center has recently updated the finding aid for the Harriett Elizabeth Byrd family papers to include Ms. Byrd’s most recent donation to the Center. In 1980, after teaching elementary school for nearly thirty years, “Liz” Byrd was … Continue reading
