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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Ellen and William Demorest established a New York City fashion empire, built on their magazine subscriptions, tissue paper patterns and Demorest Fashion Emporium. -
In the 1960s, executives from the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation envisioned a sort of flying bus of the future. They called it the LiftLiner. -
The El Malcriado newspaper was established in 1964 by Chicano labor leader Cesar Chavez. It was the unofficial publication of the United Farm Workers. -
American journalist Ray Josephs was concerned that politics in Argentina in the 1940s might destabilize Latin America. -
Fritz Gutheim was a preservation activist and university professor whose expertise in urban planning and historic preservation influenced generations of students. -
Dr. Arthur Kilness made it his life’s work to study the chemical element selenium and its impact on humans, livestock and wildlife. -
From 1947 to 1971 Warren Page was the shooting editor for Field and Stream magazine. His work took him on hunts for big game across six continents. -
The SALT II Agreement, which was signed in 1979 by Jimmy Carter and Leonid Brezhnev, was the outcome of nearly seven years of negotiations across three U.S. presidential administrations. Its goal was to help reduce the chances of nuclear war. -
The 1950s TV show I Love Lucy won multiple Emmys and is considered to be one of the most influential sitcoms in television history. -
The ABC television series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp starring Hugh O’Brian was loosely based on the real-life Western lawman Wyatt Earp.
