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Inventory of the University of Wyoming. African American and Diaspora Studies Program records, 1968-2016

University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

Email: ahcref@uwyo.edu
URL: http://ahc.uwyo.edu/



"©" 2019

University of Wyoming



Collection Summary

Title University of Wyoming. African American and Diaspora Studies Program records
Dates (Inclusive) 1968-2016
Creator University of Wyoming. African American and Diaspora Studies Program
Abstract African American & Diaspora Studies (AADS) is one of seven interdisciplinary programs at the University of Wyoming. Collection contains student projects, maps, publications, photographs, newspaper clippings, and flyers relating to the department in electronic and physical formats.
Collection Number 545015
Size 3.22 cubic ft. (3 boxes) + 91.4 MB
Repository University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
Language(s) English

History of the University of Wyoming. African American and Diaspora Studies Program

African American & Diaspora Studies (AADS) was one of seven interdisciplinary programs at the University of Wyoming. They provided individuals with the opportunity to study African people in America and throughout the world with a focus on history, culture, media, and life from ancient times to present day.


Scope and Content

The collection contains publications, photographs, newspaper clippings, and flyers relating to the department; a map of Bayou Boeuf country, Louisiana, the area in which Solomon Northup was enslaved; information on the Black 14; a thesis on black settlement in rural Wyoming; and student projects from the 2016 “Reimagining the West Symposium”, created by Dr. Kerry Pimblott’s ‘The Black West’ seminar class.


Restrictions

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

Copyright Information

The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.


Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.


Processing Information

The collection was processed by Jamie J. Greene in August 2016 and Maiah Porter in July 2019.


Acquisition Information

All material was recieved from African American and Disapora Studies Programs. Material was received from Dr. Tracy Owens Patton, Director in 2016. Additional material recieved by Dr. Ulrich Adelt, Director in 2018.


Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by the University of Wyoming. African American and Diaspora Studies Program at the date of processing.


Access Terms

African American football players--Political activity--Wyoming--Laramie.

African Americans--Civil rights--Wyoming--Laramie.

African Americans--Colonization--Wyoming.

African Americans--Education (Higher)--West (U.S.).

African Americans--Study and teaching.

African Americans--Wyoming--History.

Black 14 (Laramie, Wyo.).

Brigham Young University.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Civil rights demonstrations--Wyoming--Laramie.

Laramie (Wyo.)--Race relations.

University of Wyoming.

Wyoming Cowboys (Football team).

Wyoming--History--1946-1999.

Wyoming--History--2000-


Container List

Description Container

African American Studies Archives,   2008

Box 1  

African American Studies news clippings,   1968-2014

Box 1  

Black 14 news clippings, correspondence, reunion information,   circa 1993

Box 2  

Black Settlement in Rural Wyoming Thesis,   1988 May

Box 2  

Map of Bayou Boeuf Country, Louisiana - Solomon Northrup plantation map,   1970

Box 2  

Student projects from the May 3, 2016 "Reimagining the West Symposium" created by Dr. Kerry Pimblott's "The Black West" seminar class: 

 

Bass Reeves museum exhibit board,   2016

Box 3  

Black 14 museum exhibit board,   2016

Box 3  

Black Laramie at 1900 museum exhibit board,   2016

Box 3  

Black Panther Party museum exhibit board,   2016

Box 3  

Civil Rights Act museum exhibit board,   2016

Box 3  

Isom Dart museum exhibit board,   2016

Box 3  

Joseph H.P. Westbrook museum exhibit board,   2016

Box 3  

Kenny Monday museum exhibit board,   2016

Box 3  

Ned Huddleston and Black Homesteading museum exhibit board,   2016

Box 3  

William Jefferson Hardin historical marker,   2016

Box 3  

Wyoming's Black Legislators, a Century Apart - Liz Byrd and William Jefferson Hardin museum exhibit board,   2016

Box 3  

Video: Reimagining the West,   2016

Digital Folder ahcdm_545015_001

 
 
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