University of Wyoming. Department of Zoology and Physiology records

University of Wyoming. Department of Zoology and Physiology records, 1920-1951

Overview of the Collection

Creator: University of Wyoming. Department of Zoology and Physiology
Title: University of Wyoming. Department of Zoology and Physiology records
Dates: 1920-1951 (inclusive)
Date of CollectionDate of Collection

Website capture 2019-present (inclusive)
Date of CollectionDate of Collection
Quantity: 2.55 cubic ft. (6 boxes) + website
Collection Number: 545006
Summary: This collection contains lantern slides of Wyoming during the 1920s and 1930s as well as the University of Wyoming office records from the Course Reorganization Committee regarding the quarter versus semester system. Additionally, the collection includes access to the department's archived website.
Repository: American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY
82071
Telephone: 3077663756
ahcref@uwyo.edu
Access Restrictions: There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
Languages: English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The Department of Zoology and Physiology was the largest academic department at the University of Wyoming and has collaborated with the National Park Service; the Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. The University's location near several mountain ranges and national parks provided a unique opportunity for zoological and physiological study. The department managed field stations in Jackson Hole and a research station at the AMK ranch in Grand Teton Park to foster research in the National Parks of the Rocky Mountain Region. Student and faculty research projects at these sites included fish culture, animal behavior, endocrinology and environmental physiology. Researchers in the Zoology Department studied antelope, deer, elk, bear, beaver, badgers, coyotes, ground squirrels and birds.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection consists of office records from the University of Wyoming Course Reorganization Committee regarding the switch from a quarter system to a semester system. In addition to the office records, the collection includes access to the archived department website as well as lantern slides compiled by Dr. Scott, a former professor with the Department of Zoology and Physiology. These slides contain images from the Snowy Mountain Range near Laramie, Wyoming; Yellowstone National Park; Grant Teton National Park; Medicine Bow National Forest; Jackson Hole National Elk Refuge as well as slides of various animals and plants. The collection also contains a number of “Saint Louis Biological Survey” ecological teaching slides.

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Preferred Citation

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

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by the University of Wyoming. Department of Zoology and Physiology at the date of processing.

Acquisition Information

This material was received from the University of Wyoming. Department of Zoology and Physiology from 1984-1996.

Processing Note

The collection was processed by Samantha Fawcett, May 2011.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I. Office Files, 1947-1951Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	1	Committee on the Review of Course Offerings	1950
1	2	Course Reorganization Committee	1947-1950
1	3	Course Reorganization Committee Completed Report	1951?
1	4	Course Reorganization Committee, Department Responses to Quarter versus Semester System	1950
1	5	Course Reorganization Committee on Course Offering Review, Correspondence	1950
1	6	Course Reorganization Committee Report to President Humphrey	1951
1	7	Course Reorganization Committee Studies, Findings and Reports	1951
2	1	Course Reorganization Materials, Ballots, Research and Reports	1950-1951
2	2	Evaluation of Faculty Related Materials	1947
2		Form for Project Report - Zoology and Parasitology	1941
2	3	(Part 1 of 2) Preliminary Drafts, Lectures, Questionnaires, Course Reorganization Quarter versus Semester	1950
2	4	(Part 2 of 2) Preliminary Drafts, Lectures, Questionnaires, Course Reorganization Quarter versus Semester	1950
2	5	Quarter versus Semester System - Final Copy	August, 1950

Series II. Lantern Slides, 1920s - 1930sReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Sub-series 1. Locations and Animals of Wyoming	1920s-1930s
Box	Slot
4	74	Archeopteryx	1920s-1930s
	Envelope
6	1-2	Ascaridia	1920s-1930s
6	3	Aspen Tree	1920s-1930s
	Slot
4	15, 26	Badger	1920s-1930s
	Envelope
6	4	Balbiania on Esophogus of Sheep	1920s-1930s
	Slot
3	63	"Battleship", Red Buttes 12 miles South of Laramie, Wyoming	November 1932
	Envelope
6	5	Boophilus Annulatus (Hard Tick)	1920s-1930s
	Slot
4	22	Bear (Black), Yellowstone	1920s-1930s
4	20	Bear Confrontation	1920s-1930s
4	21	Bears (Grizzlies)	1920s-1930s
4	34	Bear on Highway looking into a Truck, Yellowstone?	1920s-1930s
4	31	Bear with Cubs (Grizzlies)	1920s-1930s
4	33	Bear with Missing Ear	1920s-1930s
4	14	Beaver	1920s-1930s
4	10-12	Beaver House	1920s-1930s
4	13	Beaver work on Aspen	1920s-1930s
3	30-33	Big Horn Sheep	1920s-1930s
	Envelope
6	6	Bird (Part 1 of 2)	1920s-1930s
6	7	Bird (Part 2 of 2)	1920s-1930s
6	8	Birds	1920s-1930s
6	9	Birds, Seagulls?	1920s-1930s
	Slot
4	70	Bobolink (male and female)	1920s-1930s
4	66	Bohemian Waxwings, University of Wyoming Campus	March 22, 1932
3	109	Bridger Lake, Wyoming	August 27, 1932
	Envelope
6	10	Bridger Lake, Wyoming	August 27, 1932
	Slot
3	102	Bridger Lake?, Wyoming	1920s-1930s
3	107	Bridger Peak, Wyoming	July 25, 1933
5	51-52	Brooklyn Lake, Wyoming	1930
5	92	Brooklyn Lake and Snowy Range, Wyoming	July 17, 1932
5	72-73	Brooklyn Ridge, Wyoming	1920s-1930s
3	97	Brooks Lake, Wyoming	1920s-1930s
3	27-28	Buffalo, Yellowstone National Park	July 6, 1932
3	54-55	Buffalo, Yellowstone National Park?	1920s-1930s
3	52	Bull Snake, near Sundance, Wyoming	1920s-1930s
3	115	Cabin	1920s-1930s
	Envelope
6	11	Cabin by a Lake	1920s-1930s
	Slot
4	82-83	California Gulls	1920s-1930s
5	60	Camping near Lake Marie, Wyoming	August 1929
4	80	Canadian Geese	1920s-1930s
	Envelope
6	12	Chick/Hatchling	1920s-1930s
6	13	Chick/Hatchling and Egg	1920s-1930s
	Slot
5	71	Class Lake (606), Snowy Range, Medicine Bow, Wyoming	1920s-1930s
3	116	Continental Divide, North end Hayden National Forest, Colorado	1920s-1930s
4	58-59	Coot Nest	July 4, 1930
4	3-4	Cynomys ludovicianus (Black-Tailed Prairie Dog), Weld County Colorado	1920s-1930s
	Envelope
6	14-17	D. Cordatum, Bear	1920s-1930s
6	18	D. Latum for Dog	1920s-1930s
6	19	D. Latum Hamun Maqath	1920s-1930s
	Slot
3	74	Dale Creek, Wyoming?	1920s-1930s
3	75-76	Dale Creek, Wyoming	May 22, 1932
3	108	Dale Creek, Wyoming	May 22, 1932
	Envelope
6	20	Dead Elk	1920s-1930s
6	21	Dog, T. (Taenia) Pisiformis	1920s-1930s
	Slot
4	52-53	Dusky Grouse, Porter Creek	August 18, 1932
4	60	Eared Grebe Nest	July 4, 1930
3	9-10	Elk being Driven to Refuge, Medicine Bow National Forest	February-March 1928
	Envelope
6	22	Elk Calf near Sheep Mountain	1920s-1930s
	Slot
3	5-6	Elk in Pasture near Meeteetse, Wyoming	1920s-1930s
	Envelope
6	23-24	Elk in Pasture near Meeteetse, Wyoming	1920s-1930s
	Slot
3	17	Elk in Yellowstone National Park	1920s-1930s
4	39	Elk Leaving Sheep Mountain Federal Game Reserve, Medicine Bow National Forest	1920s-1930s
3	7-8	Elk, near Sheep Mountain Federal Game Reserve, Medicine Bow National Forest	March 1928
	Envelope
6	25-26	Elk, near Sheep Mountain Federal Game Reserve, Medicine Bow National Forest	1March 1928
	Slot
3	16	Elk on Summer Range	1920s-1930s
3	13	Elk on Winter Range	1920s-1930s
3	15	Elk on Winter Refuge, near Jackson Hole, Wyoming	1920s-1930s
5	77	Encampment River, Wyoming	July 24, 1932
5	68	Englemann Spruce, Near Telephone Creek	June, 1932
	Envelope
6	27	Ewe 980	July 17, 1932
	Slot
4	51	Ferrugineous Rough-legged Hawk in Nest	June 13, 1930
4	50	Ferrugineous Rough-legged Hawk Nest	June 7, 1930
5	98	Flock of Flying Birds	1920s-1930s
4	57	Gadwall Duck Nest	July 4, 1930
	Envelope
6	28	Girl on Horseback	1920s-1930s
	Slot
4	1-2, 30, 36	Golden Mantled Ground Squirrel	1920s-1930s
3	91 and 93	Grand Tetons, Wyoming	August 25, 1932
4	27	Great Horned Owl	1920s-1930s
4	78	Great Horned Owl	1920s-1930s
3	81	Green River Bluffs, Wyoming	August 1925
5	105	Group of People Fishing with a Net	1920s-1930s
5	109	Hatchlings	1920s-1930s
5	97	Hatchlings in Tall Grass	1920s-1930s
3	60, 62	Hell's Half Acre, West of Casper, Wyoming	July 1, 1932
	Envelope
6	29	High Brush	1920s-1930s
	Slot
3	66	Hot Springs Deposits, Thermopolis, Wyoming	1920s-1930s
3	68	Independence Rock, Wyoming	August, 1925
3	72	Inscriptions, Independence Rock, Wyoming	1929
	Envelope
6	30	Intestinal Protozoa of Man	1920s-1930s
	Slot
3	65	Jenny Lake, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming	August 23, 1932
4	81	Killdeer	1920s-1930s
	Envelope
6	31-33	Lake	1920s-1930s
6	35	Lake and Cabin	1920s-1930s
	Slot
5	55	Lake Irene, Colorado	September 11, 1932
5	59	Lake Marie, Wyoming	August 14, 1932
	Envelope
6	34, 36-37	Lake Shore	1920s-1930s
6	38	Lamb 994, Harris Ranch	November 28, 1932
6	39	Lamb with Tapeworms (weight 20 pounds, age 5 months)	August 30, 1932
	Slot
3	96	Laramie Peak, Wyoming	October 16, 1932
5	76	Laramie River looking North at Woods Landing, Wyoming	February 1930
	Envelope
6	40	Large Rattlesnake	1920s-1930s
	Slot
5	70	Libby Flatts area	1920s-1930s
5	66	Little Brooklyn Lake, Wyoming	1929
	Envelope
6	41	Lizard Reproduction Data (chart)	1920s-1930s
	Slot
5	61-62	Lookout Lake, Wyoming	August 14, 1932
3	88	Lower Green River Lake, Wyoming	1929?
3	95	Lower Green River Lake, Wyoming	1929?
	Envelope
6	42	M. Oerialis	1920s-1930s
	Slot
3	71	Machine	1920s-1930s
	Envelope
6	43	Man and Horse	1920s-1930s
6	44-45	Man on Horseback	1920s-1930s
6	46	Man Pointing [at something] with a Horse	1920s-1930s
6	47	Man with a Fish	1920s-1930s
6	48	Man with Horse near a Fence line	1920s-1930s
	Slot
5	56	Medicine Bow Peak, Distant View, Wyoming	1929
	Envelope
6	49	Men on Horseback	1920s-1930s
	Slot
3	60	Mirror Lake, Wyoming	August 14, 1932
5	57-58	Mirror Lake, Wyoming	July 26, 1932
3	1-4, 12	Mule Deer	1920s-1930s
3	49-50	Mule Deer Fawns	1920s-1930s
3	21-22	Moose, Bull	1920s-1930s
3	24-25	Moose, Calf	1920s-1930s
3	23	Moose, Cow	1920s-1930s
3	20	Moose, West arm of Bridger Lake, Wyoming	August 27, 1932
3	101	Mount Moran, Jenny Lake, Wyoming	August 23, 1932
5	74	Nash's Fork, Wyoming	October 1929?
	Envelope
6	56	Nest in Shrub	1920s-1930s
6	50-54	Nest with Eggs	1920s-1930s
	Slot
5	95, 101, 107-108	Nest with Eggs	1920s-1930s
	Envelope
6	55	Nest with Eggs and Dead or Wounded Bird	1920s-1930s
6	57	Nodular Disease, Sheep	1920s-1930s
	Slot
5	65	North Gap Lake, Wyoming	August 14, 1932
4	75	North Fork, Wyoming	June 1932
3	99	North Platte River, Wyoming	1920s-1930s
3	84	North Platte River Canyon, Wyoming	August 18, 1932
3	100	North Platte River Canyon, Wyoming	August 12, 1932
3	112	Old Car with Two Men	1920s-1930s
3	105	Oregon Trail Marker, West of Laramie, Wyoming	July 1932
4	77	Osprey at Nest	1920s-1930s
4	49	Osprey Nest, Upper Yellowstone River	August 25, 1932
	Envelope
6	58-59	Pelican	1920s-1930s
	Slot
4	9	Porcupine, Back View	1920s-1930s
4	7-8	Porcupine, Upper Green River Basin	1920s-1930s
3	38-46	Pronghorn Antelope	1920s-1930s
4	37	Pronghorn Antelope	1920s-1930s
4	76	Ptarmigan Habitat	1920s-1930s
4	75	Ratite Birds	1920s-1930s
5	80	Recreation Hall at University of Wyoming Camp	1920s-1930s
4	62-63	Red-Headed Woodpecker Nest, Torrington, Wyoming	June 28, 1932
	Envelope
6	60-61	River	1920s-1930s
	Slot
4	71-72	Rocky Mountain Jay	1920s-1930s
3	61	Sandstone Butte, 12 miles South of Laramie, Wyoming	November 1932
4	69	Seagulls	1920s-1930s
	Envelope
6	62	Sheep infested with Tapeworms	August 30, 1932
6	65	Shrub	1920s-1930s
6	63-64	Small tree with nests	1920s-1930s
	Slot
4	79	Snow Grouse showing winter changes	1920s-1930s
5	63-64	South Gap Lake, Wyoming	August 14, 1932
3	90	South Pass, looking East, Wyoming	August 1925
4	73	Sparrows	1920s-1930s
4	40	Students at University of Wyoming Summer Camp	Summer 1932
5	69	Sugarloaf, Wyoming and Medicine Bow Peak in storm	July 1929
5	67	Sugarloaf, Wyoming with Medicine Bow Peak left background and Brooklyn Ridge on the right	1929?
4	41	Swainson Hawk Nest, Hutton Lake	July 14, 1932
4	42-43	Swainson Hawk Nest, Hutton Lake	July 21, 1932
4	44-45	Swainson Hawk Nest, Hutton Lake	July 30, 1932
4	46-48	Swainson Hawk Nest, Hutton Lake	August 3, 1932
5	96	Swans	1920s-1930s
4	78	Swastika Lake, Wyoming	September 11, 1932
	Envelope
6	66	T. (Taenia) Pisiformis	1920s-1930s
	Slot
3	79	Thermopolis Hot Springs and Big Horn River, Wyoming	July 2, 1932
5	87	Thorofare Ranger Station, Wyoming	August 27, 1932
5	88	Three Men Fishing	1920s-1930s
	Envelope
6	67	Three Riders on Horseback	1920s-1930s
6	68	Trichinella spiralis (Parasite)	1920s-1930s
6	69-70	Tree	1920s-1930s
	Slot
3	98	Two-Gwo-Tee Pass, Wyoming	August, 1929
	Envelope
6	71	Two Individuals Walking in Snow	1920s-1930s
	Slot
5	82	Two Riders on Horseback	1920s-1930s
5	99	Unidentified Birds	1920s-1930s
3	59	University of Wyoming Summer Camp, Zoology and Botany Students	1929
3	77, 103-104, 101-111, 117-119	Unknown Location	1920s-1930s
5	79, 81, 84-86, 78-90, 93-94, 102-104	Unknown Location	1920s-1930s
	Envelope
6	72-75	Unknown Location	1920s-1930s
6	76-78	Unknown Organism	1920s-1930s
	Slot
3	80	Upper Green River, Wyoming	August 1929
3	69	Water Fall	1920s-1930s
4	67-68	Western Redtail Hawk	July 28, 1930
4	86	Western Redtail Hawk	August 8, 1930
4	84	White Pelican Young	1920s-1930s
4	54-55	White-Tailed Ptarmigan, Top of Snowy Range	July 1929
3	85-86	Wind River Canyon, Wyoming	July 2, 1932
3	82	Wind River Canyon, near Shoshone, East from Dam, Wyoming	July 2, 1932
3	73	Wind River Canyon, near Shoshone, West below Dam, Wyoming	July 2, 1932
3	87	Wind River Canyon, South Entrance, Wyoming	July 2, 1932
4	16	Wolf Pup (601), Douglas, Wyoming	1920s-1930s
4	64	Yellowheaded-Blackbird Nest	July 4, 1930
4	65	Yellowheaded-Blackbird Nest and Young	July 4, 1930
	Envelope
6	79-81	Yellowstone National Park	1932?
6	82	Yellowstone National Park, Beaver-dam Creek, South East arm of Yellowstone Lake	August 29, 1932
6	83	Yellowstone National Park, Black Bear and Cub near West Thumb	1920s-1930s
6	84-85	Yellowstone National Park, Black Bear near Bridge Bay	July 1932
	Slot
5	106	Yellowstone National Park, Brown Bear	1920s-1930s
	Envelope
6	86	Yellowstone National Park, Bull Elk	August 29, 1932
6	87	Yellowstone National Park, Canyon, Bear Feeding Grounds	August 1929
6	88	Yellowstone National Park, Canyon, Bear Feeding Grounds, Black Bear and California Gulls	August 1929
6	89	Yellowstone National Park, Chipmunk Creek	July 9, 1932
	Slot
5	2	Yellowstone National Park, Daisy Geyser	July 6, 1932
	Envelope
6	90	Yellowstone National Park, Firehole Cascades	August 31, 1932
6	91	Yellowstone National Park, Gibbon Falls	July 6, 1932
6	96-97	Yellowstone National Park, Lewis Falls	August 1926
6	98	Yellowstone National Park, Lewis Falls, Yellowstone River	August 29, 1932
6	99	Yellowstone National Park, Moose Falls	August 23, 1932
6	100	Yellowstone National Park, Pele Island	July 9, 1932
6	101	Yellowstone National Park, Pelicans	1932
6	102-105	Yellowstone National Park, Pelican Island	August 1932
6	106	Yellowstone National Park, Petrified Tree	July 5, 1932
6	107	Yellowstone National Park, Rustic Falls	July 6, 1932
6	108	Yellowstone National Park, Upper Yellowstone	August 26, 1932
6	109	Yellowstone National Park, Upper Yellowstone River	August 25, 1932
6	111	Yellowstone National Park, Upper Yellowstone River Conglomerate	August 1932
6	110	Yellowstone National Park, Valley, Upper Yellowstone River	August 28, 1932
6	112	Yellowstone National Park, Upper Yellowstone River, near Park Boundary	August 27, 1932
6	92-95, 113	Yellowstone National Park, Yellowstone Lake	1932?
6	114	Yellowstone National Park, Yellowstone River, 6 miles below Yellowstone Lake	July 4, 1932
6	115	Yellowstone National Park, Yellowstone River above Falls	July 7, 1932
	Slot
4	87	Young White-rumped Shrikes, near Lingle, Wyoming	June 25, 19326+
		Sub-series 2. Animal and Plant Ecology Instructional Slides	1920s-1930s
Box	Slot
5	43	Ampeloglypter sesostris (Grape Cane Gallmaker)	1920s-1930s
5	34, 36	Animal Camouflage Techniques	1920s-1930s
5	33	Animal Hunting and Adaptations	1920s-1930s
5	20	Anthropoda	1920s-1930s
5	3	Apple Chimera	1920s-1930s
5	4, 17	Aquatic Chrysomelidae	1920s-1930s
5	29	Aquatic Organisms	1920s-1930s
5	22	Assorted Animals	1920s-1930s
5	42	Birds	1920s-1930s
5	7, 44	Butterflies	1920s-1930s
5	27	Camels	1920s-1930s
5	39	Climacia dictyona (Sponge Flies)	1920s-1930s
5	49	Coccyzus americanus (Yellow-billed Cuckoo) and Eudemis botrana (Grape Berry Moth)	1920s-1930s
5	24	Collaboration of a Spider and Protective Mimicry in a "tree hopper"	1920s-1930s
5	16	Color Adaptation of Moths and Pupae	1920s-1930s
5	25	Cynthia cardui (Painted Lady Butterfly)	1920s-1930s
5	28	Dasypus novemcinctus (Nine-banded Armadillo)	1920s-1930s
5	5	Development of Distomum	1920s-1930s
5	34	Development of Frog	1920s-1930s
5	31	Diaphus effulgens (Headlight Fish) and Typhlomolge Rathbuni (Texas Blind Salamander)	1920s-1930s
5	40	Fish	1920s-1930s
5	9	Food Plant and Transformations of Galerucella Nymphaeae (Water Lily Beetle)	1920s-1930s
5	10	Fruit Eating Bats and Flying Squirrels	1920s-1930s
5	6	Gamarus Neglectus	1920s-1930s
5	46	Hawk, Moths	1920s-1930s
5	13	Inedible Curculios and Lady-bettle imitators from the Philippine Islands	1920s-1930s
5	45	Insect Life cycle Stages	1920s-1930s
5	14	Insects	1920s-1930s
5	41	Larva and Cocoons	1920s-1930s
5	21	Larva, Gasterosteus bispinosus (Two-spined Stickleback)	1920s-1930s
5	19	Lumbricus	1920s-1930s
5	23	Lymnaea stagnalis (Great Pond Snail) Shells	1920s-1930s
5	11	Mimicking a Monarch Butterfly	1920s-1930s
5	35	Newts, Salamanders and Cecilians	1920s-1930s
5	37	Ondatra zibethica (Musquash or Muskrat)	1920s-1930s
5	50	Parasite on Wheat Louse	1920s-1930s
5	47	Plant Louse	1920s-1930s
5	8	Pupae Types	1920s-1930s
5	38	Roebuck, Beaver and Ruby-throated Hummingbird	1920s-1930s
5	26	Schizogony	1920s-1930s
5	30	Seasonal Color Changes, Arctic Fox and Grass Porgy	1920s-1930s
5	18	Simulium Society	1920s-1930s
5	12	Tamandua tetradactyla (Collared Anteater)	1920s-1930s
5	48	"The Insect World"	1920s-1930s
5	15	Vespula maculifrons (Yellow Jacket)	1920s-1930s

Series III. Website, 2016-ongoingReturn to Top

This series includes access to the archived University of Wyoming Department of Zoology and Physiology website.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Digital		Website: Department of Zoology and Physiology	2016-ongoing

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Education, Higher -- Administration.

Corporate Names

University of Wyoming.

Geographical Names

Medicine Bow (Wyo.)
Wyoming -- History -- 1919-1945.
Wyoming -- History -- 1945-1999.
Wyoming -- History -- 2000-
Yellowstone National Park.

Form or Genre Terms

Lantern slides.

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