Deborah Hardy Papers, 1940-2001

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Hardy, Deborah, 1927-
Title
Deborah Hardy Papers
Dates
1940-2001 (inclusive)
Quantity
12.68 cubic ft. (17 boxes)
Collection Number
400039
Summary
Deborah Hardy was a professor of history at the University of Wyoming. Collection contains research on the University of Wyoming and Russia, class materials, manuscripts, and other professional papers regarding her career at the University of Wyoming.
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
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

Deborah Hardy was born in 1927 to Doris and Frank Hursley, known as the screenwriters and creators of the soap opera, "General Hospital". Hardy received her Ph.D. from the University of Washington in Russian History. She was chair of the History Department of the University of Wyoming. In 1986 she published "Wyoming University: the First 100 Years" as part of the Centennial Celebration of the university.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Deborah Hardy collection consists of class materials, manuscripts, other professional papers regarding her career at the University of Wyoming, and research materials on Russian history and the University of Wyoming to publish her book, "Wyoming University: The First Hundred Years, 1886-1986". Most of the materials are secondary, but there are transcripts of interviews, 1982-1985, with University of Wyoming faculty and others such as R. E. McWhinnie, Charles C. Chase, and Clifford Hansen.

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Preferred Citation

Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Deborah Hardy Papers, Collection Number 400039, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Related Materials

Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by Deborah Hardy at the date of processing.

Acquisition Information

Acquisition Information

This material was received from Deborah Hardy and Bridget Hardy in 2019.

Processing Note

Processing Information

The collection was processed by Erin Hammer and updated by Jamie Greene in April 2021.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I. Professional FilesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description
Box
6
Book reviews - Wyoming University
1986-1987
6
Book reviews - post retirement
1994-2001
6
Book reviews - The Story of Tatiana
2001
6
Book reviews by Deborah Hardy
1978-1982
6
Students: Lovercheck, Tanis - MA, History
1993
6
Gingy's program 9/98
1998
6
CV's
undated
6
MSS (manuscript correspondence)
1994-2001
6
Promotion to full professor - includes reviews of Tkachev
1977-1980
6
Raleigh/Troitskii project
1990-1998
6
Department - misc projects (current)
1994-1996
6
U.S. Department of Education: consulting and review panel
1993-1996
6
Miscellaneous neat letters, etc. (correspondence)
1982-1994
Manuscripts by Eugene N. Hardy:
Box
8
Alexander I and the Polish Constitution of 1815
1951
8
Polish-Soviet Relations, 1917-1921
1950
8
The National Question in the Comintern, 1919-1935
1948-1950
8
History 236-B - Nationality and Autonomy in the Bolshevik Seizure of Power in Siberia, 1917-1922
1954
8
Whitley Councils in the British Civil Service (masters thesis)
1947
8
The Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic (RSFSR): The role of Nationality in its Creation, 1917-1922 (2 copies of dissertation)
1955
Manuscripts by Deborah Hardy:
Box
8
The Communist Parties of Austria, Hungary, Yugoslavia, and Albania in the Communist International
1950
8
The Yugoslav Communist Party: Its Historical Development, 1919-1941 (2 copies, masters thesis)
1950
8
Petr Nikitich Tkachev: A Political Biography (thesis for PhD)
1968
8
Peter Nikitich Tkachev: His Early Years
1967
8
Papers and articles on Tkachev
1970-1980
8
Papers and articles on narodniki and terrorists
1983
8
Deborah Hardy articles
1980-1990
9
"Wyoming University: The First Hundred Years, 1886-1986" (copy with footnotes)
November 1, 1986
9
Miscellaneous - unidentified
1940-1960
9-10
"Rebels for Life" chapters 1-11, Chaikovtsy (uncut original manuscript, printout and revisions, and copies)
undated

Series II. Teaching and Class FilesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description
Box
4
Europe 1800-1850:
Box
4
Class materials
1992
4
Notes on assigned readings
1982
4
Introduction, Europe 1800-1860
1980-1995
4
Background the French Revolution
1980-1995
4
Napoleon in France
1980-1995
4
England 1800-1815
1980-1995
4
Napoleon in Europe
1980-1995
4
Romanticism
1980-1995
4
Congress of Vienna and Congress system
1980-1995
4
Spain and Italy 1815-1830
1980-1995
4
The Germanies 1800-1815
1980-1995
4
The Germanies after 1815
1980-1995
4
Balkans and Ottoman Empire 1800-1830
1980-1995
4
The Bourbon restoration
1980-1995
4
The French Revolution of 1830
1980-1995
4
Revolutions 1800-1831 - Poland, Belgium, Italy, Germanies
1980-1995
4
England and Reform 1815-1850
1980-1995
4
Farm and City 1800-1848
1980-1995
4
The Chartists
1980-1995
4
Utopian socialists
1980-1995
4
John Stuart Mill
1980-1995
4
Mazzini
1980-1995
4
Revolutions of 1848 - general works
1980-1995
4
1848 French revolution
1980-1995
4
Revolutions of 1848 - Frankfurt
1980-1995
4
Revolutions of 1848 - Austria (Vienna, Prague)
1980-1995
4
Revolutions of 1848 - Germanies and Prussia
1980-1995
4
Revolutions of 1848 - Hungary
1980-1995
4
Revolutions of 1848 - Italy
1980-1995
4
Revolutions of 1848 - aftermath and conclusions
1980-1995
4
The Crimean War
1980-1995
Europe 1850-1914:
Box
4
Class materials
1993
4
Notes on assigned reading
1993
4
Introduction - Europe in 1850
1993
4
Napoleon III
1993
4
Unification of Germany
1993
4
Bismarck's Germany to 1890
1993
4
Unification of Italy
1993
4
Italy 1871-1914
1993
4
The Paris commune of 1871
1993
4
The Third French Republic to 1894
1993
4
Alexander II and the great reforms
1993
4
Balkan Nationalism and crisis of 1878
1993
4
Gladstone and Disraeli 1870-1894
1993
4
English politics 1850-1870
1993
4
Austria and Hungary 1848-1914
1993
4
Age of science - general
1993
4
Science and industry - technology
1993
4
Science and the 2nd industrial revolution
1993
4
Darwin, social science
1993
4
Social classes
1993
4
Trade Unions
1993
4
Socialists and other radicals
1993
4
The internationals
1993
4
Conservatives and parties of right
1993
4
Religion and philosophy
1993
4
Art and literature
1993
4
Cultural despair 1890-1914
1993
4
Germany 1890-1914
1993
4
France 1894-1914
1993
4
England 1895-1914 - notes on readings
1993
4
The Boer War
1993
4
The Anglo-German Naval Race
1993
4
England 1895-1914
1993
4
Russia 1894-1914
1993
4
Imperialism
1993
4
Smaller nations and review
1993
4
The alliance system
1993
4
Militarism and the Hague
1993
Russia since 1855:
Box
4
Party line - literature and the arts
1971-1992
4
Party line - science and scholarship
1971-1992
4
Family in the Soviet Union
1971-1992
4
Psychology in the Soviet Union
1971-1992
4
Women in the Soviet Union
1971-1992
4
Nationalities
1971-1992
4
Social Groups and demography
1971-1992
5
Shaffer - Jews in Russia
1972-1973
5
Soviet foreign policy 1918-1941
1971-1992
5
Russia in World War II
1971-1992
5
The Cold war
1971-1992
5
Wartime conferences and the peace
1971-1992
5
Stalin's last years (1945-1953)
1971-1992
5
Khrushchev
1971-1992
5
Brezhnev
1971-1992
5
Andropov and Chernenko
1971-1992
5
After Brezhnev, What?
1971-1992
5
Gorbachev
1971-1992
5
Clippings and notes - Yeltsin and current
1971-1992
Western Civilization since 1700:
Box
5
Syllabi, handouts, exams
1992
5
Perry et al: Western Civ
1992
5
Notes on class assignments
1992
5
History 311 - Western Civilization:
Box
5
Great powers and vacuums in the 18th century
1989-1990
5
Western civilization around Europe in 1700
1989-1990
5
Lecture - science and the scientific revolution
1989-1990
5
Western civilization life in 18th century Europe
1989-1990
5
The media revolution - printing
1989-1990
5
Europe since 1700 Serfdom, 1700-1850
1989-1990
5
Nationalism 1815-1848 - the Greeks
1989-1990
5
Peter the Great
1989-1990
5
English construction in the 18th century
1989-1990
5
The enlightened despots
1989-1990
5
The Enlightenment
1989-1990
5
Rousseau
1989-1990
5
French Revolution - Anatomy
1989-1990
5
Social classes and French revolution
1989-1990
5
Partitions of Poland
1989-1990
5
Romanticism - elements, religion
1989-1990
5
Nationalism - the theory
1989-1990
5
Art and architecture, 18th century
1989-1990
5
Napoleon
1989-1990
5
Take-off - the industrial revolution
1989-1990
5
Settlement of 1815
1989-1990
5
Age of revolutions 1815-1848
1989-1990
5
Revolutions of 1848 - Vienna, Frankfurt
1989-1990
5
Science and socialism - Theories of Karl Marx
1989-1990
5
Society and people, 1850-1914
1989-1990
5
The new generation (1850-)
1989-1990
5
The Irish question
1989-1990
5
Bismarck
1989-1990
5
The assassination of Alexander II
1989-1990
5
19th century art
1989-1990
5
Cultural despair, 1890-1914
1989-1990
5
The origins of World War I
1989-1990
5
Totalitarianism - general
1989-1990
5
The Dreyfuss affair
1989-1990
5
Lenin and the Russian revolution
1989-1990
5
Stalin's Russia (1928-1939)
1989-1990
5
Nazi Germany
1989-1990
5
Western democracies, 1919-1939
1989-1990
5
The League of Nations
1989-1990
5
From War to War 1919-1939
1989-1990
5
Modern art
1989-1990
5
Mussolini's Italy
1989-1990
5
Europe divided - Origins of Cold War
1989-1990
5
Europe's progress since 1945
1989-1990
5
The Common Market
1989-1990
5
USSR and Eastern Europe since 1945
1989-1990
5
Soviet History: Collectivization: Xerox materials used in Soviet History
Fall 1991
Introduction to History:
Box
5
Syllabi, Handouts, Readings
1988
5
Notes on types and styles
1988
Special topic:
Box
5
Bibliographies, miscellaneous
1991
5
Readings on Marx and the Marxists
1991
5
Readings on revolution (including French)
1991
5
Casper
1993
5
Russian and Slavic course offerings in the Rocky Mountain region
1973
5
Conquest, Robert - Harvest of Sorrow
1982-1990
5
Troitskii project: Soviet Studies
1980-1984
10
Class resources index cards
1970-1990
Maps:
Box
17
Russia
1948
17
Russia in Asia
1886
17
Russia in Europe
1886
17
St. Petersburg, Russia
1900
17
The Histomap of Evolution: Earth, Life, and Mankind for Ten Thousand Million Years
1980-1990
17
The Histomap of History: The Rise and Fall of Peoples and Nations for Four Thousand Years
1980-1990
17
Poster: The Kings and Queens of Great Britain
undated

Series III. Research FilesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description
Sub-series 1. Wyoming University: The First Hundred Years, 1886-1986
Box Folder
1 1
Academic Programs,
1941-1960
1 2
Academic Programs
1961-1981
1 3
Administration and Faculty- Regulations and Benefits
1941-1963
1 4
Agriculture School- Experiment Station
1891-1907
1 5
Agriculture, College of
1914-1977
1 6
American Heritage Center
1964-1977
1 7
American Studies Programs (W.R. Coe Endowment)
1949-1964
1 8
Athletics
1930-1964
1 9
Athletics- Administration
1968-1977
1 10
Athletics- Facilities
1966-1982
1 11
Broadcast Rights
1965-1968
1 12
Budget
1945-1976
1 13
Building Issues and Finances
1948-1964
1 14
Carlson- President
1974-1978
1 15
Community Colleges (Junior Colleges)
1928-1965
1 16
Community Colleges (Junior Colleges)
1969-1977
1 17
Crane Administration- Curricula
1921-1941
1 18
Crane Administration- ROTC and Pacifism
1921-1941
1 19
Crane Administration- ROTC and Pacifism
1921-1941
1 20
Crane Administration- Students
1921-1941
1 21
Crane Administration- Students
1921-1941
2 1
Crane Buildings and Finance
1922-1939
2 2
Crane Buildings and Finance
1922-1939
2 3
Crane Buildings and Finance (Notes)
1922-1939
2 4
Crane, A.G.- Dismissal
1927-1955
2 5
Crane, A.G.- Dismissal Case Statement
1941
2 6
Duniway Administration
1912-1917
2 7
Education, College of
1969-1973
2 8
Faculty in Politics
1938-1960
2 9
Faculty- Policy
1920-1940
2 10
Faculty- Policy During Carlson Administration
1968-1977
2 11
Fey, John T.- President
1962-1966
2 12
Finances
1886-1905
2 13
Gifts and Development
1964-1978
2 14
Hayford, James H.
1826-1902
2 15
Hebard, Dr. Grace R.- Scandal
1931-1932
2 16
Historical Sketches
1912-1983
2 17
History of Nursing Program
1918-1984
2 18
History of Psychology Department
1887-1975
2 19
History of Veterinary Science, Microbiology, and Parasitology
1908-1976
2 20
Hoyt, John Wesley- President
1831-1970
2 21
Humphrey, G.D.- President
1949-1963
2 22
Interview: Carlson
1983
2 23
Interview: Chase, Charles C.
1983
2 24
Interview: Hansen, Clifford
1984
2 25
Interview: Hathaway
1983
2 26
Interview: Hays, Elliot
1985
2 27
Interview: Hillier
1982
2 28
Interview: Jennings
1983
2 29
Interview: McFadden, H.B.
1984
2 30
Interview: McGee, Gale
1983
2 31
Interview: McWhinnie, R.E.
1982
2 32
Interview: Meyer, Jerry
1984
2 33
Interview: Trelease, Frank
1984
2 34
Interview: Villemez, Clare
1975
2 35
Interview: Wilson, Willard
1984
3 1
Jennings, Edward- President
1968-1981
3 2
King, John E.- President
1966-1967
3 3
Legislature
1969-1973
3 4
Legislature
1974-1975
3 5
Legislature
1976-1978
3 6
Medical School Controversy
1967-1978
3 7
Merica Administration
1907-1912
3 8
Morrill, J.L.- President
1941-1945
3 9
Nelson Administration
1917-1922
3 10
Nelson Administration- Notes
1917-1922
3 11
Nominees for President of the University
1967
3 12
Person, H.T.- President
1967-1973
3 13
Research
1964-1978
3 14
Students- Curriculum
1891-1907
3 15
Student Unrest- Alcohol
1975
3 16
Student Unrest- Black 14
1968-1971
3 17
Student Unrest- Flagpole Incident (Kent State Protest)
1969-1971
3 18
Student Unrest- Race (Chicano/Native)
1970-1974
3 19
Student Unrest- Miscellaneous (Athletics, Student Rights, Politics)
1960-1975
3 20
Student Unrest- Miscellaneous ( Dorm Policies, Erotic Films, Politics)
1960-1975
3 21
Tisdel, Frederick M.- President- Scandal
1907-1908
3 22
Twentvite Bulletin
1948
3 23
University/Legislative Relations
1941-1949
3 24
University of Wyoming- Demographics
1887-1982
3 25
University of Wyoming- Founding
1878-1886
3 26
University of Wyoming- Historical Records
1898-1983
3 27
Ware, Dr. Caroline F.- Scandal
1935
3 28
World War II
1941-1945
Sub-series 2. Russia
Box
5
Tikhomirov:
Box
5
Miscellaneous notes - used and useful
1980-1990
5
Diary and writings (typed materials)
1980-1990
5
Tikhomirov diary - Introductory essays and footnotes
1980-1990
5
Klements: Notes and miscellaneous
1980-1990
5
Natanson: Notes and materials
1980-1990
5
Shishko: Notes and materials
1980-1990
6
Sinegub: Materials used
1980-1990
6
Chaikobskii: London period - letters to Breshkovskaia
1925-1926
6
Kropotkin: Notes and miscellaneous
1880-1890
6
Perovskaia
undated
6
Lavrov, Engels
1873-1874
6
Early Works to 1866
1863-1866
Tkachev:
Box
6
Chernyshevskii, Dobroliubov
1876-1878
6
Blanqui - miscellaneous
1885-1952
6
Tkachev on Nabat
1875-1880
6
Reviews, correspondence, etc.
1970-1980
6
Capitalism, utilitarianism, and history
1868-1878
6
Love, heroism, and the populists
1868-1878
6
Russian press materials
1873-1880
6
Last years (Nabat and Ni dieu ni maitre)
1880
6
Prison interlude
1867-1878
6
Nechaev
1869-1920
6
Miscellaneous materials
1860-1920
6
Miscellany (not Tkachev)
1860-1878
6
Tkachev on the peasant
1879
7
Tkachev Russian research articles
1860-1880
6
Russian correspondence and addresses
1990
6
Miscellaneous notes and articles
1980-1990
6
Columbia University: Bakhmetoff archive
1987-1988
6
Hoover Institution - archives
1976-1986
6
European archives (misc.) - Zurich, Geneva, London, Amsterdam
1988-1989
6
Research: Correspondence - Russia
1976-1977
6
Troitskii, N.A.
1978-1990
6
Harvard University, Houghton archives
188-1989
6
Current research - miscellaneous
1981-1990
6
Miscellaneous correspondence regarding research
1975-1988
6
Perovskaia miscellaneous notes - used and useful
1926-1980
6
Charushin: Notes and materials used
undated
6
Articles and notes
1888-1920
6
Publication: "The Russian Review"
January 1995
6
Publication: "Problems of Communism"
January-February 1970
6
Book: Russian
1986
6
Video: "Portrait of the Soviet Union" parts 1-3 (4 VHS tapes)
undated
6
Video: "The Kremlin" narrated by Diane Sawyer (VHS)
undated
7
Shishko letters (misc. archival copies) all Hoover
1940-1960
7
Published journal articles
1970-1980
7
"Vospominania" by Lev Alexsandrovich Tikhomirov (Russian Book - copy)
1894
7
Russian articles for research
1906-1980
10
Artifacts: Russian nesting doll
undated
Microfilm (35mm):
Box
10
Bar party of… Chaikovskii, N.V. - correspondence, subject file - Delo Azeva
1988
10
Chaikovskii, 2 vols., Ivanckive Pisarov
undated
10
Ni Diew Ni Maitre, Nov 20, 1880-July 3, 1881
1880-1881
10
XII Party congress 1923, address by Rykov on regionalization
1923
10
Rev. Zhurnalistika, Nachalo 2x
undated
10
Shishko letters: Volkhousikii collection, Houghton
undated
10
Unidentified - H-744
undated
10
Zhian Narrsional'nostec
undated
Bibliography index:
Box
11 and 15
History of science, terrorism, and miscellaneous projects
1960-1990
11 and 15
Land and Freedom
1960-1980
12-14
Chaikovtsy
1880-1950
11 and 16
Tkachev
1880-1920

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • History -- Study and teaching (Higher)

Personal Names

  • Hansen, Clifford P. (Clifford Peter), 1912-
  • McWhinnie, R. E. (Ralph Edwin), 1898-1995.

Corporate Names

  • University of Wyoming -- Faculty
  • University of Wyoming -- History
  • University of Wyoming. College of Arts and Sciences.
  • University of Wyoming. Department of History

Geographical Names

  • Russia -- History.
  • Wyoming -- History -- 1890-1918.
  • Wyoming -- History -- 1919-1945.
  • Wyoming -- History -- 1946-1999.
  • Wyoming -- History -- To 1889.

Form or Genre Terms

  • Interviews

Titles within the Collection

  • Hardy, Deborah, 1927-, Wyoming University: the first 100 years, 1886-1986