Collection Summary
University of Wyoming. African American and Diaspora Studies
Program
University of Wyoming. African American and
Diaspora Studies Program records
1968-2021
Website
capture 2019-ongoing
545015
3.77 cubic ft. (4 boxes) + 349.24 MB + website material
University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
English
African American & Diaspora Studies (AADS) is one of seven
interdisciplinary programs at the University of Wyoming. Collection contains access to the
archived website, student projects, maps, publications, photographs, newspaper clippings,
and flyers relating to the department in electronic and physical formats.
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 access to the archived website, 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.
Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection
is open to the public.
Copyright Information
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laws as they apply.
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Related Materials
There are related archival materials to the University of Wyoming's African American and
Diaspora Studies records located in the University of Wyoming's Black Studies Center records
and the University of Wyoming's Black Student Alliance records at the American Heritage
Center.
Acquisition Information
All material was recieved from the University of Wyoming, African American and Diaspora Studies Program from 2016-2021.
Processing Information
The collection was processed by Jamie J. Greene in August 2016, Maiah Porter in July
2019, and Timberly Vogel in July 2021.
Preferred Citation
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American
Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Access Terms
Black 14 (Laramie, Wyo.).
Brigham Young University.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints.
Wyoming Cowboys (Football team).
University of Wyoming.
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.
Civil rights
demonstrations--Wyoming--Laramie.
Laramie (Wyo.)--Race relations.
Wyoming--History--1946-1999.
Wyoming--History--2000-
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Colleges and Universities
People, Ethnicity, and Culture
African Americans
Wyoming
1
African American Studies Archives
2008
Digital
ahcdm_545015_004
African American and Diaspora Studies Department Brochure
2018
Digital
ahcdm_545015_004
African American and Diaspora Studies Research Symposium
2020
1 and 4African American Studies news clippings1968-2014
Black 14:
1
Correspondence
Digital ahcdm_545015_002Black 14 emails and attachments - Dr. Patton and Phil White2018-2019
4News Clippings1993
1Reunion Information1993
1
Black Settlement in Rural Wyoming Thesis
1988 May
1History of Black Football Players in Wyoming1961-1996
1Liz Byrd Event Guest List2011
2
Map of Bayou Boeuf Country, Louisiana - Solomon Northrup plantation map
1970
1 and Digitalahcdm_545015_004Newsletter: Voices2007-2019
Digitalahcdm_545015_003Photographs - Naming Ceremony2018
Digital
ahcdm_545015_004
Program: What's Feminism Got To Do With It?
2020 February 17
Student projects from the May 3, 2016 "Reimagining the West Symposium" created
by Dr. Kerry Pimblott's "The Black West" seminar class:
3
Bass Reeves museum exhibit board
2016
3
Black 14 museum exhibit board
2016
3
Black Laramie at 1900 museum exhibit board
2016
3
Black Panther Party museum exhibit board
2016
3
Civil Rights Act museum exhibit board
2016
3
Isom Dart museum exhibit board
2016
3
Joseph H.P. Westbrook museum exhibit board
2016
3
Kenny Monday museum exhibit board
2016
3
Ned Huddleston and Black Homesteading museum exhibit board
2016
3
William Jefferson Hardin historical marker
2016
3
Wyoming's Black Legislators, a Century Apart - Liz Byrd and William Jefferson
Hardin museum exhibit board
2016
Digital
ahcdm_545015_001
Video: Reimagining the West
2016
Websites:
Digital
Website:
African American and Diaspora Studies
2019-ongoing
Digital
Website: Black Studies Center
2021-ongoing