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            <titlestmt> 
                <titleproper encodinganalog="title">Inventory of the Wyoming Bicentennial Commission Records, <date era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1973-1977</date>
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                <publisher encodinganalog="publisher">University of Wyoming. American
                    Heritage Center.</publisher> 
                <address> 
                    <addressline>American Heritage Center</addressline> 
                    <addressline>Dept. 3924, 1000 E. University Avenue</addressline> 
                    <addressline>University of Wyoming</addressline> 
                    <addressline>Laramie, WY 82071</addressline> 
                    <addressline>Phone: 307.766.2574</addressline> 
                    <addressline>Fax:307.766.5511 </addressline> 
                    <addressline>Email:ahcref@uwyo.edu</addressline> 
                    <addressline>URL:http://ahc.uwyo.edu/</addressline> 
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                <date era="ce" calendar="gregorian" encodinganalog="date">2019</date> 
                <p>University of Wyoming</p> 
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            <creation>Finding aid encoded by Leslie Waggener.
                <date era="ce" calendar="gregorian">2019</date> </creation> 
            <langusage>Finding aid is in <language encodinganalog="language" langcode="eng">English</language>
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            <head>Collection Summary</head> 
            
            <origination label="creator" encodinganalog="110"> 
                <corpname>Wyoming Bicentennial Commission</corpname> </origination> 
            
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245" label="title">Wyoming Bicentennial Commission records</unittitle>
                <unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian" normal="Date of Collection">1973-1977</unitdate>
            
            <unitid countrycode="us" repositorycode="WyU-AH" label="Collection Number">05219</unitid>
            
            <physdesc encodinganalog="300" label="Size"> <extent>0.4 cubic ft. (4 envelopes)</extent> </physdesc> 
            <repository encodinganalog="852" label="Repository"> 
                <corpname>University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.</corpname>
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            <abstract label="Abstract">Records of a state board in Wyoming responsible for local celebrations of the national bicentennial in 1976.</abstract>
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            <head>Description of the Wyoming Bicentennial Commission</head><p>The Wyoming Bicentennial Commission (WBC) was the state board responsible for local celebrations of the national bicentennial in 1976. Wyoming photojournalist Charles “Pat” Hall served as executive director of the WBC in 1976.</p>
            
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            <head>Scope and Content</head><p>The collection contains commemorative envelopes. There are three envelopes postmarked July 4, 1973 from Freedom, Wyoming, labeled “The Spirit of ’76 in the American West; an envelope commemorating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Wyoming Stock Growers Association (1973); and envelopes commemorating Fort Laramie, “Old Bedlam” (Fort Laramie’s post headquarters), and Banner, Wyoming; envelopes commemorating Wyoming’s Native Americans, Wyoming Governor Nellie Tayloe Ross, First Flight – CAM #12, the Cheyenne and Black Hills Stage and Express Company, Centennial, Wyoming, and Independence Rock. Also included are commemorative stamps for the American Bicentennial, Centennial, Wyoming, Nellie Tayloe Ross, and Fort Laramie. Additionally, there two booklets: a booklet titled <emph>At Noon We Reached Independence Rock…</emph> edited by Pat Hall and prepared by the WBC (1973) and a booklet by Pat Hall titled <emph>Documents of Wyoming Heritage</emph> published by the WBC (1976).</p>
            <p>Also included are other commemorative items issued by the WBC, including a souvenir card with stamps labeled “History through Stamps, 125th Anniversary – Fort Laramie, Wyoming, 1849-1974”; a “Bicentennial Passport to Wyoming”; a commemorative coin with the Great Seal of Wyoming; two commemorative medallions; and a certificate of appreciation awarded to the University of Wyoming by the WBC (1977). Included is a photograph of the “76 Wagon” and transcript of a conversation between Pat Hall and Millicent James of Kaycee, Wyoming, to authenticate the photograph that allegedly included Nate Champion, who was killed during the Johnson County War. There are also reprints of <emph>Bicentennial Times</emph> issued by the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission (1976).</p>
                        
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            <head>Access Restrictions</head> 
            <p>There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.</p> 
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        <userestrict> 
            <head>Copyright Information</head> 
            <p>The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.</p> 
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            <head> Related Materials</head> 
            <p>The Library of Congress holds general subject files (1968-1978), administrative files (1971-1980), and project and program records (1970-1978) of the Wyoming Bicentennial Commission. The Wyoming State Archives holds a file on the Wyoming Bicentennial Commission dating from 1973 to 1975 in the Wyoming State Archives, Museums and Historical Department records, 1961-2005.</p>  
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            <head>Acquisition Information</head> 
            <p>This material was received from Charles “Pat” Hall from 1973 to 1977.</p> 
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            <head>Preferred Citation</head> 
            <p>Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.</p> 
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            <persname source="lcnaf" encodinganalog="600">Hall, Charles, 1930-2012.</persname>
            <persname source="lcnaf" encodinganalog="600">Ross, Nellie Tayloe, 1876-1977.</persname>
            
            <corpname source="lcnaf" encodinganalog="610">Wyoming Stock Growers Association.</corpname>
            <corpname source="lcnaf" encodinganalog="610">Cheyenne and Black Hills Stage Company.</corpname>
            <corpname source="lcnaf" encodinganalog="610">Old Bedlam (Fort Laramie, Wyo.).</corpname>
            <corpname source="lcnaf" encodinganalog="610">American Revolution Bicentennial Commission.</corpname>
            
            <subject source="lcsh" encodinganalog="650">American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976.</subject>
            <subject source="lcsh" encodinganalog="650">Anniversaries -- United States.</subject>
            <subject source="lcsh" encodinganalog="650">Johnson County War, 1892.</subject>
            <subject source="lcsh" encodinganalog="650">Covers (Philately) -- United States.</subject>
            <subject source="lcsh" encodinganalog="650">Commemorative postage stamps -- United States.</subject>
            <subject source="lcsh" encodinganalog="650">Indians of North America -- Wyoming.</subject>
            <subject source="lcsh" encodinganalog="650"> </subject>
            
            <geogname source="lcnaf" encodinganalog="651">United States -- Centennial celebrations, etc.</geogname>
            <geogname source="lcnaf" encodinganalog="651">Wyoming -- Centennial celebrations, etc.</geogname>
            <geogname source="lcnaf" encodinganalog="651">Wyoming -- History -- To 1889.</geogname>
            <geogname source="lcnaf" encodinganalog="651">Wyoming -- History -- 1890-1918.</geogname>
            <geogname source="lcnaf" encodinganalog="651">Wyoming -- History -- 1919-1945.</geogname>
            <geogname source="lcnaf" encodinganalog="651">Wyoming -- History -- 1946-1999.</geogname>
            <geogname source="lcnaf" encodinganalog="651">Independence Rock (Wyo.).</geogname>
            <geogname source="lcnaf" encodinganalog="651">Centennial (Wyo.).</geogname>
            <geogname source="lcnaf" encodinganalog="651">Fort Laramie (Wyo. : Fort).</geogname>
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                <subject source="archiveswest" altrender="nodisplay" encodinganalog="690">Wyoming</subject>
                <subject source="archiveswest" altrender="nodisplay" encodinganalog="690">People, Ethnicity, and Culture</subject>
                <subject source="archiveswest" altrender="nodisplay" encodinganalog="690">Native Americans</subject>                
                
                
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                        <unittitle><extref href="http://ahc.uwyo.edu/_files/pdffa/05219.pdf">Link to Container List (PDF)</extref></unittitle>
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