AHJ_ah300023 Inventory of the Matthew Shepard Web Archive, 1998-2008 Shepard (Matthew) Web Archive Creation of web archive by Laura Uglean Jackson University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
American Heritage Center Dept. 3924, 1000 E. University Avenue University of Wyoming Laramie, WY 82071 Phone: 307.766.2574 Fax:307.766.5511 Email:ahcref@uwyo.edu URL:http://ahc.uwyo.edu/
November 2008

University of Wyoming

 Finding aid encoded by Laura Uglean Jackson November 2008 Finding aid is in English Collection Summary Matthew Shepard Web Archive 1998-2008 300023 70 websites, 1.9 million documents University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English Collection includes websites related to Matthew Shepard and the issues surrounding his murder in 1998. Arrangement of the Collection

The websites are organized into six series within this finding aid.

 History of the Matthew Shepard Web Archive

Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, was beaten and left to die in a field outside Laramie, Wyoming, sometime during the night of October 6-7, 1998. Born on December 1, 1976, Shepard was 21 years old when he died. On October 6, 1998, he left a local bar with two Laramie men, Russell Henderson and Aaron McKinney, who later claimed they had intended only to rob him. The crime escalated when they tied Shepard up and beat him fatally. On October 7, 1998, another University of Wyoming student found Shepard tied to a fence. Shepard died at the Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins, Colorado, on October 12, 1998.

October 2008 marked ten years since Matthew Shepard's death. This collection documents the impact that his murder had on people around the world, evinced in web pages, blogs, video clips, online memorials, and the websites of several organizations. It can also be accessed through Archive-It.

 Scope and Content

The 70 websites captured by the web-crawl reflect a broad and in-depth coverage of the Shepard murder, memorials, and efforts that address inequalities based on gender and sexual orientation. These include sites such as the Westboro Baptist Church that protested at the University of Wyoming following Shepard's death and condemns homosexuality. There are also blogs written by friends, family, reporters, and people who did not know Shepard. Also included are sites of organizations related to Matthew Shepard and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender issues. Additionally, the websites of films, books, and music about Shepard's life and his murder were included in the website harvest. Finally, media coverage that only existed on the Internet was included.

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.

 Related Materials

See also the Matthew Shepard collection located at the American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

 Acquisition Information

Websites in this collection were captured in October and November, 2008 using the Internet Archive's Archive-It service. Creation of this web archive was made possible by a grant funded by the University of Wyoming's President's Advisory Council on Minorities' and Women's' Affairs.

 Preferred Citation

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

 Access Terms Shepard, Matthew, d. 1998. University of Wyoming -- History. Matthew Shepard Foundation. Westboro Baptist Church (Topeka, Kan.) Gay rights. Gay rights -- Wyoming. Hate crimes -- Legislation -- Wyoming. Political activists -- Gays -- Wyoming. Civil rights -- Gays -- Wyoming. Gays -- Crimes against -- Wyoming. Wyoming -- History -- 1946- Laramie Project (Made-for-TV movie) People, Ethnicity, and Culture Gays and Lesbians Politics, Government, and Law Civic Activism Civil Procedure and Courts Wyoming Container List Series I. Organizations

Matthew Shepard Foundation October 2008 Anti-Defamation League: Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church April 18, 2008 Ally Week.org 2008 Exploiting the Matthew Shepard Murder by Pat Buchanan October 20, 1998 Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation 2008 Westboro Baptist Church Home Page 2008 Human Rights Campaign: The Matthew Shepard Act October 6, 2008 Matthew's Place 2007 National Gay and Lesbian Task Force: Hate Crimes 2008 Wyoming Equality: Connecting Wyoming's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Community October - November, 2008 Series II. Blogs

Big Gay Jim's Bigger, Gayer Blog October 2008 Logan's Voice October 2008 Wikipedia Entry- Matthew Shepard October - November, 2008 Wikipedia Entry- Matthew Shepard Act October - November, 2008 Feminist Law Professor's Blog 2008 Gay News Blog 2008 The Pansy Project 2008 Remembering Matthew Shepard, 10 Years Later (video) 2008 Dart Blog: Remembering Matthew Shepard, A Decade Later October 13, 2008 The Derek and Romaine Show- Forum 2008 Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Blog October 15, 2008 - November 12, 2008 HubArts.com Blog March 31, 2008 Out in Hollywood- Remembering Matthew Shepard... October 12, 2008 Laramie Blog September 2008 Blog entry: Phelps to Erect Anti-Shepard Monument October 5, 2003 OurChart: Remembering Matthew Shepard October 7, 2008 Series III. Films, Books, and Music

The Laramie Project Community October 2008 The Laramie Project 2008 Ground Spark October 2008 The World of Romaine Patterson October 2008 The Whole World Was Watching 2005 Eat Romaine: The Official Romaine Patterson Site undated HBO Films- The Laramie Project undated Laramie Inside Out 2008 Mtv Films: Anatomy of a Hate Crime 2007 Songs for Matthew Shepard undated Official Site of Randi Driscoll - What Matters 2006 Westboro Baptist Church Sign Movies undated Tectonic Theater Project undated Teaching Tolerance: The Laramie Project undated Journey to a Hate Free Millennium Movie Demo 2008 Randi Driscoll Playing "What Matters" undated Series IV. Memorials and Commemorative Sites

Stop Hate Guestbook 2006 A Tribute to Matthew Wayne Shepard undated Matthew Shepard Tennis Jam 2006 Matt Shepard Memorial undated Flickr: Auckland Community Church's Matthew Shepard Memorial Service October 13, 2008 My tattooed car December 31, 2007 My Matthew Shepard Memorial Page undated The Matthew Shepard Renga Project: A Community Poem March, 2004 Stop the Hate Concert: 10 Years Remembering November 7, 2008 Matthew Shepard Memorial Quilt 2000 Series V. University of Wyoming Sites

Spectrum 2005 Rainbow Resource Center undated Matthew Shepard Resource Site undated Series VI. Online Media Coverage and Articles

WeHo Walkabout: Our City's Heart undated The Campaign to Kill the Matthew Shepard Act, by Counterbias.com May 16, 2007 Courttv.com, The McKinney and Henderson Trials 1999 The Laramie Project Archives (New York Times Articles) 2002 Reflections on the Murder of Matthew Shepard: The Profit-Drivin Method Behind the Madness of Bigotry November 12, 1998