AHJ_ah400106 Inventory of the Duncan S. Harris papers, 1927-2016 Harris (Duncan S.) papers Processed by Jamie J. Greene University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
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2020

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 Finding aid encoded by Jamie J. Greene September 2020 Finding aid is in English Collection Summary Harris, Duncan S. Duncan S. Harris papers 1927-2016 400106 3.00 cubic ft. (3 boxes) + 155 MB University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English Duncan S. Harris was a University of Wyoming professor of English and director of the Honors Program. Collection contains professional and personal papers regarding the career and life of Duncan S. Harris. Biography of Duncan S. Harris

Duncan S. Harris was a University of Wyoming professor of English and director of the Honors Program. He was born February 22, 1944, in Worland, Wyoming, eventually moving to California. He received his BA from Stanford in 1965 and PhD from Brandeis in 1971. Duncan was hired to teach English at the University of Wyoming in 1970. Being a scholar of Shakespeare, he headed the London Semester program, which gave students the opportunity to travel to London and Stratford to learn about the Bard in the areas he lived. He also served as the director of the UW Honors Program, eventually retiring in 2014. Among his many achievements, Duncan was awarded the Ellbogen Lifetime Achievement Award and the Trustees’ Award of Merit. Duncan Harris was married to Janice H. Harris, also a University of Wyoming professor of English. He passed away in May 2019.

The Harris family consisted of Nadine Nostrum Harris, Arden Seely Harris, and their two children Duncan S. Harris and Andrea Dee Harris Mahoney. At the time of Duncan’s birth, his father, Arden Seely Harris, was serving in the Navy in the Pacific. Upon his return, the young family moved to California. Over the next two decades, Duncan and his sister spent summers in Thermopolis where Duncan would prospect in the Gas Hills for uranium with his grandfather, and winter in California. Duncan’s mother, Nadine, was the daughter of Helen and Alfred Nostrum of Thermopolis, Wyoming. Alfred Nostrum was part owner of the Aljob Mining Company which specialized in uranium. Nadine was also the granddaughter of Jacob and Amanda Nostrum, 1897 homesteaders in the Red Canyon up Owl Creek of Wyoming.

 Scope and Content

Collection contains professional papers of correspondence, reports, photographs, and financial records regarding Harris’ work in the University of Wyoming, Department of English and the Honors Program and family records of correspondence, manuscript materials, photographs, financial documents, and publications related to Aljob Mining Company, the Nostrum Family, and the works of James May Boyer.

Folder titled “Correspondence on London Semester Payment” is to be restricted for 10 years until November 8, 2029.

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Janice Hubbard Harris papers, 400107, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

This material was received from Janice Harris in November 2019.

The collection was processed by Jamie J. Greene in September 2020.

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

 Access Terms University of Wyoming. Department of English University of Wyoming. Honors College University of Wyoming -- Faculty Aljob Mining Company Mining corporations -- Wyoming -- History Mines and mineral resources Uranium Literature -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Wyoming English literature -- Study and teaching (Higher) Universities and colleges -- Honors courses Wyoming -- History -- 1919-1945 Wyoming -- History -- 1946-1999 Wyoming -- History -- 2000- <?xm-replace_text {Title as Subject}?> Education Colleges and Universities Wyoming Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Container List Series I. Family and Personal papers

Sub-series 1. Aljob Mining Company

1Affidavit - delayed registration of birth1956 1Atomic Energy Commission1955-1957 1Balance sheets and trial balance1955-1958 1Bills and miscellaneous1956-1957 1Cash book1953-1957 1Chas. M. Smith1955-1957 1First National Bank statements1956-1959 1Fremont Minerals, Inc.1958 1Fremont Minerals, Inc. - shipping ticket1956-1957 1Haulage1957 1Income taxes1957 1Lease applications1953-1956 1Ledger and expenses1955-1959 1Lucius Pitkin, Inc.1956-1957 1Mining Lawsundated 1Mortgage deed with release of homestead paperworkundated 1Partnership agreements1953 1Reportsundated 1Smelting and Refining Company - settlement sheets1955 1State Board of Equalization1955-1961 2Union carbide1956 2Uranium sales record1956 2U.S. Land Office1955-1958 2Weight and assay certificates1957 2Western Nuclear Corporation1957-1958 Sub-series 2. Nostrum Family documents

2Alfred Nostrum funeral program1968-1973 2Financial documents1985-1995 2Geri May1973 2Legal documents1927-1986 2Mail ephemera1943 2Nostrum - personal1958 2Remembrance book for Alfred Nostrum1968 Sub-series 3. James Boyer May

2"For a New Era of Hate" by James Boyer May1947 2Selected essays, criticisms, fiction, and poems by James Boyer May1957 3"Trace" publication - James Boyer May, Editor1960-1970 Series II. Professional papers

2American Heritage Center history1977-1982 2Correspondence1966-1971 2Grants1996 London Semester:1978-2016 2Correspondence - London semester payment (RESTRICTED until 11-8-2029)1985 2 and Digitalahcdm_400106_002-003Photographs (2 CDs)2010 2Student Advisory Council (SAC) meetings1995-1996 2Tougaloo and Brown racism1968 University of Wyoming Honors Program: 2Budgets1993-1995 2Classes2006-2007 2Correspondence1995-1997 2Graduates1991-1994 2 and Digitalahcdm_400106_001HP 4151: "Food in American Culture: There's More to Food than Eating" Spring 2010 cookbook, Professor David Romtvedt (CD - audio "Food Songs")2010 2Kobe College fan2012 2Miscellaneous1990 2Newsletters1994 2Photographs - Honors House1990-2000 2Projects1994-2002 2Rhodes Scholar newspaper clippings1994 2-3Transition from Donald Boyd to Duncan Harris1992-1995 3UW Honors Program and Honors House history1957-2014