University of Wyoming American Heritage Center
12882
McKay, Susan, 1942-
Wyoming Women’s History: Choices and Changes Oral History Project
2017-2022
.25 cf. (1 box) + 56.72 GB
Collection contains audio oral history interviews, transcripts, images, a map, and documentation for the "Wyoming Women’s History: Choices and Changes Oral History Project." The project was intended to capture experiences of women born between 1939 and 1946 who lived in Wyoming all or most of their lives.
English
Biography of the Wyoming Women’s History: Choices and Changes Oral History Project
The "Wyoming Women’s History: Choices and Changes Oral History Project" was conducted by Susan McKay from 2017-2022. The project was intended to capture experiences of women born between 1939 and 1946 who lived in Wyoming all or most of their lives. The focus was upon ordinary women who experienced times of significant societal change and how the influence of living in Wyoming may have affected their choices and the changes they experienced in their lives. Over fifty women were interviewed throughout the state of Wyoming from 2017-2022.
Scope and Content
Collection contains audio oral history interviews, transcripts, images, a map, and documentation for the "Wyoming Women’s History: Choices and Changes Oral History Project."
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes,
and the collection is open to the public.
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Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection
Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
This material was received from Susan McKay from 2018-2023.
The collection was processed by Jamie J. Greene in April 2023.
Susan McKay papers, 1970-2017, 400036, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Access Terms
Feminism -- Wyoming -- 20th century
Gender roles
Ranching -- Wyoming
Voluntarism
Women -- Education -- Wyoming
Women -- Wyoming -- History -- 20th century
Women -- Wyoming -- Employment
Women -- Wyoming -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
Women -- Wyoming -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Wyoming -- History -- 1946-1999
Wyoming -- History -- 2000-
Oral history (discipline)
Oral histories (literary works)
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Auld, Betty Lou, interviewee.
Aldred, Gail, interviewee
Astle, Betty, interviewee.
Audier, Frances M., interviewee.
Chisholm, Maxine S., interviewee.
Christianson, Cheryll, interviewee.
Coca, Connie, interviewee.
Copeland, Dona C., interviewee.
David, Toni, interviewee.
Davis, JoAnn Barba, interviewee.
De Lambert, Shirley R., interviewee.
Devin, Irene K., interviewee.
Diedtrich, Joyce Bayne, interviewee.
Dominick, Bettye, interviewee.
Dunlap, Joan Welch, interviewee.
Espenscheid, Nancy, interviewee.
Field, Sharon Lass, interviewee.
Firestone, Kit, interviewee.
Flitner, Mary Budd, interviewee.
Frausto, Julie M., interviewee.
Frolander, Patricia, interviewee.
Gabriel, Karen Marie, interviewee.
Grubb, Laureen Welton, interviewee.
Hansen, Sylvia Nelson, interviewee.
Harris, Janice, interviewee.
Haslam, Dolores J., interviewee.
Hensley, Marcia, interviewee.
Herold, Karen, interviewee.
Holberg, Sarah, interviewee.
Hoy, Isabel Marie Milberger, interviewee.
Johnson, Lorna, interviewee.
Johnston, Eleanor Stepp, interviewee.
Karpan, Kathleen, interviewee.
Ksir, Sandra, interviewee.
McConigley, Nimi N., interviewee.
McKay, Susan, interviewee.
Moberg, Linda Canfield, interviewee.
Montgomery, Janet, interviewee.
Nagel, Patricia, interviewee.
Niner, Barbara, interviewee.
Owen, Connie, interviewee.
Pape, Annette, interviewee.
Pyatt, A. Kayne, interviewee.
Ross, Barbara Irane, interviewee.
Ruffing, Donna, interviewee.
Sarvey, Sally, interviewee.
Saunders, Myrna, interviewee.
Schiller, Eileen Watt, interviewee.
Surdam, Joyce, interviewee.
Turner, Mary Kay, interviewee.
Utter, Sharon Flork, interviewee.
Wartig, Marilyn, interviewee.
Watson, Rita E., interviewee.
Young, Anne N., interviewee.
Wyoming
Women
Oral Histories
Social Life and Customs
Politics, Government, and Law
Wyoming Women's History: Choices and Changes Oral History Project
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_006Introduction to project: Oral Histories of Wyoming Women "War Babies"2022
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_006Map of interview locations in Wyoming2022
Audio recordings, transcripts, and interview documents:
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_002-003Betty Lou Auld, Rock Springs (SD card)August 7, 2018
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_002-003Gail Aldred, Rock Springs (SD card)May 14, 2018
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_005Betty Astle, Afton January 22, 2021
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_005Frances "Francie" M. Audier, Cody May 3, 2021
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_001Maxine S. Chisholm, Laramie (170605-000.wav, SD card)June 5, 2017
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_002-003Cheryll Christianson, Lusk (181018-001.wav, SD card)October 10,2018
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_002 and 004Connie Coca, Laramie (200312-000.wav, SD card)March 12, 2020
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_005Dona C. Copeland, CodyMay 3, 2021
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_005Toni David, Big PineyMay 24, 2021
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_002-003JoAnn Barba Davis, Laramie (180404-000.wav, SD card)April 4, 2018
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_005Shirley R. De Lambert, EdenMay 23, 2021
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_002-003Irene K. Devin, Laramie (180405-000.wav, SD card)April 5, 2018
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_002 and 004Joyce Bayne Diedtrich, Newcastle (190925-000.wav, SD card)September 25, 2019
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_005Bettye Dominick, CodyMay 4, 2021
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_002 and 004Joan Welch Dunlap, Casper (190924-002.wav, SD card)September 24, 2019
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_005Nancy Espenscheid, Big PineyMay 24, 2021
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_005Sharon Lass Field, CheyenneJune 28, 2021
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_001Kit Firestone, Granite Springs (170628-000.wav, SD card)June 28, 2017
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_005Mary Budd Flitner, GreybullOctober 21, 2021
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_001Julie M. Frausto, Laramie (170719-000.wav, SD card)July 19, 2017
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_005Patricia "Pat" Frolander, SundanceJune 3, 2021
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_001Karen Marie Gabriel, Laramie (170405-000.wav, SD card)April 5, 2017
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_002 and 004Laureen "Renie" Welton Grubb, Saratoga (190828-000.wav, SD card)August 28, 2019
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_001Sylvia Nelson Hansen, Laramie (170710-000.wav, SD card)July 10, 2017
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_001 and 005Janice Harris, JacksonSeptember 14, 2020
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_002 and 004Dolores J. Haslam, Lander (190514-000.wav, SD card)May 14, 2019
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_002 and 004Marcia Hensley, Laramie (191113-000.wav, SD card)November 13, 2019
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_002 and 004Karen Herold, Saratoga (190730-000.wav, SD card)July 30, 2019
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_005Sarah "Sally" Holberg, CodyMay 4, 2021
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_002-003Isabel Marie Milberger Hoy, Torrington (SD card)September 7, 2018
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_001 and 003Lorna Johnson (170921.000.wav, SD card)September 21, 2017
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_005Eleanor Stepp Johnston, La BargeJuly 25, 2021
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_002 and 004Kathleen "Kathy" Karpan, Cheyenne (190416-001.wav, SD card)April 16, 2019
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_001Sandra "Sandy" Ksir, Laramie (170601-001.wav, SD card)June 1, 2017
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_005Nimi Nirmala McConigley, CasperFebruary 7, 2022
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_005Susan McKay, LaramieFebruary 17, 2021
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_005Linda Canfield Moberg, SundanceJune 4, 2021
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_002 and 004Janet Montgomery, Pinedale (190904-000-001.wav, SD card)September 4, 2019
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_002-003Patricia "Pat" Nagel, Casper (SD card)June 21, 2018
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_002-003Barbara "Barb" Niner, Big Horn (SD card)June 22, 2018
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_001Connie Owen, Jackson (170823-001.wav, SD card)August 23, 2017
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_002 and 004Annette Pape, Pinedale (190905-000.wav, SD card)September 5, 2019
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_005A. Kayne Pyatt, EvanstonDecember 28, 2020
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_005Barbara Irane Ross, ThermopolisMay 1, 2021
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_002-003Donna Ruffing, Lusk (SD card)October 18, 2018
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_002 and 004Sally Sarvey, Casper (190924-000-001.wav, SD card)September 24, 2019
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_002-003Myrna Saunders, Sheridan (SD card)June 21, 2018
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_002 and 004Eileen Watt Schiller, Upton (190925-000-001.wav, SD card)September 25, 2019
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_001Joyce Surdam, Jackson (170602-000.wav, SD card)June 2, 2017
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_001Mary Kay Turner, Jackson (170823-000.wav, SD card)August 23, 2017
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_002-003Sharon Flork Utter, Wheatland (180403-000-001.wav, SD card)April 3, 2018
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_005Marilyn Wartig, WilsonSeptember 15, 2020
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_005Rita E. Watson, CheyenneJune 24, 2021
1 and Digitalahcdm_12882_005Anne N. Young, CodyMay 2, 2021