Saddling a wild horse, ca. 1900. Photo courtesy of the American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming. Part of the cultural documentation found in Wyoming's Local Legacies projects.

Wyoming

The collections of the American Folklife Center include extensive recordings of American Indian traditions from across the United States. Among its recordings are Northern Arapaho and Shoshone music collected in Wyoming by noted ethnomusicologist Willard Rhodes for the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1951.

Collections

Finding Aid: View a complete list of our Wyoming collections.

Local Legacies: This project provides a "snapshot" of local culture as it was expressed in the year 2000. View Wyoming's Local Legacies projects.

Veterans History Project: Browse state collections from the Veterans History Project.

Songs of America: Browse an interactive state map for selected songs from the American Folklife Center’s collections, as well as songs from the Library’s Music Division and Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.

Additional Resources

Folklife Resources: Find state folklife-related agencies, societies, archives, higher education programs, and more, in Folklife Sourcebook: A Directory of Folklife Resources in the United States.