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African-American History in Wyoming: General Resources

This guide shows what primary and secondary sources the Wyoming State Archives holds that relate to African-American Wyomingites.

Sources on the History of African Americans in the West, in Our Collections

  1. Bruyn, Kathleen. "'Aunt' Clara Brown: Story of a Black Pioneer." Pruett Publishing Company, 1970.
  2. Butler, Benjamin F. "Butler's Book: A Review of His Legal, Political, and Military Career." A.M. Thayer & Co. Book Publishers, 1892.
  3. Cromwell, John W. "The Negro in American History." Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1968.
  4. De T. Abajian, James (editor). "Blacks and Their Contributions to the American West: A Bibliography and Union List of Library Holdings Through 1970." G.K. Hall, 1974.
  5. Fuller, Sara. "The Ohio Black History Guide." Archives-Library Division Ohio Historical Society, 1975.
  6. H99-64 African American Culture and History – Macmillan Library Reference USA CD-Rom
  7. Hine, Darlene and Thompson, Kathleen. "A Shining Thread of Hope: The History of Black Women in America." Broadway Books, 1999.
  8. Johnson, Charles Spurgeon. "The Negro in American Civilization: A Study of Negro Life and Race Relations in the Light of Social Research." Henry Holt, 1937. 
  9. Katz, William Loren. "Black Women of the Old West." Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1995.
  10. Riley, Glenda. "American Daughters: Black Women in the West." Montana the Magazine of Western History; Spring 1988 Vol. 38, No. 2
  11. Savage, William Sherman. "Blacks in the West." Greenwood Publishing Group, 1977.
  12. Stover, Earl F. "Blacks in the West." Nebraska History Vol. 56, No. 1 Spring 1975 Pages 20-50
  13. Stover, Earl F. "Chaplain Henry V. Plummer, His Ministry and His Court Martial." Nebraska History Vol. 56, Number 1, Sept. 1975
  14. Sweeny, W. Allison. "History of the American Negro in the Great World War." Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1970.
  15. Vanepps-Taylor, Betti. "Forgotten Lives: African-Americans in South Dakota." South Dakota State Historical Society Press, 2008.
  16. Waddell, Karen. "Dearfield… A Dream Deferred." Colorado Heritage 1988, Issue 2
  17. Works Progress Administration. "The Negroes of Nebraska: Nebraska Writers Project." Omaha Urban League Community Center, 1940. PAM973NH.
  18. Zochert, Donald. "This Nation Never Saw a Black Man Before." American Heritage Vol. 22, No. 2, Feb. 1971

 

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