Phil Roberts Wyoming History

Oxbow Bend, Grand Teton National Park, 2007. Phil Roberts photograph

PHIL'S COURSES, FALL, 2008

History of Wyoming (HIST 1251) T-Th, 9:35-11 a.m.
History of Oil (HIST 4535/5535) W, 7-9:25 p.m.

Phil's fall office hours: TBA

June 8-14, 2008: Phil will serve as a guide on a tour of Wyoming history sites. Stops will include Fort Laramie, Devils Tower, Gillette coal mines, Johnson County War sites, Sheridan, Casper, and Cody area sites, Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, the Wind River reservation, and South Pass City. For more information, contact Heather at UW Outreach School, Community Service Education, (307) 766-6801

May 15, 2008: Phil presented a brief overview of the history of oil in Wyoming to the noon meeting of the Laramie Rotary Club.

May 8, 2008: Phil led a walking tour of downtown Laramie for Phi Alpha Theta's final meeting of the semester. Phi Alpha Theta is the history honorary. Following the tour, the group had dinner at a local restaurant.

May 5, 2008: Phil spoke in Cheyenne on the history of the Masonic order in Wyoming to a group of Masons.

April 29, 2008: The Department of History awards dinner was held, honoring graduate and undergraduate students.

April 15, 2008: Phil accompanied several employees of the State Parks and Cultural Resources Department to the State Capitol. He testified before a legislative committee on the progress of the Wyoming Blue Book, a project on which he is chief editor. Some of the hearing highlights were summarized in state newspapers the following day.

March 25, 2008: Phil was guest lecturer in a class in the history of the American West. He discussed issues of Western politics in the early 20th century.

March 13, 2008: Phil was guest lecturer in the Wyoming State Museum Annual Lecture Series. He spoke on "Legalizing Liquor, Talking Taxes, and Shrinking Government: How the 1933 Wyoming Legislature Dealt with the Great Depression."

March 8, 2008: Phil was quoted extensively in a New York Times article on the Wyoming Democratic Party caucuses. The article included references to state politics throughout history as well as to the history of the role Wyoming has played in presidential politics over the years.

January 2008: Phil's article on "cowboy health care" in the 1880s appeared in the January 2008 issue of Sage, a magazine published for seniors in Wyoming. The issue was circulated as a supplement to the Casper Star-Tribune in mid-February.

Sept. 18, 2006: Phil presented the university's lecture to commemorate Constitution Day. He spoke on the constitutional aspects of the 1947 textbook controversy at the University of Wyoming. He spoke at the UW Student Union. For the text on which the talk was based, click here: UW Textbook Controversy

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COURSES, SPRING, 2008