Welcome to Phil Roberts' Wyoming Website. This site contains information on Phil's courses in the Department of History, University of Wyoming.
Oxbow Bend, Grand Teton National Park, 2007. Phil Roberts photograph
COURSES, AUTUMN TERM, 2012 (syllabi to be posted by July 10, 2012)
History of Wyoming (HIST 1251), T, Th, 9:35-10:50 a.m., Agriculture Auditorium
Conference: Wyoming and the West (HIST 5605), W, 6-8:50 p.m., History 156
Phil's article titled "Wyoming's Second Constitutional Convention and the Repeal of Prohibition," was published in Annals of Wyoming 83 (Autumn 2011).
April 20-21, 2012: Community college history professors, historians, and UW Department of History faculty held a colloquium on "Teaching Wyoming History." Representatives from most of the state's seven community colleges attended. Sessions were held in the History Building seminar room and in a classroom in the College of Business.
April 19, 2012: Phil spoke to a group at the First Presbyterian Church, Cheyenne, on the topic of "Wyoming: Equality State, Cowboy State." He was introduced by his brother Steve Roberts who is also one of his co-authors of Wyoming Almanac. Steve lives in Cheyenne.
April 18, 2012: Phil spoke to Patty Kessler's US History class at LCCC Albany County campus, on the Wyoming Constitution.
April 16, 2012: Phil spoke to Delta Kappa Gamma, the education honorary, at Spring Creek school. His topic was "most interesting out-of-the-way historic places" in Wyoming.
April 16, 2012: Phil served as a judge for State History Day. He judged the preliminary round in junior group documentaries and the run-offs in junior individual documentaries. The event was held on the UW campus. He served as a judge for the 1st Wyoming History Day in 1981.
Sept. 19, 2010: Wyoming Almanac was featured in a Casper Star-Tribune by reporter Kristy Gray. Douglas Garwood added an extended video of the interview, on which the story is based, on the Casper Star-Tribune webcam.
Readings in Wyoming History contains an essay on the Wyoming Constitutional Convention and adoption of the Wyoming Constitution in 1889. See also: WYOMING CONSTITUTION
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History Department seminars and events
GENERAL HISTORY INFORMATION:
Wyoming History Day
COURSES TAUGHT IN EARLIER YEARS:
Advanced Public History (HIST 4060) (Spring 2011)
Advanced Public History (HIST 4060) (Spring 2007)
Advanced Public History (HIST 4050)
Advanced Public History (HIST 4060)
American Encounters from 1850 (HIST 4406/5406) (from Feb. 18)
American Environmental History (HIST 4475/5475) (Fall 2011)
American Legal History (HIST 4515/5515)
Anglo-American Jurisprudence (POLS 4090/5090) (Spring 2012)
Conference, History of Wyoming and the American West (HIST 5605)
Conference, Wyoming and the West (HIST 5605) (Spring 2010)
Conference, Wyoming and the West (HIST 5605) (Autumn 2007)
History of Oil (HIST 4535/5535) (Fall 2010)
History of the 20th Century U. S. West (HIST 4540/5540) (Fall 2009)
Impact of the Railroad on Wyoming History (HIST 4152) (Honors) (Autumn 2007)
Impact of the Railroad on Wyoming History (HONORS 4152, Section 3)
Seminar, History of the U. S. West (HIST 5630) (Spring 2011)
Seminar: History of the U. S. West (HIST 5630)
20th Century U. S. West (HIST 4540/5540) (Spring 2012)
HISTORY OF WYOMING SYLLABI
History of Wyoming (HIST 1251) (Spring 2012)
History of Wyoming (HIST 1251) (Fall 2010)
History of Wyoming (HIST 1251) (Spring 2010)
History of Wyoming (HIST 1251) (Fall 2009)
History of Wyoming (HIST 1251) (Spring 2009)
History of Wyoming (HIST 1251) (Fall 2008)
History of Wyoming (HIST 1251) (Spring 2008)
History of Wyoming (HIST 1251) (Autumn 2007)
History of Wyoming (HIST 1251) (Spring 2007)
History of Wyoming (HIST 1251) (Autumn 2006)
History of Wyoming (HIST 1251) (Spring 2006)
History of Wyoming (HIST 1251) (Autumn 2005)
History of Wyoming (HIST 1251) (Spring 2005)
PHIL ROBERTS SPEAKING SCHEDULE, BIOGRAPHY, PUBLICATIONS:
International Photographs:
Misc. Information:
Photographs of State Capitols
Phil's Blog on Wyoming History and Politics (personal--not university-related in any way)