Phil Roberts: Publications, Papers, Interviews, Edited Works
(A Selective Listing, 2005)
Phil Roberts, 2002, A Penny for the Governor, A Dollar for Uncle Sam: A History of
Taxation in Washington, 1860-1990. University of Washington Press, 130 pp.
Phil Roberts, David L. Roberts, Steven L. Roberts, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1996, 2001. Wyoming
Almanac. Wyoming Almanac, publisher. 360 pp. (1988); 376 pp. (1990); 460 pp. (1993);
486 pp. (1996); 562 pp. (2001).
Phil Roberts, ed., 1980, 1982, 1984, Buffalo Bones: Stories from Wyoming's Past. Wyoming
State Archives, Museums and Historical Department, series.
Textbooks:
Phil Roberts, ed. 2004, Readings in Wyoming History, 4th rev. ed., Skyline West, 260 pp.
Phil Roberts, ed. 2000, Readings in Wyoming History, 3rd rev. ed. Skyline West, 200 pp.
Phil Roberts, ed. 1995, Readings in Wyoming History, 2nd rev. ed. Skyline West, 120 pp.
Phil Roberts, ed. 1993, Readings in Wyoming History. Skyline West, 120 pp.
Edited Works:
Editor, Annals of Wyoming: The Wyoming History Journal, 1982-83, 1998-2003; co-editor, 1981, 1995-97.
Managing Editor/Co-Publisher, Capitol Times, Cheyenne, Wyoming, 1982-84.
Columnist/Section Editor, Medicine Bow Post, Medicine Bow, Wyoming, 1977-1983
Editor, Wyoming History News, 1979-80.
Editor, Lake Powell Chronicle, Page, Arizona, 1972-73.
Section Editor/Press Information Specialist, U. S. Marine Corps Chevron, San Diego, 1970-72.
Journal Articles:
Phil Roberts, 2004, “A History of the Wyoming Sales Tax: How Lawmakers Chose It from Among Severance Taxes, an Income Tax, Gambling, and a Lottery,” Wyoming Law Review, 4 (1), pp. 157-245.
Phil Roberts, 2002, "Inside Federal Prohibition Enforcement in Wyoming," Annals of Wyoming 74 (3), pp. 2-8.
Phil Roberts, 2001, “Wyoming’s Pioneers of Prohibition: The United States Army, the U. S. District Court, and Federal Enforcement of Laws Governing Morality,” Wyoming Law Review 1 (2), pp. 633-645.
Phil Roberts, 2001, “Introduction to Heart Mountain Symposium Articles,” Wyoming Law Review 1 (2), pp. 471-472.
Phil Roberts, 1999, "The Prohibition Agency's First Case: Official Zeal, Mistaken Identity, and Murder in Wyoming, 1919," Western Legal History, 11(2), pp. 1-17
Phil Roberts, 1999, "West of Time," Nebraska History, 80(1), pp. 24-25.
Phil Roberts, 1998, "The Quest for Public Television," Annals of Wyoming, 70(3), pp. 34-44.
Phil Roberts, 1996, "Scotts Bluff National Monument and the Coming of Television to the Nebraska Panhandle," Nebraska History, 77(1), pp. 21-29.
Phil Roberts, 1994, "The Fetterman Hospital Association: Cooperative Health Care on the Range in the 1880s," Montana: Magazine of Western History, 44(3), pp. 63-69.
Phil Roberts, 1988, "Taxing the Few: First Federal Income Tax in Washington Territory," Pacific Northwest Quarterly, 79(2), pp. 56-64.
Phil Roberts, 1987, "When Washington Had an Income Tax," Columbia, 1(1).
Phil Roberts, 1980, "Edison, the Light Bulb and the Eclipse," Annals of Wyoming 51 (2).
Chapters in Books:
Phil Roberts, 2007, Foreword to Artifact: A Cultural Geography of Wyoming, by Michael McClure
Phil Roberts, 2006, Introduction to Microfilm Edition, Manuscript Collections Documenting Women in Society, held at the Knight Library Special Collections, University of Oregon Libraries.
Phil Roberts, 2004, “Wyoming Constitution-Making.” In Benjamin Shearer, Uniting States. Greenwood Press.
Phil Roberts, 1998, "Temporarily Side-tracked by Emotionalism': Wyoming Residents React to Relocation," In Remembering Heart Mountain: Essays on Japanese American Internment in Wyoming, Mike Mackey, ed., Western History Publications, pp. 37-50.
Peggy Bieber-Roberts and Phil Roberts, 1995, "Politics is Personal": Postwar Wyoming Politics and the Media, In: Richard Lowitt, ed., Politics in the Postwar American West, University of Oklahoma Press, pp. 295-307.
Book Reviews
Phil Roberts, 2006. Review of "Goodbye, Judge Lynch," Montana: Magazine of Western History 56 (Autumn 2006), pp. 78, 80.
Phil Roberts, 2005. Review of "The Sherman Tour Journals of Colonel Richard I. Dodge," Military History of the West 35 (2005), pp. 111-112.
Phil Roberts, 2005, Review of "Bone Wars: The Excavation and Celebrity of Andrew Carnegie's Dinosaur," Ohio Valley History 5 (Fall 2005), pp. 97-98.
Phil Roberts, 2003, Review of "Common and Contested Ground: A Human and Environmental History of the Northwestern Plains," Journal of American History 90(1).
Phil Roberts, 2003, Review of "Custer and His Times: Book Four," Western Historical Quarterly 34 (4), pp. 514-515.
Phil Roberts, 1999, Review of "The Important Things in Life," Western Historical Quarterly 30(2), pp. 221-222.
Phil Roberts, 1999, Review of "Tempest Over Teapot Dome," Pacific Northwest Quarterly, 90(3), p. 163.
Phil Roberts, 1998, Review of "Wyoming: A Sourcebook," Journal of the West 37(2), p. 117.
Phil Roberts, 1998, Review of "Alias Frank Canton," Great Plains Quarterly 18(4), pp. 350-351.
Phil Roberts, 1995, Review of "Caroline Lockhart: Her Life and Legacy," Montana: The Magazine of Western History 45(3), pp. 87-88.
Phil Roberts, 1994, Review of "Juggernaut: The Whitman Massacre Trial," Western Historical Quarterly 25(3), p. 394.
Phil Roberts, 1994, Review of "Law for the Elephant, Law for the Beaver: Essays on the Legal History of the American West," Western Historical Quarterly 25(1), pp. 94-95.
Phil Roberts, 1994, Review of "The End of American Exceptionalism: Frontier Anxiety from the Old West to the New Deal," Pacific Northwest
Quarterly 85(2), p. 75.
Phil Roberts, 1994, Review of "Flooding the Courtrooms: Law and Water in the Far West," American Historical Review 99(5), p. 1770.
Phil Roberts, 1994, Review of "In the People's Interest: A Centennial History of Montana State University," History of Education Quarterly 34(1), pp. 118-119.
Phil Roberts, 1993, Review of "Capitalism on the Frontier: Billings and the Yellowstone Valley in the Nineteenth Century," Journal of Economic History 53(4), pp. 952-954.
Phil Roberts, 1993, Review of "Tales Never Told Around the Campfire: True Stories of Frontier America," Annals of Wyoming 65(2/3), p. 29.
Phil Roberts, 1993, Review of "Wyoming Time and Again: Rephotographing the Scenes of J. E. Stimson," Great Plains Quarterly,
Phil Roberts, 1992, Review of "William Wayne Justice: A Judicial Biography," American Historical Review, 97(5), p. 1625.
Phil Roberts, 1992, Review of "Wyoming's First Ladies," Annals of Wyoming 63(3), p. 114.
Phil Roberts, 1992, Review of "Tom Horn: Killing Men is my Specialty," Annals of Wyoming 64(2), pp. 65-67.
In-House Reports
Phil Roberts, 2006, "The Fountain and the Mural," UWyo 8 (Fall 2006), p. 48.
Phil Roberts, 2006, "Origins of the 'W' on W Hill," UWyo 7 (Spring 2006), p. 45.
Phil Roberts, 2005, "Hemingway and the Cooper House," UWyo 7 (Summer 2005), p. 47.
Phil Roberts, 2005, "UWs First President," UWyo 7 (Fall 2005), p. 47.
Phil Roberts, 2005, "A Place to Remember," UWyo 6 (Winter 2005), p. 47.
Phil Roberts, 1999, Introduction to Guide to Wyoming History Resources at the American Heritage Center.
Phil Roberts, ed. 1999, Wyoming State Historical Society Trek booklet.
Phil Roberts, 1995, Introduction to Guide to Women's History Resources at the American Heritage Center.
Phil Roberts, 1994-2002, introductory essay, Wyoming History Calendar, American Heritage Center/Wyoming State Historical Society.
Encyclopedia Articles
Phil Roberts, 2006, "Wyoming," "Oregon Trail," "Bozeman Trail," World Book Encyclopedia.
Phil Roberts, 2002, "Wyoming," Dictionary of American History.
Phil Roberts, 1998, "Wyoming," Grolier's Encyclopedia.
Phil Roberts, 1998, "Wyoming," New Book of Knowledge.
Phil Roberts, 1998, "Wyoming," Scribner's Encyclopedia of the United States in the Nineteenth Century
Phil Roberts, 1996, "Wyoming," Microsoft Encarta.
Phil Roberts, 1994 , "Joseph M. Carey," "Cheyenne, Wyoming," "Fort Bridger," "John B. Kendrick," "Johnson County War," "Francis E. Warren," "Wyoming," Encyclopedia of the American West, Simon & Schuster/Macmillan
Phil Roberts, 1994, "Wyoming," World Book Encyclopedia.
Phil Roberts, 1994, "Wyoming," Grolier's Encyclopedia.
Phil Roberts, 1994, "Wyoming," Dictionary of American History (Scribners)
Phil Roberts, 1993, "Wyoming," Encyclopedia of the United States Congress (Scribners)
Papers Presented/Symposia/Invited Lectures/Professional Meetings/Workshops (Selective Listing)
2007, July 26: Seminar, "Delisting National Monuments," for annual summer lecture series, at UW's AMK Ranch research facility in Grand Teton National Park
2006, Sept. 18: "Constitutional Aspects of the 1947 Textbook Controversy at the University of Wyoming," University of Wyoming lecture to commemorate Constitution Day.
2006, summer. Speaker, presenter, NEH-sponsored public school teacher summer institute, "Wyoming and Women Suffrage," Laramie and South
Pass City.
2006, Aug.: “Wyoming,” Leadership Wyoming, co-sponsored by the Wyoming Business Alliance and UW, lecturer. (eighth consecutive appearance for Leadership Wyoming).
2005, Sept. 17. "Why Wyoming?" Wyoming Women's History House Inaugural EnCana lecture series, Laramie.
2005, August. Lecture on teaching American/Western history, "Educating for Democracy: Building Public Trust and Confidence in Government," Wyoming Partnership for Civic Education, Laramie.
2005, June 30. "The Humanities in Wyoming: A Televised Conversation," Wyoming Public Television program broadcast statewide, sponsored by Wyoming Council for the Humanities. One of six panelists.
2004, summer. Series of presentations on various aspects of American law and legal history, ABA-CEELI program, Baku, Azerbaijan.
2003, January: “Transcontinental Railroad,” Mark Zwonitzer production for PBS, broadcast nationally. On-camera commentaries filmed in Laramie in August 2002.
2002, "The Transformation of a Nomadic Culture: The Oil Industry in the Gulf States," American Historical Association 116th Annual Meeting, San
Francisco
2002, Feb. 25:: “Buffalo Bill’s Connection to the Sheridan Inn,” Sheridan’s “Annual Buffalo Bill Birthday Party fundraiser,” Sheridan Inn, invited lecture.
2002, April 1: “Locating the Veteran’s Hospital in Wyoming: Cheyenne v. Thermopolis, 1931,” Hot Springs County Historical Society, Thermopolis, invited lecture.
2002, April 17: “The Lynching of Cattle Kate: The Culmination of the Cattle Industry Collapse,” George Hufsmith Memorial Lecture, Jackson Hole Historical Society and Museum Association, Jackson, Wyoming, invited lecture.
2002, April 25: “Wyoming’s Taxation Decision, 1935,” Laramie Rotary Club, guest speaker.
2002, April 30: “For a Vibrant Wyoming,” Phi Kappa Phi initiation, University of Wyoming, invited speaker.
2002, Aug. 8: “Wyoming,” Leadership Wyoming, co-sponsored by the Wyoming Business Alliance and UW, lecturer. (fourth consecutive appearance for Leadership Wyoming).
2002, April 26: “Ecological Indian,” American Heritage Center symposium, moderator
2002, September: : “Owen Wister and the West,” American Heritage Center symposium, moderator.
2001, “Mass Media Law,” Dept. of Journalism, American University in Cairo, Egypt. invited lectures to classes.
2000, “Prohibition Enforcement in Wyoming,” Frontier Justice Symposium, co-sponsored by the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, the University of Wyoming College of Law and the U. S. Supreme Court Historical Society. BBHC, Cody.
2000, “Politics and Media: The Cases of Reagan and Watt,” (co-presenter and moderator), Western History Association, annual meeting, San Antonio, Texas
2000, “Middle East Oil in American Politics and Media: A Historical Perspective,” American University in Cairo, Egypt, invited speaker.
1999, "The Mystery of Fossil Cabin," University of Wyoming Art Museum, humanities series/exhibition speaker, Laramie, Wyoming
1999, "The Johnson County Invasion," Western Outlaw-Lawman History Association, keynote speech, annual conference, Buffalo, Wyoming
1999, "Taxation History of Wyoming," Wyoming Association of Municipalities, annual meeting, Evanston, Wyoming
1999, "Wyoming Ethnicity," Spring Lyceum series, Extended Noncredit Programs, University of Wyoming
1999, "Wyoming Media Coverage of Politics," Wyoming Press Association, panelist, annual meeting, Cheyenne, Wyoming
1999, "Wyoming in the 20th Century," Albany County Chapter, Wyoming State Historical Society, annual banquet speaker, Laramie, Wyoming
1998, "Wyoming's Greatest," Wyoming Lions Club, annual state meeting, Laramie, Wyoming
1998, "Last of the Buffalo," University of Wyoming Art Museum, exhibition lecture.
1998, "Town Development in Wyoming History," Wyoming Association of Municipalities, annual meeting, Laramie, Wyoming
1998, "Wyoming Politics," Society of Professional Journalists, speaker.
1997, "Comparing Media Law across Cultures," Higher Colleges of Technology, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, invited speaker (program videotaped for "Eye on Dubai").
1997, "The Union Pacific Across Wyoming," University of Wyoming Art Museum, exhibition lecture
1997, moderator, Phi Alpha Theta Front Range conference.
1996, panelist, Colorado-Wyoming Association of Museums conference
1995, "Kings of the West: Interior Secretaries in the Post War Period," Western History Association annual meeting, Denver
1995, "Local Press Reaction to Internment," Japanese-American History: The Heart Mountain Experience, conference, Powell, Wyoming
1995, "Wyoming Company Towns," Morning of Courses, Arts and Sciences College, University of Wyoming
1995, "In Search of the Old West," Bozeman Trail Days Symposium, Buffalo, Wyoming, lecture on Patrick Connor, Fort Phil Kearny-Bozeman Trail Association
1993-98, moderator/commentator, American Heritage Center, annual symposium.
1994, "Media Law and Ethics," Society of Professional Journalists, speaker.
1994, "Western Outlaws Symposium," Riverton, Wyoming, moderator.
1994, "Country Schools," Main Street Wyoming, Wyoming Public Television, interviewee.
1994, "American West in the Civil War," Civil War Symposium, Laramie, speaker.
1993, "Cowboys, Indians and Homesteaders in Jackson Hole," 50th anniversary Symposium of Jackson Hole National Monument, sponsored by Grand Teton National Park and the University of Wyoming Research Center, speaker.
1992, Fur Trade Symposium, Pinedale, Wyo., co-chair/humanities scholar.
1991-2003, approximately 350 presentations on Wyoming and Western history during the period to local historical, civic, service and educational groups in Wyoming (Note: This excludes 1998 campaign appearances).
Popular Media (selective list)
Phil Roberts, 1998-present, Buffalo Bones: Stories from Wyoming’s Past. Weekly column syndicated by Wyoming State Parks and Cultural
Resources Dept., to dozens of Wyoming newspapers.
Phil Roberts, 2006, National Journal, interviewed on the history of mine safety in Wyoming.
Phil Roberts, 2003, New York Times, interviewed on "roadless initiative," for article by Denver bureau chief
Phil Roberts, 2003, Wyoming State Tribune/Eagle, interviewed on "Tom Horn," for Sunday feature story.
Phil Roberts, 2002, November 22: Interviewed on KUOW Seattle radio station on tax reform commission of Washington.
Phil Roberts, 2002, November: Interviewed for article in Seattle Times on taxation in Washington.
Phil Roberts, 1998-2000, KOWB radio, Laramie, monthly appearances.
Phil Roberts, 1996 (July 4), "The Teapot Dome Scandal," C-SPAN television, interview.
Phil Roberts, 1990-present, "Wyoming Signatures," UW Television, frequent appearances.
Phil Roberts, 1990-present, "Insight," UW Radio series, frequent appearances
Phil Roberts, 1990-present, "Wyoming Today," KUWR public radio, frequent appearances
Phil Roberts, 1990-1998, Wyoming Almanac, weekly free self-syndicated column, appeared weekly in 9-15 Wyoming newspapers during period
Phil Roberts, 1979-1984, Buffalo Bones: Stories from Wyoming's Past. Column Syndicated weekly by Wyoming State Archives, Museums and Historical Dept., to 30 Wyoming newspapers.
Phil Roberts, 1977-81, A Little Humor There. Column in Medicine Bow Post. Won first place award for column writing, Wyoming Press
Association, 1980.