Casper College Western History Center

The Western History Center is located in and is part of the Casper College Goodstein Foundation Library. It serves as an institutional archives and special collections that preserves and provides access to materials that document the life and mission of Casper College as well as unique records related to Natrona County and Wyoming history. It seeks to complement the Mission of the Goodstein Foundation Library by making its archives and special collections accessible to all. Students are encouraged to visit the repository and utilize its resources up to and including pursuing available work study positions and internships, developing their own unique archival research persona, and exploring other experiential and service learning opportunities.

Comprised of its archives and special collections, the Western History Center invites you to search its finding aids and access its digital collections.

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Digital Collections

General Navigation User Guide
Finding Aid User Guide
Casper College Archives and Special Collections Digital User Guide
Class Visit Request Form

Please use our Research Request Form to help us identify material you are looking for. Though you may hear back from us sooner, please allow 2-3 days for a response.

Student Learning Services:

Use of Archives and Special Collections in relation to coursework can offer unique learning opportunities for students. The Archivist & Librarian is available to offer instructional services for all UW and UW-C courses wishing to engage with primary source literacy. Instructional services for K-12 classes are by appointment.

For instruction & student archival resource awareness, collections access, University Extension Liaison, and Public Programming & Outreach coordination, please contact: Hanz Olson, Goodstein Foundation Library Librarian and Archivist.

Faculty Information and Primary Source Class Visit Form

Access Models and Research Guides:

Collecting Policy

Collect, maintain and make accessible representative and unique sources of information about Casper College and Natrona County that support the academic mission and success of students, faculty, and staff as well as further the institution’s connection to the people of Natrona County and beyond.

Activities supported by Archives and Special Collections include but are not limited to:

Accessing institutional knowledge and memory for administrative research or other projects, programs, events or celebrations.
Conducting academic, professional or self-directed research in the pursuit of academic coursework, continuing education, and lifelong learning.
Maintaining an awareness of how archival collections and the relationships between them can be used to define, gain insight, and understand histories, issues and topics of continuing importance to society.

On-site Reading Room Use:

During the fall and spring semesters, the research room is open from Monday through Thursday, 11:00 am until 4:30 pm or by special appointment. Repository staff will direct you to available research tools when the archivist is not available.

The Goodstein Foundation Library Western History Center (WHC) acknowledges that some materials in its collections, as well as the finding aids and metadata used to describe them, may contain harmful, offensive, or biased language and imagery.

Our Role as Stewards: While the WHC strives to manage and provide access to information with respect for both the creators and users of these materials, our staff does not alter or censor the original contents of archival or special collections holdings. We preserve these records in their original state to ensure that historical context is not lost and to hold the creators and institutions accountable for the past.

Archival Description: We recognize that archival description is not neutral. Some of our finding aids reflect the biases of the time in which they were created or may use standardized vocabularies (such as Library of Congress Subject Headings) that may be outdated or insensitive.

Our Commitment: We are committed to a process of reparative description. If you encounter harmful or offensive language in our digital records or finding aids, please contact us. Your feedback helps us build a more discoverable resource for our community.