Ways to Find Things

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Card Catalogs 

• Search for historical collections (not from government offices) and for photographs in these catalogs in our public reading room.  Cards list authors, topics, and location information.
   

Finding Aids.  

• These documents describe each group of archival records (government files) or historical collections (papers of individuals, families, businesses or organizations.)
   
  • WyoCOMET. This searchable online database lists finding aids for a growing number of our collections (e.g. the records of the Governor’s office; the records of the Secretary of State).  Each finding aid describes the collection and gives a box and folder listing.  Some of the finding aids include links to actual digitized documents within the collections.
     
  • Printed finding aids for each collection.  Housed in notebooks in our public reading room.
     
  • Digital copies of finding aids for each collection.  Ask our staff if you would like a copy of a finding aid downloaded or sent to you from our internal files.
     

Wyoming’s Statewide Online Catalog

• ​Soon you can search here for our books, city directories, phone books, and more.
   

Databases

• ​Search separate online databases for photographs, maps, microfilm holdings, newspapers, death certificates, Wyoming cities, Wyoming history, and finding aids for our archival collections and manuscript collections.
   

Wyoming Blue Book Wiki  

• ​Search through this online encyclopedia on Wyoming’s history, government agencies and state officials.
   

Guides to Topics  

• See Guides and topic lists below.
   

Vertical File  

• These folders of newsclippings and small print items, arranged by topic, are available in our public reading room.

What We Have - COLLECTIONS

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State and local government records:    

• Records of State Agencies:  historically significant records of Wyoming state agencies are preserved for research use.
   
  • Archived websites and social media for state agencies
     
  • The finding aids for many State Agency records can be found in the WYO COMET.
     
• Records of Counties 
   
• Records of Cities and Towns 
   
• School Records – (go to the School Life section towards the bottom of the page)
   
• Vital Records ( link opens in new tab/window)
   
• Court Records - (go to Crime and Criminals section on this page)
   

Historical Collections 

• Papers of individuals, families, businesses and groups. Many of the historical collections can be found in WyoCOMET.

Oral Histories  ( links open in new tab/window)

• Lists of interview projects by topic, and audio files online.
   

Photos
 

Maps
 

Published sources

• Books and other publications  ( link opens in new tab/window) – Soon you can search online for our books, city directories, phone books, and more.
• Wyoming newspapers  - search online ( link opens in new tab/window) up to 1923; read on microfilm ( link opens in new tab/window) up to the current year in our reading room.
   
• Phone Books
   
• State Directories - 1906-1911, 1914, 1916-1932, 1937, 1939-1942, 1950, 1953-1955, 1989-1991.  
   
• City Directories (“Coming Soon”) These will be in WYLDCat.
   

Digital Collections

Guides and Topic Lists

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Looking for a topic for a paper, or a place to start your search?  Try our guides!
 

• Research topics
   
• Genealogical Resources
   
• History Day
   
• Researching Historic Homes and Property (link opens in new tab/window)
   
• Searching for Vital Records (link opens in new tab/window)
   
• Women's Organization Collections
   
• Tom Horn (link opens in new tab/window)
   
• Women’s Suffrage in Wyoming (link opens in new tab/window)
   
• World War I and Wyoming (link opens in new tab/window)
   
• African American History in Wyoming (link opens in new tab/window)
   
• List of Incorporated Cities of Wyoming