The Mellema Program in Western American Studies was endowed by Dirk and JoAnn Mellema in 1993. Calvin University hired William Katerberg as its director in 1999. The program is housed in the ...

Dr. Tim Bowman has officially assumed the role as the new head of the Center for the Study of the American West at West Texas ...

The Western History Association was organized in 1961 at Santa Fe, New Mexico. The mission of the WHA is the following: "The Western History Association strives to be a congenial home for the study ...

The following internship listings are not sponsored by the CU Boulder Department of History. Please refer questions directly to the Center of the American West. The Center of the American West ...

The American West was shaped by rapid expansion, conflict, and the need for reliable personal weapons, and revolvers quickly became central to that reality. As technology evolved from cap-and-ball ...

Thomas Andrews, University of Colorado Boulder professor of history, has been appointed faculty director of the Center of the American West. His appointment became effective in July. Andrews’ research ...

I. The West without a West: the Indians: Introduction to Part I -- Beginnings: A Navajo creation song; In a hard land / Margaret M. Wheat; In a land of plenty / Frank Boas ; Timeless laughter: Coyote ...

William Henry Jackson was one of the most prolific American artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He personally witnessed and recorded the expansion of the American West in thousands of ...