About the John W. Ravage Collection
The items in the Ravage Collection were donated by Professor Emeritus Jack Ravage. Dr. Ravage worked in the Department of Journalism and Communication at the University of Wyoming from 1973-2000. This donation consists of books that he used as part of his research. The items primarily relate to the African American history and experience of the West. This collection complements Dr. Ravage's papers, which are located at the American Heritage Center.
While at the University he researched numerous subject areas, such as film director Henry King, the Teapot Dome Scandal of the 1920's, the Snowy Range Highway 30 Project, and African American cowboys and settlers of the American West and Canada.
The latter research led Ravage to publish several novels based on his research, including "Singletree" and "Slick and the Duchess: the Teapot Dome Scandal and the Death of Warren Harding".
