Matthew Shepard collection, 1983-2017

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Matthew Shepard collection, 1983-2017

1983-2017

http://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wyu-ah300014.xml

The collection contains information about the events surrounding the murder of Matthew Shepard, a gay University of Wyoming student, in the fall of 1998. The material came from different sources, such as the news media, University President’s Office, and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Association (now Spectrum), and includes correspondence from people in many parts of the country, news articles, fliers and posters, editorials, bulletins, and speeches. Also within the collection is information on demonstrations that took place, the debate about bias/hate crime laws in Wyoming, and memorials to Matthew Shepard. There are also lesbian and gay newspapers, posters for a drag party, and banners created by and sent to the LGBTA . The President’s Office files include hate mail, lesbian and gay literature, memorial web sites, and hate crime legislation petitions.

3.35 cubic ft. (9 boxes)

eng, Latn

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6405814

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Shepard, Matthew Wayne, 1976-1998

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Matthew Wayne "Matt" Shepard (December 1, 1976, Casper, Wyoming – October 12, 1998, Fort Collins, Colorado) was an American student at the University of Wyoming who was beaten, tortured, and left to die near Laramie on the night of October 6, 1998. He was taken by rescuers to Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins, Colorado, where he died six days later from severe head injuries. Shepard's murder brought national and international attention to hate crime legislation at the state and federal l...

University of Wyoming.

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Dubois, Philip L.

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