Laramie junior high school teacher Dan Nelson incorporated the Bicentennial celebration into his teaching lessons and was involved with local planning of celebrations, and collected extensive memorabilia documenting how Wyoming and America commemorated 1976. The collection includes commemorative items and souvenirs, educational materials and curriculum files with student-generated Bicentennial projects and contest materials, correspondence and planning documents, newspaper clippings and periodicals, tourism brochures and popular culture magazines, merchandise catalogs, and Laramie-specific Bicentennial materials.