Leslie Waggener has been a faculty archivist at the American Heritage Center (AHC) at the University of Wyoming since 2000, currently serving as Outreach Coordinator and Simpson Institute Archivist. She holds a BA in Anthropology and Archaeological Studies and an MLIS from the University of Texas at Austin. Waggener has directed multiple oral history projects, including most recently “Life Between the Rails: An Oral History of the Union Pacific Railroad,” and has published extensively on Wyoming history, including recent articles on the Second KKK in Wyoming for Annals of Wyoming.