Michaela Jones

Cradleboard, Salish, Plateau 1919. Wood, tanned hide, muslin, glass beads, cowrie shells, abalone shells, mother of pearl, brass Simplot Collection, Gift of J.R. Simplot; NA.111.57
October 3, 2017

Plains Indian Cradles

This article was originally published in a 1977 newsletter and written by Leo A. Platteter. The making of a beautifully decorated cradle…

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September 27, 2017

A Roosevelt Rifle

This article was originally written by Richard Rattenbury and featured in a 1982 newsletter. Theodore Roosevelt, America’s “cowboy in the White House,”…

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William F. Cody's Congressional Medal of Honor
September 20, 2017

The Congress to William F. Cody

This article was originally written by Paul Fees, former Buffalo Bill Museum curator, and featured in a summer 1984 newsletter. William F….

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Annie Oakley on Long Island, New York, 1922. Gift of Dorothy Stone Collins. MS 6 William F. Cody Collection, McCracken Research Library. P.6.415 (detail)
September 12, 2017

Part II: Beautiful, Daring Western Girls

“Beautiful, Daring Western Girls,” by Sarah Wood-Clark, former assistant registrar, was originally published in a 1983 Buffalo Bill [Center of the West]…

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Adele Parker
September 5, 2017

Part I: Beautiful, Daring Western Girls

“Beautiful, Daring Western Girls,” by Sarah Wood-Clark, former assistant registrar, was originally published in a 1983 Buffalo Bill [Center of the West]…

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August 29, 2017

Colt’s Colt?

This article—authored by former curator Richard Rattenbury—was originally featured in a 1981 Buffalo Bill Center of the West newsletter. Colonel Samuel Colt…

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