Author: Nancy McClure

Nancy works in the Public Relations Department in electronic communications. Her work includes writing and updating website content, publicizing events, copy editing, working with images, and producing the e-newsletter <em>Western Wire</em>. In her spare time, Nancy enjoys photography, reading, flower gardening, and playing the flute.

Rough road to Yellowstone photo, 1955. MS 89 Jack Richard Photography Collection, McCracken Research Library. PN.89.11.1847.20

Treasures from Our West: Rough road to Yellowstone photograph

May 6, 2015 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West in Spring 2009 Jack Richard photograph, rough road to Yellowstone National Park, 1955 Sometimes, it’s been downright difficult to get to Yellowstone National Park. On […]

Untitled, Cheyenne (Tsistsistas) Quillwork Bag. Watercolor on paper, c. 1924 - 26. Gift of the Carl Spohr Sr. Family. 9.66.5

Art and Ethnography: The Spohr Collection

May 4, 2015 by Nancy McClure

Past Exhibition Art and Ethnography: The art and collection of Carl Sr. and Adolf Spohr Cody Firearms Museum Breezeway Adolf Spohr (1889 – 1966) was a collector of American Indian […]

Charles Marion Russell (1864-1926). "Dangerous Ground," 1902. Watercolor on paper, 10.31 x 14.5 in. Gift of William E. Weiss. 22.70 (detail)

“Dangerous Ground” by Charles Marion Russell re-discovered – Points West Online

May 3, 2015 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineFall 1994 “Dangerous Ground” by Charles Marion Russell re-discovered Sarah LaughlinFormer Curatorial Assistant, Whitney Western Art and Plains Indian museums The “cowboy artist,” as Charles […]

Gold nuggets and dust. Gift of Forrest and Peggy Fenn. DRA.101.1

Treasures from Our West: gold nuggets and dust

May 2, 2015 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Spring 2009 Gold nuggets and gold dust in leather pouch In the late nineteenth century, America experienced an economic crisis not unlike today’s […]

Hot sheep in the Powder River badlands near Broadus, Montana, 1884. L.A. Huffman Collection. MS 100 L.A. Huffman Collection, McCracken Research Library. P.100.3055

Treasures from Our West: Photograph, girl with lamb

April 29, 2015 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West, Fall 2007 Charles Belden photograph of a girl with a lamb On the back of this photograph, Charles Belden wrote, “This little orphan seems to […]

Sharps Model 1874 rifle. Gift of Olin Corporation, Winchester Arms Collection. 1988.8.1466

What Makes It a “Buffalo Gun”? – Points West Online

April 26, 2015 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineSpring 1995 What Makes It a “Buffalo Gun”? By Howard Michael MadausFormer Curator of the Cody Firearms Museum, Robert W. Woodruff Firearms Chair The answer […]