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.

Sterling silver charm bracelet. Garlow Collection. 1.69.342

Treasures from Our West: Irma Cody charm bracelet

December 27, 2014 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazine in Summer 2009 Irma Cody charm bracelet This silver charm bracelet was given to Irma, Buffalo Bill’s youngest daughter, in October 1899 by Annie […]

Cabin in winter, cow camp at Jack Creek, c. 1923. Charles Belden photo. MS 3 Charles Belden Collection. PN.67.75a (detail)

A Christmas at the TE Ranch – Points West Online

December 21, 2014 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineWinter 1999 A Christmas at the TE Ranch By Helen Cody Allen with foreword by Paul Fees, PhD, former Curator of the Buffalo Bill Museum In 1908, […]

Jack Richard (1909 – 1992). Photograph negative. Snow on trees near hot springs in Old Faithful area of Yellowstone National Park, January 8, 1971. Jack Richard Photograph Collection. 89.57.11019.24

Treasures from Our West: Photograph of winter in Yellowstone National Park

December 20, 2014 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West in Winter 2013 Photograph of winter in Yellowstone National Park Winter in Yellowstone National Park can have a timeless quality, as this photograph from 1971 […]

The Buffalo Bill Museum in Cody, soon after its 1927 completion. Log cabins served as icons of American energy and self reliance. F.J. Hiscock, Photographer. Mary Jester Allen Collection. P.41.502

Points West Online: Domesticity, Women and Museums in the Early 20th Century

December 14, 2014 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineSummer 2003 Log Cabin Dreams: Domesticity, Women and Museums in the Early Twentieth Century By Juti A. Winchester, PhDFormer Ernest J. Goppert Curator of the Buffalo Bill Museum […]

Charles M. Russell illustrated letter collage-featured

Treasures from Our West: Charlie Russell illustrated letter

December 13, 2014 by Nancy McClure

Illustrated letter by Charlie Russell Western American artist Charles M. – or “Charlie” – Russell was known as a great storyteller. Russell’s letters to his friends and family are unique […]

Buffalo Bill & Wild Bill: Legends of the American Frontier

December 12, 2014 by Nancy McClure

Buffalo Bill Cody and Wild Bill Hickok are not the same person, but many people – including some of our visitors here at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West […]