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.

William Herbert Dunton (1878–1936). Timberline, 1932. Oil on canvas, 30 x 30 inches. Gift in Memory of Hal Tate from Naoma Tate and the Family of Hal Tate. 9.05

Treasures from Our West: William Dunton’s “Timberline”

November 22, 2014 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West in Spring 2007 William Dunton’s Timberline Visitors should ask themselves two questions when viewing a painting or sculpture in the Whitney Western Art Museum: “What […]

In this view, tortoise shell handle covers are open to reveal the miniature tools contained in the compartments. Multi-bladed folding knife made in Germany ca. 1880 for John S. Holler, cutlery merchant, New York City 1867-1906. Cat. No. 1986.0101.03

Treasures from Our West… or rather, from the Smithsonian

November 19, 2014 by Nancy McClure

Treasures from Our WestMulti-bladed folding knifeSmithsonian’s National Firearms Collection Although this object is not in our own collection, it is indeed a treasure. At the time this post was published, […]

All That Slithers, Reptiles of the Greater Yellowstone Region – Points West Online

November 18, 2014 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineSpring 2008 All that slithers is not so terrible after all: Reptiles of the Greater Yellowstone region By Philip and Susan McClinton We’d searched in […]

Thomas Jefferson's North African Miquelet Jezail (musket), 1789. L.373.2012.11

Smithsonian Firearms

November 18, 2014 by Nancy McClure

Past Exhibition: Journeying West: Distinctive Firearms from the Smithsonian Cody Firearms Museum The Buffalo Bill Center of the West, an Affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, hosted Journeying West: Distinctive Firearms […]

Points West Online: A Gentlemen’s Agreement between Colt and Winchester? – Points West Online

November 16, 2014 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineSpring 2003 A Gentlemen’s Agreement between Samuel Colt and Oliver Winchester? By Robert N. WhiteFormer Curatorial Assistant, Cody Firearms Museum Why did Samuel Colt produce only pistols […]

Treasures from Our West: William F. Cody’s Congressional Medal of Honor

November 15, 2014 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazine in Fall 2007 William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody’s Congressional Medal of Honor Only a handful of civilian scouts were awarded the Congressional Medal of […]