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.

Northern Plains doll and horse, ca. 1900. Constructed of cloth, tanned deer hide, beads, horse hair, and pigment. Gift of Ms. Lucile M. Wright. NA.507.18

Treasures from Our West: Native American toy

November 1, 2014 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West in Fall 2007 Native American toy doll and horse The first dolls made by Lakota and other Plains Indian tribes were simple figures of clay […]

Buffalo Bill Goes to the Big City, part three – Points West Online

October 26, 2014 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineWinter 2011 Buffalo Bill Goes to the Big CityPart Three Read Part OneRead Part Two By William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody, 1916 In its collection at the Buffalo […]

1887 Winchester calendar cover. Gift of Olin Corporation, Winchester Arms Collection. 1988.8.2923 (detail)

Treasures from Our West: Winchester calendar

October 25, 2014 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West in Spring 2009 Winchester calendar cover In 1887, Union Metallic Cartridge Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut, introduced an advertising calendar to market its line of ammunition. […]

Ice Patch Archaeology reveals culture and climate change, and is the topic at November lunchtime expedition

October 22, 2014 by Nancy McClure

Dr. Craig M. Lee, a Research Scientist at the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR) at the University of Colorado-Boulder, studies melting ice patches in alpine areas now designated […]

Buffalo Bill Goes to the Big City, part two – Points West Online

October 19, 2014 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineFall 2011 Buffalo Bill Goes to the Big CityPart Two Read Part One By William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody, 1916 In the previous issue of Points West, Dr. […]

Treasures from Our West: Peter Jacobs’s “Spirit House – Heart Mountain 1942”

October 18, 2014 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West in Summer 2010 Mixed media sculpture, Spirit House—Heart Mountain 1942 by Peter Jacobs, 2006 Colorado artist Peter Jacobs (b. 1939) collaborated with William Hosokawa, a […]