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.

M1873 trapdoor Springfield rifle, Gift of Olin Corporation, Winchester Arms Collection, 1988.8.754

Unloading the Six-Shooter – Points West Online

January 17, 2016 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazine in Fall 2011 Unloading the Six-Shooter: Disassembling the Glamorization and Demonization of Firearms in the Arts By Ashley HlebinskyCurator, Cody Firearms Museum Imagine a […]

Frederic Remington's Winchester Model 1894 Deluxe Sporting Rifle. Gift of The Coe Foundation. 1.67.335

Treasures from Our West: Remington Winchester

January 16, 2016 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Spring 2013 Frederic Remington’s Winchester Model 1894 Sporting Rifle In 1894, the final calendar picture that famed artist Frederic Remington painted for the […]

"Hot noon beside the roundup camp. Big Dry, Montana." L.A. Huffman's willingness to carry his large glass plate camera with him allowed him to capture aspects of cowboy life on the open range. This contact print, colorized by Huffman, is part of his studio collection. MS 100 L.A. Huffman Collection. P.100.3626

Frontier Photographers – Points West Online

January 10, 2016 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazine in Summer 2001 Frontier Photographers By Nathan BenderFormer Housel Curator, McCracken Research Library Photographs have documented the western American frontier from the time of […]

Treasures from Our West: Photograph of a Nez Perce boy

January 9, 2016 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Summer 2014 Cartes-de-visite of a young Nez Perce Indian boy In addition to the extraordinary works of Plains Indian artistry that make up […]

Treasures from Our West: James Earle Fraser’s “End of the Trail”

January 6, 2016 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Spring 2013 End of the Trail by James Earle Fraser James Earle Fraser’s sculpture End of the Trail succinctly and pointedly summarized American […]

Star Quilt. Freda Goodsell, Oglala Lakota, Northern Plains, 2000. Cotton cloth and thread, polyester batting. Museum purchase with fund provided by the Pilot Foundation. NA.302.144 (detail)

Star Quilts — “A Thing of Beauty” – Points West Online

January 3, 2016 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazine in Summer 2004 Star Quilts — “A Thing of Beauty” By Anne Marie ShriverFormer Web Content Developer; current Executive Assistant to the Executive Director […]