Olivia Weitz
Museum Minute: The Illustrator for “The Call of the Wild” Showed Empathy for Animals
A dog-fighting scene is one of the illustrations Phillip R. Goodwin did for the novel, “The Call of the Wild.” This first edition print of the book is part of the library’s collections at the Center of the West…
Museum Minute: A Seafaring Book Served as a Reference for the Gold Rush-bound
If you’re curious about what life as a common sailor in the 1800s was like, the McCracken Research Library’s Associate Librarian and…
Museum Minute: The Winchester Archive at the McCracken Research Library
The McCracken Research Library at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West has archival materials related to the Winchester Repeating Arms Company….
Museum Minute: Wyoming’s Early Printed Books and the Shoshone Vocabulary, 1868
The McCracken Research Library at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West has an extensive collection of rare books. That includes the…
Buffalo Brief: Prepping Wildlife Skeletons for Display
Editor’s Note: This story includes descriptions and images of preparing an animal skeleton, and might be a little graphic for some readers….
Museum Minute: An Unusually Shaped Water Vessel at the Plains Indian Museum
At the Plains Indian Museum, most of the water vessels carved out of horns that may have been used as spoons look…