McCracken Research Library
Find out what goes on in the Center of the West’s McCracken Research Library and get an insider’s look at the incredible photographs, archives, and manuscripts housed and processed by the library’s staff—who are still making some amazing finds within the collections.
Research Made Easy: Exploring the McCracken Research Library’s Collections
Archival and library research can feel overwhelming for even the most experienced researchers. Everyone from family historians, students, writers, and lifelong researchers all start somewhere,…
Brida Gafford: The Wild Life of a Rodeo Superstar
“So they let you dress up like a cowgirl and when you say “I’m going to be a cowgirl when I grow…
Inside the Reading Room: What to Know Before You Visit
The McCracken Research Library has a reading room that is open to the public, meaning it’s for everyone, not just academics. The reading room…
Why These Objects? A Closer Look at the Buffalo Nation Spotlights
As the opening of the Buffalo Nation spotlights approaches, a deceptively simple question emerges: why these objects? What makes them “spotlights,” and…
Buffalo Bill Center of the West Mourns the Death of Photographer and Storyteller Ken Blackbird
He had a talent for narration, showering his audience with big laughs and putting his whole body into his storytelling…” — Hunter…
Behind the Boxes: What an Archivist Really Does
When I tell people I’m an archivist, there are usually two reactions I get. The first, and by far my favorite, is…