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.

The Life and Work of Will James by Nicole Todd
November 30, 2018

Points West Online: Will James & Me—New Books at the McCracken

Originally published in Points West magazineSpring 2016 Will James & Me: New Books at the McCracken By Eric Rossborough Will James was…

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November 29, 2018

Museum Minute: A Postcard to Charles Russell

It’s normal for librarians at the McCracken Research Library to find postcards, photos and other pieces of paper tucked away in a…

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November 12, 2018

The Yanks Are Coming: The Great War and Winchester Repeating Arms

The eleventh hour, of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month, for a century now we have worn poppies, lighted lanterns, and…

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November 1, 2018

Museum Minute: A Letter Stops A Robbery

The McCracken Research Library is a local history library not only a library specializing in all things Buffalo Bill. And the Cody…

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Detail of a document signed by William Clark, Governor of the Missouri Territory, 1813. MS331.01.01
September 20, 2018

Museum Minute: The Hidden Treasure of a Library

The McCracken Research Library at the Center of the West collects manuscripts, photographs and much more that pertains to Buffalo Bill Cody,…

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Portion of the letterhead of Crawford's Alaska Prospecting and Mining Corporation, December 15, 1898. MS 322 John Wallace Crawford Collection. MS322.03.09.06
August 31, 2018

The “Poet Scout” Captain Jack Crawford – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineWinter 2009 The “Poet Scout” Captain Jack Crawford From this “Treasures from our West” post from a while…

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