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.
Pearl Harbor Attacked! United States Declares War on Japan!
December 7, 1941, in the early morning hours aboard Ford Island, Hawaii, sailors and Marines stood at morning muster when the buzz…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…