This article originally appeared in our Spring 2011 issue of Points West Magazine as “Bringing the BBHC’s McCracken Research Library Archives to the Internet.” I have incorporated some updates, changes, […]
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.
Digital Collections
Our Digital Collections page is newly updated with links for collections our interns and staff are adding to the site. Check it out at: centerofthewest.org/research/mccracken-research-library/digital-collections. We now have several options […]
Jordan B. Cottle Scrapbook
I am excited to share the Jordan B. Cottle scrapbook with the world. It is full of amazing images and stories of the many peoples and facets that made up […]
Photographs: Harold McCracken and the Alaska Arctic Expedition
Past Exhibition Photographs from Harold McCracken’s Expedition to Alaska and the Arctic McCracken Research Library Gallery The dozen photographs in this display were taken from the collection of the McCracken […]
Discovering Irving R. Bacon in photographs
A small painting, Cody on the Ishawooa Trail by Irving R. Bacon, hangs in the Buffalo Bill Museum at the Center of the West. I have walked by it a […]
Identifying the Unidentifiable Photographs
It seems like everyone has a stack of old family photographs for which no one can identify the who, what, or when. Yet, intrinsically we know they must be important […]