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.

Thomas Moran (1837–1926). "Great Blue Spring of the Lower Geyser Basin, Firehole River, Yellowstone," 1872. Watercolor on paper, 18.75 x 26 inches. Purchased with funds from the William E. Weiss Fund, Mrs. J. Maxwell Moran, Wiley Buchanan III, Nancy-Carroll Draper, Nancy and Nick Petry, Steve and Sue Ellen Klein, William C. Foxley, John F. Eulich, Mary Lou and Willis McDonald IV, and D. Harold Byrd, Jr. 24.91
February 23, 2018

Writing the West – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineWinter 2001 Writing the West By Frances B. ClymerFormer Librarian, McCracken Research Library Writing the West occurred…

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Hayden was certain that Jackson's photographs - like this one of artist Thomas Moran at White Mountain Hot Springs (today's Mammoth Hot Springs) - would sell Yellowstone. He simply needed an economical way to do it. WHJ-A.058
November 14, 2017

William Henry Jackson’s Albertype prints – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineSummer 2016 Sharing Yellowstone: Lost & Found—William Henry Jackson’s Albertype prints By Matthew E. Hermes, PhDResident Fellow…

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Curtis Portfolios, Volume 18, Plate-637, “A Blackfeet Travois” (detail)
January 30, 2017

Traveling exhibit showcases photography of Edward S. Curtis

In celebration of its 100th anniversary, the Buffalo Bill Center of the West and the McCracken Research Library are sponsoring a traveling…

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Albertype of William Henry Jackson photo of "1st boat on Yellowstone Lake." U.S. Geological Survey of the Territories, 1871. Platte XXXV11. From the collection of Dr. Robert Enteen. WHJ-A.040
March 22, 2016

Yellowstone Discovered

Past Exhibition Yellowstone Discovered: William Henry Jackson’s Lost Prints Reveal the Park for America This special exhibition, which recurs periodically at the Center,…

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Yellowstone Discovered. WHJ-A.057
February 17, 2016

Center of the West announces discovery of one-of-a-kind set of Albertype photos of Yellowstone Park

The Buffalo Bill Center of the West announces the discovery of an extremely rare collection of Albertype photographs from the 1871 U.S….

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October 18, 2015

A Wartime Record — The Winchester Record – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West in Winter 2010 A Wartime Record: The Winchester Record Mary RobinsonHousel Director, McCracken Research Library The Winchester…

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