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.
Archives Finding Guides of the McCracken Worldwide – Part 1
This article originally appeared in our Spring 2011 issue of Points West Magazine as “Bringing the BBHC’s McCracken Research Library Archives to…
Digital Collections
Our Digital Collections page is newly updated with links for collections our interns and staff are adding to the site. Check it…
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…
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…
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…
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….