Originally published in Points West magazineSpring 2015 A Leap But Not a Stretch: Buffalo Bill and La Rana nel Wild West, conclusion Click here to read part 1 By Mary Robinson & Robert W. Rydell One of the Center’s most striking and original posters shows Buffalo Bill astride a bucking bullfrog. In the last issue […]
Originally published in Points West magazineSpring 2015 A Leap But Not a Stretch: Buffalo Bill and La Rana nel Wild West, part 1 By Mary Robinson & Robert W. Rydell Close your eyes and imagine a typical poster or illustration of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West. What comes to mind? Is it Buffalo Bill’s silhouette on […]
The McCracken Research Library receives hundreds of collections of journals, notebooks and photographs annually. Often, library staff are not able to go through it all. But when library fellows come in to research their own interests, many unknown gems are exposed. This is what happened with a collection of military records and photos of a […]
Originally published in Points West magazine Summer 2009 Treasures within Treasures—William Clark Letter By Mary Robinson Housel Director, McCracken Research Library For those of us who work in the McCracken Research Library, the quest for information can sometimes feel like a treasure hunt. Librarians routinely search through primary sources such as letters, scrapbooks, historic photographs, […]