The McCracken Research Library at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West receives many gifts, donations and loans from patrons. The staff has to go through all the collections to catalog them and also find out what’s in them. Mary Robinson, the director of the McCracken Research Library, said sometimes the library gets collections that […]
Originally published in Points West magazineSummer 2019 Cody Stampede Celebrates 100 Years Ed. Note: The authors co-curated the special exhibition Whoop It Up! Celebrating 100 Years of the Cody Stampede, on view at the Center of the West from June 7, 2019, at least through 2020. By Jeremy Johnston, PhD, and Mary Robinson For a […]
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 magazineSummer 2009 Treasures within Treasures—William Clark Letter By Mary RobinsonHousel 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, and other […]