McCracken Research Library

Making a garden, 1909. Individuals unidentified. North Platte, Nebraska. MS 006 William F. Cody Collection. P.6.647.04a (detail)

Treasures from Our West: Photograph: Making a garden in North Platte, Nebraska, 1909

November 22, 2019 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Spring 2019 Photograph: Making a garden in North Platte, Nebraska, 1909 For these folks, spring undoubtedly meant consulting the Old Farmer’s Almanac and […]

Left to right: Max Wilde, D.W. DeFoe, J. L. Wheeler, Ty Cobb, Tom Yawkey. Max Wilde was the guide, DeFoe and Wheeler were clients, Cobb was also a client but a baseball superstar and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Tom Yawkey was owner of the Boston Red Sox. MS 6 William F. Cody Collection, McCracken Research Library. P.69.609 (detail)

Museum Minute: The Cody Red Sox

November 15, 2019 by Kamila Kudelska

Did you ever think that Cody had a connection with the Boston Red Sox? Well, it turns out there is a connection. Eric Rossborough, the associate librarian at the McCracken […]

Cody Bell, with his hair in buns, at a National Guard encampment in 1909. MS 294 William A. Bell Family Collection, McCracken Research Library. P.294.0030 (detail)

Museum Minute: A $10,000 Deal

October 17, 2019 by Kamila Kudelska

When Leonard Cody Bell (not related) was nine years old, Buffalo Bill Cody offered him $10,000 if he would keep his hair long until he was 18. By the time […]

Video still of bison and a too-close crowd. Greater Yellowstone Sights and Sounds Archive. 430.177.003 / DRA501.177.3

Museum Minute: Historic Video Archives Teach a Lesson: Don’t Get Close to Wildlife

August 28, 2019 by Kamila Kudelska

The McCracken Research Library has been working to compile historical video footage of natural history events in the Greater Yellowstone Area. There are well over 80,00 video clips in the […]

Design drawing, 16 ga. repeating shotgun, right view and cutaway, showing all parts. 8-16-1900. MS 063 Winchester Repeating Arms Company Collection. Olin Corporation Charitable Trust. MS63.119.053 (detail)

Treasures from Our West: Design Drawing, Winchester Repeating Shotgun

July 5, 2019 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Fall/Winter 2018 Design Drawing, Winchester Repeating Shotgun A quick glance through each of the Center’s five museums, and one is sure to agree […]

Donor Impact: Mary Hiestand

June 14, 2019 by Nancy McClure

Charles G. Clarke was a pioneering Hollywood cinematographer, one of the first to film “talkies.” His real love, though, was history, especially that of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, and […]