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Into the Yellowstone Wilds – Points West Online

August 20, 2021 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineSummer 2011 Into the Yellowstone Wilds By Jennifer McDonald, Former Program Manager, Draper Natural History Museum Then-Natural History Program Manager Jennifer McDonald spent nine days […]

McCracken Research Library researchers studying the American West find a multitude of resources from current publications to original historic documents. This was the Reading Room as arranged in 2005.

This Library is Anything but Quiet – Points West Online

August 13, 2021 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineSpring 2005 This Library is Anything but Quiet By Nathan Bender, Former Curator, McCracken Research Library Norman Cousins (1915–1990), editor of Saturday Review for many […]

Audrey Roll-preissler (b 1932). "Trojan Piñata (Portrait of Alan Simpson)," 1987. Polychromed wood with paper, 21.25 x 32.5 x 14.75 inches. Gift of the artist. 10.93 (detail)

A Modern Day “Hole-in-the-Wall” Gang’s Unexpected Journey – Points West Online

August 6, 2021 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineWinter 2010 A Modern Day “Hole in the Wall” Gang’s Unexpected Journey By Whitney Western Art Museum Volunteers “While browsing through the Whitney Western Art […]

William F. Cody with Native American performers in the Wild West arena, 1890–1910. MS 6 William F. Cody Collection, McCracken Research Library. P.69.897

The One that Got Away… A Photo, That Is – Points West Online

July 30, 2021 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineSpring 2016 The One that Got Away… A Photo, That Is By Tom F. Cunningham The ways in which our Points West authors are inspired, […]

Grizzly bear. C.R. Preston photo. (detail)

Last of the Wild West: the Yellowstone Grizzly Bear – Points West Online

July 23, 2021 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineSpring 2007 Last of the Wild West: the Yellowstone Grizzly Bear By Charles R. Preston, PhD It was warm for early spring, and a welcome, […]

W.H.D. Koerner (1878–1938). "The Road to Oregon (Lone Travel, or Travel in Groups of a Few, as Andy Had Known it, Was Practically a Thing of the Past)," 1933. Oil on canvas. Gift of Ruth Koerner Oliver. 6.92.2 (detail)

Traveling West Page by Page – Points West Online

July 16, 2021 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineFall/Winter 2014 Traveling West Page by Page By Henry M. Yaple “To those with ears to hear, libraries are really very noisy places. On their […]