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Mack Frost's photograph of the 2012 lunar eclipse with Horse’s Head snowfield and Castle Rock. (detail)

Horse’s Head Lunar Eclipse – Points West Online

April 22, 2022 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineSpring 2020 How I Got That Shot: Horse’s Head Lunar Eclipse By Mack Frost As a photographer, I have always been fascinated with landscape and […]

Three Kings: Joshua Williams, Julian Ward, Napoleon Brown, Okmulgee, OK. Photo by Ivan McClellan.

Black Cowboys in America – Points West Online

December 14, 2021 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineSpring 2021 Black Cowboys in America: Photographer Illuminates Diversity of the American Cowboy Story by Tessa BakerPhotos by Ivan McClellan Ed. Note: The special exhibition […]

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, […]