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McCracken Research Library
The McCracken Research Library is a specialized library and archives within the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming.
The Papers of William F. Cody
The Historical Center and the Papers project are working joinly with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in creating the William F. Cody Archive, an invaluable record of late nineteenth and early-twentieth-century American national development.
Research Fellowship Program
Each year, the Buffalo Bill Historical Center offers a limited number of research stipends to bring promising and established visiting western scholars. Scholars research, write, and develop ideas and manuscripts that expand the horizon of western studies.
Get a glimpse of Scholarship and Research at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center
Now accepting proposals! Our fellowship program brings promising and established western scholars to the Buffalo Bill Historical Center to research, write, and develop ideas that expand the horizon of western studies.
The life of William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody had many facets. Learn about his life and times in the biography of our namesake.
Find out about the 'Man of the West—Man of the World,' the times in which he lived, and his lasting influence.