Help Preserve the Spirit of the American West
McCracken Research Library
Bessie Farrell
Digital Collection
Jack Richard Photograph Collection 1
A selection from the more than 300,000 images found in the McCracken Archives. Jack Richard was a journalist and professional photographer in Cody, Wyoming. Subjects include Yellowstone National Park, industries, portraits, ranching, and aerial photography.
2,500 photographs taken by Wyoming photographer Charles Belden, documenting ranch life in Northwest Wyoming during the first half of the twentieth century.
A selection of letters, correspondence, published material, ephemera, objects and photographs surrounding the life of William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody.
A selection of images from the McCracken Research Library Archives collections related to Native American Plains Indian Tribes.
Greater Yellowstone Sights & Sounds
A selection of images related to the plant and animal inhabitants, geography, geology, ecology and exploration of the Yellowstone National Park and the surrounding area.
A selection of images, correspondence, drawings, published materials, and ephemera related to the history and development of firearms.
A compilation of images, correspondence, and ephemera related to the survey, settlement, development, evolution and interpretation of the West.
1 Project was funded by a generous grant from the Carol McMurry Library Donor Advised Endowment Fund, through the Wyoming Community Foundation. Thank you!
2 Supported by OCLC, Mrs. Lynne Cheney, and a grant from the Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund, a program of the Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources. Thank you!
W.H.D. Koerner (1878 – 1938). Madonna of the Prairie, 1921. Oil on canvas, 37 x 28.75 x 43.5 inches. 25.77
The collections of the Whitney Gallery of Western Art present a panorama of art about the American West.
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