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• American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940

• Autry Museum - Women of the West Digital Gallery Tour

  In 2002 the Women of the West Museum merged with the Autry National Center creating a gathering place for programs, exhibitions, collections, research and education dedicated to diverse women's experiences in the American West. Our goal is to gain a new understanding, not simply of what women have done, but why it matters for the West, past, present, and future. Founded in 1991 in Boulder, Colorado, the Women of the West Museum was the first museum in the nation dedicated to the history of women of all cultures in the American West.

• Autry National Center

  Los Angeles, California. The Autry National Center, formed in 2003 by the merger of the Autry Museum of Western Heritage with the Southwest Museum of the American Indian and the Women of the West Museum, is an intercultural history center dedicated to exploring and sharing the stories, experiences, and perceptions of the diverse peoples of the American West.

  • Research Overview

• Bancroft Library - University of California, Berkeley

  • Collections

    • Western Americana

• Black American West Museum & Heritage Center (Facebook)

• Buffalo Bill Center of the West | Museum in Cody, WY

• Fort Robinson History Center

  Crawford, Nebraska.

• Hubbard Museum of the American West (Facebook)

  Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico.

• Museum of the Fur Trade

  Chadron, Nebraska.

• National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum

  Founded in 1955, the Museum, located in Oklahoma City, collects, preserves, and exhibits an internationally renowned collection of Western art and artifacts while sponsoring dynamic educational programs to stimulate interest in the enduring legacy of the American West. The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum features a superb collection of classic and contemporary Western art, including works by Frederic Remington and Charles M. Russell, as well as sculptor James Earle Fraser

• Spanish Colonial Research Center

  Albuquerque, New Mexico. From the National Park Service and the University of New Mexico.

• Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum

  Waco, Texas.

• The National Cowgirl Museum & Hall Of Fame

  Fort Worth, Texas.

• The Wild West - Museums

• University of Calgary Digital Collections: Calgary Stampede

  From the Calgary Stampede and Libraries and Cultural Resources, University of Calgary. View photographs, programs, catalogues, corporate records, and other printed ephemera, just as if you were in the archives yourself. Explore related resources as well, such as databases and books.