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The following virtual exhibits are based on materials in the Donald C. & Elizabeth M. Dickinson Research Center collections. In most cases, they reflect exhibitions that have appeared in the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum galleries. These exhibits will be expanded as time permits and will highlight other parts of the Research Center collections.
Being Buffalo Bill: Man, Myth & Media
Explore the man-to-myth-through-media evolution of William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody as demonstrated here with commentary and popular western imagery.
Book Preservation
Research Center efforts to preserve print materials for the benefit of future researchers.
Documenting Native American Life
Photographs of Native Americans from the Research Center collections.
Doubleday's Cowgirls: Women in the Rodeo
An exhibit on the cowgirls of rodeo, as portrayed by prolific photographer Ralph R. Doubleday.
Early Rodeos in the Extreme Sports Tradition
Before there was a "One-handed No-footed Can-Can" there were the competitive events of cowboy contests.
Fact & Fiction: Popular
Western Imagery from the Glenn D. Shirley Western Americana Collection
Truth is stranger than fiction, but not so
popular. A sampling of materials collected by Western author Glenn Shirley.
Feet,
Boots, and Measuring Tape: Gaining a Foothold on Eternity
Film and rodeo celebrities found in the Blucher
Custom Boot Company fitting books.
Field
and Studio: Western Hunting Photography
Photographs of hunters and hunting from the Research
Center collections.
Glimpses
of Navajo Life in the 1950s
Photographs taken by Don Blair on the Navajo Reservation
in 1955.
Historical
Photography of the American West in 3D
Thirty images created from stereographs in the
collection of the Dickinson Research Center. The original stereo photographs
were manipulated using the Adobe Photoshop program to create anaglyphs,
images that, when seen with red/blue “3-D” glasses, allow
the viewer to see the photographs as three-dimensional.
Hoofs and
Wheels: Transportation in the West
Explores modes of transportation in the West during
the late 19th century and early 20th century.
Like a
Cowboy: Imagery in Politics, Prose and Reality
Sets images of authentic cowboys (hired men who
tend cattle and perform many of their duties on horseback) alongside text
exploring the many ways cowboys have been used and described in metaphor
and reality.
Overland
Westerners
The longest documented horseback ride in the 20th
century, 20,352 miles.
Those Who
Served: The U. S. Army on the Frontier
Examines the presence of the military on the frontier at the turn of the
20th century.
Rushes
to Statehood: The Oklahoma Land Runs
This exhibit, celebrating Oklahoma's
centennial, explores the land settlement events leading to statehood.
