The McCracken Research Library is a specialized library and archives within the Buffalo Bill Historical Center.

Our collections include printed and electronic library materials and resources, original archives and manuscripts, photographs, microfilm, subject vertical files, and sound and video recordings. Subject areas we collect relate to the history and culture of the American West, with major strengths in the following: Western American art and artists; the Plains Indians; Buffalo Bill and his Wild West; American firearms history and technology; and the natural history of the northern Rocky Mountains and Great Plains.

Items will be displayed on the web as they are added scanned and processed.