Digital Collections
The Donald C. & Elizabeth M. Dickinson Research Center's digital collections primarily focus on the photographic collections of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, encompassing topics such as the history of rodeo and the diverse American West as well as western popular culture and art.
Primary resources are a reflection of their time and may be visually disturbing or have language that is harmful.
For research assistance and rights and reproductions requests, please contact askarchives@nationalcowboymuseum.org. To learn more about the Dickinson Research Center, visit us at https://nationalcowboymuseum.org/drc/.
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- Alexander F. Contini Collection
- The Alexander F. Contini Collection contains a photograph of Attilio J. Contini working on the statue End of the Trail circa 1915.
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- Alice Brooks Collection
- The Alice Brooks Collection contains photographic prints, cabinet cards, tintypes, and photographic postcards spanning the years 1870-1940.
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- Art and Artifacts
- This collection features images of works of art and historic items in the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum's object collections.
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- Arthur & Shifra Silberman Native American Art Collection
- The Arthur & Shifra Silberman Collection focuses on Native American art and artists. The collection is in two primary parts: works of art and the archives. The archival component contains research files, correspondence, clippings, manuscripts, exhibition research, and photographs. The images found here are art and photographs from the collection. Click here for more information about this collection.
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- Arthur M. Tinker Photographs
- This collection consists of albumen prints taken by Arthur M. Tinker that depict Indigenous people, history, and events. Click here for more information about this collection.
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- Arthur Shoemaker Collection on Henry Grammer
- A research collection documenting the life of rodeo performer Henry Grammer assembled by Oklahoma writer and amateur historian Arthur Shoemaker. The collection includes correspondence, photocopied clippings, interview notes, photographs, and other material documenting Grammer's life. Click here for more information about this collection.
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- Audio/Visual Collection
- The Audio/Visual Collection contains various audio recordings and videos.
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- Bern Gregory Rodeo Photographs
- The Bern Gregory Rodeo Photographs Collection contains photographs taken by Bern Gregory between 1958-1988. Gregory traveled to rodeos around the nation, totaling 22 different states and 98 different rodeo venues. A large portion of the images focus on events, including bull riding, bareback riding, saddle bronc riding, barrel racing, steer wrestling, calf roping, team roping, and steer roping.
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- Beverly Tenny Collection
- This collection contains one panoramic photograph from the 101 Ranch.
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- Bob Askin Collection
- The collection contains rodeo photographs and postcards that are primarily of Bob Askin in saddle bronc competitions.
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- Bob Wills & Johnnie Lee Wills Photographs
- This collection contains photographs of Johnnie Lee Wills, Bob Wills, their bands, and other family members. The photographs include performances in a variety of cities, including, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Fresno, California, and others.
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- Born to the West Movie Banner
- This banner is from the movie based on Zane Grey's work and features Jack Holt, Margaret Morris, Raymond Hatton, and Arlette Marchal.
