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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: Donna Thompson/Ralph R. Doubleday Collection; This collection of Ralph R. Doubleday photographs was compiled by Donna Thompson.

: Ed Bowman Collection; The Ed Bowman Collection contains photographs primarily from his time in rodeo and with family.

: Ed Breen Rodeo Photographs; This collection contains postcards and photographs. Images relate to various rodeo events and scenes from different cities, including Chicago, Tucson, and many others.

: Estelle Gilbert Collection; The photographs in this collection were compiled by Estelle Gilbert, a horsewoman and rodeo performer.

: Found in Collections; This collection contains material found among the Museum's collections, to which we currently do not know provenance or context.

: Frank Clancy Collection; Frederick Melton "Foghorn" Clancy was one of the first active rodeo announcers. This collection contains photographs, contact prints, and transparencies circa 1940. Many of the photographs are of Clancy in group shots with a variety of individuals. Some of the more well-known are Fox Hastings and Mary Louise Eskew.

: Frank Harding Stockyard Photographs; The majority of this collection contains portrait photographs likely taken by Frank Harding at an unidentified stockyard.

: Fred Alvord II Collection; This collection contains rodeo photographs and rodeo photographic postcards. Several of the postcards are from Doubleday and the rodeo personalities represented include: Mike Hastings, Red Sublett, Fred Alvord, and Alice Sisty.

: Gene Lamb Rodeo Photographs; This collection contains photographs and photographic postcards of a variety of rodeo events. Several photographers are represented in this collection including, Devere Helfrich, James Cathey, Ralph R. Doubleday, and many others. Rodeos were photographed in several cities in a variety of states, including, Oregon, Iowa, Texas, California, Washington, New Mexico and others. Click here for more information about this collection.

: George A. Addison Photographs and Tax Document; George A. Addison was a photographer who operated studios in Texas and Oklahoma Territory from the early 1880s through at least the first decade of the 20th century. He operated studios in Taylor and Georgetown near Austin, Texas; Nocona in northern Texas; Wheeler County in the Texas Panhandle; and, from 1890 to 1895, in the Fort Sill, Oklahoma Territory area. In addition to the usual studio work, the collection shows that he also photographed landscapes and other outdoor scenes. Click here for more information about this collection.