Mix Tom Mix Publicity Photographs This collection is comprised of 143 photographs of Tom Mix. They range from movie stills to published behind-the-scenes images.
Montana Montie Montana Collection This collection features several 1950s photographs of Montie Montana trick roping. He was inducted into the Rodeo Hall of Fame in 1989.
Myrtle Brown Myrtle Brown Collection These photographs portray a group of women traveling in Colorado around 1922 to sight-see the countryside. They visited Helen Hunt Jackson’s grave, drove on the Pikes Peak Auto Highway, saw North Cheyenne Cañon, and stopped at Colorado College, among other places.
Nesbitt Donald Nesbitt Collection This collection features several portrait proofs of Donald Nesbitt by Distinctive Portraiture of Denver, Colorado. Nesbitt was a well-known rodeo contestant in five of the major rodeo events and was one of the first rodeo honorees to be inducted in the Rodeo Hall of Fame, in 1955. Subject: Rodeo
Nolan Mary Logan Nolan Fort Yellowstone Photographs This collection documents Mary Logan Nolan’s time working as a laundress at Fort Yellowstone from 1912-1915. Subject: History, Photography
Oakley Cabinet Card Annie Oakley Cabinet Card This collection contains one cabinet card of Annie Oakley. Subject: Photography, Western Popular Culture
OIAG Oklahoma Indian Art Gallery The Oklahoma Indian Art Gallery Records consist of business materials created and used at the gallery between 1979-2008.
Ora Long Ora V. Long Collection This small collection includes two brand books and several photographs of Ora V. Long, who worked for the Stockman’s Association for a few years in the early twentieth century.
Otto Gray Otto Gray and His Oklahoma Cowboys Band Photographs This collection is made up of 14 photographs and a piece of letterhead for Otto Gray’s Oklahoma Cowboys Band. Most of the images are publicity shots between 1926 and 1930. Subject: Western Popular Culture
Packard Donald Packard Collection The photographs in this collection are of Bill Pickett, well-known African-American bulldogger of the early rodeo. The collection is open for viewing, but we are not allowed to duplicate them in any manner because they originate from another collection not associated with the Museum. Subject: Rodeo
Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo Programs Rodeo programs, daily sheets, and ticket stubs from the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo, 1948-1990.
Porter Willard H. Porter Rodeo Collection Rodeo photographic postcards, rodeo programs, subject files, and research on the 1924 and 1934 London rodeos, including 62 passport photos of rodeo performers from the London rodeos. Subject: Rodeo
PRCA Rodeo Photographs PRCA Rodeo Sports News Rodeo Photographs The PRCA Rodeo Photographs include 8,818 photographs and 21 negatives depicting animals, participants, and rodeo events probably published in the Rodeo Sports Newsmagazine between 1950 and 1979.
Price Bill Price Collection These thirty-six photographs feature steer roping and rodeo cowboys, and most of the photos are dated around 1970. Many of the photographs have unidentified photographers, but the collection does include some photos by Ferrell Butler, DeVere Helfrich, and John Addison Stryker.
Privett Samuel Thomas "Booger Red" Privett Papers The Papers contain original photographs, newspaper and magazine articles, and two date books owned by Ella Privett Linton with occasional entries about her daily activities while working for a circus. There are also copy photographs and negatives taken by Charlsie Poe, and the resulting books: World Champion Cowboy: Booger Red by Charlsie Poe and Texas Cowboys: Memories of the Early Days edited by Jim and Judy Lanning. Subject: Rodeo
Quarter Circle U Quarter Circle U Ranch Photographs This collection documents ranch life, rodeos, and local wildlife at the Quarter Circle Ranch in Wyoming, in 1928. It is comprised of 284 photographs and negatives.
Rao John Rao Jr. Western Entertainers Collection Sound recording discs, movie/publicity photographs, book covers, and clippings documenting Gene Autry, Tex Ritter, Jimmie Rogers, Roy Rogers, and other western actors and performers. Subject: Western Popular Culture
Ray Jessie Newby Ray Collection This collection highlights the biblical selections made by Mary Newby Miller when she quilted her Bible Quilt and gave lectures on the specific verses used to illustrate the life of Christ. Her family played a major role in the establishment of the Disciples of Christ in Oklahoma and surrounding states. The photograph to the right is Accession # H.111.33, “Aunt Mary & Uncle Porter Miller, Charles & Jessie, about 1923.”
Reese Papers William F. Reese Papers Papers and photographs of the contemporary postimpressionist artist and art instructor whose work embraces landscape, portrait, still life, animals and wildlife, and scenes of the contemporary west. Subject: Art
Reeves Papers Ira L. Reeves Papers The Ira L. Reeves Papers includes photographs, newspaper clippings, a few letters, currency from countries Ira visited, booklets, military papers, and personal documents such as business cards and financial documents. Of interest are family photographs portraying clothing styles of the late 19th and early 20th century and military orders. There are also booklets and photographs pertaining to Oklahoma history in the early 20th century.
Reger Rodeo Papers Monte Reger Rodeo Papers (Care of Virginia Reger) The Papers features negatives, photographs, and transparencies documenting Monte Reger’s rodeo entertainment career. There are also advertisements for the Doby Springs Rodoe and Reger’s act with his bull Bobby.