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Buffalo Bill Historical Center 720 Sheridan Avenue • Cody, Wyoming 82414 2009annual report 307.587.4771 • www.bbhc.org Buffalo Bill Historical Center 720 Sheridan Avenue • Cody, Wyoming 82414 • 307.587.4771 www.bbhc.org annual report 2009

2 • Buffalo Bill Historical Center To our Contributors and Friends: The Buffalo Bill Historical Center experienced an exceptional year in 2009. We continue to garner national awards and acclaim, while achieving many of the objectives and goals we set out to attain at the beginning of the year. Unfortunately, as you know, the economy in 2009 wasn’t much better than the year before. We continued to deal with some decline in

revenues, worked toward reducing additional expenses, and became better stewards of the funds you, our contributors and friends, have so • acquisitions • financials • perspectives generously sent our way. During 2009, we aimed high —as you’ll see in the pages that follow—as we pressed toward our strategic goals of financial stability, collections care, innovative marketing, increasing our endowment, and developing a new and widespread Internet presence. In 2009, we began in earnest to set our sights on “celebrating the Spirit of the American West,” as we officially adopted that concept as our credo early in 2010. And celebrate we did! We saw the re-opening of the Whitney Gallery of Western Art, with three extraordinary exhibitions: Charles Fritz with his An Artist with the Corps of Discovery: One Hundred Paintings Illustrating the Journals of Lewis and Clark; Michael Haynes presented To the Western Ocean: Paintings Depicting Members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition; and the photography exhibition of Robert “Bob” Turner’s landscapes Rare Places in a Rare Light. We also deeply appreciated the hundreds of new objects, photographs, books, and manuscripts that many of you generously donated to the collections. We enjoyed field trips and sleepovers, campouts and lectures, films and galas; we gawked at hawks, prowled for owls, and danced up a storm or two. We went beyond simply dipping our toes in the World Wide Web—we hopped in with both feet (Al’s are size 16 and make an impressive splash!) and celebrated the “fans” and “followers” we added each day. In aiming high in 2009, we believe we hit the mark—and we have you, our patrons and contributors, to thank for it. From the pages of Points West to our news releases and through electronic mail, you can surely see the picture of a vibrant, creative, world class institution. Finally, so much of the credit for our sure-shot aim is due to our incredible trustees, advisors, volunteers, and staff. They all worked exceptionally hard in a coordinated manner to ensure that the entire Center was always moving forward. Our staff in particular, responded so well to our efforts to reduce expenses, expressing their magnanimity, common sense, and loyalty. They also impressed us with new ideas and creative “re-thinking” on how we do our work. We seem to be headed in a very positive direction in 2010. With the help of all of you, we will continue to “celebrate the Spirit of the American West” as we explore all of the wonderful, vital, and important ways in which we contribute to our nation’s, and the world’s, understanding of what the American West was, is, and will be.

Should you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, please share them with us. b oards

With appreciation and kindest of personal regards,

Alan K. Simpson Bruce B. Eldredge Chairman Executive Director and CEO 2009 Annual Report • 3 Table of contents ______

Aiming High in our galleries ...... 6 with our visitors ...... 15 in the field & in the lab ...... 17 with the World Wide Web ...... 19 with sustainability ...... 20 So, how was our aim? From our visitors ...... 22 From our financials ...... 24 Acquisitions ...... 26 Board of Trustees ...... 31 Advisory Boards ...... 32 Image/photo credits ...... 35 annual report

About the cover: Women shooters, postcard, ca. 1900. On loan from a private collection. 2009 Director of Development Managing Editor Designer Ms. Wendy K. Schneider Ms. Marguerite House Ms. Lindsay Lohrenz

Senior Editor Copy Editor Photography Mr. Lee Haines Ms. Nancy McClure Buffalo Bill Historical Center Staff

We have made every effort to list names correctly. However, if your listing is in error, or has been omitted entirely, please accept our sincere apology. Feel free to contact the Editor at [email protected] or 307.578.4137 with any questions or concerns.

©2010 Buffalo Bill Historical Center. The Buffalo Bill Historical Center’s Annual Report is published annually to report on the activities of the Historical Center from the previous year. All photographs in the 2009 annual report are the property of the Buffalo Bill Historical Center unless otherwise noted. Address correspondence to Editor, 2009 Buffalo Bill Historical Center Annual Report, 720 Sheridan Avenue, Cody, Wyoming 82414, or [email protected].

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Aiming High • acquisitions • financials •

Aim at a high mark and you will hit it. No, not the first time, not the second time, and maybe not the third. But keep on aiming and keep on shooting for only practice will make you perfect. Finally you’ll hit the bull’s eye of success.

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2009 Annual Report • 5 Aiming Higin our galleriesh Celebrating the Spirit of the American West means seeing the West in a whole new way.

In 2009, the fiftieth anniversary of the Whitney Gallery of Western Art, our donors made it possible for the “new” Whitney to shine. As part of the celebration, the art displays were completely updated and redefined. In partnership with the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Thomas Moran’s The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone was a spectacular element of the grand reopening of the Whitney. annual report 2009

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in our galleries perspectives

The Whitney Gallery presents views of the West in a whole new way, featuring the Center’s world- renowned collection of art. Visitors were captivated by breathtaking paintings, sculptures, and unique artist studios. The Alexander Phimister Proctor Studio collection and Frederic Remington studio reveal

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Forty-seven artists whose art was a part of the Whitney collection played a pivotal role in the celebration. They donated “greetings”–in art–conveying their congratulations to the Whitney Gallery. Their artistic contributions greatly enhanced the event. annual report 2009

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Just as the great artists of the past were fascinated by the wonders of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming students celebrated the park and the “new” Whitney with the Yellowstone Art Contest. A total of 1,311 students in

grades K – 12 pasted, painted, penciled, and pasteled their interpretations. • acquisitions • financials • b oards

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2009 saw the launch of a full-scale field research and education program focused on golden eagle ecology in relation to environmental change in the Greater Yellowstone region. A new citizen-science volunteer group, the Golden Eagle Posse, monitored nests and gathered invaluable data.

The enhanced and expanded centerpiece exhibit in the Mountain Forest gallery enthralled visitors and professional colleagues alike with its new photomural, a complete annual report 2009

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replacement of all vegetation, and the completion of all three “underground” exhibits.

Thanks to grants from Bureau of Land Management, • acquisitions • financials • Wildlife Heritage Foundation of Wyoming, R. K. Mellon Family Foundation, and Nancy-Carroll Draper Foundation, we made these great strides toward our goals. In 2009, we truly hit the mark. b oards

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A major initiative for the Plains Indian Museum for the next few years is researching, cataloguing, and interpreting of the Paul Dyck Plains Indian Buffalo Culture Collection. A Save America’s Treasures grant beginning in 2009 provided funding for additional staff to catalogue and provide optimum storage for this important collection of Plains Native arts that includes pre- reservation clothing, weapons, cradles, buffalo hide tipis and furnishings, and ceremonial objects. The small changing exhibition space of examples from the Paul Dyck Collection in the Plains Indian Museum continues to attract considerable interest from our visitors. annual report 2009

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Thanks to patron Tim Peterson, exploring Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery took on new meaning for visitors who found unique insight into the1804– 1806 historic expedition through the work of artists Charles Fritz with his An Artist with the Corps of Discovery: One Hundred Paintings Illustrating the Journals of Lewis and Clark, and Michael Haynes who presented To the Western Ocean: Paintings Depicting Members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. annual report 2009

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with our visitors perspectives Celebrating the Spirit of the

American West • acquisitions • financials • is an experience!

Visitors of all ages found their stay a triple-treat with galleries, programs, and activities at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center—all for the price of admission. b oards

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Generous donors and grants made it possible for seniors, school groups, singles, families, bikers, and bus tours to enjoy a myriad of activities at the Historical Center including special events, docent presentations, “drop-in and do” activities, music, and more. annual report 2009

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in the field & in the lab • acquisitions • financials • perspectives Celebrating the Spirit of the American West means exploring. • financials • acquisitions • • acquisitions • financials •

Volunteers monitored golden eagle nests; middle-schoolers studied butterflies; and area residents took to the field with Historical Center staffers to explore the Greater Yellowstone region “up close and personal.” b oards

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In the meantime, there was more exploring to do in the labs and vaults of the Historical Center. Volunteers, interns, and staff members worked with all manner of art, artifact, and animal—including the ground-breaking Greater Yellowstone Sights and Sounds Archive—and ramped-up work with the Paul Dyck Plains Indian Buffalo Culture Collection. annual report 2009

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with the World Wide Web perspectives Celebrating the Spirit of the American West leads to new frontiers in Cyberspace. • financials • acquisitions • • acquisitions • financials •

Social media. Web applications. Search optimization. Interactives. Work began on a remake of our Web site (launched in summer 2010) and to create pages on Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr. For millions, cyberspace is their vehicle of choice for news, travel, shopping, communication—in a word: their lives. b oards

2009 Annual Report • 19 Aimingwith Hig sustainabilityh Celebrating the Spirit of the American West implies conservation and preservation.

In a very real sense, and by their nature, museums are all about sustainability. Preserving objects and telling the stories related to them are the fundamental foundations of what museums do. The same is true for us at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center where we strive to be responsible stewards, not only for the artifacts we’re preserving inside, but for the grounds and facility that surround us, too. To that end, the Center learned late in 2009 that it would receive $592,500 in stimulus money through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act from the U.S. Department of Energy to improve energy efficiency and reduce costs in the long run. annual report 2009

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with sustainability • acquisitions • financials • perspectives At the invitation of the Yellowstone Business Partnership, the Buffalo Bill Historical Center joined its UnCommon Sense sustainability leadership program in 2008 and embraced the “three Rs” of Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. We implemented

measures toward building-wide recycling, energy • acquisitions • financials • conservation, use of environmentally-friendly products and chemicals, created plans for composting organic waste, and researched ways to address broader transportation issues through ideas such as carpooling. b oards

2009 Annual Report • 21 how was ourfrom our a visitorsim So, how was our aim? We think our visitors and friends say it all as they celebrated the Spirit of the American West with us. annual report 2009

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2009 Annual Report • 23 how was fromour our financials aim So, how was our aim? Our financial reporting tells another part of the story.

Measure of Operations

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Investment public collections & Income support 23% interpretation administration 27% 36% 36% annual report Operations Earned revenue 14% 25% Development 37% & Public relations 2009

revenues Expenses Public Support $3,353,922 Collections & Interpretation 3,331,844 Earned Revenues $3,460,552 Development & Public Relations 1,306,154 Investment Income $2,461,915 Operations 2,342,378 Administration 2,117,310 *Our complete audited financials are available on-line at http://www.bbhc.org/getinvolved/annualgiving or by calling Carol Boyce at 307.578.4008 or writing Other 198,703 to Carol Boyce, Buffalo Bill Historical Center, 720 Sheridan Avenue, Cody, Wyoming 82414.

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from our financials • perspectives Hitting Our Mark in 2009

Growth in each of our net assets: temporally restricted,

Funds raised for current and permanently restricted, financials $4,794,437future years: $4,794,437 and endowed • acquisitions • • acquisitions •

More than 1 million dollars was Endowment spent on refreshing our galleries performance: + 29%29% return $1,000,000 b More than 10,000 adult and student learners oards served through educational programming, 192,351 visitors came to the 10,000 tours of the Center, educational 192,351Buffalo Bill Historical Center adventures, and community outreach

2009 Annual Report • 25 Acquisitions ______Buffalo Bill Museum Color tear sheet from One Colt Model 1902/1904 One Swainson’s thrush, ______Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Philippine Constabulary double male adult, skin only, and Folk art sculpture, cowboy on children’s book, German, action revolver, .45. 1123103 one western tanager, male horseback, ca. 1930s. 1122954 C. Burkhardt, Weissenberg, adult, skin only. 1123051 Germany, ca. 1890. 1123108 Rare 1883 “broadside” Draper Museum One violet-green swallow, (poster) for W.F. Cody and of Natural History adult female, skin only. 1123052 Dr. W.F. Carver’s Wild West, Cody Firearms Museum ______12 x 5 inches. 1123008 Sixteen birds specimens from One sharp-shinned hawk, Eight firearms: Colt Trooper, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service immature, skin only. 1123053 Two reels of microfilm from .357 Mag; Ruger Blackhawk, .357 as permanent disposition of Montana Historical Society: Mag; Smith & Wesson Highway federal specimens. 1122947 One Sora rail, female William Henderson Donald Patrolman revolver, .357 Mag; adult, skin only. 1123054 ranch diaries, 1922 – 1941. 1123009 Daisy NRA Centennial air pistol Two sharp-shinned hawks; and air rifle, 0.177; Winchester one mourning dove; two Adult bald eagle mount. 1123070 Two Miles City Saddlery saddles Model 12 Skeet, 12 gauge cedar waxwings. 1122957 and a pair of mule pack boxes, shotgun; two Feinwerkbrau Great horned owl, nestling, owned and signed by artist Sport 124 air rifles, 0.177. 1122973 Eleven birds acquired in 2008 unknown sex. 1123082 Harry Jackson, ca. 1950s. 1123040 as permanent disposition of Hand cannon, manufactured federal specimens. 1122956 Montane vole, adult male. 1123086 annual report Leather-covered photograph ca. 1425 – 1450. Found in album documenting ranching the Mekong River, Vietnam, Two bison skulls with artificially Uinta ground squirrel, life, Yellowstone tourism, in mid-1950s. 1123032 darkened horns. 1123038 adult female. 1123088 and family life in Wyoming, 1900s – 1950s. 1123041 One 2003 Ballard replica Full mount, adult Two bald-faced hornet nests, 2009 Winchester Model 1885 badger, unknown sex, collected March 2009. 1123096 One wooden telegraph cross-arm high wall single-shot rifle, Jonas mount. 1123047 and one bundle of galvanized chambered in .38 – .55. 1123066 Bobcat with chipmunk steel wire, approximately 50 Mounted beaver with beaver- in mouth. 1123098 feet long, 1940s. 1123042 One 1945 Remington- chewed section of tree mounted Rand Model 1911A1 semi- on a gray plaster base. 1123048 American black bear Wissler transit, serial automatic pistol, .45. 1123097 partial skeleton. 1123099 #8641; used for early land One pine siskin, immature surveying in Johnson County, One 1914 German Erfurt male, skin only, and one Two Uinta chipmunks, Wyoming, ca. 1917. 1123092 Artillery Luger pistol and red-winged blackbird, adult August 9, 2009. 1123101 magazine, 9mm. 1123102 female, skin only. 1123050

26 • Buffalo Bill Historical Center Acquisitions ______Forty-three digital videotapes “Annie Get Your Gun,” six Book: Buffalo Bill, Ralph 2135 photographs of of wildlife, landscapes, records in album case, Ethel E. Johnston, Allyn & Native American subjects, and people of Greater Merman, Decca Records, 1946; Bacon, 1938. 1123063 1880 – 1920. 1123114 Yellowstone region. 1123116 Sons of The Pioneers, single perspectives • financials • • financials • perspectives record, Decca Records. 1122979 Eight sheets consisting Diary of Herbert Roth, August of eleven images of bead 1940, 45 pages handwritten with McCracken Two reels of microfilm from design and one house, color travel memorabilia taped on Research Library Montana Historical Society: pencil, one photocopy of pages; one photograph portrait ______William Henderson Donald two-page letter, Robert of a young woman. 1123117 Seven maps associated with ranch diaries, 1922 – 1941. 1123009 Gillespie to Mr. H.E. Brown, Shoshone Project, Bureau of December 2, 1899. 1123081 Two advance couriers for Buffalo Reclamation, Region 6, Billings, Two manuscript account books Bill, Captain Bogardus, and Doc Montana, December 1963; two associated with W.F. Cody, Nine mounted photographs Carver’s Wild West Exhibitions copies of map of Cody and 1885 and 1906 – 1907. 1123017 related to Buffalo Bill’s Wild at Sundusky, Ohio: We Are Salsbury Canal; and one copy of West in Europe (1902 – 1906); Coming and The Champion engineer’s certificate dated June Three original letters from map of Paris, 1900; documents Trio; October 1, 1883. 1123118 16, 1897, and cover sheet. 1122945 W.F. Cody to General George attributed to H.H. Gunning, Sliney and color copies of four including letter, family history, Film, 8mm, titled “Yesterday Western and gospel music additional letters, 1916. 1123018 a Christmas card, etc. 1123093 Lives Again,” containing an collection and related material, undated news reel that includes acquisitions 1939 – 1996. 1122946 One hundred sixty-six Documents (newsletters, footage of William F. “Buffalo original gun and ammunition orders, meeting notes, codes, Bill” Cody shaking hands with Twenty books, four advertisements clipped from The ordinances, etc.) with some unknown persons. 1123119 journals, one typescript, American Field, 1902, and The in Japanese, from the Heart two partial newspapers, Sportsmen’s Review, 1909. 1123023 Mountain Relocation Camp, Two sound recordings of • • ca. 1962 – 2008. 1122948 Wyoming, 1943 – 1945. 1123095 interviews done with Goldie Book: Aquell hivern..L’espectacle Griffith Cameron, cowgirl

Twenty-six books about de Buffalo Bill a Barcelona, Jordi Glass plate copy negative of full with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West, b oards firearms, photographs, and Marill, Barcelona, Herperus, length equestrian portrait of 2.75 inch magnetic sound art, ca. 1950 – 2007. 1122949 1998. CD & research photocopies W.F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody. 1123106 tapes, c. 1971. 1123121 of material from La Vanguardia Six books from the Wyoming newspaper and other Barcelona Three brochures of State Library related to Buffalo newspapers and magazines Yellowstone National Park, Bill and to outdoors in the about Buffalo Bill’s Wild West in four magazines, and one Rockies, ca. 1884 – 1985. 1122951 Barcelona, 1889 – 1890. 1123024 map, 1919 – 1950. 1123112

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Books, journals, pamphlets, Whitney Gallery Congratulations on being Happy 50th Anniversary transcribed government of Western Art Around So Long, Julie Oriet. Whitney Gallery, Celeste ______documents, and photographs Watercolor on paper. 1122977 Sotola. Mixed media. 1123043 from the research collection of 50th Anniversary: the Lander-based scholar Harold Gifts of the artists, 2009. Coyote Sees the World Happy 50th Anniversary D. Del Monte concerning the Clearly, Jaune Quick- Whitney Gallery, Jim Wilcox. Shoshone and Arapaho people, 50 Years: Time to Kick Up to-See Smith. Charcoal Watercolor on paper. 1123049 Sacajawea, Chief Washakie, and Our Heels & Celebrate, Ann drawing on paper. 1122964 the missionary work of Rev. Hanson. Oil on board. 1122972 Hats off to You!, T.D. Kelsey. John Roberts. Approximately Crow Indian Princesses on Parade, Watercolor on paper. 1123015 seventy books, bound volumes 50 Years Whitney Gallery, M.C. Crow Indian Fair, Mel Fillerup. of transcribed government Poulsen. Oil on paper. 1123044 Watercolor on paper. 1122990 Here’s to the Whitney’s 50th; documents, and original It’s Been a Great Ride; Keep photographs, 1940 – 2000. 1123123 Albert I & Buffalo Bill –Cody Drawing, It Seems Like Chugging Along: I’m Proud Wyoming, for the Whitney’s 50th, Yesterday, Peter Jacobs. Pencil to be Part of it, Fred Fellows. . . . and a host of volumes, Bob Wade. Acrylic on digital and mixed media on paper Marker on paper. 1123000 archival information, CDs, photograph on canvas. 112299 mounted on board. 1122950 and DVDs for our shelf Judith Basin Encounter: When collection. Thanks! B.B.H.C. Welcomes You: 50 FiftyYears of Trail Blazing, Charlie and Pablo Celebrated

annual report Years Whitney Gallery of Veryl Goodnight. Hand- the Whitney Gallery of Western Western Art, William Davis. colored etching print. 1123004 Art 50th Anniversary, George Special Collection Acrylic on board. 1123011 Gogas. Acrylic on board. 1122953 of Decorative Arts Got it!!, Nelson Boren. ______Breakfast at Mammoth Hot Watercolor on paper. 1122962 Kicking Bear, John Nieto. Keith Seidel, Seidel Saddlery. Acrylic on canvas. 1122970 2009 Springs Hotel, Linda Lillegraven. Hand tooled leather saddle Oil on board. 1122995 Greetings, Elaine R. Defibaugh. bags. Switchback Ranch Acrylic and graphite on Lasso the West at the Whitney! Purchase Award, 2009. 1123090 The Colonel and Columbus, mylar and paper. 1122987 Happy 50th, Jeff Rudolph. Gordon McConnell. Paper relief sculpture. 1122996 Stephen’s of Colorado. Fox fur Acrylic on paper. 1123010 Greetings from a long time coat. The Dolores J. Snyder Buffalo Bill Art Show artist, Miss Liberty’s Fish n Chips, verso, Purchase Award, 2009. 1123091 Congratulations on the Whitney Deanna Matteson. Mixed Miss Liberty Fish and Chips; Gallery’s 50th Anniversary!, media on paper. 1122999 Untitled [woman wearing hat], John B. Mortensen. Audrey Roll-preissler. Watercolor Watercolor on paper. 1122976 Greetings from Medicine Hat, Dale and mixed media. 1122989 Lerner. Lino-cut on paper. 1122992 28 • Buffalo Bill Historical Center Acquisitions ______

Monarchy II, Arin Waddell. Untitled [watercolor], Sandra L.P. Epstein. The Floater, Gary Ernest Smith (b. 1942). Oil on canvas. 1122993 Gordon Wetmore. Watercolor 2007. Bronze, cast number 6 of Weathered Horse Barn, 2008. Oil on paper. 1122981 15, 11.5 x 8.5 inches. 1123069 on linen, 24 x 36 inches. 1123076 Northfork Gold, Reid Christie. perspectives • financials • • financials • perspectives Oil on canvas. 1122975 Untitled [white horse on dark R. Tom Gilleon (b. 1942). Karen Vance (b. 1951). Emerging background], Linda Raynolds. Little Star People, 2009. Oil on Spring – Where the Colorado The Oasis, Herb Mignery. Pen, ink, Acrylic on textured paper. 1122967 canvas, 50 x 50 inches. 1123037 River Begins, 2009. Oil on and watercolor on paper. 1122969 canvas, 24 x 22 inches. William Western Art, John Giarrizzo. Elmer A. Janetsky (1900 – E. Weiss Purchase Award – 2009 Old Time Dancers Celebrating 50 Multimedia—collage 1969). American Bison in Buffalo Bill Art Show. 1123078 Years of Whitney! Welcome!, Arthur on paper. 1123012 Terracotta, 1947 – 1948. Terra Amiotte. Multi-media. 1123001 cotta, 8 x 5 x 6 inches. 1123073 Peter Vandenberge (b. 1935). Whitney Gallery Congratulations Buffalo Bill, date unknown. Prairie Sunset, Chris Navarro. 50th Anniversary, Robert Neil Parsons (b. 1938). Red Earthenware sculpture. 1123056 Oil on board. 1122991 Seabeck. Oil on board. 1122966 Bull Mask, 2008. Acrylic on paper, 34 x 28 inches. 1123026 Theodore Waddell (b. 1941). Ruby Mountain Baldies, Theodore The Whitney’s 50th, Gary Red Lodge Horses, 2008. Oil on Waddell. Oil on paper. 1123002 Shoop. Watercolor. 1122998 Neil Parsons (b. 1938). Weasel canvas, 72 x 80 inches. 1123027

Head Dress, 2001. Acrylic on acquisitions Sitting Bull, Allan Mardon. Marker Whitney’s 50th Year, Buckeye paper, 32 x 24 inches. 1123055 Three photographs related on illustration board. 1122968 Blake. Watercolor. 1123013 to Alexander Phimister A. Phimister Proctor (1862 – Proctor: General George Summer on the Beartooth, Ralph The Whitney Gallery 50, Bruce 1950). Two bronze plaques of Armstrong Custer, President Oberg. Oil on linen. 1122974 Graham. Acrylic on board. 1123014 George Pratt, 1920. 1123036 Theodore Roosevelt, and Robert E. Lee. 1122971 • • Twisted Sister: Sweetheart of A Wild West Welcome, Larry Steve Schrepferman, the Rodeo, Walter Peihl. Mixed Pirnie. Acrylic on board. 1122978 Mother’s Touch, 2009. Glazed Paint box with contents, b media on paper. 1122997 earthernware, 23 x 24 x 9 ca. 1900. Used by artist oards inches. William E. Weiss Edgar Paxson. 1122988 Untitled, Donna Howell-Sickles. Additional gifts to the Purchase Award – 2009 Acrylic on canvas. 1123003 Whitney Gallery Buffalo Bill Art Show. 1123079 ______Untitled, John L. Doyle. Michael Coleman (b. 1946). Robert Seabeck (b. 1945). Watercolor on paper. 1122982 Last of the Buffalo, 2006. Bronze Thank you, 2009. Oil on 62 x 57 x 26 inches. 1122980 board, 16 x 12 inches. 1123057

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Olive Fell (1896 – 1980), Seated Gary Bates (b. 1946). Yellowstone Blanket: Navajo, ca. 1890, One Crow cradle, Derek Big Day, Girl with Goat, date unknown. Caldera Maquette, 1999. Germantown, wool, dyes. Crow, 1997. Tanned hide, wool Multimedia on brown paper, 11 Steel, 17 x 17 x 3 inches. Nineteen Navajo rugs, wool, dyes, cloth, glass beads, wood. 1123074 x 8.5 inches; Girl in Purple Dress, various colors and designs: nine Gordon McConnell (b. 1950). date unknown. Multimedia from twentieth century; four from Doc Holliday & Gary Cooper, on brown paper, 9.5 x 6.5 the mid twentieth century: and six Acquisitions for more Wild Bill’s Birthday, undated. inches; Herd of Horses, date from late twentieth century. 1123007 than one gallery Acrylic on paper, 24 x 35 inches. unknown. Mixed media, 10.5 ______x 13 inches; Indian Woman in Clarice Dreyer (b. 1946). Untitled Brass belt buckle, commemorative Plains Indian Museum Green Robe, date unknown. [grasshopper], undated. Cast Concho Indian School and McCracken Research Library Watercolor and ink on paper, aluminum, 11 x 11 x 5 inches. Agency, Maroy Enterprises, Whitney Gallery 9.875 x 7 inches. 1123067 Norman, Oklahoma, 1960s. 1123025 of Western Art Neltje (b. 1934). Playground, ______1998. Monotype, 30 x 44 inches. Olive Fell (1896 – 1980), Eagle talon necklace with two “Four Bear greeting Rudy Autio (1926 – 2007). metal and bone beads, One thousand books and cards”: Hi!; Cowboy in a Orbit, 1991. Ceramic, string, and tanned hide. magazines, mostly relating to the Black Hat and Enjoying the 17 inches diameter. Plains, ca. 1890. 1123064 art, history and culture of the West! Two Bears Driving a Theodore Waddell (b. 1951). Plains Indian tribes, and seven Red Car, dates unknown. Cattle in Dust Storm, undated. Southwestern Indian jewelry: boxes archival materials. 1123094 annual report Prints on paper, unfolded, Oil on canvas, 48 x 60 inches. watch band, belt buckles, bolo 12.5 x 9.5 inches. 1123068 ties, and tie tacks. Variously made Nina Alexander, Untitled, [deer], from silver, turquoise, leather, Whitney Gallery 1985. Photograph, gelatin silver onyx, coral, and malachite. 1123065 of Western Art print, 15.25 x 13.25 inches. Cody Firearms Museum 1123077 One eagle feather bonnet ______2009 with ermine, glass beads, and tanned hide. Northern One Mannlicker Schoenauer Plains Indian Museum ______Plains, ca. 1920. 1123071 rifle, cal. 7.62 x 6.3, used by A.P. Proctor, sn. 2091. 1123111 Two feather bonnets, Northern Five cloth doll templates; two Plains: one, early twentieth pairs unfinished moccasin century; one, ca. 1890. 1123006 tops, moccasin pattern and template, doll template. Christina Standing Bear Mesteth, twentieth century. 1123072

30 • Buffalo Bill Historical Center Board of Trustees ______Alan K. Simpson John R. Caldwell William C. Garlow Margaret W. Scarlett Honorary Trustee Chairman Fayetteville, Tennessee Cody, Wyoming Jackson, Wyoming Cody, Wyoming Marylou Whitney Paul V. Cali Deborah Goppert Hofstedt Richard J. Schwartz Saratoga Springs, New York Barron G. Collier II Cody, Wyoming Santa Clarita, California New York, New York • acquisitions • financials • perspectives Vice Chairman Emeritus Trustees Cody, Wyoming Richard B. Cheney Ray L. Hunt William E. Self Washington, DC Dallas, Texas Los Angeles, California Charles W. Duncan Jr. Naoma Tate Houston, Texas Vice Chairman Henry H.R. Coe Jr. Wallace H. Johnson Colin M. Simpson Cody, Wyoming Cody, Wyoming Cody, Wyoming Cody, Wyoming Donald W. Griffin Wilton, Connecticut James E. Nielson Edward P. Connors William L. King Harriet Stuart Spencer Secretary Englewood, Colorado Sheridan, Wyoming Wayzata, Minnesota Clifford P. Hansen Cody, Wyoming (deceased) Steven R. Cranfill David M. Leuschen H. Leighton Steward Jackson, Wyoming Ernest J. Goppert Jr. Cody, Wyoming New York, New York Boerne, Texas Treasurer Richard E. Heckert Cody, Wyoming Joan C. Donner Patrick R. McDonald John C. Sullivan (deceased) Colorado Springs, Denver, Colorado Livingston, Montana Kennett Square, Mary Gooch Armour Colorado Pennsylvania Colorado Springs, Willis McDonald IV Michael J. Sullivan Colorado Forrest Fenn Cody, Wyoming Casper, Wyoming William H. Hornby Santa Fe, New Mexico Denver, Colorado Gordon H. Barrows Richard S. Nelson James G. Taggart New York, New York Mary Flitner Powell, Wyoming Sandy, Utah Charles G. Kepler Greybull, Wyoming Cody, Wyoming

Daniele D. Bodini Nancy D. Petry Margo Grant Walsh b New York, New York L. Ronald Forman Englewood, Colorado New York, New York Victor J. Riley Jr. oards New Orleans, Louisiana Cody, Wyoming George Brown Harold C. Ramser Jr. Samuel B. Webb Jr. Cody, Wyoming Charles C. Francis Murrieta, California Shelburne, Vermont J. Laurence Sheerin Washington, DC San Antonio, Texas Wiley T. Buchanan III William B. Ruger Jr. Washington, DC Newport, New Hampshire

2009 Annual Report • 31 Buffalo Bill Museum Cody Firearms Museum Cody Institute ______Advisory Board ______Advisory Board for Western American William C. Garlow Colin M. Simpson Paul V. Cali Robert Model Studies Chairman Cody, Wyoming Chairman Cody, Wyoming Cody, Wyoming Cody, Wyoming Advisory Naoma Tate Richard Oneslager ______Board Susanna C. Benn Cody, Wyoming Gerald Asher Denver, Colorado Boston, Massachusetts Wapiti, Wyoming Barron G. Collier II Bruce Thomson William B. Ruger Jr. Chairman James M. Ciaravella Jr. Cheyenne, Wyoming Henry E. Blaine Newport, New Hampshire Cody, Wyoming Shreveport, Louisiana Edwardsville, Illinois Joel M. Wilkinson James B. Taylor John R. Caldwell Suzanna W. Cody (deceased) Robert P. Brown Santa Fe, New Mexico Fayetteville, Tennessee Saratoga, California Metairie, Louisiana Cody, Wyoming Doc J. Thurston III Brian C. Hosmer Mary Anne Dingus Mark Yeager Henry H.R. Coe III Charlotte, North Carolina Tulsa, Oklahoma Midland, Texas Downers Grove, Illinois Cody, Wyoming Cody Firearms Barbara Stein Martin Mary Flitner Buffalo Bill Robert Donner Jr. Museum Advisory Dallas, Texas Greybull, Wyoming (deceased) annual report Museum Advisory Board Emeritus Board Emeritus Colorado Springs, Robert W. Rydell Walter F. Goodman Jr. Colorado Richard E. Heckert Bozeman, Montana Dallas, Texas Virginia B. Hayden (deceased) Bellingham, Washington Sean S. Duffy Kennett Square, John C. Sullivan William L. King Lafayette, California

2009 Pennsylvania Livingston, Montana Sheridan, Wyoming A.H. Rohlfing (deceased) James Gordon J. Laurence Sheerin Samuel B. Webb Jr. Alan V. Lovelace Jr. Darien, Connecticut Santa Fe, New Mexico San Antonio, Texas Shelburne, Vermont Cody, Wyoming William E. Self Thomas P. Grainger Candace A. McNair Los Angeles, California Saratoga, Wyoming Marietta, Georgia Thyra G. Thomson Cheyenne, Wyoming

32 • Buffalo Bill Historical Center Draper Museum of Natural McCracken Research Library History Advisory Board Advisory Board ______Willis McDonald IV Virgil C. Shutze Wallace H. Johnson John O. Housel Chairman Atlanta, Georgia Chairman Cody, Wyoming perspectives • financials • acquisitions • • acquisitions • financials • perspectives Cody, Wyoming Cody, Wyoming H. Leighton Steward Paul Andrew Hutton Albert Andrews Jr. Boerne, Texas Paul V. Cali Albuquerque, New Mexico Minneapolis, Minnesota Cody, Wyoming Lawrence C. Todd Jr. Robert S. Martin Gordon H. Barrows Meeteetse, Wyoming Barron G. Collier II Dallas, Texas New York, New York Cody, Wyoming Harold E. Wackman Robert G. McCubbin Joan C. Donner Washington, DC. Ann Reynolds Crowell Santa Fe, New Mexico Colorado Springs, High Point, North Carolina Colorado Anne Young Carol J. McMurry Cody, Wyoming Gerald Dorros Loveland, Colorado William A. Gern Wilson, Wyoming Laramie, Wyoming Draper Museum of Brian D. Pfeifler Natural History Forrest Fenn Gulf Stream, Florida Kathryn Wilmerding Advisory Board Santa Fe, New Mexico Heminway Emeritus Harold C. Ramser Jr. Bozeman, Montana Charles C. Francis Murrieta, California Victor J. Riley Jr. Washington, DC Laurie Mack McBride Cody, Wyoming Margaret W. Scarlett Old Snowmass, Colorado Lindsay Garlow Jackson, Wyoming Littleton, Colorado Henry P. McIntosh IV Peter K. Simpson b

Palm Beach, Florida Marjorie M. Goppert Cody, Wyoming oards Cody, Wyoming

2009 Annual Report • 33 Plains Indian Museum Whitney Gallery of Western Advisory Board Art Advisory Board ______Harriet Stuart Spencer Joe Medicine Crow Wiley T. Buchanan III Nancy D. Petry Chairman Lodge Grass, Montana Chairman Englewood, Colorado Wayzata, Minnesota Washington, DC Jay E. Nielson Michelle M. Sullivan Arthur Amiotte Cody, Wyoming Phimister Proctor Church Sheridan, Wyoming Custer, South Dakota Anacortes, Washington Harold C. Ramser Jr. James G. Taggart Mary Gooch Armour Murrieta, California Edward P. Connors Sandy, Utah Colorado Springs, Englewood, Colorado Colorado Rusty R. Rokita Marylou Whitney Hardin, Montana Patricia P. Evans Saratoga Springs, New York Strawn Cathcart Ponca City, Oklahoma Charlotte, North Carolina Betty Lou Sheerin Lisa F. Wirthlin San Antonio, Texas Deborah Goppert Hofstedt Salt Lake City, Utah Robert D. Coe Santa Clarita, California Cody, Wyoming Curly Bear Wagner Whitney Gallery (deceased) David D. Kirk of Western Art Adeline Fox Browning, Montana Midland, Texas annual report Advisory Board Lame Deer, Montana Emeritus Margo Grant Walsh Carlene Lebous Garrett E. Goggles New York, New York Cody, Wyoming Carol Clark Fort Washakie, Wyoming Amherst, Massachusetts Patrick R. McDonald 2009 Marilyn C. Hudson Denver, Colorado Leverett S. Miller Parshall, North Dakota Palm Beach, Florida Camille V. Obering Jackson, Wyoming Emily Oliver (deceased) Sewickley, Pennsylvania

34 • Buffalo Bill Historical Center PHoto credits and captions ______Page 5: Annie Oakley Page 10: Page 14 (cont): Page 20 (cont): Buffalo Bill’s Wild West four-color (top) Golden eagle. (right) Artist Charles Fritz painting (right) About half the Center’s water lithograph poster, A. Hoen & Co., Baltimore, at Traveler’s Rest, just west of Lolo, usage goes toward humidification to featuring Annie Oakley, ca. 1890. Gift (bottom) Day trippers scan Yellowstone’s Montana, one of the camping sites preserve objects and exhibits such as of The Coe Foundation. 1.69.73 Lamar Valley for signs of predators. of Lewis and Clark and the Corps of the Frederic Remington Studio.

Discovery. Photo courtesy Charles Fritz. • acquisitions • financials • perspectives Page 6: Page 11: Page 21: (left) Staff hang Thomas Moran’s (left) New photomural in Page 15: (left) The Cashman-Greever Garden was one The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Mountain Forest gallery. (left) Let’s build a tipi! of the places where organic fertilizer replaced 1893 – 1901, on loan from the (right) A new “underground” chemical fertilizer at the Historical Center. Smithsonian American Art Museum. (right) In the Braun Garden, Barbara exhibit; a skeleton of a black bear Melfi portrays Annie Oakley, (right) Staff “dive in” to their “going (right) Staff move T.D. Kelsey’s Testing interwoven with tree roots. complete with trick shooting. green” initiative with a dumpster dive to the Air from its outdoor location to a evaluate the Center’s garbage for what Pages 12 & 13: center spot in the Whitney Gallery. Page 16: could be reduced, reused, or recycled. Some of the treasures in the Paul Dyck (left) Getting the requisite face painting at Page 7: Indian Buffalo Culture Collection, acquired National Day of the American Cowboy. Page 22: In the “new” Whitney Gallery, a through the generosity of the Dyck family (top left) The annual conference of the young visitor checks out the design- and additional gifts of the Nielson Family (right) The shooting gallery in the Cody Western Association of Map Libraries a-masterpiece interactive station, a and the Estate of Margaret S. Coe. Firearms Museum. Photo by Sam Ward. paid us a visit in September. family tries the assemble the sculpture Page 12: Page 17: in the Alexander Phimister Procter (top right) The Trujillo family stopped Studio, and visitors enjoy the interactive (left) Moccasins, ca. 1880. Lakota, (left) Participants in the Larom Summer by and posted their vacation pictures changes to the Remington Studio. Northern Plains. NA.202.1183 Institute investigate petroglyphs. online with their family blog. (center) Knife and sheath, ca. 1830. (right) Discovery Camps and butterflies. (bottom) Camping out and Page 8: Menominee, Wisconsin. NA.102.210 chasing butterflies: Our Discovery (left) Larry Pirnie (b. 1940). A Wild Page 18: Camps were a bit hit. West Welcome, 2009. Acrylic on (right) Punctured shirt, ca. 1850. (left) Collections Manager Connie Vunk. board. Gift of the artist. 17.09 Nez Perce, northeast Oregon/Idaho. Page 23: NA.202.1209. Shield and cover, ca. (right) Draper Museum of Natural History (center) Herb Mignery (b. 1937). The (top) The Little Family of Port Angeles, 1850. Crow, Montana. NA.108.152 Discovery Laboratory with volunteers Washington, shared this photo on Flickr. Oasis, 2009. Pen, ink, and watercolor and Curator Dr. Charles R. Preston: (l on paper. Gift of the artist. 8.09 Page 13: – r) Don Chaffey, Richard Gruber, Dr. (left) Field trippers plus spotting (right) Mel Fillerup (b. 1924). Crow Indian (left) Feather bonnet and trailer, ca. 1830 Preston, Anne Hay, and Richard Jones. scopes equals our Predator Parade. – 1840. Mandan, Upper Missouri region/ Princesses on Parade, Crow Indian Fair, 2009. (bottom) In the garden, kids b

Page 19: oards Watercolor on paper. Gift of the artist. 24.09 North Dakota. NA.205.102. War club, ca. 1880. Lakota, Northern Plains. NA.108.151 Buffalo Bill Historical Center Facebook page. learned from rodeo cowboys how to rope, ride, and have fun. Page 9: (right) Dress, ca. 1860. Cheyenne, Page 20: Sixth grade student Keziah Plowman (left) Plains. NA.202.1048. Lance case, ca. (left) Operating Engineer Phil Anthony of Freedom, Wyoming, was the grand prize 1890. Crow, Montana. NA.108.129 winner in the Yellowstone Art Contest for is pictured with boilers that will take on the load of heating older parts of the her acrylic painting, Spring in Yellowstone. Page 14: Historical Center, areas where inefficient Third place winner in grades 3 – 5 was (left) Charles Fritz (b. 1955) Glimpsing Jordan Moore of Powell, Wyoming. and outdated equipment will eventually Freedom: York’s Journey with the Corps be scrapped thanks to the American of Discovery. 2008 Oil on Canvas. Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Collection of Timothy Peterson 2009 Annual Report • 35