Pawnee Bill, 1860-1942

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Pawnee Bill was a Wild West show impresario and late contemporary of Buffalo Bill Cody, with whom he was in partnership between 1908 and 1913.

From the description of Pawnee Bill letter, 1931. (National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum). WorldCat record id: 61257714

Gordon W. Lillie (1860-1942) was born in Illinois and worked as an interpreter and schoolteacher at the Pawnee Indian Agency in what is now Oklahoma, starting in 1878. He later worked as an interpreter for the Pawnee Indians who worked in Buffalo Bill's wild west show and established his own wild west show as Pawnee Bill. The company performed in Europe and the U.S. with his wife May Lillie, a champion shot, until 1913. After touring, Pawnee Bill established a trading post and buffalo ranch in Pawnee, Oklahoma and speculated in the oil industry.

From the description of Papers, 1894-1954. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 46542332
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Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Hicks, Stephen. Rocky Mountain Steve collection, [1890-1920?] [manuscript materials] : at the Autry National Center. Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum
referencedIn Gordon W. Lillie (Pawnee Bill) papers Circa 1900-1937 The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library
referencedIn Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917. William Frederick Cody / Buffalo Bill papers, 1870-1992. Denver Public Library, Central Library
creatorOf Pawnee Bill, 1860-1942. Pawnee Bill letter, 1931. National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
referencedIn Bock, Harry V., 1865-1949. Harry V. Bock letters and photographs relating to Gordon Lillie and Pawnee Bill's Wild West Show, 1911-1934. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Pawnee Bill, 1860-1942. Postcard : Pawnee, Okla., to Manx Rerman, St. Paul, Minn., 1930? Dec. 19. Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum
referencedIn Crawford, Jack, 1847-1917. John Wallace Crawford papers, 1877-1917. Denver Public Library, Central Library
referencedIn Botsford, E. M., 1869-. Papers, 1893-1952. Texas Tech University Libraries, Academic Library
referencedIn John H. Tait Collection, 1899-1918, 1899-1916 McCracken Research Library - BBHC
referencedIn Clarence W. Rowley papers relating to Buffalo Bill and John L. Sullivan, 1878-1941, 1910-1920 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Porter, Willard H., 1920-. Willard H. Porter rodeo collection, 1903-1986. National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
referencedIn William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) papers, 1891-1917. The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library
referencedIn Maynard, Ken, 1895-1973,. Letters : from Emmett Dalton and G.W. Lillie, 1929-1933. Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum
referencedIn Meeks, Dorothy. Dorothy Meeks collection, [193-]. Museum of the Great Plains
referencedIn "Rock" C. Jenkins photograph collection, 1886-1955. Museum of the Great Plains
referencedIn Gordon W. Lillie (Pawnee Bill) papers Circa 1900-1937 The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library
referencedIn McIntosh, Gerald J., 1894-. Gerald J. McIntosh western ephemera collection, 1877?-1977. National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
referencedIn William Wallace Cook papers, 1889-1919 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Cunningham, Robert E. (Robert Earl), 1906-. Robert E. Cunningham Oklahoma history collection, 1856-1997. National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
creatorOf Maynard, Ken, 1895-1973. Letters : from G.W. Lillie, 1927-1932. Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum
referencedIn Watson, Elmo Scott, 1892-1951. Elmo Scott Watson papers, 1816-1951 bulk 1920-1951. Newberry Library
creatorOf Cook, William Wallace, 1867-1933. William Wallace Cook papers, 1889-1919. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Buffalo Bill bids you good bye : Official program of Buffalo Bill's Wild West combined with Pawnee Bill's Great Far East, ca. 1910. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. 1793 - 1999. Copies of Letters Sent National Archives at Kansas City
referencedIn Bonheur, Rosa, 1822-1899. Circus World Museum poster collection, 1841-[ongoing] Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
referencedIn Cooke, Louis E., 1850-1923. Scrapbook, 1882-1923. New Jersey Historical Society Library
referencedIn Rocky Mountain Steve Papers, 1890-1920 Autry National Center. Institute for the Study of the American West
creatorOf Pawnee Bill, 1860-1942. Papers, 1894-1954. Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
referencedIn Pawnee Bill's Historical Wild West, Indian Museum, and Encampment. [Souvenir programs, etc.], 1893. Chicago History Museum
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referencedIn Records, 1937-1941. University of Oklahoma, Bizzell Memorial Library

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associatedWith Bock, Harry V., 1865-1949. person
associatedWith Botsford, E. M., 1869- person
associatedWith Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917. person
associatedWith Cooke, Louis E., 1850-1923. person
associatedWith Cook, William Wallace, 1867-1933. person
correspondedWith Crawford, Jack, 1847-1917. person
associatedWith Cunningham, Robert E. (Robert Earl), 1906- person
associatedWith Hicks, Steve, 1870- person
associatedWith Jenkins, R. C., d. 1957, person
associatedWith Lillie, May Manning. person
associatedWith Maynard, Ken, 1895-1973. person
associatedWith McIntosh, Gerald J., 1894- person
associatedWith Ostendorff, Annie. person
associatedWith Pawnee Bill's Historical Wild West, Indian Museum, and Encampment. corporateBody
associatedWith Pawnee Bill's Old Town and Indian Trading Post (Pawnee, Okla.) corporateBody
associatedWith Pawnee Bill's Wild West (Show) corporateBody
associatedWith Porter, Willard H., 1920- person
associatedWith Rowley, Clarence W. person
associatedWith Standish, Burt L., 1866-1945 person
associatedWith Watson, Elmo Scott, 1892-1951. person
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Wild west shows
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