William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) papers, 1891-1917.

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William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) papers, 1891-1917.

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The William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) collection consists of correspondence, documents and photographs dating from 1891 through 1917. These papers deal primarily with the business aspects of Cody's Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, both in the United States and abroad. Also contained in this collection are photographs and miscellaneous items pertaining to Pawnee Bill's (Gordon W. Lillie) entertainments, i.e., the Old Town and Great Far East Show.

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The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library

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The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library

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Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show

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Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917

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Buffalo Bill was employed as a scout by the United States 5th Cavalry, 1868-1872. In 1869 he participated in the Battle of Summit Springs, Colorado, in which the 5th Cavalry defeated Cheyenne Indians. From the description of Letter : Saint Louis, Missouri, to Joseph Witherspoon Cook, Greenwood, South Dakota, 1896 May 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702162229 From the description of Letter : Saint Louis, Mo., to Joseph Witherspoon Cook, Greenwood, S.D., 1896 May 23. (Unkno...

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 th...