Call for Historic NWSS Items for The Legacy & Archives
As you may have seen in the last Roundup, we are now at the stage in planning where we need a little help gathering items for our new Home, The Legacy. We’re especially interested in items related to the National Western Stock Show, the Denver Stockyards and related businesses (packing houses, commission companies, Denver Union Stock Yards Co.) and Western agriculture (primarily in Colorado and neighboring states, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, New Mexico and Utah).
We need items that can convey specific information on individuals and families; items that help explain our history, such as books, articles, histories, and annual reports; as well as items that can be used in exhibits in the Wold Heritage Center and the display cases in the American Values Conference Center.
Items associated with the National Western Stock Show and Denver Union Stockyards:
• Posters
• Badges
• Buckles
• Photos
• Results Books
• Catalog of Entries
• Premium Lists – Livestock & Horse
• Programs – Especially Livestock & Horse
• Catalogs – Especially Livestock & Horse
• NW newsletters
• Visitor Guides / Guest Resources Guide
Paper items such as:
• Letterhead, including envelopes (both company and commemorative)
• Postcards (both company and souvenir/commemorative)
Souvenir items such as:
• Plates
• Scarfs
• Bandanas
• Glasses
• Pennants
• Flags
• Clothing related (with logos):
• Jackets
• Shirts
• T-Shirts
• Caps
• Bandanas
• Scarfs
• Trophies and Silver Cups
• Certificates
• Ribbons
• Awards
• Newspapers and magazines
• Family / ranch / company histories
• Annual reports
Ag items for exhibits:
• Cowboy hats
• Spurs
• Barbed wire
• Saddles
• Branding irons
• Ropes
• Chaps
• Western shirts
• Boots
• Ag toys, i.e. old tractors, horses, etc.
We are also in search of art items to curate “The Legacy Collection” for our new home.
“The Legacy Collection,” part of the permanent collection of the Western Stock Show Association and Coors Art, is a group of historic and contemporary Western art that reflects the culture, heritage, and pride of the American West. The goal of the collection is to show visitors the history of Colorado and the American West through different periods and artists’ styles.
Please email Kate Hlavin or Grace Weihs images and information about the artwork to be considered for the collection. Please note that artwork submitted for the collection is subject to review and approval by a committee.
Artists include, but are not limited to:
• Gerald Curtis Delano
• Gerald Cassidy
• Kay WalkingStick
• Charles Partridge Adams
• Gene Kloss
• Frank Mechau
• A.R. Mitchell
• Allen Tupper True
• Helen Henderson Chain
• Louise Emerson Ronnebeck
• Vance Kirkland
• Van Briggle Pottery
• Jozef G. Bakos
• Birger Sandzen
• William Sanderson
• John F. Carlson
• Ernest Lawson
• George Biddle
• Charles Bunnell
• Ethel Magafan
• Jenne Magafan
• Frank Vavra
• Paul K Smith
• Edgar Britton
• Alfred Wands
• Raphael Lillywhite
Kate’s Email: khlavin@nationalwestern.com
Grace’s Email: gweihs@nationalwestern.com
*Any of the Broadmoor Art Academy artists
*Historic Colorado Regionalist Paintings
*Taos Society of Artists (Joseph Henry Sharp, E. Martin Hennings, Oscar Berninghaus, E.I. Couse, Walter Ufer, Ernest Blumenschein, Bert Geer Phillips. W. Herbert Dunton, Victor Higgins.
*Contemporary Western Paintings and Sculptures (open to artists of note within the Western genre)
*Historic Western and Indigenous Paintings and Sculptures, including: Charles Marion Russell, Frank Tennney Johnson, W.R. Leigh, Frederic Remington, Albert Bierstadt, Maynard Dixon, Thomas Moran, Alexnder Proctor, Cryus Dallin, Henry Shrady, Charles Shreyvogel, Adolf Weinman, Henry Farny, Phillip R. Goodwin, Edgar Payne, Winold Reiss, Carl Rungius, Bob Kuhn, Fritz Scholder, Allan Houser, Oscar Howe, Earl Biss, Dan Namingha, John Nieto, TC Cannon, Emmi Whitehorse, Jaune Quick-To-See Smith.
As a reminder, we have put in place a few ground rules, as well as a brief form for all donors to sign agreeing to the guidelines below.
1. Donors won’t be able to specify exactly where their donation will go in The Legacy. But as I mentioned, we’re looking for items to help decorate our themed bars, so chances are high if you donate a brand, it’ll end up being part of the Brand Bar!
2. Because of the number of items we’re looking for, donors won’t be able to be recognized individually.
3. If we can’t immediately use your item, it will go into the National Western Archives and forever become part of our history!
4. If, for some reason, a donation is not able to be used or placed in the Archives, we will ask donors to allow us to deaccession the item, and, if appropriate, sell the item, with all proceeds going to the National Western’s educational programming.
5. If you have a question about your item, you can always email a photo to the Campaign at campaign@nationalwestern.com, and we will let you know if we can use it before you take the time to bring it in!
6. Gifts to the National Western Stock Show are tax deductible as charitable contributions, to the extent permitted by law.
Where and How to Donate:
For those joining us at the WSSA Annual Meeting of the Members on May 22, you can bring items at that time. We will have a designated donation table with volunteers to assist in collecting items!
Otherwise, you can drop your items off at the Campaign office anytime, but please call first to make arrangements. You can reach the office at 303-299-8644.
THANK YOU all in advance for helping make The Legacy so special!
