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Bibliographies | Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

Bibliographies

The American West : A Narrative Bibliography and A Study in Regionalism MAIN F591 .W52 1989

The American West, Comparative Perspectives : A Bibliography CONREF F591 .E85 1996

Catalog of the Western Research Collection of the Pueblo Regional Library District, Pueblo, Colorado OVERSIZED Z1251.W5 P83 1976

A Catalogue of the Everett D. Graff Collection of Western Americana MAIN Z1251.W5 N43

A Catalogue of the Frederick W. & Carrie S. Beinecke Collection of Western Americana MAIN & SPECIAL Z1251.W5 Y37

A Classified Bibliography of the Periodical Literature of the Trans-Mississippi West (1811-1967) MAIN Z1251.W5 W53 1972

Fifty Great Western Illustrators : A Bibliographic Checklist FA Z5956.W45 D94

Gender In The West: A Bibliography

The Gilcrease-Hargrett Catalogue of Imprints MAIN Z1209.2.U5 T48

LeRoy R. and Ann W. Hafen: Their Writings and Their Notable Collection of Americana Given to Brigham Young University Library MAIN Z1251.W5 B85

Periodicals of the Midwest & West : An Annotated Survey CONREF PN4892 .P4 1986

The Plains and the Rockies: A Bibliography of Original Narratives of Travel and Adventure, 1800-1865 MAIN Z1215.W5 W2 1953

Western Printing : A Selective and Descriptive Bibliography of Books and Other Materials on the History of Printing in the Western States 1822-1975 SPECIAL Z209.W45 W43

Western Publications Index : America's Largest Source of True Stories of the Old West! SPECIAL F591.T72 W47

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

The American West MAIN F591 .S38 2003

The Cowboy Encyclopedia CONREF E20 .S56 1994

The Cowboy Encyclopedia : The Old and The New West from the Open Range to the Dude Ranch.SPECIAL F596 .G83 1951

Cowboy-English/English-Cowboy Dictionary MAIN PE3727.C6 D28 1982

Cowboys and the Wild West : An A-Z Guide from the Chisholm Trail to the Silver Screen REF F596 .C975 1994

Dictionary of the American West : Over 5,000 Terms and Expressions from Aarigaa! to Zopilote REF PE2970.W4 B5 2001

Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography REF CT103 .T572 1995 (Work Station #16)

Encyclopedia of the American West REF F591 .E485 1996

The Encyclopedia of the Far West MAIN F591 .C362 1991

Gold Rush Performers : A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Singers, Dancers, Musicians, Circus Performers and Minstrel Players in America's Far West, 1848 to 1869 MAIN PN2285 .K73 1994

The New Encyclopedia of the American West MAIN F591 .N46 1998

Pioneer Photographers of the Far West : A Biographical Dictionary, 1840-1865 FA TR139 .P35 2000

The Reader's Encyclopedia of the American West REF & CONREF F591 .R38

Western Lore and Language : A Dictionary for Enthusiasts of the American West MAIN PE2970.W4 C58 1996

Wild and Woolly : An Encyclopedia of the Old West CONREF F591 .M155

Special Topics
Business/Commerce | Crime & Outlaws | Ethnic Groups
Environment/Natural Resources | Exploration | History
Literary Aspects | Military | Trails/19th Century Travel
Western Films | Women

Business/Commerce

Six Score : The 120 Best Books on the Range Cattle Industry OVERSIZED Z5074.C33 R43

Lost Mines and Buried Treasures of the West : Bibliography and Place Names, From Kansas West to California, Oregon, Washington, and Mexico MAIN Z1251.W5 P76

The Mining West : A Bibliography & Guide to the History & Literature of Mining in the American and Canadian West MAIN TN22 .M56 2003

The Rampaging Herd: A Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets on Men and Events in the Cattle Industry MAIN Z5074.L7 A3

Crime & Outlaws

The Adams One-Fifty : A Checklist of the 150 Most Important Books on Western Outlaws and Lawmen SPECIAL Z1251.W5 A279

The Encyclopedia of Lawmen, Outlaws, and Gunfighters BIO F596 .M48 2003

Six-Guns and Saddle Leather; A Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets on Western Outlaws and Gunmen REF Z1251.W5 A3 1969

The Wild Bunch : A Selected Critical Annotated Bibliography of the Literature MAIN F595 .L35 1993

Environment/Natural Resources

Alpine Plants of North America : An Encyclopedia of Mountain Flowers from the Rockies to Alaska MAIN QK133 .N53 2002

A Computerized Bibliography of Selected Sagebrush Species (Genus Artemisia) in Western North America DOCS A 13.88:INT-102

Conservation of Natural Resources : Perspective of the American West PLAN Z7164.O7 C63 no.308

Economic Data for Wildland Planning and Management in the Western United States : A Source Guide DOCS A 13.88:PSW-42

Effects of Mesquite Spraying on Other Rangeland Resources DOCS I 53.20:341

The Environment in the Twentieth-Century American West : A Bibliography OVERSIZED QH541 .S34 1990

Herbaceous Vegetation in Forests of the Western United States : An Annotated Bibliography MAIN QK133 .L68 1991

Western White Pine : An Annotated Bibliography DOCS FICHE A 13.88:INT-232

Exploration

The Lewis and Clark Companion : An Encyclopedic Guide to the Voyage of Discovery MAIN F592.7 .T83 2003

The Literature of the Lewis and Clark Expedition : A Bibliography and Essays OVERSIZED F592.7 .B43 2003

The United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842, And Its Publications, 1844-1874. A Bibliography MAIN Z7405.E9 U63 1968

Ethnic Groups
African Americans | Asian Americans | Indians/Native Americans |

African Americans

African Americans in the American West : A Selective Bibliography MAIN E185.925 .H37 1999

Blacks and Their Contributions To The American West: A Bibliography And Union List Of Library Holdings Through 1970 MAIN Z1361.N39 A27

Blacks in the American West: A Working Bibliography 2nd ed. MAIN Z7164.O7 C6 no.984

Blacks in the American West and Beyond--America, Canada, and Mexico : A Selectively Annotated Bibliography MAIN E185.925 .J82 2000

A Narrative Bibliography of the African-American Frontier : Blacks in the Rocky Mountain West, 1535-1912 MAIN Z1361.N39 H35 1995

Asian Americans

Asian American Literature of Hawaii : An Annotated Bibliography MAIN Z1361.O7 H58 1979

Asians in the American West : A Selective Bibliography SPECIAL F596.3.O6 H6 1996

Hispanic/Latino Americans

A Bibliography of Studies Concerning the Spanish-Speaking Population of the American Southwest. MAIN Z1361.M4 M53

Hispanic Villages of Northern New Mexico MAIN Z1315 .W34 1975

Hispanics and the Humanities in the Southwest : A Directory of Resources CONREF F790.S75 H57 1983

Mexican Americans in the Twentieth-Century American West : A Bibliography OVERSIZED Z1361.M4 E78 1990

The Tejano Yearbook, 1519-1978 : A Selective Chronicle of the Hispanic Presence in Texas CHAVEZ F395.M5 O77

History
Bibliographies | Reference Works

Bibliographies

The American West in the Twentieth century : A Bibliography CONREF F595 .A35 1994

Burs Under the Saddle; A Second Look at Books And Histories of the West MAIN Z1251.W5 A28

Canadian Prairie Women's History : A Bibliographic Survey ... And, Women and Men in Western American History MAIN HQ1459.P7 J327 1987

Europeans in the American West Since 1800 : A Bibliography MAIN F596.3.E95 G68 1995

Foreign Investment in the American and Canadian West, 1870-1914 : An Annotated Bibliography REMOTE HG5127 .O8 1986

The Frontier and the American West MAIN Z1251.W5 P38

The Frontier Experience : A Reader's Guide to the Life and Literature of the American West MAIN Z1251.W5 F76 1984

List of References on the History of the West MAIN Z1251.W5 T9 1922

More Burs Under the Saddle : Books And Histories of the West MAIN Z1251.W5 A29 1979

The Plains & the Rockies : A Critical Bibliography of Exploration, Adventure, and Travel in the American West, 1800-1865 4th ed.MAIN Z1251.W5 W2 1982

Religion in the Twentieth-Century American West : A Bibliography MAIN BL2530.W37 R38 1991

Western High Spots : Reading and Collecting Guides MAIN Z1251.W5 D9

Reference Works

Guide to Collections : Joint Collection University of Missouri Western Historical Manuscript Collection, State Historical Society of Missouri Manuscripts CONREF F466 .U5

Guide to the Draper Manuscripts MAIN Z6616.D72 H37 1983

The Trans-Mississippi West, 1804-1912 MAIN CD3056 .K87 1993

Literary Aspects

A Bibliographical Guide to the Study of Western American Literature

• 1st ed.MAIN & SPECIAL PS271 .E8 1982
• 2nd. ed. CONREF PS271 .E8 1995

Encyclopedia of Frontier and Western Fiction REF & SPECIAL PS374.W4 E53 1983

Fifty Western Writers : A Bio-bibliographical Sourcebook BIO PS271 .F5

The Frontier Experience : A Reader's Guide to the Life and Literature of the American West MAIN Z1251.W5 F76 1984

Imagining the West : A Guide to Printed Materials in the British Library on the Literature of the American West SPECIAL Z1251.W5 B86 1997

Nineteenth-Century American Western Writers CYBER PS21 .D5 v.186

Twentieth-Century Western Writers 1st ed. (Gale Research) MAIN PS271 .T84 1982; 2nd ed. (St. James Press) BIO PS271 .T84 1991

Twentieth-Century Western Writers (Gale Group) First Series . CYBER PS21 .D5 v.206 ; Second Series CYBER PS21 .D5 v.212; Third Series CYBER PS21 .D5 v.256

Western American Literature: A Bibliography of Interpretive Books and Articles MAIN & SPECIAL Z1225 .E8

Western American Novelists CONREF PS271 .K53 1995

Western Series and Sequels : A Reference Guide CONREF PS374.W4 D7 1986

Women Poets of the West : An Anthology, 1850-1950 MAIN PS589 .W68 1979

Military

The American Military on the Frontier DOCS D 305.12:55

Cavalry Yellow & Infantry Blue : Army Officers in Arizona Between 1851 and 1886 REMOTE F811 .A45 1991

The Late 19th Century U.S. Army, 1865-1898 : A Research Guide MAIN UA25 .D38 1990

The Old Army in Texas : A Research Guide to the U.S. Army in Nineteenth-Century Texas MAIN F386 .S63 2000

Shield of Republic, Sword of Empire : A Bibliography of United States Military Affairs, 1783-1846 MAIN UA23 .F7 1990

The United States Army and the Indian Wars in the Trans-Mississippi West : 1860-1898 DOCS D 114.14:17

Trails/19th Century Travel

Indians Along the Oregon Trail : The Tribes of Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon and Washington Identified MAIN E78.W5 W39 1992

Overland on the California Trail, 1846-1859 : A Bibliography of Manuscript & Printed Travel Narratives MAIN Z1251.W5 H43 1984

Platte River Road Narratives : A Descriptive Bibliography of Travel Over the Great Central Overland Route to Oregon, California, Utah, Colorado, Montana, and Other Western States and Territories, 1812-1866 OVERSIZED F591 .M37 1988

The Trail : A Bibliography of the Travelers on the Overland Trail to California, Oregon, Salt Lake City, And Montana During The Years 1841-1864 MAIN F592 .M5 1987

The Trail West : A Bibliography-Index to Western American Trails, 1841-18 MAIN Z1251.W5 T68 1988

Western Films

B Western Actors Encyclopedia : Facts, Photos, And Filmographies For More Than 250 Familiar Faces CONREF PN1995.9.W4 H57 1989

The BFI Companion to the Western REF PN1995.9.W4 B45 1988

The Encyclopedia of Western Movies SPECIAL PN1995.9.W4 H37 1984

The Overlook Film Encyclopedia : The Western MAIN PN1995.9.W4 H3 1994

Roy Rogers : A Biography, Radio History, Television Career Chronicle, Discography, Filmography, Comicography, Merchandising and Advertising History, Collectibles Description, Bibliography, and Index SPECIAL PN2287.R73 P55 1995

Western Films : A Complete Guide MAIN & CONREF PN1995.9.W4 G3 1982

Western Films : An Annotated Critical Bibliography MAIN Z5784.M9 N33

Western Films 2 : An Annotated Critical Bibliography From 1974 to 1987 MAIN Z5784.H9 N33 1988

Women

Canadian Prairie Women's History : A Bibliographic Survey ... And, Women and Men in Western American History MAIN HQ1459.P7 J327 1987

An Encyclopedia of Women Artists of the American West FA N8214.5.U6 K68 1998

Farm Women on the Prairie Frontier : A Sourcebook for Canada and the United States CONREF HQ1438.A17 F34 1983

Gender In The West: A Bibliography

Women and Family in the Twentieth-Century American West : A Bibliography MAIN HQ1438.A17 D484 1990

Women in the Cattle Country. SPECIAL F596.Z8 S55 1986

Women Poets of the West : An Anthology, 1850-1950 MAIN PS589 .W68 1979

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