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Overview

Institute for the Study of the American West

The Institute for the Study of the American West promotes research and educational activities, encourages the development of path breaking scholarship, and reaches a broad audience through programs and publications.

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    Autry Library

    Significant book, serial, archival and audio-visual collections about the historical and the mythical west are at the heart of the Autry Library collection.

  • Charles Lummis recording guitar music on wax cylindar

    Braun Research Library

    The Braun Research Library, located at the Southwest Museum of the American Indian, is one of the nation’s most important library and archive collections related to American Indians.

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    Women of the West

    The Women of the West project at the Autry supports programs, exhibitions, collections, research, and education dedicated to diverse women’s experiences in the West.

  • Masters lecture with Steve Aron and John Geraghty

    Programs

    Programs produces a wide variety of lectures, workshops, symposia, plays, concerts, film series, artist demonstrations, and family festivals that augment our exhibitions and galleries.

  • Prizes

    Prizes

    The Institute currently offers three awards - the Maverick Prize, the Autry Public History Prize, and the Butcher Scholar Award.

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    Fellowships

    The Institute libraries annually award research fellowships to support scholarly projects in all areas of the study of the peoples and cultures of the American West.

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    Collections

    The Autry’s large museum collections about include art, artifacts, archaeological materials, photographs, manuscript collections, maps, books, sound recordings, and ephemera. Museum collections are available to researchers through the Institute libraries by application.

COLLECTIONS ONLINE

Items from the collections

Learn more about the Autry's collections and explore our Collections Online database to see images of the fascinating art, objects, photographs, and documents in our collections.

About the Collections
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Calendar Highlights

A Print Dialogue: Siqueiros and the Graphic Arts
Artist panel discussion at the Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock

Saturday, Sep 18, 2010 6:00 pm


One Man's Journey: A Conversation with George Takei
A hero to science fiction fans and the Asian community alike, George Takei is an actor, writer, and activist who earned his place in pop...

Sunday, Sep 19, 2010 2:00 pm


History of Collecting Mata Ortiz Pottery
Join us for a free panel discussion on collecting Mata Ortiz pottery with Walter Parks, author of the Miracle of Mata Ortiz; master potter Jorge...

Sunday, Sep 26, 2010 2:00 pm


Members-Only Autry Book Club: The Shadow Catcher by Marianne Wiggins
Join us as Marianne Wiggins discusses her book The Shadow Catcher. Reception and book signing to follow. More information coming soon.

Sunday, Oct 10, 2010 2:00 pm


Cinema, Politics, and the Mexican Revolution
Panel discussion on cinema, politics, and the Mexican Revolution, followed by an exhibition tour of Siqueiros in Los Angeles: Censorship Defied.

Saturday, Oct 16, 2010 2:00 pm