Folk Collection 11 – The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Book Collection. This is a growing collection of books on cowboy poetry and related topics. Assembled originally through a grant from the L.J. and Mary C. Skaggs Foundation, this collection continues to build through gifts and library purchases. Each winter this library travels to Elko, Nevada, for the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. Folk Collection 11a – Cowboy Poetry and Western Music Cassette Collection. Folk Collection 11b – Cowboy and Western Song Folio and Sheet Music Collection. Folk Collection 11c – Cowboy Poetry and Western Music Disc (Record) Collection. Folk Collection 11d – Cowboy Poetry and Western Music VCR Collection. Folk Collection 11e – Cowboy Poetry and Western Music Compact Disc and DVD Collection. Folk Collection 11f – Western States Cowboy Poetry Collection is a fieldwork collection that grew out of a concerted effort by western state folklorists in the early 1980s to collect, document, and present cowboy poetry and out of this work came the first Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, NV, in 1985. Folk Collection 11g – The National Cowboy Poetry Collection, includes programs, schedules, posters and other items from the NCPG. This collection continues to have materials added. Folk Collection 11h – Cowboy Poetry Poster Collection. This collection continues to have materials added. Folk Collection 11i – Cowboy / Ranch Ephemera Collection, includes publications, calendars, periodicals that reflect ranching and cowboy culture and images