About This BlogThis blog will give you a peek into the stacks and storage areas of Yellowstone National Park's library, archives, and museum collections. We'll highlight some of our biggest treasures, show-off quirky staff favorites, let you know about newly acquired collections, and perhaps ask for help with a few mysteries. Along the way, we hope to give Park staff, visitors, and all those who love Yellowstone a place to reminisce and share the unique story of Yellowstone. If you do not see a new post, you may need to refresh your browser. Yellowstone National Park: Travel Through Time
November 01, 2024
A new online exhibit highlights the changing methods of travel in the Yellowstone region using the park’s museum collections. Restoring the Wrecker
October 31, 2024
Describes the history and present-day conservation of a utility vehicle used in Yellowstone National Park. Dust to Glory - Reviving Historic Vehicles Through Careful Cleaning
March 22, 2024
Yellowstone Museum Technician Hayley Tuggle outlines a project to clean a 1917 historic vehicle housed in Yellowstone's museum collection. Collection Highlight: the Jack Hervat Photograph Album
September 02, 2020
Jack Hervat photo album highlight A Virtual Peek into the Yellowstone Maps, Plans, and Drawings Collection
July 07, 2020
Post describes archival map and drawing processing and digitization for access. Stagecoach Robberies: Yellowstone’s Archival Records to tell an Alternative History
October 14, 2016
Description of stagecoach robberies that occurred in Yellowstone Dragonglass: Obsidian in Popular Culture
September 23, 2016
A look at Obsidian Cliff and the use of obsidian both in real life and in popular culture. 1988 Wildfires in Yellowstone: Lasting Environmental Impacts and Changes to Wildfire Management Policy
August 26, 2016
A look back at the fires during the summer of 1988 Creation of The National Park Service and Horace Albright’s Influence
July 22, 2016
How Horace Albright helped shape the National Park Service Marguerite Lindsley: the First Permanent Female Ranger
July 15, 2016
A brief history of Marguerite "Peg" Lindsley who was one of the first female rangers in Yellowstone The Superintendents -- Chester A. Lindsley
July 01, 2016
One of Yellowstone's forgotten superintendents, Chester Lindsley The Superintendents -- Captain Moses Harris
June 24, 2016
A brief biography of Captain Moses Harris' time as Yellowstone Superintendent. The Superintendents -- Nathaniel Langford
June 17, 2016
A post about the first superintendent of Yellowstone, Nathaniel Langford Daniel Trotter Potts: The First Written Eye-Witness Account of Yellowstone
June 02, 2016
The first known written account of a trapper in Yellowstone What Can You Find in the Archives? A Brief History of Whiskey Use and Alcohol Bans in Yellowstone National Park
May 27, 2016
A brief history of the rules about alcohol in Yellowstone National Park Yellowstone Videos -- John Muir
May 20, 2016
The last in our series of entries about our work to archivally digitize our VHS tapes Yellowstone Videos -- Sound and Nature
April 29, 2016
Description of Butterflies of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks Yellowstone Videos -- Clips of the 1988 fires
April 21, 2016
Description of VHS tapes we are in the process of archivally digitizing Yellowstone Videos -- Faces of Yellowstone
April 15, 2016
Discussion of some of the more colorful films in the library collection Bighorn Pass Road: The Road Never Built
April 08, 2016
Description of a proposed road to the northwestern part of Yellowstone National Park. Fictional Yellowstone -- the movies
March 18, 2016
Fictional movies either about or set in Yellowstone Romance in Wonderland
November 13, 2015
Many romance novels have been set in the park. Here are a few highlights. Yellowstone Fiction -- Young Adult/Juvenile
August 17, 2015
Fictional mysteries set in Yellowstone and aimed at the younger crowd Fictional Yellowstone -- Adult Mysteries
August 14, 2015
A sampling of adult mysteries set in Yellowstone. Charismatic Carnivores of Yellowstone (Surprise! They’re plants!)
May 05, 2015
Not all of the carnivores in Yellowstone are animals What's THAT plant? -- the Park Herbarium
April 07, 2015
Reminder - it's illegal to gather plants in the park, so leave them where they are. But this post will help you identify the plants you might see or at least tell you what information you will need to write down in order to help someone else identify them. Housing the Plants of Yellowstone -- the Park Herbarium
March 31, 2015
First in a four part series about the Park's Herbarium Yellowstone Park Romance: Day 14
February 13, 2015
Day 14 of serializing William Popham's "Yellowstone Park Romance" Yellowstone Park Romance: Day 13
February 13, 2015
Day 13 of serializing William Popham's "Yellowstone Park Romance" Yellowstone Park Romance: Day 12
February 12, 2015
Day 12 of serializng William Popham's "Yellowstone Park Romance" Yellowstone Park Romance: Day 11
February 11, 2015
Day 11 of serializing William Popham's "Yellowstone Park Romance" Yellowstone Park Romance: Day 10
February 10, 2015
Day 10 of serializing William Popham's "Yellowstone Park Romance" Yellowstone Park Romance: Day 9
February 09, 2015
Day 9 of serializing William Popham's "Yellowstone Park Romance" Yellowstone Park Romance: Day 8
February 08, 2015
Day 8 of serializing William Popham's "Yellowstone Park Romance" Yellowstone Park Romance: Day 7
February 07, 2015
Day 7 of serializing William Popham's "Yellowstone Park Romance" Yellowstone Park Romance: Day 6
February 06, 2015
Day 6 of William Popham's "Yellowstone Park Romance" Yellowstone Park Romance: Day 5
February 05, 2015
Day 5 of William Popham's "Yellowstone Park Romance" Yellowstone Park Romance: Day 4
February 04, 2015
Day 4 of William Popham's "Yellowstone Park Romance" Yellowstone Park Romance: Day 3
February 03, 2015
Day 3 of William Popham's "Yellowstone Park Romance" Yellowstone Park Romance: Day 2
February 02, 2015
Day 2 of William Popham's "Yellowstone Park Romance." Yellowstone Park Romance: Day 1
February 01, 2015
Day 2 of William Popham's "Yellowstone Park Romance" Bringing Yellowstone Back Home: Using the Archives Blitz as a Framework for Other Institutions
October 07, 2014
Research Tips: Family History, Concessioners
March 11, 2014
research tips on finding concessioner genealogy and history |
Last updated: March 21, 2024