The Yellowstone National Park Archives' Manuscript Collections contain documents, photos, and ephemera donated by visitors, researchers, and others. The collection is particularly strong in topics such as tourism, concessioners, and photographs.
Search the collections listed below by subject on the Yellowstone Research Library catalog . Official records of the Park are detailed on the Yellowstone's Archives webpage.
If you've visited pages recently, you might need to clear your cache or hit Shift+R to see the current version of the page!Online Collections Montana Memory Project: Collections include Superintendent's Annual and Monthly reports, maps and drawings, oral histories, and photographs.Open Parks Network: Historic photographs taken by the Park's official photographers and gathered together into thematic albums in the mid-20th century.Historic Slide File: Historic photographs from the museum collection organized by era and then by topic.
Using the Archives
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Manuscripts 1988 Fire 25th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2014 1988 Fire Photographs Collection, 1988 A. A. Anderson Papers 1903-1906, 1927 Adrienne Bush Scrapbook, 1923 Albert and Flossie Smith Papers, 1914, circa 1990 Albin Family Photograph Album, 1902 Alice C. and Paul L. Albright, Sr. Photographs, 1940s Alice & Floyd Bloom Photographs and Films, 1952-1962 Arthur B. Smith Letters, 1904, circa 1950 Arthur D. Howard Yellowstone Research Papers, circa 1935, 1950 Ashley B. Gurney Grasshopper Glacier Research, 1952-1953 Augspurger Family Papers, circa 1940s August and Gertrude Godina Photograph Album ca. 1917 Bear Creek Council (Gardiner, Mont.) Records, 1997-2012, 2020 Beartooth Alliance (Cooke city, Mont.) Records, 1991-1996, 2006 B. J. Earle Scrapbook and Photographs, 1966, circa 1990s-2000s Bloom Bros. Co. Photograph Album, ca. 1950 Boyd McKeown Photograph Album Brenda Chambers Papers, 1940-2003 Buelah Randolph Scrapbook, 1923 Catherine "Kay" Horan Brady Photographs, 1929 Caustin Family Photographs 1941-1949 C. J. (Buffalo) Jones Papers 1904-1914? Cecilia Engel Scrapbook, 1924 Charles D. Herbert Films & Photographs, 1930s Charles E. Campbell CCC Photograph Album, circa 1935 Charles H.M. Bambach Photographs 1904-1905 Charles Marland Glazier Collection, 1927-1939 Charles O. Williamson Collection, circa 1918 Charles P. Harmon Photographs, 1930s Chidwick-Ernsperger-Spangelo Family Photographs, 1919-1928 Chittenden-Cress Family Papers, 1920s-1960s Church Committee Records, 1948-present Clarice Gores Albums & Diary, 1949-1950 Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Documentation Project, 1935-2001 Concessioner Autograph Albums Collection, 1920s-1950s Dale H. Nuss Papers 1963-1975 Daniel Trotter Potts Letters, 1824-1827, 1948 Dan Krapf Papers, circa 1890s-2010s David R. Toeppen Slide Collection 1948 David Stempien Photographs, 1976 Delmar Family Photograph Albums, 1905-circa 1930, 1976, 1991 Dorothy & Harry B. Goodspeed Scrapbook 1937 Dorothy Brown Pardo Narrative, 1911 Dr. Robert B. "Bob" Smith Photographs, 1984, 2018 Edward Calvert Photograph Album, 1898-1900 Edward E. Midgely Papers, 1931-1936 Edward H. Rynearson Yellowstone Papers, 1965-1986 Electric Peak Arts Council (Gardiner, Montana) Records, 1999-Elmer August Richter Photographs, 1927-1931 Elmer Lindsley Papers Entre Nous (Gardiner, Montana) Records, circa 1940-2010Eva K. Moger Diary 1896 F.E. Stratton Family Papers, 1895-June-1895 July Fire Lookout Rephotography Project Papers 1935-1936, 2007 Frank Collins Photographs, 1940s-1972 Frank H. Rose Diary, 1957 Frank Sincock Photographs, 1924-1926 Fraternal Order of Eagles, Aerie #669 (Gardiner, MT) Records, 1904-2009 Frederick A. Todd Papers, circa 1917-circa 1937 Fred H. McClure Photograph Album, circa 1895 Fuhrman-Baumgartner Photograph Albums 1919-1924 Gardiner Community Church Records, 1940s-1980s Gardiner Community Theater Records, circa 1995-2018 Gateway Communities History Collection, 1890-circa 1975 Geiger Family Photographs, 1936 Gerald E. Mernin Papers 1924-2010 (bulk dates: 1965-2001) George Bellerose Photographs, 1988-1989 George W. Burch Family Photographs, circa 1913 George W. Miller, Sr. Papers, 1925-1938 Geyser Observation and Study Association Listserv Records 1995-2016 Gillson Family Photographs 1901 Greater Yellowstone Conservation Data Center Records 1887 – 2005 (bulk dates: 1977-1993) Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee Records 1977-2009 (bulk dates: 1985-1992)Grindle-Hecox-Merrick-Knight Family Papers, 1903-1988 Haynes Picture Shops Photographs and Memorabilia Collection, 1883-circa 1962 H.E. Stork Photograph Album 1927 Henderson-Ash Family Papers 1873-2002 (bulk dates: 1885-1905) Henry D. Washburn Papers, 1853-1872, 1964 Herma Albertson Baggley Papers, 1927-1957 Hide Family Photographs, circa 1945 Hilliard Gamble Photograph Album, 1923 Horace M. Albright Papers, 1911-1986 (bulk dates: 1940-1945) Howard C. Krueger Photograph Album 1931 H. T. Nelson Photographs, circa 1925 Jack Hervat Photograph Album, 1923, circa 1985 Jacob P. Darmstadt Photographs and Letter, 1887-1917 James Ardell Van Voorhis Photographs, 1931 Janet & Elliot C. Barnes Photograph Albums, 1902 John Bauman Photographs, 1930-circa 1950 John Burger Photographs 1959-2006 (bulk dates: 1959-1968) John Findlay Litsey Photograph Album, 1938 John W. Scott Surveys, circa 1930, 1960 Judge John Meldrum Papers, 1908-1938 Katherine Holland Photograph Album 1936-1938 Kathy Russell Papers, 1968-2022 Katie L. Rhoads Scrapbooks, 1995 Leah and Walter Oehrle Photograph Album, 1933 Lee Coleman Papers 1930-1977 Lee Silliman Photographs, circa 1900-2004 Lee Whittlesey Yellowstone Oral Histories, 1990s-2010s Link-Lauer-Thomas Family Papers ca. 1890-2008 (bulk dates: 1920s-1960s) Little People"s Learning Center Records 1980s, 2008-2010 Lt. Everett Judson Papers, 1918 Lt. J. F. Cummings Papers, 1881 Loesch Family Papers, 1904, 1934 Long, Long Trail Narrative, 1924 Mammoth Community Library Records, 1940-2003 Margaret Ahern Wertman Papers, ca. 1930 Margaret McCartney Family Photograph AlbumCirca 1907-Circa 1930 Marion Anna Sherwin Chapman Memoir and Photographs, 1904, circa 1990 Marion Dyer Travel Diary 1919 Marjane Ambler Interior Park Employees Oral Histories Martin A. McDonough Scrapbook, 1947-1953 Mary Blanche Potter (Wells) Photograph Album, 1940-2003 Mary Lou & Bob Perkins 1959 Earthquake Papers, 1959-1970 Mary Wilson Orton Films & Photographs Mayme and George Dallas Family Photographs, circa 1915-1920s Merle Janice Schroeder Papers, 1936-1939 Merril F. Daum Photographs, 1920s Milton P. Skinner Papers, Circa 1900-1937, 1955 Mode Wineman Manuscripts, 1908 Mr. & Mrs. G. A. Platz Photograph Album Circa 1925 Myron W. Griswold Papers, 1935-1936 Nancy Derevjanik Papers, 1981, 2007 Nellie Burlingame Travel Diary & Ephemera, 1912 O. A. Tomlinson Collection on T. E. "Uncle Bill" Hofer, 1923-1933 Olson Family Papers, circa 1960s-circa 1970s OTO Ranch Pack Rats of Old Faithful Photograph Album, 1924 Park to Paradise Triathlon (Gardiner, Montana) Records, 1981-2014 Paul R. Needham Photographs, 1923 Percival Sargeant Goan Photographs, 1914-1915 President Arthur's Pictures 1883 Rexford Sheild Papers, 1910s, 1960 Richmond Family Papers 1913-1915, 1929 Robert "Bob" Flather Research Papers 1870-2009 (bulk dates: 1884-2005) Robert "Bob" Haraden Oral Histories and Papers Robert Coffey Photograph Album ca. 1924-1928 Robin L. Smith Research Files, 1988 Rose Polich Photograph Album 1932-circa 1950 (bulk dates: 1932) Ruth Phillips Photograph Album circa 1921 Sagebrushers in Yellowstone Photographs circa 1915 Sandy and Robert Godsey Papers, 1950, 2014 Scotty Chapman Diary, 1941-1965 Selwyn D. Smith Sr. Photograph Album, 1930s Simmons Family 1959 Earthquake Collection 1959 Smith Family Photograph Album ca. 1907 T. Eugene Young Papers, 1937-1941 Third View Photographs 1872-1883, 1978, 2000 Thomas Franklin Matson CCC Photograph Albums, 1939-1940 Tinker Hill / Gardiner Cemetery Collection, circa 2000-present Tom Murphy Photographs 1979-1994 Tramps, Camps, and Wonders Photograph Album, circa 1903 Trip To Yellowstone Collection circa 1890-Present (bulk dates: 1920s-1960s) Truman W. Ingersoll Yellowstone Photographs, circa 1910 Tulio Zanin CCC Papers, 1938 Uncle Bob Photograph Album 1898 Vera and Henry Grater Papers, 1919-1921 Virginia and John Russ Photographs, 1940s-1960s Vera Chamberlin Theiler Photograph Album, circa 1922-1925, 2021 Wayne B. Alcorn Papers, 1935-1949 W.H. Banks Photographs 1893 W. Verde Watson Papers 1935-1963 (bulk dates: 1935-ca. 1955) William Chester Myers Papers, 1913 William Elmer Rounds Photograph Album ca. 1920 William F. Whalen Papers, 1905 William H. Hendrickson Slides, 1967-1970, 2020 William J. Barmore, 1915-1979 William J. Kelley Photographs, 1935-1936 William L. Kearns Photographs and Reminiscence, circa 1935, 2011 William Wiggins Papers, 1930-1931 Working in Yellowstone Collection, circa 1900-2000s Xanterra Parks and Resorts Collection 1980-Present Yellowstone and the Biology of Time Rephotography Project 1871-1992 Yellowstone CO-OP Employee Recreation Program Records 1982-2010 Yellowstone Employee Oral History Interviews, 1990s-2020s Yellowstone Federal Employees Association Records ca. 1986-2008 (bulk dates: 1996-2008) Yellowstone Marriages Project Oral Histories, 2008 Yellowstone National Art Trust Records, 2001-2004 Yellowstone National Park School Records 1921-2008 (bulk dates: 1980s-2005) Yellowstone National Park Winter Game Range Grazing History, circa 1992 Yellowstone Park Company Records 1884-1979 (bulk dates: 1927-1964) Yellowstone Park Entertainment Club Records, 1909-1922 Yellowstone Park Foundation 1993-2010 Yellowstone Ski Association Records 1941-1994 (bulk dates: 1961-1986) Yellowstone Women's Organization Records, 1968-1988 Contact Information:
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