1951 Yellowstone Park Album collection
Scope and Contents
Consists of 101 color and black and white images of the adventures of three Minnesota young women working in Yellowstone National Park in the summer of 1951. Some of the images are commercially produced and some are personal snapshots. The album includes written narration. Images inside the park are of Old Faithful Lodge, Tower Falls, and the upper and lower Yellowstone Falls. Pictures from outside the park include West Yellowstone, Jackson Hole, Shoshone Dam, the Buffalo Bill statue in Cody, Wyoming, and the Beartooth Highway Summit. Nearly all of the people in the images are not identified, but some are probably other employees working in Yellowstone National Park.
Dates
- 1951
Language of Materials
Material in English
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Biographical Note
Two of the three young women in the albums were probably sisters, Millie and Mary Lou Bettis. Milli[e] and Mary Lou Bettis attended Milaca High School in Milaca Minnesota. Mary Lous Bettis graduated in 1945 from Milaca Minnesota High School and Millie in 1949. Mary Lou worked in California for five years and later attended the Mankato Teachers College. Millie Bettis attended Hamline University in Saint Paul. The third young woman, the author, is not identified, but she was also from Minnesota.
Extent
1 box (.25 linear feet)
Abstract
Consists of 101 color and black and white images of the adventures of three Minnesota young women working in Yellowstone National Park in the summer of 1951. Some of the images are commercially produced and some are personal snapshots. The album includes written narration. Images inside the park are of Old Faithful Lodge, Tower Falls, and the upper and lower Yellowstone Falls. Pictures from outside the park include West Yellowstone, Jackson Hole, Shoshone Dam, the Buffalo Bill statue in Cody, Wyoming, and the Beartooth Highway Summit.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Ken Saunders Rare Books in 2016
Processing Information
Processed in November of 2016
- Title
- Guide to the 1951 Yellowstone Park Album collection, 1951
- Author
- Finding aid/Register created by Daniel Davis
- Date
- ©2016
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Based On Dacs (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid encoded in English.
Revision Statements
- 2009: Template information was updated to reflect Archive West best practice guidelines.
Repository Details
Part of the Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives Repository
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