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National Parks

 Subject
Subject Source: Umanarrow

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

1951 Yellowstone Park Album collection

 Collection
Identifier: UUS_P0639
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...
Dates: 1951

Dolph Andrus photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: UUS_P0542
Abstract

The Dolph Andrus photograph collection consists of 261 images, and some manuscript material, including a biographical reminiscence, relating to two trips Andrus took in 1917 to Monument Valley. These trips were for the purpose of photographing and promoting tourism in this area. Original nitrate negatives are kept in Cold Storage Box 68.

Dates: 1915-2009

Carroll H. Wegemann photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: UUS_P0635
Abstract

Containing a field journal, photographs, and negatives, this collection pertains to the life and career of Carroll H. Wegemann.

Dates: 1873-1941

Clyde Eddy photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: UUS_P0652
Abstract The Clyde Eddy collection contains 14 photographs, a postcard and documents relating to Clyde Eddy’s 1927 expedition down the Colorado River. The 14 photographs depict Clyde Eddy, their boats the Dellenbagh and Coronado, and the crew which was made up of Robert H. Weatherhead, John H. Marshall, Frederick L. Felton, Edward L. Holt, Vincent F. Callaway, Robert F. Bartl, Vincent F. Carey, O.A. Seager, W. Gordon Adger, Bradley-Camera Man, Parley Galloway-River Guide, and McGregory. Two of the...
Dates: 1927

Edmund Hyatt Garrison papers

 Collection
Identifier: UUS_COLL MSS 506
Abstract

Edmund Hyatt Garrison took a five month trip across the northwestern United States in 1883. This collection largely consists of letters he wrote to his parents and fiance back home in Yonkers, New York, that relate his fascinating experiences in the territorial West of the late 19th century.

Dates: 1859-1883

F. Jay Haynes photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: UUS_P0565
Abstract

The F. Jay Haynes photograph collection consists of one album with 12 images of Yellowstone National Park probably taken in 1882. Views are of popular tourist attractions in Yellowstone including Golden Gate, Minerva Terrace, Mammoth Hot Springs, Pulpit Terrace, Old Faithful, Grotto Geyser Cone, among others. Collection also includes a National Park Transportation Company ticket.

Dates: 1882

John W. Meldrum papers

 Collection
Identifier: UUS_COLL MSS 160
Abstract

This collection includes the personal and professional papers of Judge John W. Meldrum from 1860 to 1944. The papers span a large part of his adulthood, including his time as surveyor general of Wyoming Territory and United States commissioner at Yellowstone National Park.

Dates: 1860-1944

Edmund B. and Sarah Vaille Rogers papers

 Collection
Identifier: UUS_COLL MSS 544
Abstract

The Edmund B. and Sarah Vaille Rogers papers include correpondence and other records from Edmund's career with the National Park Service. Edmund served as superintendent of Rocky Mountain National Park and Yellowstone National Park in addition to other administrative roles in Denver and Washington, D.C.

Dates: 1912-1976

Snyder Sisters Travel Album photograph collection.

 Collection
Identifier: UUS_P0566
Abstract The Snyder Sisters Travel Album collection documents a 1941 trip made by sisters Emma A. Snyder (1871-1965) and Mae Snyder (1867-1950) to Glacier and Yellowstone National Parks. The album consists of 60 hand colored images as well as postcards, commercial travel items, letters, and original narratives. Emma and Mae worked as school teachers in Baltimore, Maryland. The items are arranged in a photograph album with each item labeled. In addition to visiting Glacier and Yellowstone National...
Dates: 1941

W. Eugene Smith photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: UUS_P0620
Abstract The W. Eugene Smith collection consists of 71 black and white prints from the Life magazine photo archive. The images include: actors, artists, authors, and musicians such as Charlie Chaplin, Elia Kazan, Arthur Miller, Henry Fonda, and Bruno Walter; WWII Pacific Theatre (Okinawa and Iwo Jima) and Pearl Harbor Naval Yard views; New Mexico images from Taos and Santa Fe; scenes from plays including A Sleep of Prisoners, ...
Dates: 1944-1954