Manuscript Collections

A historical photo of a man standing atop a large log being pulled by a horse.

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.

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Online Collections
Selected portions of our records have been digitized and placed online. This is an ongoing project.
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

See the Archives homepage for detailed information about hours, access policies, and other ways to search our collections.

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 1940-2010
Eva 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 Album1932-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

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Archivist: Anne Foster
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Mailing Address:
Yellowstone National Park Archives
PO Box 168
Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190

Last updated: March 26, 2024

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