• Visitors enjoy an eruption of Old Faithful from the Inn.

    Yellowstone

    National Park ID,MT,WY

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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 at: http://wyld.state.wy.us/yrl/ or by browsing our Subject Guides.

Official records of the Park are detailed on the Yellowstone's Archives webpage.

Manuscripts
A. A. Anderson Papers 1903-1906, 1927 (84 KB pdf)
Adrienne Bush Scrapbook, 1923 (95 KB pdf)
August and Gertrude Godina Photograph Album ca. 1917 (70 KB pdf)
Bloom Bros. Co. Photograph Album, ca. 1950 (38 KB pdf)
Boyd McKeown Photograph Album (40 KB pdf)
Cecilia Engel Scrapbook, 1924 (37 KB pdf)
Dale H. Nuss Papers 1963-1975 (91 KB pdf)
Dorothy & Harry B. Goodspeed Scrapbook 1937 (69 KB pdf)
Edward E. Midgely Papers, 1931-1936 (80 KB pdf)
Eva K. Moger Diary 1896 (76 KB pdf)
F.E. Stratton Family Papers, 1895-June-1895 July (40 KB pdf)
Fuhrman-Baumgartner Photograph Albums 1919-1924 (77 KB pdf)
Gillson Family Photographs 1901 (41 KB pdf)
Geyser Observation and Study Association Listserv Records 1995-2011 (74 KB pdf)
Herma Albertson Baggley Papers, 1927-1957 (83 KB pdf)
Howard C. Krueger Photograph Album 1931 (70 KB pdf)
Janet & Elliot C. Barnes Photograph Albums, 1902 (39 KB pdf)
Katherine Holland Photograph Album 1936-1938 (68 KB pdf)
Loesch Family Papers, 1904, 1934 (37 KB pdf)
Margaret Ahern Wertman Papers, ca. 1930 (71 KB pdf)
Margaret McCartney Family Photograph AlbumCirca 1907-Circa 1930  (41 KB pdf)
Marion Dyer Travel Diary 1919 (38 KB pdf)
Martin A. McDonough Scrapbook, 1947-1953 (93 KB pdf)
Mary Lou & Bob Perkins 1959 Earthquake Papers, 1959-1970 (33 KB pdf)
Merle Janice Schroeder Papers, 1936-1939 (36 KB pdf)
Mode Wineman Manuscripts, 1908 (45 KB pdf)
Mr. & Mrs. G. A. Platz Photograph Album Circa 1925 (36 KB pdf)
Nancy Derevjanik Papers, 1981, 2007 (106 KB pdf)
OTO Ranch (77 KB pdf)
Pack Rats of Old Faithful Photograph Album, 1924 (36 KB pdf)
President Arthur's Pictures 1883 (43 KB pdf)
Robert Coffey Photograph Album ca. 1924-1928 (73 KB pdf)
Rose Polich Photograph Album1932-circa 1950 (bulk dates: 1932) (67 KB pdf)
Smith Family Photograph Album ca. 1907 (68 KB pdf) 
Uncle Bob Photograph Album 1898 (36 KB pdf)
W. Verde Watson Papers 1935-1963 (bulk dates: 1935-ca. 1955) (KB pdf)
William Elmer Rounds Photograph Album ca. 1920 (64 KB pdf) 
Yellowstone Ski Association Records 1941-1994 (bulk dates: 1961-1986) (39 KB pdf)

 

Using the Archives

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

Contact Information:

Archivist: Anne Foster
Email: e-mail us

Phone: 307-344-2563 or 307-344-2228

Did You Know?

Fire in Yellowstone Pineland in 1988

The 1988 fires affected 793,880 acres or 36 percent of the park. Five fires burned into the park that year from adjacent public lands. The largest, the North Fork Fire, started from a discarded cigarette. It burned more than 410,000 acres.